Champions League Knockout Stage

[Power Man]

Ouch

Bensebaini with an OG after he assisted on Guirassy’s goal

 

[koyvoo]

I know it’s a day early, but did Madrid get any dubious calls on their favour yet?

 

[Power Man]

Argentina doesn't win the WC without Martinez. There's no denying that.

Among the GOATS of penalty shootouts with Grobelaar and Goicoichea

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Raphina with an absolute stinker. His worst game in like a year

 

[erikhamren]

ENRIQUE OUT

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Lopez shooting has went to shit in comparison to last year

 

[bluesfan94]

Villa is getting chances...

 

[Bounces R Way]

Are PSG trying to lose?

 

[Evilo]

Football is funny.
PSG has been way way better than Villa. This game and the last one.
But Villa is scoring 2 goals off deflections and play route 1 football (long balls, long crosses) and there's only 1 goal between them with 20 minutes to go.
Now all pressure on PSG.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Would have been better to not touch it at all. Even Justin Holl thinks that's a terrible clear.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Stupid aruajo

 

[bluesfan94]

Pacho just saved the tie

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Lol that was a goal

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Villa had such an incredible look too earlier with the missed header off the free kick opportunity.

 

[Evilo]

Wayyyyy closer than it should have been.
Good wakeup call.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Valiant effort from Villa, but they left a goal or maybe even two out there.

 

[Evilo]

Valiant effort from Villa, but they left a goal or maybe even two out there.

They scored 2 off deflections. They really can't complain.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

Guirassy takes a few of those first leg chances and this is a different tie.

 

[bluesfan94]

 

[Bounces R Way]

They scored 2 off deflections. They really can't complain.

do those count for less?

 

[JoVel]

Dortmund still made it interesting after being down 4-0, I think that's about as much as you can ask for at that point.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

do those count for less?

Only when playing against French clubs.

 

[Evilo]

do those count for less?

They count more than chances Villa didn't bury.
But it'd be quite extraordinary that Villa would scored 5 goals on 2.2 xG as you suggest.

 

[luiginb]

Sule looked hands down the best central defender we've faced this year, completely annihilated Raphinha. Dortmund may have won the xG battle but most of that is score effects, I don't think the qualificatios was in doubt at any point.

I watched the last 20 some minutes of the Villa game, they didn't look like a team that had to score one to tie it, very pedestian. Did Watkins even touch a ball? Looked comfortable for PSG (although I missed the two big Villa chances, only got to see the Pacho block, although I think that might have gone out)

 

[Evilo]

It was no comfortable at all. Maybe the last 10-15 minutes but there was a sense of panic after the 3rd goal.