UEFA Champions League 2018/2019 Round of 16

[balbec]

Once a Manc, never a Red

[farmerinthecity]

And a proper one at that.

[Sidney]

I don’t remember any successful big comebacks in last season’s competition.

There was in 2004 when Monaco beat Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna beat AC Milan.

Both of those teams were at home, mind, but they also had to overcome greater deficits.

[StoneCold]

Are you including Barcelona in the Arab club list? They are getting 50 million a year from the Quatari state.

[Horsebox]

@Sidney

I don’t remember any successful big comebacks in last season’s competition.

There was in 2004 when Monaco beat Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna beat AC Milan.

Both of those teams were at home, mind, but they also had to overcome greater deficits.

The knockout stages in the Champion’s League have been sensational for the last 3 seasons.

[Sidney]

The away goals rule really makes two leg ties.

It’s a wonderful rule.

[the_man_himself]

Barcelona are a proper club who get investment from the middle east. UAE City and Qatar are clubs solely successful due to Arab murderers

[GeoffreyBoycott]

@Sidney

The away goals rule really makes two leg ties.

It’s a wonderful rule.

Speaking of rules, what’s the rule as regards the Top 4 race in the EPL if the sides that finish in 5th and 6th win the European Cup and the UEFA Cup?

[StoneCold]

Investment from a country profiting from slavery

[Sidney]

@GeoffreyBoycott

Speaking of rules, what’s the rule as regards the Top 4 race in the EPL if the sides that finish in 5th and 6th win the European Cup and the UEFA Cup?

I’m going to completely bluff it here and confidently state that 4th place would miss out.

So you’d have five Premier League teams involved in next season’s Big Cup.

[the_man_himself]

The rules of the game is still literally “deliberate handball” by the way. I don’t know why refs are being instructed to care about things like natural position when the rules clearly state it must be deliberate handball

[the_man_himself]

Barcelona weren’t made what they are by Arab money. Its obviously wrong but its not the same as UAE City and QSG

[Horsebox]

@farmerinthecity

I despise Solskjaer. As a player and now as a manager.

He took United when they were on the floor and they couldn’t have gone any lower. He has a decent bunch of players there so a bounce was pretty inevitable. I didn’t see much of the match tonight but it is his biggest achievement, not withstanding that PSG are known bottlers in such circumstances.

He inevitably will get the job now but let’s see what he does over the next few seasons with expectations rightly on him given the players they have. His previous managerial record is pretty dire and a kind of Lazarus like resurrection of a manager at the very highest level would be quite strange over a sustained period.

It was a penalty by the way.

That’s not strictly true though, mate. He was highly thought of and reasonably successful with United reserves before moving to Molde and delivering them their first ever (and second) league title. He was shite at Cardiff but that club is not exactly a club that is well run. He then returned to Molde and has done a reasonable, if not spectacular, job with them since. His impact at United is a good month or two away from being deemed as a spectacular success.

I still think United would be making a mistake giving him the job on a permanent basis mind you.

[anon7035031]

You’re seething

[the_man_himself]

There’s been much worse decisions than that one in recent weeks with VAR. By the way the game is reffed now, its not a horrendous decision but by the rules of the game it is

[Fagan_ODowd]

United were 100/1 to win this competition this morning. They are 8/1 now. They’re still a better bet than City at 13/5. City have no European tradition.

Ajax at 20/1 are a great bet. If they avoided Atlético ( who would ate them without salt) they could beat any other team left in it.

[Fagan_ODowd]

Porto will be dangerous opponents too. They have a lovely way about them.

Anyone see Edin Dzeko tonight. That great Turkish referee send him home with his tea in a mug.

[Raylan]

https://twitter.com/carlogarganese/status/1103424837425553409?s=19

[Thornhill]

Someone would want to check in on Jim Beglin to see if he is alright. After the crowing he was doing during the first leg, I’d say his head is mashed after that.

[Sidney]

@the_man_himself

The rules of the game is still literally “deliberate handball” by the way. I don’t know why refs are being instructed to care about things like natural position when the rules clearly state it must be deliberate handball

What is deliberate handball though?

I imagine very few players think to themsleves “oh, I know what I’ll do now, I’ll handle this ball in my own box in order to gain an advantage for my team”.

I can think of very few such instances. Luis Suarez in the Uruguay-Ghana World Cup quarter-final was one and saving a goal is really the only time a player would do such.