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.

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

Obviously, I'm biased for Saturday.

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

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Los Blancos!!

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

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

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

Atalanta is really good

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

at least the loss of Illicic balances things out somewhat.

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

that does balance things out a bit

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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

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

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

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

should be put in front of a firing squad.

does the ref know he can use VAR?

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

just saw highlights

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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

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

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

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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

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

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.

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>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.

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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.

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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.

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

My bad!

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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.

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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.

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No worries.

thats a very generous way to describe RM lol

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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

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

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

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

but shit

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

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.

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"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God

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

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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

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will be kinda weird.

guess we're gonna have more shootouts

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could've easily been 3 goals for either side rn

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

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

There was nothing to suggest those two goals were coming IMO

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>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

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

a midfield pairing with Weston McKennie is much anticipated

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE

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

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

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.

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

Regardless, can't wait

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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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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.

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

it's only 30 minutes in.

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