GWT: Champions League - League Stage

[gary69]

Player of the game is probably Chevalier but a good second is Bouaddi, 17 today. Only his turnover late in the game was a negative.

Meanwhile Mbappe still looks awful.
If Vini wins the BDO, he's the worst winner of all-time.
Jude is useless most games too.
Endrick was pretty decent.

I think that's still Belanov in 1986. He had some good matches at WC, but I still was surprised he won.

Kiev won the Cup Winners Cup too that season, but they didn't really face any top teams outside of Atletico Madrid in the final, and they weren't really amongst the best teams that year either.

Obviously if the rules had been different back then (similar to today) he hadn't been even close to winning.

 

[Islesfan22]

With strong rain and lot of water on the pitch throughout the match in Zagreb, players couldn't pass the ball or run with for any length really.

They couldn't hold on until the end, but I was impressed by Dinamo nevertheless. Especially Baturina was good as long as he was on the pitch, goal and assist for him.

Baturina is the next big thing midfielder from
Dinamo from what I’ve read.

 

[Epictetus]

Supersub Duran!

 

[Evilo]

Just saw some "highlights" of Letexier's reffing yesterday in the Leipzig/Juve game. SHOCKING.

He is usually solid in Europe, bad in France. Maybe he didn't get the memo.

 

[Evilo]

In other nice reffing extracts, guess who took the yellow for this "altercation"?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841731421020246163

 

[maclean]

Just watched the highlights for Girona-Feyenoord, pretty crazy match. Three own goals (one called back for the tightest of offsides), two penalties (both stopped).

 

[Juve]

That Diaz penalty is one of the worst I have ever seen called a penalty. Yes, the ball hits his forearm but it's in a position where the ball would have still hit his body. Calling that a handball is absolutely shambolic. Again, one of the top 3 worst called I have ever seen.

Same thing yesterday with the Douglas Louis call. He had turned his hand to protect his head in the wall. If he didn't have his hand up to protect his head, the ball still would have hit the back of his head.

Really horrible reffing yesterday

 

[al secord]

In other nice reffing extracts, guess who took the yellow for this "altercation"?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841731421020246163

Typical. And in fairess to Diakité, Rudiger looks like a guy with halitosis.

 

[Juve]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Juve/s/KPmuTTUSjY

 

[Evilo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Juve/s/KPmuTTUSjY

I saw that one too, incredible. Though in all fairness, it was the linesman who signaled a phantom foul.

 

[S E P H]

Same thing yesterday with the Douglas Louis call. He had turned his hand to protect his head in the wall. If he didn't have his hand up to protect his head, the ball still would have hit the back of his head.

Really horrible reffing yesterday

That's the one I am referring to! Absolutely shoddy reffing.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

We're only into October and the core Real Madrid players already look gassed, which is highly concerning considering we're not getting any reinforcements. The squad is simply too thin. There isn't a quality midfield option off the bench that I'm seeing, tall task ahead. Rudiger, Fede and Carvajal have basically absorbed every minute in the last 12+ months, something has to give.

People clowned on him, but we badly badly miss Joselu's profile. So far our player profiles just don't seem to mesh.

Camavinga is coming back. That will help.

We badly need a CB though. Midfield I am not worried, but central defense? One of Rudiger or Militao goes down and we are f***ed.

 

[Juve]

I saw that one too, incredible. Though in all fairness, it was the linesman who signaled a phantom foul.

Fair enough. That was one of many crazy calls. Normally, I don't complain about refs. That was one farce of a game.

 

[TheShape]

Camavinga is coming back. That will help.

We badly need a CB though. Midfield I am not worried, but central defense? One of Rudiger or Militao goes down and we are f***ed.

Club noted CB was an issue since we were all in on Yoro and that just ended once he joined Man U. Just poor squad planning, Rudiger/Militao injury is inevitable at this rate.

 

[Evilo]

x.com

twitter.com

Before rocking the Emirates, the PSG fans did this.

 

[JPBolts]

Big Jhon. What a striker

 

[Jovavic]

What was Neuer doing on that goal?

 

[cgf]

What was Neuer doing on that goal?

The same thing he’s been doing for the past ~5 years, forgetting that he’s 60

 

[Power Man]

lol that’s awesome

Some PSG ultras turned up to a 5 a side pitch in London to support some random guys having a kick about

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/F5kPyNaq9R

 

[Evilo]

lol that’s awesome

Some PSG ultras turned up to a 5 a side pitch in London to support some random guys having a kick about

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/F5kPyNaq9R

Posted 5 posts before yours

 

[Power Man]

Posted 5 posts before yours

Aïe, désolé

 

[bv29]

Baturina is the next big thing midfielder from
Dinamo from what I’ve read.

Yes, he is. And don't overlook Petar Sučić as well. After them next in the line is/should be Luka Vrbančić (19), who is currently on loan at Lokomotiva. There are also Lukas Kačavenda and Luka Stojković, but their development is somewhat slowed due to various injuries (both were under knife). Dinamo is really stacked at midfield, which can't be said for defence and/or offense.

 

[bluesfan94]

Home	Away	Time and Date (CT)	Venue
Monaco	Crvena zvezda	Tue., Oct. 22, 11:45 AM	Stade Louis II
AC Milan	Club Brugge	Tue., Oct. 22, 11:45 AM	San Siro
Arsenal	Shakhtar Donetsk	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	The Emirates
Juventus	VfB Stuttgart	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	Juventus Stadium
Sturm Graz	Sporting Lisboa	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	28 Black Arena
Real Madrid	Borussia Dortmun	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	The Bernabeu
Paris Saint-Germain	PSV Eindhoven	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	Parc des Princes
Girona	Slovan Bratislava	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	Montilivi
Aston Villa	Bologna	Tue., Oct. 22, 2:00 PM	Villa Park
Atalanta	Celtic	Wed., Oct. 23, 11:45 AM	Gewiss Stadium
Brest	Bayer Leverkusen	Wed., Oct. 23, 11:45 AM	Stade du Roudourou
RB Leipzig	Liverpool	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	Red Bull Arena Leipzig
Manchester City	Sparta Praha	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	The Etihad
Barcelona	Bayern Munich	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	Estada Olimpic Lluis Companys
Atletico Madrid	Lille	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	The Metropolitano
RB Salzburg	Dinamo Zagreb	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	Red Bull Arena Salzburg
Benfica	Feyenoord	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	Estadio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Young Boys	Internazionale Milano	Wed., Oct. 23, 2:00 PM	Wankdorf Stadium

 

[JoVel]

I have zero doubt BVB will beat Real today before losing to Augsburg on the weekend.

 

[Savi]

Brugge with a bunch of great chances, failed to score and then Milan, after doing nothing for 35 minutes, scores an olympic goal

edit: and now a direct red card for Brugge so this game is officialy ruined

edit: Brugge ties it up early in the 2nd half!