GWT: UEFA Champions League Group Stage Matchday 1

[Scandale du Jour]

Morata!!!! Just arrived home and saw that he scored. We stole one.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

time to go to the gym

Ronny ofc gets the late freekick goal and ruins everything

 

[bluesfan94]

Of ****ing course Real Madrid pull one out of their ass

 

[Belizarius]

Lyon wins it 3-0.
Pretty fun game, a lot of good things.

 

[Jeffrey]

That's the Zidane effect people.

 

[Deficient Mode]

That's the Zidane effect people.

Play a crappy match and fluke out a late win?

 

[ViD]

Decent comeback by CSKA

 

[Evilo]

Lyon wins it 3-0.
Pretty fun game, a lot of good things.

Hey Beli, nice to see you back !

You should visit more often, we've had some nice Ligue 1 talks with some people here

 

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

Zidane left Casemiro there despite being a goal down, who added nothing while RM had possession, but instead brought on James for Kroos with about 10 minutes left in the game.. and they end up stealing another game. Vazquez was great coming in, but Zidane's luck almost is a meme at this point.

 

[Evilo]

ZZ's luck reminds me of Chelsea winning the CL despite Di Matteo's coaching.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

where is cgf with the gladbach hype now?

 

[Vasilevskiy]

By the way, I've watched some City games and I'm very impressed with Stones. He's raw and needs to improve a few things but he has potential to be a top-3 CB in the game, no doubt.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

The City and Dortmund results tonight make me feel slightly better about last night.

Difficult to compete.

 

[hatterson]

Quality result for the Spurs

 

[Power Man]

ZZ's luck reminds me of Chelsea winning the CL despite Di Matteo's coaching.

ZZ was lucky today but since he replaced Rafa he has done a great job.
Totally outcoached Lucho in the 2nd Clasico and held his own in the CL final

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

ZZ was lucky today but since he replaced Rafa he has done a great job.
Totally outcoached Lucho in the 2nd Clasico and held his own in the CL final

ZZ has been lucky his whole career, not just this game.

1 game doesn't make you a good coach..and out coaching Lucho isn't saying a whole lot. Also if by holding his own, you mean holding on for dear life than yeah, i would agree.

 

[Power Man]

Crofl

 

[CanadianFlyer88]

The City and Dortmund results tonight make me feel slightly better about last night.

Difficult to compete.

Just go to Youtube and watch Wanyama and Watt score on Barca and forget that yesterday ever happened.

 

[les Habs]

Totally outcoached Lucho in the 2nd Clasico and held his own in the CL final

LOL. Utter nonsense. Ref gave you the points when he refused to send off Ramos 4-5 times.

 

[Halladay]

City is going to run away with the league. Nice to see Leicester win, they have an easy group and should go through. Real/BVB and Bayern/Atletico next round.

 

[Cassano]

How bout Pep being scared of Gladbach

 

[Deficient Mode]

Too early to write Gladbach off entirely. They were putrid away from home all of last season (15 points in the Bundesliga) and excellent at home (40 points). With that said, this match did show the limits of their play without the ball. City had very good mechanisms to confuse their highly man-oriented pressing (de Bruyne's and Aguero's movement without the ball), and Gladbach left Bravo as much time as he wanted on the ball to pick a pass time and time again. On that note, I'm reminded of the premature and absurd call to ridicule Pep for wanting Bravo instead of Hart. Having a keeper confident and capable at passing makes it far easier to break this kind of pressing. On the other hand, City's pressing was - typically for a Guardiola team - very good and tailored to the tendencies of their particular opponent. Regardless, I expect far more intensity from Gladbach in the reverse fixture.

 

[les Habs]

Real Globetrotters display from Barça. Messi, Suarez and Neymar together are just too good. Neymar and Messi were the best players for me. Still I thought Andre Gomes stood out as well. He just looked so comfortable out there and his one-touch passing was superb. Some excellent goals courtesy of Iniesta and Suarez.

 

[Evilo]

On that note, I'm reminded of the premature and absurd call to ridicule Pep for wanting Bravo instead of Hart.

And nobody did that. I merely joked about Guardiola's choice blowing up in his face in his first game.
Never once said Hart was better than Bravo.

 

[Belizarius]

Hey Beli, nice to see you back !

You should visit more often, we've had some nice Ligue 1 talks with some people here

Long time since I last posted... A lot of personnal things, good and bad
I'll try to have a look here more often, though I don't follow soccer as much as before