Year Round The Football/Soccer Thread v2

[Hardy]

Except that Messi is left footed, this video is quite accurate

 

[Bugzee]

 

[jorped]

Sad news regarding Tito ... best of luck for him on this bad moment.
Though it isn't what is important on a moment like this, we can't stop to think how Barca is going to handle this. They have been unstoppable, and i doubt that will change, but .... there are some speculation about Guardiola coming back.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Indeed. I'd heard the news a little over an hour ago. Hopefully he recovers.

Right now, I'm not sure whether it would really matter who managed Barca as they can steamroll 99% of teams in the world anyway.

 

[goldb]

Champions League last 16 draw:

Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
Porto v Malaga

Europa League Last 32:

BATE Borisov v Fenerbahce
Inter Milan v CFR Cluj
Levante v Olympiakos Piraeus
Zenit St Petersburg v Liverpool
Dynamo Kiev v Girondins Bordeaux
Bayer Leverkusen v Benfica
Newcastle United v Metalist Kharkiv
VfB Stuttgart v Racing Genk
Atletico Madrid v Rubin Kazan
Ajax Amsterdam v Steaua Bucharest
Basel v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Anji Makhachkala v Hanover 96
Sparta Prague v Chelsea
Borussia Moenchengladbach v Lazio
Tottenham Hotspur v Olympique Lyon
Napoli v Viktoria Plzen
Teams listed first will play first legs at home.

* First legs to be played Feb 14, second legs Feb 21

 

[kakashi919]

Well...Arsenal are out, Man Utd are out,Celtic are out, Shakhtar are out. I'm gonna enjoy watching Madrid rape Utd

 

[BBB Banana]

Porto is gonna win man write down this. I tell you man

Go Portoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~

 

[kakashi919]

lol Malaga should beat them in Spain

 

[jorped]

Champions League last 16 draw:

Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
Porto v Malaga

This draw wasn't bad for my team ... but as sincerely at this point i only really wanted to avoid Barcelona and Bayern. We all know that whatever ends being the match-up, in the end there might be surprises.
But i can't deny that theoretically it ended being a good draw for Porto. But last year we saw second tier Spanish team crushing first tier English teams, so Porto has to respect the opponent, but try to take control of the game, because i think it's undeniable we have a better team.
They have Isco, we have James Rodriguez

Porto is gonna win man write down this. I tell you man

Go Portoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo~

I also hope so

lol Malaga should beat them in Spain

I do think we are gonna have trouble in Spain, but at our place, i am hoping we will crush them.
I think Porto can do really well this year, we have a really strong team ... i mean the only position on the field i am kinda worried is Varela's position. I mean we still have Atsu, but he is still to "green" ... it would be good if we find a solution on the market this winter market, specially because Atsu will be away because of CAN.
There's news about Quaresma coming back. He was together with Ronaldo the most talented on that generation, but Quaresma never focused 100% on football, and ruined his chance of having a brilliant career, but it would still be a great news if he came back, specially because i think there's still a lot he can offer, though his salary might be a problem.

 

[Hardy]

Champions League last 16 draw:

Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
Porto v Malaga

Europa League Last 32:

BATE Borisov v Fenerbahce
Inter Milan v CFR Cluj
Levante v Olympiakos Piraeus
Zenit St Petersburg v Liverpool
Dynamo Kiev v Girondins Bordeaux
Bayer Leverkusen v Benfica
Newcastle United v Metalist Kharkiv
VfB Stuttgart v Racing Genk
Atletico Madrid v Rubin Kazan
Ajax Amsterdam v Steaua Bucharest
Basel v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Anji Makhachkala v Hanover 96
Sparta Prague v Chelsea
Borussia Moenchengladbach v Lazio
Tottenham Hotspur v Olympique Lyon
Napoli v Viktoria Plzen
Teams listed first will play first legs at home.

* First legs to be played Feb 14, second legs Feb 21

That's my bet

---------- Post added at 09:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:59 PM ----------

They have Isco, we have James Rodriguez

James is that hyped right now? When he played in Banfield no one could deny he was a great player, but nothing near the top of our league.

 

[FrostyMouse]

Really, Hardy? Picking United to beat Madrid? That's an adventurous pick, but it could happen. Arsenal have no hope of upsetting Bayern though.

You'd be shocked, but people claim that James Rodriguez is godly now, probably in part because of his shockingly high FIFA 13 stats.

Apart from that, the only ties I'll differ in opinion about are that I'm picking Lazio to win their tie and Leverkusen to beat Benfica.

 

[Hardy]

Really, Hardy? Picking United to beat Madrid? That's an adventurous pick, but it could happen. Arsenal have no hope of upsetting Bayern though.

