UEFA Champions League 2018/2019 Round of 16

agreed we spoke about this in depth in the way that European football is fantastic entertainment in july and august as sides like dundalk try to navaigate 8 matches to make a group stage - then from september to december you are into the turgid predictable dross of the groups before it kicks on again,
that was a really great game last night - proper stuff

similar to the GAA season = feb/march great action in the leagues - nothing but predictable sterilised old rubbish then from may - july before it gets going again in august

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Thatā€™s a good post .

Fantastic night for the football hipsters last night with little old Spurs hammering former Champions League winners and 8-times Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund. Itā€™s great that the competition can still throw up results like this.

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Iā€™d be very surprised if they donā€™t win it outright again

A real underdog story given the cost in transfer fees and wages of the respective starting XIs

how many times have Valencia won La Liga ?

Six

Celtic have been good since the Ibrox debacle at Christmas. But itā€™s a bit like Manchester United under Solskjaer. All 7 wins have been against modest opposition, with 6 of the games at home due to the combination of quirks in league fixture programme, a rearranged game and 2 home cup ties. A massive step up in class tonight.

Not strictly Champions League though.

Strictly?

Wrong thread.

:eek:

Agreed
Juve athletico is wooftastic stuff allright
The second leg hopefully will go all the way to spotters .
The ajax-royal game wednesday night was classic stuff also, proper European Cup football

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Lyons 0-0 Barcelona. Half time.

Terrier has gone very close for Lyon, twice.

Lewandoski is almost as bad as Harry Kane

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Lyon and Barca 0-0.

Heā€™s the third best squarehead striker at the moment

Is salah brain dead that he kept turning onto his left foot against defenders that presumably mark robben most days in training?

possibly