Mark Antony Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Yeah midfield was awesome. Hendo, Gini, and Naby were all top notch imo. I’ll take a clean sheet with that CB pairing all day. Confident Liverpool will get an away goal. Kimmich being out will be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Meanwhile (former) German International and Juve midfielder Sami Khedira had to undergo a heart surgery. He is expected to be out for at least a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 That's Schalke 2-1 Up.The obvious question now is do LFC manmark Pogba on Sunday?Hold forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 So Schalke gets two penalties and leads 2-1 against City? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: So Schalke gets two penalties and leads 2-1 against City? Apparently.Righteously justified penalties too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hanging around the penalty area until the opposition is kind enough to foul you has pretty much been Schalke’s main attacking strategy this season. Nice to see it works in Europe too. I’m not convinced the first one should have been given, but Uth probably should have had a foul in the build up to City’s goal so it had evened itself out. The VAR process was so strange - it took an absolute age when the first angle gave a good view to decide either way, the referee never had a look himself despite being overruled on a subjective matter and in the middle of it he called Ralle and Silva over for a chat for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The handball penalty was a bullshit call. I think they are having problems with the video review area at Schalke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redriver Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Philokles said: Hanging around the penalty area until the opposition is kind enough to foul you has pretty much been Schalke’s main attacking strategy this season. Nice to see it works in Europe too. I’m not convinced the first one should have been given, but Uth probably should have had a foul in the build up to City’s goal so it had evened itself out. The VAR process was so strange - it took an absolute age when the first angle gave a good view to decide either way, the referee never had a look himself despite being overruled on a subjective matter and in the middle of it he called Ralle and Silva over for a chat for some reason. Seems to be paying dividends now.Though I would say spending quality time in the opposition's penalty area is prob a good idea.No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Atleti robbed on that imo. Barely touched him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Let's agree to disagree on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Morata's goal should have stood imo. Very little contact on Chiellini who made an absolute meal of it. Football is a contact sport and Morata's little touch on Chiellini surely shouldn't be enough to be called a foul - if that is a foul then no goal from a set piece should ever be allowed because worse pushing and shoving than that takes place at every set piece. Justice was served though and Atleti are now deservedly 2-0 up. Have totally outplayed Juve in the 2nd half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon the Leaner Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Well, it was a very Atletico win (not to speak about this Simeone celebration) We'll see how high favourites Juve cope with that, but Colchoneros are right now in a mattress to make their way to the quarter finals. ...have City turned around a 2-1 to a 2-3 with 10 men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Ser Glendon Fireball said: ...have City turned around a 2-1 to a 2-3 with 10 men? They did. Schalke are total gash though so City would have hammered them in the 2nd leg anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philokles Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 That was a gutting way to lose. I didn’t think for a moment that City wouldn’t turn it around in Manchester, but so close to a great home result. 1 hour ago, redriver said: Seems to be paying dividends now.Though I would say spending quality time in the opposition's penalty area is prob a good idea.No? In theory yes, but as you may have noticed Schalke are pretty hopeless going forward from open play. Both of Schalke’s top two scorers are there because they take the penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolorous Gabe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, redriver said: Apparently.Righteously justified penalties too. I think there's some debate to be had on that. I would say the first one was justifiable but that ball was struck at considerable pace and Nico didn't move his arm towards the ball, he was in the process of moving it backwards to go behind his back. I'd call it justifiable but harsh. And although it is the rules, a yellow card in this instance seems harsh too (I also thought Nico's 2nd yellow was justifiable but harsh). The second penalty is interesting because the fouled player was very marginally offside. Now obviously the current rule is that the player only becomes active when he touches the ball. I'm tempted to suggest that this needs amending because surely he must be active if a penalty is awarded for a foul on him. Interested to hear opinions on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just happened to switch over to the game in time for Otamendi's handball and thought that the decision was absolute rubbish. Otamendi's hand was not in an unnatural position and he made no movement towards the ball with his hand (quite the opposite in fact). Taking proximity into account as well as the power behind the shot and I'm not sure what more Otamendi could have done there to prevent the ball hitting his arm. No way should that be deemed a deliberate handball. On the second penalty, I didn't watch any replays but here is the relevant rule: Quote In situations where: a player in an offside position is moving towards the ball with the intention of playing the ball and is fouled before playing or attempting to play the ball, or challenging an opponent for the ball, the foul is penalised as it has occurred before the offside offence an offence is committed against a player in an offside position who is already playing or attempting to play the ball, or challenging an opponent for the ball, the offside offence is penalised as it has occurred before the foul challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolorous Gabe Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 16 minutes ago, Consigliere said: On the second penalty, I didn't watch any replays but here is the relevant rule: Ah okay, that's interesting. Edited to add: I do find it strange that an offside player can win a penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 16 hours ago, Ser Glendon Fireball said: Well, it was a very Atletico win (not to speak about this Simeone celebration) I fucking love Simeone Atleti were unlucky not to have won 4 or 5 to 0. I think Allegri is done at Juve. Cant see them getting through the tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 window transfer ban for Chelsea, it just goes from bad to worse. Though since they have a lot of young talent that isn't getting developed it may be a blessing in disguise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Yikes well at least we know why they tried so hard to keep Hudson Odoi . Sarris even more fucked than he already is now that he can’t even bring in any more players to suit his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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