OFFICIAL 2023-24 FOOTY THREAD ⚽️: Champions League semifinals this week

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

Welp

 

[Bantz Lord T]

Welp

So wack

 

[Belgium]

It's hard to grasp just how incredible this achievement is in the modern day. From a club derisively called 'Neverkusen' to an achievement that seems virtually impossible to beat.
No Mbappé, no Haaland, no bench filled with hundreds of millions worth of players, ...
Obviously Leverkusen has some amazing players like Wirtz, Grimaldo, Boniface, Frimpong, and a great defense... but from the matches I've seen, they all just work together incredibly well and naturally, like a well-oiled machine.
Hell, Alsonso even turned Xhaka into a a whole new player, and somehow even cooled his relatively frequent red card outburts entirely. Not a single red card for Xhaka this season.

 

[rolaholic]

It's hard to grasp just how incredible this achievement is in the modern day. From a club derisively called 'Neverkusen' to an achievement that seems virtually impossible to beat.
No Mbappé, no Haaland, no bench filled with hundreds of millions worth of players, ...
Obviously Leverkusen has some amazing players like Wirtz, Grimaldo, Boniface, Frimpong, and a great defense... but from the matches I've seen, they all just work together incredibly well and naturally, like a well-oiled machine.
Hell, Alsonso even turned Xhaka into a a whole new player, and somehow even cooled his relatively frequent red card outburts entirely. Not a single red card for Xhaka this season.

It's probably as close to another Leicester City story as we'll see in the other leagues granted Leverkusen were always a big club in Germany but they legit never won.

120 years of history hut only 2 trophies won before this season.

They had good talent but nobody in a billion years would've expected them to play out of their minds like this over the course a full campaign. 44 matches without a single loss is absurd . No amount of luck can explain that level of consistensy.

Been beyond remarkable, especially considering it's only Xabi's first full season as a manger . He deserves all of the flowers that are gonna come his way, one of the greatest managerial achievements I can remember.

 

[rolaholic]

Lolwut

Could've sworn I read in the past that he's never gonna seriously consider a PL job

Not gonna ever believe anything until we hear he's been taking English lessons or something

 

[rolaholic]

 

[Beans]

Lolwut

Could've sworn I read in the past that he's never gonna seriously consider a PL job

Not gonna ever believe anything until we hear he's been taking English lessons or something

BULLLLLLLLSHHHHHHHHHHH.....

He waiting on deCHUMPS to leave

 

[MakeNTGreatAgain]

can't believe man city really lost with all that talent

 

[Beans]

can't believe man city really lost with all that talent

tbh... this has been their story in Europe for a while.... like ppl have said here multiple times, its rare that the best team actually wins that tournament

 

[Armada]

can't believe man city really lost with all that talent

Tbf we lost to a team that is also stacked with talent. It was the two best teams in the world going head to head.

 

[haicheo]

If the team really has a problem with him coming out and saying things that we all know are true then why keep putting him to do interviews?

 

[rolaholic]

I feel like it's almost exclusively when a Prem heavyweight gets bounced that we harp on 'the best team doesn't win'

Each team gets the same 2 legs to either beat the other outright or go through in PK's, that's more than enough opportunity to showcase that superiority on the pitch.

If you can't than tough luck, doesn't make the other team less worthy especially at this stage of the competition. There's no minnows around

 

[rolaholic]

If the team really has a problem with him coming out and saying things that we all know are true then why keep putting him to do interviews?

Dissension...

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

 

[rolaholic]

Between Omar Berrada, Jean-Claude Blanc and this, they're finally assembling a team of serious people in charge of the football decisions





Hopefully we get the Ashworth announcement next

 

[rolaholic]

He got a red card and suspension and decided to finally grow a beard

 

[AZwildcats]

Dissension...

Gundogan is 100% right, Araujo acting like a child

 

[sneaksoy]

He got a red card and suspension and decided to finally grow a beard

Am I the only one seeing some Austin Rivers with the beard?

 

[Coupé It]

He got a red card and suspension and decided to finally grow a beard

Wow he looks exactly like his father.

 

[Coupé It]

Soria when Vitinha scored

 

[jape]

So wack

he makes pk’s so much more entertaining too
and it’s not likes gaining an advantage. theres literally tens of thousands of people screaming and taunting.

 

[jape]

lol yikes
just get an escort. same thing without the facade. and apparently she a bit older and he’s still a minor.