UEFA Champions League 2012/13

[Jason Maher]

Please don't tell me you think this is an El Clasico Champions League Conspiracy!?

Well someone wanted Madrid to get through... :sarcasm:

 

[AusKnightRKO]

Barca vs Dortmund
Madrid vs Gala
Bayern vs PSG
Juventus vs Malaga

What i want too see

Barca vs Madrid
Juventus vs Dortmund
Bayern vs PSG
Malaga vs Gala

 

[Bulldog Force]

Defend like that and I can't see you guys getting past Madrid or Munich.

By... conceeding 0 goals?

 

[Big Sam]

Quarter final draw (team listed first plays first leg at home):
Malaga v Dortmund
Real Madrid v Galatasaray
PSG v Barcelona
Bayern v Juventus

For the first time UEFA are not doing the semi-final draw along with today's quarter final draw. That will be held the first Friday after the quarters (12/4).

 

[Big Sam]

Early prediction - I think the Big 2 of both Germany and Spain will get through.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Juve have heaps of ground to make up.

For us, well... I guess a 2-2- draw against PSG is a good result. The result of 2 away goals is in our favor with our home return leg still to play. A dangerous team with Ibrahimovic and Beckham, that's for sure!

 

[Twizzle]

Ibra was a mile offside

 

[BDR]

Juve are shot IMO. They will find it hard to score 2 in the next leg. PSG did well to hold on for a draw but will probably get romped at Camp Nou.

Tomorrow's 2 games are more one sided on paper, should be comfortable wins for Dortmund and Real but I think Real-Galatasaray will still be an enjoyable watch. You just know that if they can keep themselves alive in the tie the atmosphere at the TTA will be electric in the 2nd leg.

 

[Big Sam]

Ibra was a mile offside

Shouldn't have even been playing but we know how much UEFA loves everything Qatari...

 

[Tommy Smith]

Ibra's goal was a disgrace. And for Ancelotti to then come out after the game and complain that Sanchez dived, even though it was a clear foul, is hilarious.

From Ibra's miraculously overturned suspension, to Messi's injury, to the farcical offside goal; i'd say that Carlo should have little to complain about.

 

[Big Sam]

Anybody give PSG a chance with Messi out?

 

[Big Sam]

Buffon 'a pensioner', says ex-Bayern coach Franz Beckenbauer

AFP APRIL 03, 2013 10:46PM

FOOTBALL legend Franz Beckenbauer has branded veteran Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon "a pensioner" for failing to stop an early goal in their Champions League defeat at Bayern Munich.

Bayern needed just 26 seconds to take the lead after David Alaba's left-footed thunderbolt beat Buffon from 35 metres out. Beckenbauer, an ex-Bayern captain, coach and president, said the Italian showed his age.

"It felt like Alaba fired from miles out and made Buffon look like a pensioner," Beckenbauer, 67, told German Sky Sports as Bayern won the quarter-final, first leg 2-0 in Munich on Tuesday.

"He really should have saved that, maybe he didn't think Alaba was going to hit it from there."

Buffon admitted he had been wrong-footed by Alaba's shot, which took a slight deflection off Juventus' Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal.

"For the first goal, Vidal slightly deflected Alaba's shot and sent me the wrong way," said the 35-year-old Buffon.

"I'd already taken one step to the right and couldn't recover in time to go the other way.

But on Wednesday he warned: "I have no objection to being called that by an old wise man like Beckenbauer.

"But he should be quiet and wait for the (outcome of the) next game."

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said he has some sympathy for Buffon's blunder.

"Buffon is a superb ‘keeper," said the Germany star.

"It was a really difficult one for him when you look at the flight of the ball. I know how Alaba shoots and they're dangerous balls to deal with."

Bayern face Juventus in the return leg in Turin next Wednesday with a clear advantage after Germany's Thomas Mueller added their second goal on 63 minutes, but midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says it may not be enough.

"My gut feeling is that we should have scored a third goal, we had our chances," said Schweinsteiger.

"Everyone knows it's not easy to play in Turin, it's a good starting point, but we're not in the semi-finals yet."

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/fo...ranz-beckenbauer/story-fnhq5z8s-1226612105498

 

[WireMan]

Some crackers tonight.

If you are going to watch them and don't know the scores, just keep watching both games till the end!!

 

[WireMan]

Oh and spoiler alert...









Santana was offside at the end. Clearly so and the 5th official should of seen it. So both teams through to the semis so far are there on the back of terrible reffing...

 

[Big Sam]

Santana was offside at the end. Clearly so and the 5th official should of seen it. So both teams through to the semis so far are there on the back of terrible reffing...

The entire BVB frontline was offside when that ball was played in. Balances out though because Eliseu was offside for Malaga's.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Galatasaray gave Madrid quite a scare there ay? 3 goals in 15 minutes, including 2 in 2 mins!

 

[Mong]

Some crackers tonight.

If you are going to watch them and don't know the scores, just keep watching both games till the end!!

Yep, just finished watching them.. The Dortmund Malaga game finish was great.

 

[Tommy Smith]

The entire BVB frontline was offside when that ball was played in. Balances out though because Eliseu was offside for Malaga's.

Yep. It was laughable to hear Pellegrino come out after the game and complain about the decision when Eliseu was as blatantly offside for Malaga's curcial second goal as one can possible be.

It evened out in the end. No doubt that Dortmund were the better side over the two legs and deserved to go through.

 

[WireMan]

The entire BVB frontline was offside when that ball was played in. Balances out though because Eliseu was offside for Malaga's.

Not really as he was offside once and Dortmund were offside twice. ;-)

Also in the last second just standing offside and the ref missing it when you could clearly see it was offside is not evened up.

At least the other decisions players were moving and the linesman was not in line.

Still, good games though.

 

[Big Sam]

Wireman are you saying Santana was offside because the Malaga player was out of the field of play? Pretty sure he's still 'active' and thus Santana was onside.

I remember this debate at Euro 08 when I think the Dutch scored when an Italian player was down injured next to the post, half in the field of play, half out of it.