Many are expecting a thrashing for United pretty much from the opening minute. It might not get that ugly but doom is definitely on the agenda. If things get out of hand the other matchup seems infinitely more palatable, what with Barcelona and Atletico giving us a preview of their potential title-deciding clash on the last day of the Liga season.
Tomorrow's lineup contains more uncertainty, although Borussia are not coming into Bernabeu in the best of forms. PSG will want to show last year's good showing against Barca at the same stage of the competition wasn't a fluke. This could go a long way toward cementing L. Blanc's reputation, as he'll be taking on one of the master tacticians/talkers of the game.

today (return leg 04/09)
Barcelona - Atletico
Man United - Bayern

tomorrow (return 04/08)
PSG - Chelsea
Real Madrid - Borussia

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

NO ONE GETS FOX SPORTS 2 YOU FUCKING FUCKS.

goddamit.

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Y'all stupid...should've tanked for Lebron/Wiggins in 2014 -Rex LongFellow

It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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CALL YOUR LOCAL CABLE PROVIDER AND TELL THEM YOU WANT FOX SPORTS 2!


Edit: Just checked to see if Comcast is at least streaming FS2 in my area and no, they aren't, BUT I DO HAVE 7 DIFFERENT FEEDS OF THE PAC12 NETWORK AVAILABLE.

for the atletico/barca game in spanish. so...that's...something.

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Y'all stupid...should've tanked for Lebron/Wiggins in 2014 -Rex LongFellow

It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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>BUT I DO HAVE 7 DIFFERENT
>FEEDS OF THE PAC12 NETWORK AVAILABLE.


/Larry Scott'd

SMH.

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes

fucking only decent chance and they score and it wasn't even a decent chance, it was a crazy good terrible angle shot.

bartra was rock solid after getting forced into the game cold. hope pique's alright, but feel good about bartra. neymar had a really rough start but a great goal and great energy (even if dani alves was mad as fuck because neymar didn't make the right cut on a great chance). alexis put in great effort but man, clutz in front of goal again.

messi was a little underwhelming but never really got a chance. iniesta was dangerous and i can't believe how much atletico fouled as part of their plan. really mourinho-esque as a tactic. that was the one ugly part.

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It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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> i can't believe how much
>atletico fouled as part of their plan. really mourinho-esque
>as a tactic. that was the one ugly part.

at least, with simeone, he's an underdog, so it makes sense. but it's an ugly plan and it's bullshit when they complain when it's OBVIOUS they fouled as part of a strategy.

at least fucking own it (and i know, that's dumb. you have to pretend like it was unintentional, blah blah blah. that's part of the ugliness of the plan)

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Y'all stupid...should've tanked for Lebron/Wiggins in 2014 -Rex LongFellow

It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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*yeshrug*

<--- Big Baller World Order

Style of play doesn't mean anything if it's not getting results....just ask any Arsenal supporter (me) for the past 8 years.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

that said, giving the away goal to Bayern hurt and i'd expect them to be daunting at home.

:/

14 months, they got.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26852466

Just. Wtf. Especially ironic considering how hamstrung baca gets by its inability to sign u18s to pro contracts and thus get poached by england.

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It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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They are, more or less, stuck with Pinto for a full season unless they can plead for Valdes to come back for one more year (not like he left on great terms, as is) or get a dispensation on the ban to allow for deals currently agreed (Gladbach surely have plans for the Stegen money). Replacing Puyol full-time was also going to be crucial this period, but they have a few players in the B team that could be ready for occasional first team duty (particularly Sergi Gomez). The Halilovic signing is less problematic and will only hurt Dinamo Zagreb as he can leave on a free in the summer and the transfer ban does not apply to signing free agents.

What I don't fully understand is why Barcelona are the ones being signaled out for this when, in truth, tons of clubs are guilty of fudging the under 18 rule (Madrid historically break this rule regularly and Chelsea and City have recently really broken the rule by dipping into South America and Ghana ((City have a defacto youth club in Ghana in the Right to Dream Academy)). If FIFA are serious about this, they should hit all the clubs that have infringed at the same time so there is a normalization period.

Being made an example of, or some sort of retribution.

the need for a CB is huge. Pinto/Oier/Masip can cover for a season, though not ideal. along with Valdes' injury, i wonder if he might be convinced to stay for one extra year.

what about loans? are loans allowed?

edit: with the ability to appeal, i suspect barca will at least get to act this summer. so hopefully that can go through and they can take the penalty in the winter and summer of 2015 if needed. but fuuuuuuck, this sucks.

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It's only funny till someone gets mad. Then it's hilarious.

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Where they waited long enough to appeal to the Court for Arbitration of Sport that they still had time in the July window to do business before finally excepting the ban. That ban, though, also froze Roma from selling any players.

