Mexal Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hope this 2nd half plays into Thursday. Winning the Europa League would be an awesome send off for Wenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Big, big win for Napoli. Right at the death too. Title race back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Juve/Napoli was not a very good game but what an awesome moment with Koulibaly’s 90th minute winner. Title race will go down to the wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Juve still have to go to Inter and to Roma as well. Down to the wire this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Salah wins PFA player of the year. De Bruyne would’ve been just as deserving imo. Both Chelsea rejects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Congrats to Mo. His season has been far beyond the expectations of anyone. We’ve got Salah! (doo doo Doo doo doo doo) Oh, Mane, Mane! (doo doo Doo doo doo doo) And Bobby Firminooooooo, But we sold Coutinho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Serie A title race sounds well and good until you see the real tile in the Northern Irish Premiership going into the final game of the season: https://www.nifootballleague.com/danske-bank-premiership/table Coleraine's final game is away from home against third placed Glenavon. More interestingly, Crusaders' final game is away from home against sixth place Ballymena United - Coleraine's biggest rivals. Neither Coleraine nor Ballymena are very successful in the Irish League: Ballymena have never won the title and Coleraine have won it once - in 1974. Coleraine are having a surprise season: they are level on points at the top going into the final game of the season and are in the final of the Irish Cup, so could be on for a historic double. The only thing in their way is their biggest rivals Ballymena United. Ballymena is my local team, my great Uncle played for and managed them (also played for Derby County under Clough and the NI national team), so I keep an eye out for their results, but wouldn't call myself a proper fan. The hardcore Ballymena United fans I know, though, are hoping Ballymena United practically lie down to Crusaders to hand them the title and keep it away from Coleraine. I'd imagine that they'd even be celebrating if Crusaders score against them, and celebrating with the Crusaders fans if they beat them. There's your useless information about Northern Irish football for today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 I'm trying to stay grounded ahead of the game tomorrow. We've already over-achieved in the CL this year and it's all a bonus from here. I'd love to see our heroic victory over City carry us further than just the next round, even if it is a semi-final, but Roma have been pretty fantastic in the CL themselves this year against tougher opposition, and the tie could go either way. I really hope the team makes a strong showing. I'm OK with winning or losing, but I'd hate to see any player(s) trudge off feeling responsible for a bad mistake or a bad performance. Even if it sounds a bit Spursy, I'm pretty happy with this season of high quality football and competing at the top, even if we end up without a trophy, I just would hate to see it end on a sour note for these players. I hate the Liverpool fans who start with "this will be our year" every July, and now confidently predict our 6th CL. Why do they insist on creating a stick to beat us with? We're outsiders in the CL; dark horses at best. Now we've come up against another dark horse team in the semis, with both of us having defeated favorites in the last round, and later we face in the final a European giant of the past decade. This is no time for acting entitled, just enjoy that we're here and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baxus Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 If there's anything watching and supporting Liverpool has (or at least should've) taught us is that there are no sure things with our team. Sure, Liverpool has a better shot at finals against Roma then against Bayern or Real Madrid, but Roma definitely didn't get this far in the competition by accident or dumb luck. These two legs are definitely not going to be easy for either team. I'm hoping for a good game and a good result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Shit, Olade-Chamberlain's out injured. It looked like the kind of injury that might finish his season as well. Roma have started pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Roma playing with a more positive set up than I thought they would. A high line and pressing high up the pitch. Salah does look to have the beating of both Jesus and Kolarov though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Last ten minutes Roma’s defence has just fallen apart. What a hit from Mo Salah. No keeper would have stopped that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 How many times did Salah have to warn Roma he intends to score from the right with a ball in the left corner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Perfect shot. Interestingly looked a lot better once Wijnaldum came on for Ox. Sucks to see him injured though he’s been so good of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Liverpool really should have scored more here. Interesting formation from Roma. It's letting them pressure Liverpool in midfield but it's leaving a lot of space for Salah and Mane down the channels. Since Liverpool have started just bypassing midfield it really isn't working, they should probably make a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 It is far too easy for Liverpool to get in behind, yet Roma persist with the high line. Can’t take anything away from Mo Salah, though - what a footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljkeane Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 When Mo Salah wins the Ballon D'Or there's probably a stupid add on to his fee from last summer. So really, when you think about it, he's doing Roma a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan La Cabra Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 No team should be winning 5-0 70 minutes into a Champions League semi-final. How on Earth did Roma knock out Barcelona? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The way I see it, this is just giving Roma the opportunity to register the biggest comeback in CL history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Di Francesco'a advice to his players to go one better than against Barcelona was slightly misinterpreted. Thrashings in the latter stages of the Champions League when one side gets their setup wrong are pretty common these days, but this is particularly bizarre given how obvious the flaw was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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