2013-2014 Club Soccer (UCL & Domestic Leagues) Thread

[Yankee151]

Only a couple more weeks until the Round of 16 in the UCL starts. The first set of games looks more enticing, and they'll be played on the 18th and 19th of February.

• Manchester City vs. Barcelona
• Arsenal vs. Bayern Munich
  
• Bayer Leverkusen vs. Paris Saint-Germain
  
• AC Milan(aka the Kella gif) vs. Atletico Madrid

And the other set of 4 will begin a week later on the 25th and 26th.

• Olympiacos Piraeus vs. Manchester United
• Galatasaray SK vs. Chelsea
• Zenit Saint Petersburg vs. Borussia Dortmund
• FC Schalke 04 vs. Real Madrid

The first team listed gets the home game first. What're you guys thinking prediction wise? If City don't get Aguero & Dinho back they won't win over two legs, imo. If they do, they've got a fair chance. Drogba returning to Stamford Bridge should be exciting as well. Ultimately, I've got Barca, Munich, PSG, Atletico, Man U, Chelsea, Dortmund, and Real advancing, which admittedly is not very original, haha.

In more domestic news, Real will play Barcelona in the Copa del Rey final, again. Was hoping Atletico would crack through, I really like their team. Not that it won't break up after this year, of course.

 

[goblue96]

Barca
Bayern
PSG
Atletico
United
Chelsea
Dortmund
Madrid

Not original either but this round has drawn itself as a straight chalk draw.

 

[Chase]

Manchester City and Zenit can beat Barcelona and Dortmund. Dortmund has been very meh the past few months. AC Milan blows but it would not surprise me if they somehow got past Atletico. Manchester United drew with Arsenal at the Emirates, but they also drew with the worst team in the EPL at home and will probably start Ashley Young in one of the legs.. don't really see that being chalk either.

PSG, Bayern, Madrid should all drop the rape hammer doe.

I will predict..

City
Bayern
PSG
Atletico
United
Zenit
Madrid

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Manchester City (with the odd goal from 37)
Bayern
Paris Saint-Germain
Milan (upset pick)
Manchester United
Chelsea
Dortmund
Real Madrid

 

[Yankee151]

Nice one from Balotelli. Seedorf.gif

 

[Karl Hungus]

HSV are going to be relegated, there's no escape this year. The went from 1-0 up on the bottom team, Braunschweig, to losing 4-2. Lol.

 

[DeadMan]

HSV and Köln are the two teams in Germany that should be consistent title contenders based on the cities they're in but they always are mediocre.

 

[Karl Hungus]

HSV have also never been relegated in the Bundesliga era, but they are so bad this season.

 

[Yankee151]

HSV and Köln are the two teams in Germany that should be consistent title contenders based on the cities they're in but they always are mediocre.

Hertha Berlin as well.

 

[DeadMan]

At least they have an excuse with their city being divided in half for 40 some years.

 

[Karl Hungus]

Hertha, no. TeBe Berlin? Ja.

 

[Yankee151]

Heck, you could throw Frankfurt in as well.

 

[Snorky's Shame]

So, Iniesta in the forward line against Manchester City with Neymar and Pedro on the bench. Hmmm.

 

[Renegade]

Hertha Berlin as well.

The hell with Hertha. The Iron Union forever!

 

[DeadMan]

So, Iniesta in the forward line against Manchester City with Neymar and Pedro on the bench. Hmmm.

Are they just parking the bus or what? That seems really odd.

 

[bruin]

Fernandinho in.

Kolarov and Clichy both starting.

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Are they just parking the bus or what? That seems really odd.

Possession game. They could use an away goal though. I don't see them keeping Manchester City off the board in either leg.

Iniesta has played there a bit but, by his own admission, not his best spot.

 

[Yankee151]

Maybe a 1-striker set for City? Should be interesting.

 

[kella]

Outside of FoxSoccer2go I assume there's no reliable streams for these games that aren't at some bullshit website full of shady advertising?

 

[Yankee151]

I'll see if one pops up. I always go with firstrow

 

[Snorky's Shame]

I hate FOX coverage of the UCL. Especially since FOX Soccer went off the air.

 

[goblue96]

I hate FOX coverage of soccer since FOX Soccer went off the air.

 

[Yankee151]

Matuidi scored already? My pary are with the Leverkusen

 

[Yankee151]

Barca dominating the game right now. Negredo looks to be an island.

