It was their lowest points total in the 9IAR sequence. Only for Ronaldo I donāt think they would have won it. It was just a bad appointment, Sarri is very specific in the way he wants his team to play and Juve have a very pragmatic side.
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Sarri is the type suited to a Napoli, Spurs, Sevilla etc who are deem a top 4 finish and a cup run a great year with the odd title challenge against the big boys or a Europa league is seen as punching above their weight rather than a side where sustained success is the requirement
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Heās not flexible enough of a coach to manage a club with a different identity to his. Iād be very interested to see how we would get on at Barcelona who have a philosophy quite similar to how we wants his teams to play.
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Winning a European Cup is all that matters for Juventus. Getting knocked out by the 7th place team in the League of France in the round of 16 is an utter embarrassment for Sarri, Juventus and Italian soccer.
You got the likes off the Italian chap and his little helper Smithers after you flagged them in that post. You must be chuffed with yourself over that.
This feels like a very nasty post. Particularly considering how nice a day it is.
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In fairness Liverpool won the Champions League last season. You canāt win it every year. No comparison between winning Premier League and Serie A. Italian League is a closed shop for nearly a decade at this stage due to lack of a serious challenger.
Huh.
Liverpool had Spuds in the final. It was a tap in.
Beat PSG, Napoli, Bayern and Barca to get there. Spurs had knocked out Inter, Dortmund, treble winning City and that talented Ajax team so they were no mugs either.
They also lost to PSG, Napoli and Barca.
Won when it really mattered against Napoli though. Beating Bayern and Barca in the knockout stages is a fine achievement and Liverpool were worthy winners.
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They fluked it with the softest opposition they could ever imagine meeting in a final in a very weak era for football.
A very weak starting 11 for Frank here, this could be another spanking.
Liverpool have won European Silverware in many different eraās. Juve must be looking enviously at Liverpoolās haul of 6 and Juve without a Champions League in 24 years. Porto v Monaco in 2004 was a great final for your supposedly stronger era alrightš
Mertens cracks the post after 90 seconds.
Unreal by Messi. Unreal good.
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The goat
Messi again. 3-0 after half an hour.
Two ties are well over already.
Iām going to tidy up.
Edit: disallowed for a slight handball.
Iāll wait to tidy up. 2-0.
Was there any handball there?
It might have tickled his arm when he chested it down, but it was inconclusive to me after a load of replays. Donāt think you should be changing the onfield decision in those cases.
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