You'd be shocked, but people claim that James Rodriguez is godly now, probably in part because of his shockingly high FIFA 13 stats.

Apart from that, the only ties I'll differ in opinion about are that I'm picking Lazio to win their tie and Leverkusen to beat Benfica.

The hardest ones were actually Madrid vs M U (I ended up choosing Manchester just because Madrid is playing worse than ever and has many internal problems... and Manchester is the leader of the EPL ) and Levante vs Olympiakos (Levante is playing pretty good, but the Olympiakos is always there...)

I'm obviously voting for Arsenal

 

[FrostyMouse]

The hardest ones were actually Madrid vs M U (I ended up choosing Manchester just because Madrid is playing worse than ever and has many internal problems... and Manchester is the leader of the EPL ) and Levante vs Olympiakos (Levante is playing pretty good, but the Olympiakos is always there...)

I'm obviously voting for Arsenal

United's had a rather leaky defense at times though, although so has Madrid at times this season, so perhaps it's closer than it might seem at first glance, but Madrid's CM/CDMs > United's CM/CDMs, and for me, that makes all the difference. Plus, Casillas >>> De Gea, so...

Yeah, but there are times where you just can't believe. You can support all you want, but to make that pick is rather silly. I hope that things work out for you, but I see a draw/loss at home and then Arsenal will get destroyed at the Allianz Arena. If Wenger can learn how to park the bus, there's a chance for Arsenal, but that's not in Wenger's bag of tricks (nor are his players set up for that), and thus the tie will be pretty heavily in Bayern's favor.

 

[jorped]

@Hardy the James you remember isn't nowhere near what he is now. He is one of the best players on Porto, and i think my statement has some coherency. Porto has been having a lot of great players over the years: Deco, Ricardo Carvalho, Pepe, Moutinho, Lucho, Falcao, Hulk, Lisandro, and all of them manage to make a good name
about themselves even after leaving Porto.
James is one of the most talented young players, and if i am not mistaken in Colombia, together with Falcao he is already the star of the team, even though he has like 20/21 old.

Spoiler

 

[FrostyMouse]

Well, Chelsea put eight past Villa today, Piazon missed a penalty, and we missed a bunch of other chances. This could've been an all time beatdown, not just an 8-0 victory. It's certainly a way to pad one's GD and it brings back memories of Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea side that won the title by absolutely steamrolling lesser sides.

 

[Bugzee]

Champions League last 16 draw:

Galatasaray v FC Schalke
Celtic v Juventus
Arsenal v Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk v Borussia Dortmund
AC Milan v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Manchester United
Valencia v Paris Saint-Germain
Porto v Malaga

Europa League Last 32:

BATE Borisov v Fenerbahce
Inter Milan v CFR Cluj
Levante v Olympiakos Piraeus
Zenit St Petersburg v Liverpool
Dynamo Kiev v Girondins Bordeaux
Bayer Leverkusen v Benfica
Newcastle United v Metalist Kharkiv
VfB Stuttgart v Racing Genk
Atletico Madrid v Rubin Kazan
Ajax Amsterdam v Steaua Bucharest
Basel v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Anji Makhachkala v Hanover 96
Sparta Prague v Chelsea
Borussia Moenchengladbach v Lazio
Tottenham Hotspur v Olympique Lyon
Napoli v Viktoria Plzen
Teams listed first will play first legs at home.

* First legs to be played Feb 14, second legs Feb 21

Welcome back home Ronaldo!

I'm gonna enjoy watching Madrid rape Utd

We shall see my friend.

 

[jorped]

It would be so awesome if Ronaldo somehow went back to Manchester United. But the chances of that happening are so slim ... which sucks :/

 

[FrostyMouse]

You never know, jorped. Ronaldo's not that happy at Madrid right now and with Mourinho leaving at the end of the season, I'm not sure if Ronaldo's going to stay. He'll probably stay, but if he goes back to England, he won't have to have his accomplishments in La Liga constantly measured up to Messi's. In England, Ronaldo's a superstar and even though Messi's scoring goals out there, it's not in England, so it's not the same.

 

[xi0]

You never know, jorped. Ronaldo's not that happy at Madrid right now and with Mourinho leaving at the end of the season, I'm not sure if Ronaldo's going to stay. He'll probably stay, but if he goes back to England, he won't have to have his accomplishments in La Liga constantly measured up to Messi's. In England, Ronaldo's a superstar and even though Messi's scoring goals out there, it's not in England, so it's not the same.

If not Man U, then where in the BPL?

 

[goldb]

Noone else can afford him besides Man City. He will either rot at Madrid, go back to Utd or maybe PSG? they're the new big money boys around Europe now. I don't see many teams he could play for, he strikes me as the arrogant type so....