Then you haven´t seen much.Just saw the highlight of the RBL goal - that's about as bad a goal at this level as I've ever seen.
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Then you haven´t seen much.Just saw the highlight of the RBL goal - that's about as bad a goal at this level as I've ever seen.
What a crazy week for Serie A.Salzmuthafuckinburg! 6-5 on aggregate.
Is "plucky Wolverhampton" a way to say that Atletico is playing horribly?No denying it, but this Arsenal side are playing some rather pretty football against a plucky Wolverhampton.
Sorry I meant to say Newport County. I'm trolling Arsenal. These are posts from the future. An FA Cup 3rd round replay in the year 2022.Is "plucky Wolverhampton" a way to say that Atletico is playing horribly?
You can see from that last angle that not only did Ramsey get the ball first but that his studs did not strike the other player at all even on the follow through. His thigh hit the side/top of Ramsey foot after Ramsey had kicked the ball.Somehow this isn't even a foul
Oh, yes. Very much this.Wenger team gonna Wenger.
Has it mattered either way? He's made a couple of smart saves, but Arsenal has been so, so ponderous in the final third, and so obviously ripe for a counterattack like that.Oblak is one of the best in the world, right?
That was my initial guess as well, and it appears to have been confirmed on Twitter. Between his overall age and now this recovery, he may be at the very end of his time as a starting CB in the premier league. Certainly that'll be the case if he has Santi Cazorla's surgeon.Awful for Koscielny - looks like his Achilles is done
I'm biased, but have not found it to be that one sided. Atletico has much better finishers, but Arsenal has put plenty of pressure on goal and could easily have had one go in.Salzburg nets the second! Arsenal getting outclassed by Atleti by quite a bit IMO.
Just brutal. Really gone down in my eyes the last few years...I thought he was a solid voice when he first got into the media gig, but he seems like he hasn't put in a hard days work in forever- just empty platitudes given in a tone that suggests a hot take, but falls flat every time.Listening to Alexi Lalas will never not be excruciating
I actually thought Arsenal played pretty well overall too. Atletico is very very good at what they do, which is to stifle teams like Arsenal, but the real problem yesterday was...I'm biased, but have not found it to be that one sided. Atletico has much better finishers, but Arsenal has put plenty of pressure on goal and could easily have had one go in.
I mean, Arsenal kind of sucks at this level...who aside from Ozil (who had a bit of a no-show) was going to create anything special? It's a squad with players that range from questionable to nearly elite on their best day, and that's not good enough for later European knock out stages. I mean, what was Wenger supposed to do with that group against Atletico?Fitting end to the Wenger era. Doesn't have the players to hang with Europe's elite. He did an admirable job but hung on far too long.
Lalas also talks super slowly like he's talking to people that have never seen a game before.. and as you say ends up saying things that are wholly disinteresting.Just brutal. Really gone down in my eyes the last few years...I thought he was a solid voice when he first got into the media gig, but he seems like he hasn't put in a hard days work in forever- just empty platitudes given in a tone that suggests a hot take, but falls flat every time.
I actually thought Arsenal played pretty well overall too. Atletico is very very good at what they do, which is to stifle teams like Arsenal, but the real problem yesterday was...
I mean, Arsenal kind of sucks at this level...who aside from Ozil (who had a bit of a no-show) was going to create anything special? It's a squad with players that range from questionable to nearly elite on their best day, and that's not good enough for later European knock out stages. I mean, what was Wenger supposed to do with that group against Atletico?
This is awesome. I was just lamenting the loss of mid-week soccer to have something on in the background, and had no idea this was happening today.Today -- why on a Wednesday? -- is the Europa League Final, Atletico vs. Marseille.
Simeone, who cannot be on the sidelines due his explusion against Arsenal, has opted for Gabi in the middle of Thomas. Gabi brings experience and it could be his last title game, so I understand the choice.
This match may also be both the last chance for Torres and Griezmann to win a title with Atletico. Torres is moving on and Griezmann is heavily linked to Barca.
It’s a combination of two things.Weakest major domestic league? Allows their star players to get more rest over the course of the season and focus on matches in Europe or against the other power clubs in Spain?
I'm defending Atletico for the sake of defending Atletico, but you're underestimating Atletico's European record.2. Sevilla and Atletico do well in Europa because they’ve usually far out of contention and have stopped caring about the league. All the other nations in Europe don’t seem to care about Europa (at least up until the NIT winner started getting a spot in the big dance next year).
True but top-heavy describes most European leagues now. Germany has been like this for almost a decade, France the same, Italy as has been mentioned hasn't had a strong league since the mid 00's, and everyone likes to point to the EPL as an example of a strong top-bottom league, but I would argue that this is simply not the case. Very few teams were in contention this year, and let's be honest, Man City didn't look very vulnerable. The travel schedule for the EPL does not cover much geographic territory (save for European matches of course, but that's more or less the same for everyone), and at this point I would take almost any 3-10 Spanish team against similarly-placed EPL teams (and the UEFA club rankings bear this out, especially recently -- https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html)Sure, but his point was that they're out of La Liga contention come early spring. That's true this year (albeit with a runner-up finish, they were >10 points behind Barca by March this year), was certainly true last year, was not true in 2015-16, was true in 2014-15, and of course they won the league in 2014.