Tonight's champions league 12/04/23

Harsh red for Napoli. Ref a bit of a belter

Imagine Ruidigner and Martinez as your back 2

Just hope Napoli can keep it at 1 nil until the second leg

At ease a bit now, city aren't beating three of these in display tonight ..

Get the impression Madrid's performance very much depends on the opposition and circumstance, the bigger the game and the better the opposition, the better they perform, as a result they can come unstuck in low-key league games.

Originally Posted by dunk

Get the impression Madrid's performance very much depends on the opposition and circumstance, the bigger the game and the better the opposition, the better they perform, as a result they can come unstuck in low-key league games.

Yeah, absolutely different team in the champions league. They look like Leicester in the league

Rudiger

Originally Posted by Baron

Probably be stuck with Lukaku.

The Mudryk thing is a bit crazy, he looks like he’s full of pace and can travel with the ball & a goal threat and never had a sniff of being played.

They’ve got 7 years to get him up to speed

ben zimmer has scored a sitter and missed a sitter. not for me.

Ref was excellent tonight.

Originally Posted by dunk

Rudiger

hates chelsea.

Originally Posted by jem

hates chelsea.

He really does

Originally Posted by Mr Kaboom

Ref was excellent tonight.

aside from not booking valverde for a professional foul.

Originally Posted by Mr Kaboom

They’ve got 7 years to get him up to speed

Madrid walked that overall without looking particularly impressive. Just like grinding out a 1-0 in a league run in. Job done.

Lampard will probably get binned before the end of the season, his decision making is mental & the confidence in the squad looks shot to bits. No goals in the side at all.

Joe Cole nailing the issue with Kepa, who is De Gea 2.0..

Sometimes it is really hard to put yourself in a footballers head/position, but what is happening in your brain to react like T.Hernandez, i understand rivarly but sometimes it makes your enemy much more determined to reply.

Gotta hope that Osimhen and Simeone are back for Napoli in the 2nd leg. Even their 3rd choice striker was on the bench last night as he was carrying an injury.

Originally Posted by Time For Heroes

Gotta hope that Osimhen and Simeone are back for Napoli in the 2nd leg. Even their 3rd choice striker was on the bench last night as he was carrying an injury.

Spalletti has said Osimhen will 100% be back.

Originally Posted by Baron

Spalletti has said Osimhen will 100% be back.

Loveleh

They may not be what they once were but it’s great seeing multiple Italian clubs in the final stages of the CL again.

It’s always been my favourite European league (not that I’ve watched much of it over the last few years)

Just need Parma to get back into Serie A and in the europa league