Champions League 9/17 and 9/18

SocrManiac

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@SocrManiacHow do you feel about today?
Other than being sick of seeing Atletico in the competition?

Juve are a bit of a mess right now. Sarri is still installing his system. Chiellini is out, forcing De Ligt into the side before he's adjusted in any way. The midfield has been stagnant with Khedira and Matuidi still getting starts, even after all of the great work done in the transfer market. They had an awful day in Florence last weekend, including picking up a bunch of injuries. They lapsed horribly against Napoli the weekend before, lucky to come away with a win after Koulibaly had a potential Puskas Award strike hit his own net.

I don't see Juventus even getting a point in their current form.
 

bosox4283

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Other than being sick of seeing Atletico in the competition?

Juve are a bit of a mess right now. Sarri is still installing his system. Chiellini is out, forcing De Ligt into the side before he's adjusted in any way. The midfield has been stagnant with Khedira and Matuidi still getting starts, even after all of the great work done in the transfer market. They had an awful day in Florence last weekend, including picking up a bunch of injuries. They lapsed horribly against Napoli the weekend before, lucky to come away with a win after Koulibaly had a potential Puskas Award strike hit his own net.

I don't see Juventus even getting a point in their current form.
Thanks! Yes, definitely a bit sick of playing each other. Last year was a bit of a gut-punch, but, hey, at least we didn't get knocked out my Real Madrid again! Then again, Atletico did fall again to Ronaldo...
 

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Dav has looked better defending in space at RB today than he did a couple of weeks ago. On offense, he still looks like a CB playing RB. Surprised Poch didn't change up the system more to reflect this.
 

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Poch brought on good subs, but the offense looked discombobulated for the last 15-20 minutes. It looked as if the plan was to have Son play ahead of Arry and threaten behind the defense while Arry could pick up the ball and face goal. But Son stayed wide and didn't have enough time to have full effect. Lamela and Eriksen couldn't quite get it clicking and no one else got forward enough to help break down the D. No one played poorly but it didn't look pretty. The drop-off from Rose to Davies and Aurier to Sanchez (on offense) was glaring.
 

DJnVa

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Wow, that was sloppy af. Ndombele definitely looked like he's coming back from injury.

But it's an away point in CL, so we'll take it.
 

bosox4283

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I'm watching Atletico-Juventus. Both teams look to be playing rather conservatively, though Atletico is generating a little more activity. I've seen little out of Juventus that has impressed me.
 

bosox4283

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I have no idea what's a handball or not. Was that just a handball? Juventus defender goes to clear it and the ball ricochets off another player's arm.
 

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a third goal for PSG in stoppage time. I'm not a big fan to put it mildly but they look very good today.
 

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Bump for today's matches:

Shaktar @ Atalanta
Brugge @ Real
PSG @ Galatasaray
Neverlosin' @ Juve
Atleti @ Lokomotiv Moscow
Zagreb @ Citeh
Olympiakos @ Red Star Belgrade
Bayern @ Spurs

Madrid looks to get back on track after taking a beating by PSG and Spurs host Bayern after an away draw in Greece. Spurs should go into this match and go after Bayern. A draw isn't a terrible result but will send this teetering club and fanbase into a spin. God help us if they lose.


Tomorrow's matches:

Napoli @ Genk
Dortmund @ Prague
Inter @ Barca
Chelsea @ Lille
Salzburg @ Pool
Lyon @ Leipzig
Ajax @ Valencia
Benfica @ Zenit