International Champions Cup

[Jimbo]

Only a pre-season cup, but the potential matchups are interesting

Milan beat Valencia in game 1. Everton are leading Juventus in game 2 after 22 min

Chelsea take on Inter tomorrow morning. Winner plays Milan, loser plays Valencia

Then it's Real Madrid v LA Galaxy - the winner and loser play the respective winner and loser from game 2...

 

[Jimbo]

Everton are leading Juventus in game 2 after 22 min

Scratch that, looks like Livescores was a bit trigger-happy. The goal was offside, it's still 0-0 early in the second half...

 

[Big Sam]

Why is it called the Champions Cup if only Juve and LA won their domestic leagues last season?

 

[Jimbo]

Europa League Champions
Supercopa de España Champions
Best team in Liverpool...

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Since it is essentially the winners of irrelevant cups and Juventus surely even Arsenal could have been given an invitation given their success in the Emirates Cup over the years?

Milan got absolutely toweled this morning. Trailed 0-5 after 35 minutes

 

[Big Sam]

Europa League Champions

Meh

Supercopa de España Champions

Meh

Best team in Liverpool...

At Liverpool we always said we had the best two teams on Merseyside,
Liverpool and Liverpool Reserves

 

[Jimbo]

Everton managed to get over Juve yesterday on penalties

Chelsea v Inter kicks off at 10am, then Real Madrid v LA Galaxy at 12:30

 

[Haffa]

Well that was a nice finish.

 

[Haffa]

That was well outside the box.

 

[Jimbo]

Good game so far Haff?

 

[Haffa]

Yep, we looked a touch above them all over the park, whether that was match fitness or not I'm not sure.

Hazard show for much of the first half. Oscar and Moses good also.

Lakaku looked confident h was getting into good positions it was his flick that won the penalty.

Oscars goals - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fg_qs_qQO6E

 

[Jimbo]

Yep, the commentary on goal.com seemed to suggest that we were pretty dominant

The whole bench came on in the second half to close the game out. Looks like the days of 7-0 and 8-0 wins are over - José still seems to prefer consistent two-nils...

 

[Jimbo]

A pretty easy 3-1 win to Madrid, but all the post-match talk is about the Galaxy goal...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o4v6qcdCDc

 

[Twizzle]

did Bale score for Madrid ?

 

[Jimbo]

did Bale score for Madrid ?

Not yet

 

[Jimbo]

Everton are playing Madrid at the moment, for a spot in the final. Currently 1-0 down just before half time

Chelsea plays Milan tomorrow for the other spot

 

[Jimbo]

2-1 to Madrid in the end. Everton nearly equalised in the first half, but conceded soon after

LA Galaxy beat Juve 3-1 in today's other match

So tomorrow morning Valencia plays Inter. The winner plays LA Galaxy for fifth, loser plays Juventus for seventh

Then Chelsea plays Milan, with the loser playing Everton for third place and the winner playing Real Madrid for the cup...

 

[Mong]

Sounds like totes exciting stuff... :lol:

 

[BDR]

Everton did pretty well considering the comparative strength of the teams. Hit the post, had a goal ruled out harshly and should have gotten a pen in the first half too IMO.

Was an entertaining match.

 

[Jimbo]

Everton did pretty well considering the comparative strength of the teams. Hit the post, had a goal ruled out harshly and should have gotten a pen in the first half too IMO.

Was an entertaining match.

They've done very well, beating Juve and matching it with Real

Good start for Martinez...