Honestly, I don't think he did this. If he had played a formation more conservative than a 4-2-3-1 I'd be inclined to agree, but he stuck with his guns. The mistake was starting Lucas over Di Maria. ADM would've made Barca pay for leaving gaps at the back. Exactly like the first leg.Emery decides to play a terribly scared match, and he forgot to coach his players to play until the end.
What a remarkable finish, and credit to Barca for pulling that off.
But, come on, PSG. What a pathetic performance.
Told my Barca buddy that this was going to be like the Pats. He hates the Pats with the vengeance of 10 suns, but he was OK with it.Atlanta Saint-Germain
I like how they got to kill the remaining extra time with a massive bro down.That was incredible. Barcelona is so unlikeable too.
Beasley and Jones.Has any American ever scored in the knockout rounds of the European Championship?
Wow, nice pull. Jones for Schalke in 2012-13 vs Galatasaray, and Beasley for PSV Eindhoven in 2004-05 vs Monaco (and in 07-08 he scored 4 in the UCL for that matter)Beasley and Jones.
Maybe you can watch them get housed by mid-table laggards again, who haven't a tenth the budget they do, like Guingamp or Montpellier.Holy fuck, that was crazy. So much for me catching a PSG QF match next month when I'm over there.
Will be in Paris the 11th-16th so the hope was to time the CL match if they had the home tie that week. It's probably for the better anyways. The Mrs.agreed to and is excited for the Eintracht Frankfurt match we'll catch in Germany but the 2nd match and a shortened night on the town in Paris was going to be a tough sell.Maybe you can watch them get housed by mid-table laggards again, who haven't a tenth the budget they do, like Guingamp or Montpellier.
Jokes aside, they do have the Coupe de la Ligue final on April 1st, down in Lyon, and the Coupe de France QF up in Caen on April 4th.
I'm glad you pointed this out. I watched the reply a handful of times just to catch this move. I know all players try to sell the foul, but Suarez is one of the worst in the business.The Suarez penalty wasn't soft, it was flat out wrong. He decided to go down long before any small, incidental contact with his knee, and grabbing at his neck just makes him look worse.
He is a piece of shit of the highest order.
So if Leicester wins the CL (I know, but bear with me) and Man United wins Europa but finishes outside of the top 4, does that mean that the 4th place PL team goes to Europa? Because I would die of mirth if that were the case.Leicester leading on away goals.
Yes, max of five teams in CL. 4th-7th would be EL (EDIT: unless someone 4th-7th won CL/EL)So if Leicester wins the CL (I know, but bear with me) and Man United wins Europa but finishes outside of the top 4, does that mean that the 4th place PL team goes to Europa? Because I would die of mirth if that were the case.
Yeah, Spain has been pretty dominant lately in both the CL and Europa. Liverpool did manage to knock Villarreal out of the Europa semis last year, but then lost to Sevilla in the final.Is it a rare occurrence, of late, for an English club to defeat a Spanish club in European knockout?
The Divine Ponytail deserves better than references like this.Vardy sends a one-on-one chance to put it in the bag into the Roberto Baggio rows behind the goal. Sevilla still has life.
Eh, I had the same thought.The Divine Ponytail deserves better than references like this.