and heck, let's include the Europa League since I'm sure BrooklynWHAT and PROMO will give us breathless updates on United's run.

Two Quarter-finals are set: Leipzig-Atletico and Atalanta-PSG. Then this week we have the conclusion of the Rd of 16:

Aug 7:
City-Madrid (2-1 agg)
Lyon-Juve (1-0)

Aug 8:
Napoli-Barca (1-1)
Chelsea-Bayern (0-3)

1/4 finals: Aug 12-15
Semis: Aug 18-19
Final: Aug 23

All the games will be on CBS Sports Network (you can do a free one-month trial to CBS All Access), with the last 3 games on regular Univision.

Obviously, I'm biased for Saturday.

Holler at me if you need a laink! *cough*

Los Blancos!!

It was a bad game. Come back stronger next season.

first we get Atalanta, a "small" team with the exact qualities we tend to not handle well (physical, great press, good wingers, underdogs on paper)
then we lose Mbappe to a nasty tackle. Tuchel says he'll sub in at best
now Verrati is likely out after suffering a knock in an innocuous training challenge
ADM suspended
Icardi playing like a moldy sack of potatoes
Cavani peaced out

So for once we finally have Neymar healthy on the business end of the season and he'll be in full hero-ball mode. Y-A-Y

Atalanta is really good

at least the loss of Illicic balances things out somewhat.

that does balance things out a bit

i read an article that he was severely impacted by the effect the virus had on the area he lives at in Italy since he has a very empathetic personality in general

he's away from the team because of this

https://twitter.com/PSG_inside/status/1291784269057138688

did Nasser Al-Khelaifi open an ancient cursed Mayan vault on a recent trip or something?

should be put in front of a firing squad.

does the ref know he can use VAR?

just saw highlights

two just complete fuck ups by him ruined any chance real had. did not see that coming.
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too bad Lyon'll get smoked next weekend by City

Dembele, Depay, Aouar, and as much JRA as they can safely use all together

I will say their young midfield (Caqueret/Guimaeres) was pretty great for their age and lack of experience. Lyon will make good money on them. But yeah, they’d not gonna outscore anyone, as good as they look on paper

he is so lucky dybala and Ronaldo dragged them over the line in serie a because he did nothing for this team this year. Ronaldo almost did it again today.

>he is so lucky dybala and Ronaldo dragged them over the line
>in serie a because he did nothing for this team this year.
>Ronaldo almost did it again today.

They looked comfortable for long stretches against arguable the greatest Champions League side in history.

Only Bayern can really stand in their way. Atletico too if they decide not to try and play.

>They looked comfortable for long stretches against arguable
>the greatest Champions League side in history.

Ehhhh... I mean we're a couple years removed from that. This squad doesn't get to live off that imo. Not without him.

FOH

We just won la liga while dealing with tons of injuries, and we are still not at full strength.
Ascensio just came back. Hazard just came back, and Marcelo is out. Plus this season was interrupted and these are really scrimmage games, and there will be an asterisk placed on the season.

Ronaldo was a huge part of Real Madrid’s success, and is probably the greatest Madrid player off all time, but Bale, Benzema, Modric,Marcelo, and Ramos were a huge part of Real Madrid’s success as well.

The current team just needs to stay healthy, so that players can learn how to play with one another. The team simply lacks chemistry, and there is no set starting 11.

>They looked comfortable for long stretches against arguable
>the greatest Champions League side in history.

this is far from that RM team so how they do that?

He is referring to the players. The players who were on that team are still there.

The other week you came wrongly talking about a tribute, now you come
putting my name in your mouth.

I don’t know your personally, but please seek expert counseling for your inferior complexion. Oh, btw, please learn Futbol while you’re at it.

Oh word, you're still mad that I schooled you about Pedro.

My bad!

It was a chelsea tribute, Mr. Moronic One.

And he was more appreciated and acknowledged at chelsea than he was at Barca. He never got the credit he deserved in Spain, because Messy ( yeah, that’s the spelling) gets/got all the attention.

Same thing with Fabregas

you really have no idea what you're talking about regarding Pedrito.

SMH

He got tired of being an afterthought and a 12th man ..facts

The signing of Luis Suarez was the last straw.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/pedro-to-chelsea-barcelonas-glorious-afterthought-grew-tired-of-his-life-on-the-bench-10463073.html%3famp

when you get the chance to sign El Pistolero, you fucking sign El Pistolero.

