The Footie Thread

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clubchamp98 said:
Thought Chelsea played some of the best footy I have seen this year last night.
But Barca did make it a bit easier for them.

A lesson in how to play against 10 men Amorin should watch it.
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Agreed,but you’ve got to play to that level,week in week out.
Maybe it’s nostalgia,but I reckon the standard was a lot higher across Europe in the 90s/2000’s.
Just look at the big money signings in the prem in the last window.
How many actually look anything special?
Sesko,Wirtz,Gyokeres,…..
Vinicous jr is talked about like a world beater,he couldn’t lace Zidane or Figo’s boots.
Estavao does look a bit special tho.
 
Swango1980 said:
I think Amorim could watch most teams that played against 10 men to learn a lesson.

That being said, had Man Utd been playing 10 man Barcelona, I genuinely believe Man Utd would have a reasonable chance of hammering them. The way Barcelona played is the exact way Man Utd actually get success against. Leaving space in behind. Barcelona were woeful.

Whereas Everton played much much better than Barcelona with 10 men. They were rock solid in defence. And Man Utd are notoriously poor against sides that play with deep defences, because they don't really have smart attacking players who can create chances within tight spaces, nor do they have players who can cross a ball or provide an aerial threat in the box. Chelsea would not have had the same success against an Everton side who played like that on Monday, compared to Barcelona (although no doubt they'd still have done better than us). It seemed Chelsea would score every time they went forward against Barcelona, and Barcelona's only hope was that a player was marginally offside.

Also, from memory, Man Utd played against 10 man Chelsea and went 2 nil up this season, before Casemiro got himself sent off.
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It’s more the Chelsea manager got his tactics right from the off.

UTD didn’t change anything it wasn’t working but stayed with the formation.
 
Swango1980 said:
OK. I was just reacting to an article on players who face suspension for at least first game in World Cup, so wasn't sure about nature of red card or how many games ago it occured
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Try this for more background and previous precedents of FIFA "manipulating" punishments...

www.bbc.co.uk

Cristiano Ronaldo red card: Why has Fifa suspended World Cup ban?

Has Fifa given Cristiano Ronaldo special treatment to get the star player to the 2026 World Cup finals, or have we seen this happen before?
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
clubchamp98 said:
Thought Chelsea played some of the best footy I have seen this year last night.
But Barca did make it a bit easier for them.

A lesson in how to play against 10 men Amorin should watch it.
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Barca just played Ange type football. It was similar to when Chelsea beat his Spurs team a few years back. No changes and silly high line regardless. Chelsea should've had 5/6 really.
 
4LEX said:
Looking forward to watching the 'new Messi' for Bayern tonight. Big game for a 17 year old.
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Good goal.

In other news it seems that Olympiacos made the mistake of upsetting Madrid and taking the lead and Mbappe has bagged himself a seven minute hat-trick by way of response.
 
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