Like B9 said, there are obvious cases of other teams doing it as well. If FIFA is serious, there need to be consistent penalties to all teams doing this.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

and the ban will go into effect next winter.
That's how the Chelsea ban was set up (even though there ban was eventually overturned).

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

Not the same as Chelsea's.

But IIRC Chelsea got their ban in the fall, but were still allowed to make January transfers while they were in they were going through appeals.

Barca says they have 90 days to file an appeal (and they definitely will), which would put them right around July 1st. So either the appeal process allows them to delay the ban... or maybe FIFA just gives them a little grace period... but either way, I think they get to make some summer signings.

I hope.

If not. We're fuct.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

<--- Big Baller World Order

Or similar.

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

that is not a good look for us

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

But Jallet...you have every right to be as fearful as you are lol. PSG is gonna have to tilt a midfielder to comsistently help and contain that wing...but that's going to open up some space in front of the cb's. Should be interesting (for a neutral at least lol).

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

it is indeed scary

we all owe Jallet some excuses. He played a very solid game defensively (Hazard wasn't dangerous at any point) and he still found the energy to provide some much needed offense as well. Probably the 3rd best Parisian tonight behind Lavezzi and Matuidi.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

and that's a lot of things

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NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

it's even sweeter to get a goal on a mistake by a douchebag like him

if he keeps up w/this tomfoolery, I'm gonna need Cabaye

that yellow card on Alex is on him

if the two star players shit the bed like that (not to mention Verratti's dumb ass), it's going to be difficult to get out of this

jesus, that was entirely unnecessary

Blanc stated before the game PSG would play their style and hold on to the ball...yet they haven't been doing that at all ever since Lavezzi scored. You could feel the equalizer coming, and now they look listless.

Ibra better step it up, or else that 'he folds in big games' talk is going to re-surface.

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MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

Ever since the goal, they are staying on the ball and not releasing quickly, exactly what Chelsea wants with their high pressure...and it has led to turnover after turnover. Cavani has given the ball away far too many times under no pressure as well.

Unless the midfield actually starts maintaining possession, Ibra will continue to play near midfield rather than putting forward pressure.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

he's going to have to be on a very short leash in this second half

as for Ibra, he's going to track back regardless, that's his game, and usually he's good at setting people up, but today he's been shit (he turned the ball over more often than Cavani...who needs to step up as well, though, you're right)

He hasn't been able to apply any of that pressure because PSG simply haven't had any of the ball in the attacking half.

Matuidi had 3 mistakes, after the equalizer,where he either gave the ball away or didn't release the ball...but I was def wrong to put him in the same class as Verrati lol.

Anyways, much better from PSG to start the half. Moving the ball quickly and releasing into forward positions.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

force a save at least...that was a picture perfect cross from Blaise. they're not gonna get many more golden opportunities like that.

Another poor one, this time on his chest on that through lob.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

all the articles pre-game kept bringing up how he's been lackluster in CL direct elimination games, and I thought they were over playing it, but he's making them right today

Just everything about the decision was absolutely terrible. A player of his caliber, the captain of the team, with a bone-headed and unnecessary lunge in a game you are leading and in which Chelsea (although starting to gain more possession) hadn't produced one real chance, and PSG was ready to really ramp up the counter-attacking game (had already seen one chance with Lavezzi breaking). Silva just donated to Chelsea exactly what they needed.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

it's not like there was any immediate danger. so fucking dumb.

It wasn't even close. Dude needs to worry less about that and more about not continuing to give the ball away needlessly.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

but yeah, Ezequiel gets the game ball today. Him and Matuidi, imo.

nm

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"You can't beat white people. You can only knock them out."

Gives away a cheap foul to setup a dangerous free-kick, and then to cap it off, own goal.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

I would have pulled the trigger at the third Verratti turn over / highly questionable dribbling in his own 30 (ie about 20 mns in in the first half)

Such a touchy touchy muscle too, the timetable is essentially just a guess.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

this is poor coaching, imo, reminiscent of the way France played Spain at the 2012 euro

also, Cavani sucks just about as much as Ibra today. disgusting.

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

So it's not like this is an aberration lol. That last touch after the Lucas pass might have to take the cake though.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Dude strolling around in public, hand in hand, and going to dinners with someone who isn't his wife...at least try to be discreet dummy.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

that's what Cavani is right now

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

but nah

he didn't look tired to me

FLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

What a show of strength and skill. Obviously the 2 goal lead is HUGE for PSG, but even more important now that Ibra's status for next week is in serious doubt.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I knew we should not give up on him

no way did I think he was gonna go for it after that dribbling, quite an amazing sequence

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MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

>no way did I think he was gonna go for it

Cech: No way he's gonna shoot that from that angle. O shit.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

I thought he had lost all confidence, and that game at Lorient didn't particularly help his case...but this goal will.

Glad to see him have a moment like that, maybe it propels him to more consistent playing time and form.

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<--The drought is over

"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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