No worries.

thats a very generous way to describe RM lol

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1292148981456412678?s=21

Trying to keep him away from aging rosters and ridiculous expectations.

but shit

4-4-2?

Don’t have confidence for the future right now. We are too young and inexperienced. There are going to be a lot of 21 year olds on this team next season..

Reese 21
Pulisic 21
Tomori 21
Abraham 21
Gilmore young as fock
Werner 24
RLC 23
Odi 20
Havertz -21


And more Than likely Kanté will not be back. Weak arse GK and backline.

This is a 2-3 year project ..at least. I doubt we qualify for CL next season.

With the way Frank wants to play he NEEDS a fit Kante. What sucks is unloading Jorginho will be a difficult task now with Sarri out. Better hope Sarri gets a new job (with transfer funds at his disposal) ASAP. Jorgi doesn’t really have a place as a starter, especially with the likely Havertz transfer. Gonna need a midfielder that can properly hold his own defensively.

He is Michael Essien right now ...At 29, his stock isn’t going to get higher and he isn’t going to get better. This was the same time that we sold Essien and due to the same injury issues

Time to sell. Once he hits 30 his stock will drop a few more millions.

Jorginho is trash. Time to offload. ASAP

The focus should be on getting a good DM and getting Ampadu back off loan to fill the hole.

But this team isn’t very good and has been this way for awhile. Hazard really carried the shit out of this squad. This is a 2-3 year project and I have no glory expectations for next season ..just hope frank fights hard to keep his job and try to make CL.

Like I said losing Michale Emanelo was huge. The current directors are too focused on youth instead of what is actually needed for each position regardless of age. That is what kept us winning silverware almost every season. And I’m not that confident on these young acquisitions, no experience at winning hardware.

Most players Emanelo brought in had already won titles or some sort of hardware. Kanté, Pedro, fabgregas, Costa, willian, mata, etc

These youngins have not won shit, so they have to learn how to be winners on top of getting better at their positions....

I don’t expect anything for at least 2-3 years ....just chill and watch it grow.

He will either go to Inter (We got him under Conte’s watch)!, PSG or Real Madrid. Those are the teams he is linked with.

But with most of the old guard gone, his age, current injury issues, and lampard mostly playing him out of position, I don’t see him back at the bridge....and does he really want to stick around for this intense rebuild if he is still at the top of his game?

This team is not very good right now.

Kante behind him gives Kai cover to do the things he's best at

Well, according to recent reports they are going to have to sell Kanté to be able to afford Havertz, because his club is not moving on the fee.

http://www.eurosport.com/football/transfers/2019-2020/chelsea-willing-to-sell-n-golo-kante-to-raise-kai-havertz-funds-paper-round_sto7779734/story-amp.shtml

Kante out, Havertz in

“ Chelsea are willing to sell N'Golo Kante to raise funds to sign the highly-rated Kai Havertz this summer. The Blues have already confirmed the summer signings of both Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner but a report from the Times reveals that Chelsea aren't done shopping just yet. Havertz is said to be wanted by Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich and Liverpool but Chelsea believe they can pip their rivals to the signing due to a financial advantage. The west London club are willing to sacrifice N'Golo Kante - who has been a long-term target of Zinedine Zidane's Real Madrid - to ensure they have the funds to sign the £90-million rated German wonderkid.

Paper Round's view: N'Golo Kante is a world-class footballer - but this isn't actually the worst idea. The World Cup winner will turn 30 next season and Real Madrid are still willing to pay a huge fee for Kante. The Frenchman hasn't really found his form so far this season under Frank Lampard and there have been question marks over his ability to adapt to the Blues boss' tactical system. Kante's exit would probably mean Chelsea need to sign a new box-to-box midfielder... or find an internal replacement in their squad (Billy Gilmour or Ruben Loftus-Cheek?). The deal could be worth it if it ends up with Chelsea beating their big-name rivals to the signing of Havertz - who has lit the Bundesliga up over the past two seasons.”

And I’m not really big on spending 90 million for Havertz who is unproven in the EPL. Kid is very talented, but there is similar talent out there that isn’t as expensive. Whenever we spend big for a player we get burned ..Schrilenko, Torres, Morata, Kepa.

