GWT: UEFA Champions League Round of 16

[TheLeastOfTheBunch]

 

[Vamos Rafa]

One of the rare times you'll see a Man United legend and a Liverpool legend celebrating together like they were best friends.

But why were they rooting for Barça?

 

[Live in the Now]

In Gerrard's case two of his friends play there.

Maybe Ferdinand and Pique are close as well but I don't know.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

One of the rare times you'll see a Man United legend and a Liverpool legend celebrating together like they were best friends.

But why were they rooting for Barça?

They weren't rooting for Barcelona, they were rooting for footballing magic. What we saw tonight goes beyond football, beyond diving and complaining about the ref, beyond choking/bottling, beyond everything on earth. We saw magic.

I never liked the club and never will, and I was downright ecstatic when they scored the last three goals. It's magic man, nothing else to say.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

They weren't rooting for Barcelona, they were rooting for footballing magic. What we saw tonight goes beyond football, beyond diving and complaining about the ref, beyond choking/bottling, beyond everything on earth. We saw magic.

I never liked the club and never will, and I was downright ecstatic when they scored the last three goals. It's magic man, nothing else to say.

Same for me, I actually wanted Barca to go out and then the comeback happened and I was losing my ****.

 

[Ceremony]

Can't wait to watch the highlights to this and see how Grief Merchants FC managed to slither into the next round

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Suarez looked like he got shot. There seemed to be some leg contact but not enough to be a penalty.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

Can't wait to watch the highlights to this and see how Grief Merchants FC managed to slither into the next round

Suarez looked like he got shot. There seemed to be some leg contact but not enough to be a penalty.

Suarez had contact on his legs that impeded him. And then also an arm across. He went down because he HAD to go down, because he wanted to win. End of story.

No slithering this time, just pure footballing joy.

 

[Bakayoko Ono]

 

[Ceremony]

The ****ing state of this PSG defence

Suarez had contact on his legs that impeded him. And then also an arm across. He went down because he HAD to go down, because he wanted to win. End of story.

No slithering this time, just pure footballing joy.

Three dives in the box, two penalties, a 4-0 aggregate deficit overturned. If you're sure though

Some amount of scenes at the end.

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

The ****ing state of this PSG defence

Three dives in the box, two penalties, a 4-0 aggregate deficit overturned. If you're sure though

Some amount of scenes at the end.

Both penalty calls could be considered legitimate. Suarez made a meal of the second one but he had to, the ref wasn't going to see the leg contact. Most fans wouldn't either.

I don't wanna be all fanboy here, when Bayern demolished Barcelona, Barcelona fans were clamoring that two or three or however many of Bayern's goals were illegitimate or some penalties should've/shouldn't've been called. Mehhhh.

Barcelona showed what they're made of tonight and I think it's absolutely tremendous and transcends the regular post-match squabbles. We even saw the ref not send of Verratti when he totally could have, because he too knew that there was magic in the air and didn't want to stop the play. Barcelona was just on another level.

 

[Hadoop]

Epic match. I don't blame PSG for choking quite as much as everyone else does. Barca is literally the only team in the world, club or country, capable of this kind of comeback - their A+ offensive game is enough to capitulate every defense in the world.

As for the Suarez dive on the 5th goal though his play-acting was atrocious the fact is that 1) he had position on Marquinhos at the point of the foul, 2) Marquinhos was not playing the ball even though he did not have position, and 3) without contact on the leg Suarez would reach the ball resulting in a goal or glorious scoring chance missed. That said if the exact same thing happened in the 90th minute of a CL final with the score tied I don't think the ref would call a penalty.

 

[Vipers31]

What an unbelievable choke job by PSG. I get the impulse to credit Barca's unreal offensive line, but the even the first two goals to give them any lifeline in this tie were unbelievably amateurish defended. Then they take the lifeline away with their goal, and just disconnect.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I was on the Camp Nou today and I feel privileged to witness one of the greatest comebacks in soccer history.

The stadium was roaring for most of the game (except 10 minutes after Cavani's goal) and it was a great atmosphere, the best one I've experienced by miles.

Barça fought for it and got it, but this was no master class like the 2-6 at Bernabeu, PSG choked this one.
The first two goals were amateur defending, the 3rd was.. a weird penalty and the 5th a stupid decision by Marquinhos (though it wasn't a penalty and the ref gifted one us there). I thought the ref was horrible in general.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Bayern for sure and against a few others it's at least a toss-up.

Juventus is the team that worries me. Atletico and Real can beat you at any game, as well as Bayern (though this year they're not impressing me)

 

[The Abusement Park]

What's more impressive this or Istanbul? Holy ****... I'd say Istanbul since it was the final but still this has to be one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports.

 

[Deficient Mode]

I was on the Camp Nou today and I feel privileged to witness one of the greatest comebacks in soccer history.

The stadium was roaring for most of the game (except 10 minutes after Cavani's goal) and it was a great atmosphere, the best one I've experienced by miles.

Barça fought for it and got it, but this was no master class like the 2-6 at Bernabeu, PSG choked this one.
The first two goals were amateur defending, the 3rd was.. a weird penalty and the 5th a stupid decision by Marquinhos (though it wasn't a penalty and the ref gifted one us there). I thought the ref was horrible in general.

He always is

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

What's more impressive this or Istanbul? Holy ****... I'd say Istanbul since it was the final but still this has to be one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sports.

This is definitely up there but for me it's Istanbul... considering you had to turn the momentum at half time and it was a final.

 

[Live in the Now]

Istanbul in the way that Milan didn't really collapse, they were still playing well.

This in the way that the comeback was left so late in the game. That being said, Trapp could have easily stopped the free kick and dove out of the way of the last goal.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Let's not forget the Dortmund comeback vs Malaga either. Not as many goals to the comeback as this, and not a final like Istanbul, but still right there in my biased opinion.

 

[The Abusement Park]

This is definitely up there but for me it's Istanbul... considering you had to turn the momentum at half time and it was a final.

Yeah, that was my thinking too. The fact that it's a final really magnifies it.

 

[Halladay]

Let's not forget the Dortmund comeback vs Malaga either. Not as many goals to the comeback as this, and not a final like Istanbul, but still right there in my biased opinion.

Last year vs BVB was more fun .

 

[Jussi]

One of the rare times you'll see a Man United legend and a Liverpool legend celebrating together like they were best friends.

But why were they rooting for Barça?

They weren't rooting for Barcelona, they were rooting for footballing magic. What we saw tonight goes beyond football, beyond diving and complaining about the ref, beyond choking/bottling, beyond everything on earth. We saw magic.

I never liked the club and never will, and I was downright ecstatic when they scored the last three goals. It's magic man, nothing else to say.

 

[Deficient Mode]

Last year vs BVB was more fun .

I have no idea to what you're referring. This is the Champions League thread. Please limit discussion to current and past Champions League matches.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Honestly, right before he scored, all I was thinking was, "How is he gonna **** this one up?"