GWT: UCL R16 First Legs
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I can just imagine Haaland fuming after this game and calling Laporta to sign now. He may play for us by the napoli match.Thought Mbappe was excellent. He's going to destroy us for a long time
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What's your favourite team? What's your handle?
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If he could stop turning into Kante every time he has the ball in the opposing penalty area he'd be a generational player.
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When I saw Arsenal play Sporting in the Europa League a few years back, I was amazed by their away support. It was mind-blowing how loud they were for the entire 90.
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I am a fan. Not everyone likes my opinion though. Which is fine. I don’t think Yesterday isn’t exactly a the feather in the cap for the pro-away goal crowd either. City scored 5 and Madrid got burned for lousy tactics.
City-Sporting isn't really the benchmark for that rule, though. Much more instructive was Madrid going to Paris and rolling over.
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Did they roll over?
I saw a team who knew they were somewhat outmatched, attempting to get through the first leg, knowing that on the second, Benzema will be more fit, and they will be at home with a lot more to play for. I think they had hope to see something work with Vinicius Jr out on the flank, and maybe something come off with a lucky free kick. But it looked more like a typical damage mitigation to me. They got quite lucky with the poor penalty by Messi, but were basically what? 2 minutes? From pulling it off?
I saw a team who knew they were somewhat outmatched, attempting to get through the first leg, knowing that on the second, Benzema will be more fit, and they will be at home with a lot more to play for. I think they had hope to see something work with Vinicius Jr out on the flank, and maybe something come off with a lucky free kick. But it looked more like a typical damage mitigation to me. They got quite lucky with the poor penalty by Messi, but were basically what? 2 minutes? From pulling it off?
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I don’t necessarily agree. I think one is far on one side of the spectrum and one is far on the other side of the spectrum. It balances out.
And this is just the first of the first legs. How the second legs play out was always going to be more telling.
I think the lesson from PSG x Madrid is that Madrid has egg on their face because it backfired for them. The fact that they didn’t try (especially in the first half) burned them. Maybe teams won’t try to 0-0 now. That’s the lesson
Even in the scenario you outlined, which I don't really agree with, that speaks to exactly what I'm saying.
They came for a nil-nil knowing the away goal had no value and they'd rather take their shot at home, whatever their thought process.
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There's no tactic/approach that works every time. If the game ended sixty seconds earlier, it's a master stroke. Leave alone, approach aside, they played very poorly.