Our focus should be on correcting that back line and getting a GK. We got three good strikers, we got pulisic, Odi, Mount, RLC, Ziyech, Mateo. ...Ampadu, Victor Moses and kenedy will back from loan. So get another winger and a DM

But the focus has to be on that back line and GK...we gave up 60 goals this year .the most in the epl. Just got killed by Bayern Munich and that was with Kanté on the field. We need to focus on what we actually need.

Kobialy looking shaky - not howlers, but kinda responsible for 2/3 goals

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/aug/08/juventus-appoint-andrea-pirlo-manager-following-maurizio-sarris-sacking

will be kinda weird.

guess we're gonna have more shootouts :(

could've easily been 3 goals for either side rn

fuckin embarassing man. I would be mad at Ney-Ney for his misses but he's the only one making anything happen

There was nothing to suggest those two goals were coming IMO

>There was nothing to suggest those two goals were coming IMO

once Herrera and Gueye were outta there it was a whole different ballgame. Doesn't hurt that Atalanta completely gave up on their usual ethos and switched to mid-90s catenacio tactics in the second half.
I'm worried about Navas, worried Tuchel won't learn the right lessons from the game and put Icardi and Gueye back as starters, but for now FUCK THAT WE IN THE SEMIS BOYS

a midfield pairing with Weston McKennie is much anticipated

through to the semis. weird that barca/bayern will probably be the good guys for the rest of this

i blanked that Juve/Lyon game out completely. weed been kicking my memory's ass lately. anything i do while i'm high may as well have never happened.

I'm trying to last min shift my work schedule this afternoon (1st world problems for sure) to watch this.

Regardless, can't wait

but good god they are incredible on the attack. presuming City win it'll be interesting to see how they deal w/ a team that can give it back to them.

it's only 30 minutes in.

https://media.tenor.com/images/36cf8e179b1eed9f03b5c9b0fbaf2ddf/tenor.gif

straight CLOWNED on that play

wonder if he considered playing for Ghana at any point

which is funny because there are rumors swirling that lampard is gonna spend a world record LB fee on Ben fucking Chilwell.

i doubt they'll be able to find a buyer and hell looking at this roster barca got they might not want to sell him.

>i doubt they'll be able to find a buyer and hell looking at
>this roster barca got they might not want to sell him.

He is gone gone gone gone gone gone gone.

Juve might could go super galactico... that would be unreal.

Inter could probably make a run at him too.

>Juve might could go super galactico... that would be unreal.

I just can't see him in any other shirt unless it's to retire back in Argentina

messi, de jong, and the kids Setien refused to play after the reason we were excited for his hire was that he'd play the kids.

go full youth movement. burn it to the ground. i'd rather be mid-table and playing barca football with barca players than watch a team that bares any similarities to the shit i just watched for two hours. and fuck you suarez for talking to the ref after the game. you're washed, deal with it.

VONC on the board if they don't announce early elections BEFORE THE PLANE LANDS IN BARCA. Setien shouldn't even board the plane. two subs? are you even there? wtf?

pique can stay because club legend. lenglet can stay because he's not usually this bad. Semedo GOT TO GO BYE HOLY SHIT WERE YOU BAD. Alba? the ONE expensive transfer I want is Grimaldo to replace your whiny, inconsistent ass. Vidal? you complain about being on the bench, so bye. Busquets? sorry, you're getting Yaya Toure'd, welcome to the bench, you're too slow. Roberto? sure, fine, for depth. but if he starts more than half the league games, i'm gonna cry (unless it's at RB because there aren't many good options out there and we don't have youth ready yet there but we do sell semedo). suarez? sub or bounce. griez? ehh...feel like he never got a chance at his position.

next season:
dembele/fati messi griez/pedri
trincao/de jong/puig/alena/pjanic
?????/pique/garcia/lenglet and ?????

fuck this.

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I feel hazard would be a better fit there because they need a winger

And Griezeman should have went to RM because we really need an AM.

But y’all fucked up by releasing Malcom. Every time he played he did well.

