***Official Football (Soccer) Thread: All leagues and competitions Part 39***

[TokenV]

Bulls were 1 bogus call away from ECF the year after Jordan left

it don't matter if you lose by an inch or a mile, losing's losing

[LukeS1]

Bulls were 1 bogus call away from ECF the year after Jordan left

Talking about after 98 not the first time. I guess they did lose Pippen too so its an unfair comparison


Real Madrid literally lost one guy and went from (by far) the most successful team of all time to absolute awful

[lolXlol]

Now Bartomeu is gone we could possibly see Messi stay...

don't think he stays with suarez not there, chance to link up with aguero and kdb for a srs cl run too good to pass up now

From winning 4/5 UCL titles in a row, and reaching 8 consecutive semi finals .... to then suddenly back to back last 16 losses and then not coming out of an easy group


I dont think a team has ever declined that hard from just one player leaving, its literally Jordan leaving the Bulls level

won the league just gone and odds on for this season so 2 in 3 since ronaldo left

juventus are losing trophies and can't seem to get past ro16 against lyon, reversion to the pre modric, kroos, bale mean for ronaldo i guess?

[LukeS1]

Real Madrid won 1 league trophy, dont go claiming a 2nd when we are only 5/6 games in


And the one they did win was with only 87 points, thanks to a horrible Barca side. Do you know how many League titles would have been won with 87 points during Cristiano's time at Real?

Zero...

[lolXlol]

Real Madrid won 1 league trophy, dont go claiming a 2nd when we are only 5/6 games in


And the one they did win was with only 87 points, thanks to a horrible Barca side. Do you know how many League titles would have been won with 87 points during Cristiano's time at Real?

Zero...

fair enough but you said madrid dropped off a cliff when they clearly haven't, it's moreso barca

madrid racked up 76 points in ronaldo's last season with them, in his 9 seasons madrid only beat an 87 points total by a margin of >6 (2 wins) twice, seems like ronaldo leaving has had absolutlely zero impact on them?

kind of like his zero impact on juventus and united?

[TokenV]

fair enough but you said madrid dropped off a cliff when they clearly haven't, it's moreso barca

madrid racked up 76 points in ronaldo's last season with them, in his 9 seasons madrid only beat an 87 points total by a margin of >6 (2 wins) twice, seems like ronaldo leaving has had absolutlely zero impact on them?

kind of like his zero impact on juventus and united?

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[LukeS1]

in his 9 seasons madrid only beat an 87 points total by a margin of >6 (2 wins) twice, seems like ronaldo leaving has had absolutlely zero impact on them?

This has to be the most cherry picked stat I have seen on here LMAO

In his 9 seasons they had less than 87 points only twice, 2018 they let go and concentrated on 3peating the UCL as the gap wasnt worth fighting for

[lolXlol]

whatever you think of the stat main point is they were always there abouts in the league, there was no uplift with ronaldo in the team or decline without him

so you're admitting that la liga was too hard for ronaldo and he had to focus on cl as a consoloation, interesting

[LukeS1]

They went 4/5 in UCL wins and went to 8 straight Semi finals, they were the most successful team in the sport's history

[Kaliconic]

From winning 4/5 UCL titles in a row, and reaching 8 consecutive semi finals .... to then suddenly back to back last 16 losses and then not coming out of an easy group


I dont think a team has ever declined that hard from just one player leaving, its literally Jordan leaving the Bulls level

It's not nearly that simple. First of all, they only won those last two CLs because of bad refereeing. A tournament isn't a great way to assess who's actually be best either. In a knockout competition luck plays a huge role, which is why Chelsea were able to win a Champions League when they were 6th in the PL.

Secondly, Real Madrid have been doing better in La Liga since Ronaldo left. Finally, while I really hope it happens, it's still unlikely Real Madrid will actually fail to qualify from their group. They are only one point behind the teams tied for second and there are still four games left to play. There isn't a great team in the group so Real Madrid is still more likely than not to make it.

[tekkenbruh]

Talking about after 98 not the first time. I guess they did lose Pippen too so its an unfair comparison


Real Madrid literally lost one guy and went from (by far) the most successful team of all time to absolute awful

That's fair. Blows my mind that despite losing Ronaldo, Real still has more talent on the roster than 90% of Europe but can't produce consistent results.

[ButcherSir]

9 games
0 field goals
4 penalties

just pessi things for you. fuking lmaooooo
next season american miscers will at least be able to watch him at mls

[Dontoewsmebro]

fukn lmao! I watched this live too.... Almost spat out my beer.

[LukeS1]

It's not nearly that simple. First of all, they only won those last two CLs because of bad refereeing. A tournament isn't a great way to assess who's actually be best either. In a knockout competition luck plays a huge role, which is why Chelsea were able to win a Champions League when they were 6th in the PL.

Secondly, Real Madrid have been doing better in La Liga since Ronaldo left. Finally, while I really hope it happens, it's still unlikely Real Madrid will actually fail to qualify from their group. They are only one point behind the teams tied for second and there are still four games left to play. There isn't a great team in the group so Real Madrid is still more likely than not to make it.

Yeh luck plays a role in any competition, you can always pick out multiple wrong decisions or pieces of bad luck that cost league titles also

The UCL is by far and away the biggest prize in club football, to win you have to beat at least 3 top sides, and all but one of the ties you have to win across 2 legs.

