GWT: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1

[Live in the Now]

Tuesday

Paris 11:45 Arsenal
Basel 11:45 Ludogorets
Dynamo Kyiv 11:45 Napoli
Benfica 11:45 Beşiktaş
Barcelona 11:45 Celtic
Man. City 11:45 Mönchengladbach
Bayern 11:45 Rostov
PSV 11:45 Atlético

Leverkusen 11:45 CSKA Moskva
Tottenham 11:45 Monaco
Real Madrid 11:45 Sporting CP
Legia 11:45 Dortmund
Club Brugge 11:45 Leicester
Porto 11:45 København
Lyon 11:45 Dinamo Zagreb
Juventus 11:45 Sevilla

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[Evilo]

and about the PSG defense which may look good on paper :

Aurier : was injured, rushed to play in this one because Meunier sucks
Marquinhos : has played 2 games with the team
Silva : was injured, hasn't played a minute this season, rushed to play in this one because Emery is afraid to start Kimpembe
Maxwell : was injured, hasn't played a minute this season, rushed to play in this one because of Kurzawa's injury

With Krychowiak as a #6, who has played 20 minutes of competitive football this season.

So yeah....

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Basel, Benifica, Barcelona, ManCity, Bayern all win

The rest are draws.

 

[Savi]

because Meunier sucks

No he doesn't

 

[Evilo]

Offensively he doesn't. But since he's a defenseman, it'd be great if he could learn to defend.

 

[Savi]

I don't see that happening very soon

He grew up as a forward, he was bought by Club Brugge to play forward, then he actually did play forward for a couple of years until one of the coaches had the idea to put him at RB

And since it was only the Belgian league and he was so dominant going forward, his defensive mistakes never really got any attention

tl;dr - he's not a defender

 

[Evilo]

So now, Al-Khelaifi is mad at Emery about Ben Arfa.

What a complete mess

 

[ViD]

Hopefully Rostov doesn't lose by more than 3

 

[YNWA14]

Celtic got this. Barca is ripe for the upset. Do your thing Rog.

 

[bluesfan94]

Tuesday

Paris 11:45 Arsenal
Basel 11:45 Ludogorets
Dynamo Kyiv 11:45 Napoli
Benfica 11:45 Beşiktaş
Barcelona 11:45 Celtic
Man. City 11:45 Mönchengladbach
Bayern 11:45 Rostov
PSV 11:45 Atlético

Leverkusen 11:45 CSKA Moskva
Tottenham 11:45 Monaco
Real Madrid 11:45 Sporting CP
Legia 11:45 Dortmund
Club Brugge 11:45 Leicester
Porto 11:45 København
Lyon 11:45 Dinamo Zagreb
Juventus 11:45 Sevilla

Times are Pacific, right?

 

[Live in the Now]

Yes. The UEFA site changed them to Pacific.

 

[bluesfan94]

Yes. The UEFA site changed them to Pacific.

Cool, just wanted to make sure it wasn't about to start.

 

[ecemleafs]

Why am I nervous when we are expected to get thrashed by barca anyways....

 

[Live in the Now]

Pitch is ruined in Manchester due to a massive storm and that game will probably be called off.

 

[Cassano]

Wenger one ups Emery here:

 

[hersky77]

Pulling for kolo

 

[cgf]

Basel, Benifica, Barcelona, ManCity, Bayern all win

The rest are draws.

Highly unlikely.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

City survive to fight another day...eh CGF?

 

[Luigi Habs]

So now, Al-Khelaifi is mad at Emery about Ben Arfa.

What a complete mess

what did he say? quote?

 

[Live in the Now]

Yep, just postponed.

 

[cgf]

City survive to fight another day...eh CGF?

They're pulling out all of the stops.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Highly unlikely.

we will not know yet

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

They're pulling out all of the stops.

Pep can pull off miracles I guess.

 

[Live in the Now]

PSG should win no matter what with that Arsenal lineup. Iwobi

 

[cgf]

Pep can pull off miracles I guess.

I knew Pep was scared of them, but didn't realize he was scared enough to cause a monsoon.