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[wvcbxl]

Liverpool make it 3-0 to level the semi final 8-)

[soccer10k]

Some crazy horsefeathers going on at Anfield right now.

[squally1313]

Liverpool make it 3-0 to level the semi final 8-)

Make it 4. Honestly, the last couple years the CL seems staged.

[soccer10k]

Second straight year Barcelona blew a 3 goal lead from the first leg.

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[wolf stansson]

Holy bleep!

 

The Champions League: Way better when the favorites lose. Going to a final on a trick play is incredible.

[stitchface]

Second straight year Barcelona blew a 3 goal lead from the first leg.

 

 

they need to reboot or become next year's real madrid. They have gotten old fast.

[stitchface]

Holy bleep!

 

The Champions League: Way better when the favorites lose. Going to a final on a trick play is incredible.

 

 

the favorite won

[soccer10k]

Holy bleep!

 

The Champions League: Way better when the favorites lose. Going to a final on a trick play is incredible.

 

 

the favorite won

 

The couple sites I was able to find pre-first leg odds had Barcelona at -135 to -145 to advance. 538 had it as pretty much 50/50 before the tie.

[wolf stansson]

Holy bleep!

 

The Champions League: Way better when the favorites lose. Going to a final on a trick play is incredible.

 

 

the favorite won

 

The couple sites I was able to find pre-first leg odds had Barcelona at -135 to -145 to advance. 538 had it as pretty much 50/50 before the tie.

I'm certainly not talking about betting odds. I'm talking about the teams we have to see every. goddam. year.

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the favorite won

 

The couple sites I was able to find pre-first leg odds had Barcelona at -135 to -145 to advance. 538 had it as pretty much 50/50 before the tie.

I'm certainly not talking about betting odds. I'm talking about the teams we have to see every. goddam. year.

 

yea, I'm with you. I'll be pulling hard for Ajax in the final though as long as RM, Juve or Spurs didn't win I am good. The big teams will reload pretty quickly though so it will be back to status quo within a year or two. Frankly, Barca solved its biggest problem already by signing De Jong - as much as I love Busquets, he's become a huge defensive liability.

[soccer10k]

 

The couple sites I was able to find pre-first leg odds had Barcelona at -135 to -145 to advance. 538 had it as pretty much 50/50 before the tie.

I'm certainly not talking about betting odds. I'm talking about the teams we have to see every. goddam. year.

 

yea, I'm with you. I'll be pulling hard for Ajax in the final though as long as RM, Juve or Spurs didn't win I am good. The big teams will reload pretty quickly though so it will be back to status quo within a year or two. Frankly, Barca solved its biggest problem already by signing De Jong - as much as I love Busquets, he's become a huge defensive liability.

 

Why the Spurs hate, Arsenal or Chelsea fan?

[wolf stansson]

I'm legitimately psyched about this old school, heritage European Cup matchup. As a fan with zero European club affiliations, this year's tournament has been excellent. Fun. Dramatic. No Ronaldo in the final.

 

Nothing against Spurs, but I don't need an all english final in my life. Ajax is going to be able to sell this squad for the GDP of Holland.

[wolf stansson]

I jinxed them. What a brutal turn for Ajax fans. Come that close and know that many of these players aren't going to be around next year. Edited May 8, 2019 by wolf stansson

[squally1313]

Alright Champions League is definitely staged

[soccer10k]

SOCCER IS AMAZING.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I audibly gasped when that shot went in, oh man

[UMFan83]

What a couple of days....amazing

[soccer10k]

I’m shaking right now. I can’t believe that just happened.

[stitchface]

I hate Spurs because of Kane. Though it is fun to see how much better they are without him. That said, I've lose all interest. I hope Liverpool wins 10-0.

[soccer10k]

I hate Spurs because of Kane. Though it is fun to see how much better they are without him. That said, I've lose all interest. I hope Liverpool wins 10-0.

 

Since he went out they’ve lost 5 of the 8 matches they’ve played. Since he went out, they scored 5 goals in 5 EPL games, but 4 of those were against the bottom club in the league. And it’s not like they had nothing to play for since top-4 was up in the balance.

 

They’re certainly not much better when Kane is out.

[wolf stansson]

What's up with not liking Kane? He seems like a loaf of white bread that scores goals. Totally inoffensive, but maybe I missed something.

[wolf stansson]

Any time Brian Phillips writes about soccer, it's a must read.

 

https://www.theringer.com/soccer/2019/5/8/18536379/liverpool-barcelona-champions-league-man-city-premier-league

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What's up with not liking Kane? He seems like a loaf of white bread that scores goals. Totally inoffensive, but maybe I missed something.

his tooling around with robert kraft and brady is enough for me to dislike him. Plus, I always dislike the overrated.

[soccer10k]

I'm legitimately psyched about this old school, heritage European Cup matchup. As a fan with zero European club affiliations, this year's tournament has been excellent. Fun. Dramatic. No Ronaldo in the final.

 

Nothing against Spurs, but I don't need an all english final in my life. Ajax is going to be able to sell this squad for the GDP of Holland.

 

I know you wanted Ajax but this should still be a solid final. Neither team is going to sit back and try and defend. You’re not going to get any cynical cheap fouling [expletive] like you might from Real Madrid or Juve.

 

It might not be quite as open as Liverpool-Ajax might have been but that might actually make it a closer game. I feel like with how Ajax routinely pushed a bunch of dudes forward that Liverpool likely would have picked them apart on the counter.

 

Liverpool is definitely favored but Spurs outplayed them at Anfield at the end of March and probably should have won. Even if I wasn’t a Spurs fan, I’d be looking forward to it because it’s something different in the UCL.