Prior to Real Madrid nobody had ever repeated, these dudes 3 peated and went 4/5. That is not luck, that is dominance. Most successful club side ever no doubt about it

[LukeS1]

9 games
0 field goals
4 penalties

just pessi things for you. fuking lmaooooo
next season american miscers will at least be able to watch him at mls

He doesnt look the same for sure, I think he isnt in the right mindset. He doesn't believe in his side or their ability to compete

[engscott]

No talk of United thrashing Leipzig? Was a fun game too, very fast paced. Good for Rashy to come on and get 3 (only other United player to do so is OGS), Pogba Fred and VDB all played really well, Greenwood with a fantastic finish to start things off

[westcoastronny]

Hopefully Gareth Bale can pick up some more form in europe tonight maybe net a couple too

[ieatiron47]

No talk of United thrashing Leipzig? Was a fun game too, very fast paced. Good for Rashy to come on and get 3 (only other United player to do so is OGS), Pogba Fred and VDB all played really well, Greenwood with a fantastic finish to start things off

Rashy was amazing. DVB looked decent as well he needs more game time though!

[Matty5RA]

No talk of United thrashing Leipzig? Was a fun game too, very fast paced. Good for Rashy to come on and get 3 (only other United player to do so is OGS), Pogba Fred and VDB all played really well, Greenwood with a fantastic finish to start things off

Yeh last night was fantastic for 2 reasons. The first half, when under pressure, we remained compact and barely gave them a sniff at goal. The second half, with this diamond formation and a tweak in personnel, they couldn’t live with us and the goals scored were fantastic. I just hope we can start replicating this form in the league as we are far too inconsistent. We should be beating Arsenal at the weekend, they’re gash.

[TokenV]

Hopefully Gareth Bale can pick up some more form in europe tonight maybe net a couple too

for those watching the Antwerp - Tottenham game here's a bit of football tradition porn:



they're currently building a new stadium, about half of it is finished

the stand you see at the top in the pic above however is still standing and it's the stand you'll see from the main cameras



they had to paint it completely white for UEFA though... (srs) looks like ****



here's a view from said stand with a look on the new stands they're building, this is a few months old already though



I know the new stadium is necessary to be able to compete in modern football but looking at that old stadium gives me all kind of footy feels

everything is for sale except tradition



HNGGGGGGGG

[Matty5RA]

For the post above, interesting piece, why did they have to paint the stand white?

[TokenV]

For the post above, interesting piece, why did they have to paint the stand white?

as you can tell from the 4th pic the stand is really decrepit and UEFA commented that this wasn't good for the image

so the club proposed to cover the stand with giant banners but this wasn't allowed by UEFA

eventually they just decided to clear the weeds (literally, see pic 4 lmfao) and give it a coat of paint...

they did this yesterday so it was sort of last minute

it's their first European game there in 26 years (not counting Intertoto), last year they played their games in the national stadium (Heysel stadium, I'm sure you know it for the wrong reasons)

[Matty5RA]

as you can tell from the 4th pic the stand is really decrepit and UEFA commented that this wasn't good for the image

so the club proposed to cover the stand with giant banners but this wasn't allowed by UEFA

eventually they just decided to clear the weeds (literally, see pic 4 lmfao) and give it a coat of paint...

they did this yesterday so it was sort of last minute

it's their first European game there in 26 years (not counting Intertoto), last year they played their games in the national stadium (Heysel stadium, I'm sure you know it for the wrong reasons)

Neat, it looks a lot better now anyway. I like the city of Antwerp, been there on numerous occasions when at TML.

[TokenV]

Neat, it looks a lot better now anyway. I like the city of Antwerp, been there on numerous occasions when at TML.

the club used to have a collaboration with ManU btw



and with Ritchie De Laet there is an ex-ManU player in the team (although he hardly played for Manchester, was out on loan most of the time)

[Matty5RA]

the club used to have a collaboration with ManU btw



and with Ritchie De Laet there is an ex-ManU player in the team (although he hardly played for Manchester, was out on loan most of the time)

Nice to see another club that doesn’t hate us. Hope they win tonight.

[CaliSuperSport]

Just watched the Juve v Barca replay. Really awkward game, Barca's finishing was poor across the board but their attack was otherwise not bad. Could have easily been a 2-1 game for Messi.

Btw how sad is it that two of the best players in history are likely to end their career in empty stadiums...

[TokenV]

Nice to see another club that doesn’t hate us. Hope they win tonight.

1-0 final score

pretty big upset tbh, Tottenham must've underestimated them there is no other explanation lol

don't get me wrong, Antwerp is a solid team and is very hard to play against but they should never form a problem for a Premier League side lmfao

if they can beat LASK at home next week they already have one leg into the knockout stage

[LukeS1]

Its now 11 consecutive games Messi has not scored from open play, he doesn't look the same

Is it just a lack of motivation, or is it a decline?

[westcoastronny]

1-0 final score

pretty big upset tbh, Tottenham must've underestimated them there is no other explanation lol

don't get me wrong, Antwerp is a solid team and is very hard to play against but they should never form a problem for a Premier League side lmfao

if they can beat LASK at home next week they already have one leg into the knockout stage

Spurs were below a massive par in the first half and had to much to do in the second. Antwep parked the bus a little