GWT: Champions League R16 Second Legs & QF Draw

[Havre]

Mbappe brings much more than Haaland. 33 non penalty goals in 29 L1 games, 6 assists, dribbling, 4+4 in 8 CL games.
Not a knock on Haaland, he's such a rare talent. But he's a 9, in the box all the time and brings nothing but goals (but boy does he bring that).

Agree that Mbappe got a wider variety of strengths. He could probably play right back and be brilliant. Do not agree that Haaland is only a no. 9 - even if he is limited compared to Mbappe (most players would be).

 

[Juve]

Yes, but let's be honest, it wouldn't happen to Juve against Porto.
And not because they don't have stupid players :d

Who knows? Real did get a farce of a penalty a few years. Juve are cursed in CL. It wouldn't shock me.

Juve will find a way to f*** this up.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Haha, yes I'm on the other game and the only with suspense. No idea why you guys are watching the other.
Pepe just made the defensive play of the year.

He has been amazing tbh.

Put on Dortmund-Sevilla while doing work because I was expecting Juve-Porto to be a fairly turgid affair and because I enjoy watching Dortmund when they're on form

 

[gary69]

It was stupid from the player, no doubt, but red carding for that?
You give a stern warning and tell him he can't do that or he's out.

Unless it's already a blowout well before 90 mins, I'd guess this won't be the last red card and there will be a mayhem in the end.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

So Federico Chiesa is the only player worth shit at Juve, eh?

 

[gary69]

Juve takes a lead, nice goal at least.

 

[Juve]

So Federico Chiesa is the only player worth shit at Juve, eh?

Yes and McKennie

 

[Vasilevskiy]

So Federico Chiesa is the only player worth shit at Juve, eh?

Underrated player

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Lucky for Juve that Bernardeschi didn't put them off of signing Florentine Federicos

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Mbappe brings much more than Haaland. 33 non penalty goals in 29 L1 games, 6 assists, dribbling, 4+4 in 8 CL games.
Not a knock on Haaland, he's such a rare talent. But he's a 9, in the box all the time and brings nothing but goals (but boy does he bring that).

I would agree so far.

 

[hatterson]

So I didn't actually see it, what was up with the Haaland goal/no goal/pen?

Did VAR say that he fouled the Sevilla player so the goal didn't count, but that he had been fouled before that so it was a pen?

 

[Evilo]

You might be watching the Juve-Porto game, but the goal that Haaland just had disallowed involved him dribbling 40 metres through the defense hahaha

Haha, just saw in on Twitter , and yeah that's more of a bulldozer than a run

 

[hatterson]

Yea he dribbled 40 meters *through* the defense.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

So I didn't actually see it, what was up with the Haaland goal/no goal/pen?

Did VAR say that he fouled the Sevilla player so the goal didn't count, but that he had been fouled before that so it was a pen?

Yep some shirt pull and that's why they called a penalty. Then he shot the penalty, was saved and off the post then the rebound a great save. Bono taunted Haaland after the saves.
Then they reviewed and goalie was off the line, and so the penalty was done again. Haaland shoots and scores, and proceeds to taunt Bono. Everyone gets crazy.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Haha, just saw in on Twitter , and yeah that's more of a bulldozer than a run

If it works it works

And it should've counted, IMO

 

[hatterson]

Yep some shirt pull and that's why they called a penalty. Then he shot the penalty, was saved and off the post then the rebound a great save. Bono taunted Haaland after the saves.
Then they reviewed and goalie was off the line, and so the penalty was done again. Haaland shoots and scores, and proceeds to taunt Bono. Everyone gets crazy.

Yea I caught back up right after the first pen. Was entertaining stuff.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Commentators doing colour on Weston McKennie, off-handedly and casually refer to Schalke as a "car-crash of a club." They're not even here, man, you don't have to do them like that!

 

[hatterson]

Commentators doing colour on Weston McKennie, off-handedly and casually refer to Schalke as a "car-crash of a club." They're not even here, man, you don't have to do them like that!

Kind of a ridiculous comment TBH.



"Train wreck" or "tire fire" are much more appropriate.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Morata has been really good for Juve this season, but it's very funny to me how some things never change

 

[Evilo]

Porto still in the game is a complete miracle now.

 

[Evilo]

And that missed 3-0 in the first leg will haunt them.

 

[hatterson]

Dortmund tried their best to let Sevilla come back up Sevilla just couldn't do it. Heck of an ending though.

 

[Evilo]

Do we have the right to say Ronaldo has sucked?
Because if it was Messi, we'd hear the same olf chants...

 

[Savi]

Holy crap, why did nobody shoot on that last sequence for Sevilla?? Could have send it to OT

 

[hatterson]

Holy crap, why did nobody shoot on that last sequence for Sevilla?? Could have send it to OT

They likely saw that Dortmund was executing the last ditch "stand 9 players plus the goal keeper inside the 6 yard box and block everything" strategy.