 

[Yankee151]

Gotta use that height. Fernandinho has been huge this game, btw. Glad he recovered in time.

 

[DeadMan]

So ... let's talk about Bayer. Down 3-0 at half at home. Already out of the competition.

I hope the same thing doesn't happen to Arsenal tomorrow. I doubt it will, but there is a chance...

 

[Yankee151]

Well, maybe next year.

 

[bruin]

Donzo.

 

[bruin]

Pellegrini and his loyalty to Demichelis.

 

[DeadMan]

A moment like this was really inevitable with Demichelis. He's virtually a more skilled, Argentinian Titus Bramble. It's just too bad for ManCity that it had to occur in this game.

If they can hold onto a 0-1 defeat, though, they could easily still go through. I could see them winning 2-0 or 2-1 in Barcelona. Another goal for Barcelona would kill the tie for sure, though.

 

[Yankee151]

Unlucky that Nastasic was unavailable. City need a real CB or two in the next window for sure. Lescott is on his way out too.

 

[Yankee151]

Didn't think City were going to win this game anyways. No way they come back in Catalonia

 

[tab10]

What was the red for? Not watching.

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Last man back I think.

 

[Yankee151]

This:

Also, @Kella gon look, but Jovetic should've come on instead of Dzeko. I guess they're going to revert to sprint cross.

 

[bruin]

City hanging in there. Wish Pellegrini would have left on Kolarov instead of Clichy, but whatevs. Get out of here only 1-0

 

[DeadMan]

What on Earth was he thinking? Obvious red card. He knew it, too, as soon as the ref blew the whistle (although I think he wants Messi to get a card for diving )

 

[Yankee151]

Dzeko is the worst, he has not had one good touch all game

 

[Chase]

Most Man City fans are Barcelona fans anyways, oh wellz.

 

[Orangebird]

That second goal is obviously killer. Don't think they'll win 2-0 and PKs at the Nou Camp but a fully fit Nasri + Aguero will definitely have an impact. Thought Lescott should've started after his performance v. Chelsea and Demichelis's red card confirmed that for me.

 

[Yankee151]

At least I can still enjoy this:

 

[DeadMan]

Most Man City fans are Barcelona fans anyways, oh wellz.

Coming from you, this is especially

Better luck next year, City. Maybe if you knew how to count properly, you would have been in pot 1 for the draw and avoided Barcelona.

 

[Yankee151]

I still don't think we would've gotten the extra goal at Munich anyways. Can't wait until we're good enough to be consistently in Pot 2/1 for the group stage draw so we have a chance to get first in the group from time to time.

 

[chibob]

This:

Also, @Kella gon look, but Jovetic should've come on instead of Dzeko. I guess they're going to revert to sprint cross.

Terrible decision making, at least force him to try a shot. From that position, its still going to be hard, even if you are Messi.

 

[Yankee151]

Definitely. Worse case scenario it's 1-0 but you still have 11 men if you don't go to ground there.

 

[chibob]

Exactly. My boss at work almost predicited a Demichaels fuck up being the defining factor in a City loss.

 

[DeadMan]

It looks like he's still in a decent position to at least force Messi to the outside and try to score a goal at a really tight angle (even though I'd still put money on Messi to score that). Really, though, anything would have been better than what he ended up doing.

 

[Chase]

Coming from you, this is especially

I don't remember seeing a Manchester City fan on this board pre Arab $$$$. I could care less who anyone in Merica supports in International Footbaw.. the more supporters the better, but I'm assuming most of you Arsenal fans on here don't have a cottage in North London either.

 

[Yankee151]

Oh I'll freely admit it. I started following in 08-09 I think, and I got truly enamored in 09-10. They just started buying all of my favorite players like Silva, Kompany and Toure and I loved the underdog story they had going with being under Man U's shadow and the long title drought. I also don't really mind Barcelona, but I probably prefer Atletico atm.

 

[Orangebird]

Oh I'll freely admit it. I started following in 08-09 I think, and I got truly enamored in 09-10. They just started buying all of my favorite players like Silva, Kompany and Toure and I loved the underdog story they had going with being under Man U's shadow and the long title drought. I also don't really mind Barcelona, but I probably prefer Atletico atm.

I became interested once I learned about Balotelli back in 2010 I think. Realized I could watch this crazy striker on TV and eventually grew to like the rest of the team.