Lyon's lack of match fitness might bite them in the 2d half though, it was already a chore for them to close out the 1st

As for City, I noticed a 5-3-2 at one point, lol Pep cmon

Go on kid, Dat ‘Lade in the building. Glad he's health again

Man our scouting department killed It that one summer - the Jeff, Bennacer, Malen... Too bad they came in at the absolute worst time in the club when Wenger was in his last days and no one was paying any attention. All gone within 2 years. SMH

>Go on kid, Dat ‘Lade in the building. Glad he's health
>again
>
>Man our scouting department killed It that one summer - the
>Jeff, Bennacer, Malen... Too bad they came in at the absolute
>worst time in the club when Wenger was in his last days and no
>one was paying any attention. All gone within 2 years. SMH

Regardless a richly deserved L

To repeat:

Manchester City.

Got dominated.

In the MIDFIELD.

hazoo kristi, pep.

theres no reason for more than one of those players to be on the pitch at any given time unless protecting a late lead

just wow

then again, City's defense has been a dumpster fire allllll season. That's why LFC was so far ahead.

20 going on 30, he's a future star this one

that way, I only have to subscribe to this wack ass altice/SFR/RMC app a month a year
but mostly because direct elimination is the most enjoyable tournament format by a long mile

he’s been the most impressive player in the whole tournament to me so far
unbelievable game

he’s the future of les bleus and I can’t fucking wait

honestly surprised Leipzig's been able to keep him this long, considering big teams tried to sign him in 2015 when he signed for them.

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and Citeh straight chokes.

haha. couldn't write it better.

High drama in three matches, high narrative in Bayern/Barca.

it's funny

i get to party on the graves of my enemies.

then, my club goes out plays like shit again.

We already accomplished what we were in Europa for.

What Woodward and them do in the offseason will determine how well we do next year

and i mean, that particular game was just shitty to watch because we lost for the same reasons we always seem to lose.

a couple defensive lapses and a lack of finishing or imagination in attack (and man, Rashford has been straight dismal the last few weeks).

but you're right. it's still about fixing the same things it was months ago.

as we know who wields the power, i'm not SUPER hopeful.

Definitely should've been a red on that Lukaku penalty, though.

anyone who wanted to know that already knew ot, and it had no effect other than eye-rape

cmon lol

His finishing abandoned him but this is the all around fearless play we’ve come to expect. Every time he’s been healthy he’s delivered, he just had some shit injury timing

tough break for Lyon, at this level you can't let up on early chances

The turnaround from the shot off the post to Gnabry's goal seems to have broken their spirit.

I'm feeling better about our chances on Sunday though, they're very far from tight at the back. I knew that from previous games, but while I get that was the gameplan against Barca, I didn't expect a repeat today

I've never seen a guy choke so consistently and get so many chances in a final. Wyd, psg?!?!?

He had one miss, but that was in no way an automatic. Mbops though that was much worse.

Do Maria has been their biggest threat and making the young Canadian look shaky

they don't really know the game.

Bad look for mbappe and Neymar

i mean, he's the only one on the pitch with any ideas it seems.

One early, one late, nothing to show for it.

because like, the one is one Ander Herrera shoulda took but when passed it back Mbappe didn't expect him to not take it so he was backing away. The other chance had a bit of weirdness to it too.

I'm more speaking on like, his energy. Just seemed really low. The times when did get out in front of people on the wing he would just slow everything up and let Bayern's defense get back. It was weird.

Just a bad luck omen. He often plays well (but usually chokes at least one big chance, at least that didnt happen but only cuz he never really got that chance). But he. Never. Wins.

Yall thought I was talking about who looked good in the game? Lol, nope. Shocked he got the start consider how often he bottles up in moments in finals. Seen it too many times with Argentina.

I do see how I wrote it unclearly, like I was talking about this game. I had just turned it on late and saw he started and posted.
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not on narratives.

Maybe he chokes in big games, I don't know. But that's not how line ups in real life are selected.

*swaggy p face*

Not much to say about the result. Mbappé is gonna think about that grandpa-soft shot in the first half for a while. Kinda regretting him starting the semi but hindsight is 20/20. And of course the winning goal comes from an ex-PSG player

Goddamn Manuel Neuer

I thought Neymar wasn't awful. Mbappe offered absolutely nothing.

they gave you chances and nobody could take them
I thought psg defended well. They need to fork out some cash for that midfield

Neymar never looked comfortable today and him/Mbappe left some on the table today
But overall they played well. Just wasn’t their day

Neuer MOTM. Today he played like the lionized version of himself.

Coman has quite the impressive haul at 24. It’s always nice to see him healthy and playing. He had Kehrer on the rack

and they have a healthy Sane coming in

lol