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Post by mangekyoalleluia on Apr 18, 2017 17:43:02 GMT
Current PL champions take on Atletico in a potentially history setting match for them, with them potentially progressing to the semi-finals with a win tonight, currently a goal down to Madrid, can they do it?
2 - 0 to Leicester.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 18, 2017 17:59:02 GMT
Leicester chasing a one goal deficit here and should Madrid pot just one the Foxes'll need three to go through.
Leicester City: Schmeichel, Simpson, Benalouane, Morgan, Fuchs, Drinkwater, Ndidi, Albrighton, Okazaki, Mahrez, Vardy. Subs: Zieler, Chilwell, Musa, King, Amartey, Gray, Ulloa. Atlético Madrid: Oblak, Juanfran, Savic, Godin, Gimenez, Filipe Luis, Gabi, Koke, Saul Niguez, Carrasco, Griezmann. Subs: Moya, Torres, Correa, Lucas Hernandez, Gameiro, Thomas, Gaitan. Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
(90 mins) Leicester 7/2 A Madrid 17/20 Draw 11/4
(To qualify) Leicester 5 A Madrid 1/8
Preamble by Scott Murray : "♫ Die Meister ♭ Die Besten ♪ Les grandes équipes ♫ The champions ♪ ♫ Leicester City, champions of England, are doing the Premier League proud. Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City have fallen miserably by the wayside, but the Foxes have prowled on, first under title-winning hero Claudio Ranieri, now with regeneration expert Craig Shakespeare. And here they are: a mere 90 minutes away from the semi-finals of the European Cup! In the road: Atlético Madrid. Hot damn! Because it’s Atlético who have scuppered Leicester’s hopes in two of their three previous European campaigns to date, knocking them out of the first round of the 1961-62 Cup Winners’ Cup and the 1997-98 Uefa Cup. Here’s a selected list of Leicester players historically disappointed by Atlético: Gordon Banks, Frank McLintock, Ken Keyworth, Colin Appleton, Neil Lennon, Muzzy Izzet, Steve Walsh, Emile Heskey. Throw in managers Matt Gillies and Martin O’Neill, and that’s not such a bad roll call, eh.
Atlético’s recent history also deals Leicester blow after blow. Atlético were Champions League runners-up last year; they’ve won ten and drawn five of their last 21 away games in this competition; their six defeats in those 21 games have all been by a single-goal margin; they’ve won their last 16 European ties in which they’ve won the first leg at home; and they’re unbeaten in their last five matches against Premier League opposition, home and away, having last faced the English when sorting out Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea in the 2013-14 semis.
Leicester could become dispirited by all that. But dreams are made of this. Manchester United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Chelsea all had to get past the quarters for the first time at some point in their history as well. The in-form Atlético - five wins in their last six, Antoine Griezmann, Kevin Gameiro, Koke, all that - represent one hell of a hurdle. Clear it, though, and Leicester are three matches from glory. Three matches from (although in fairness they’ve almost certainly already achieved this) immortality. Is it on? It’s...
... ah, let’s not tempt fate. Then again, they thought the impossible couldn’t happen last season, too. It’s on! It could be on. And if not, god speed Atlético, who will feel they deserve a break in this competition as well. Here’s hoping for a classic."
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Post by MrFurious on Apr 18, 2017 18:25:07 GMT
You got a good record at predictions but surely not tonight lol Would be amazing if they did it.
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on Apr 18, 2017 19:10:15 GMT
You got a good record at predictions but surely not tonight lol Would be amazing if they did it. Haha I really want them to go through tbh, keep that dream alive as it were. Atletico aren't killing it in La Liga by any means this season so its possible.
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on Apr 18, 2017 19:14:22 GMT
Well, shit.
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Post by MrFurious on Apr 18, 2017 20:09:51 GMT
Leicester are great tonight. Come on you boys in blue!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2017 20:47:47 GMT
Sadly the Leicester fairytale ends because of a corrupt referee in Madrid.
I have never seen a penalty awarded for a foul outside the box before, I'm sure it has happened, I've just never seen it. I've seen it the other way round, when a referee has bottled it because they are nervous, and they give a freekick instead of a penalty when it is close, you can understand that, but to give a penalty when it is obviously a freekick, well... I don't know how you do that.
It's funny, I've played in hundreds of games with amateur refs, and I only remember a handful of mistakes, and the better refs, they never missed a thing, you give the defender a cheeky little nudge when you're contesting a header you can't get to, they spot it, so how do these incompetent cunts get to the top?
I watched that documentary on BT about amateur refs the other week, it was pretty good, and it was interesting to hear it from the refs perspective, I don't doubt it is a bit harder than it looks, but c'mon, how can some of these refs make such appalling mistakes on a regular basis? It is beyond me.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 18, 2017 22:01:19 GMT
Postamble by Scott Murray : "And that’s that! Leicester City’s European dream is over. But the mood at the King Power is celebratory. As it should be. Leicester put in a fine second-half performance tonight, matching one of the top teams in Europe over the past few years blow for blow. It’s a fitting end to one hell of a journey: a Premier League title followed by a European Cup quarter-final appearance is some achievement. All of which raises the question: does anybody fancy another go? You wouldn’t put anything past Leicester City."
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 19, 2017 8:42:58 GMT
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Post by runie on Apr 19, 2017 10:28:12 GMT
Current PL champions take on Atletico in a potentially history setting match for them, with them potentially progressing to the semi-finals with a win tonight, currently a goal down to Madrid, can they do it? 2 - 0 to Leicester.
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Post by MrFurious on Apr 19, 2017 11:06:17 GMT
Thats embarrassing. Looks like a nightmare family. He'd probably want Griezman to kiss his daughter too. Leave the diva footballers alone, I say.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 19, 2017 13:00:28 GMT
Me first Hong Kong Reserves 03.5mg came in (Bui Chun v Woofoo Tai Po) in the Double on other site. '39 gone by and nothing doing, but 3-0 by HT and finished 15-0. Other game (Southern District v HK Rangers) currently one goal potted on '27.
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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Apr 19, 2017 13:25:46 GMT
Sadly the Leicester fairytale ends because of a corrupt referee in Madrid. I have never seen a penalty awarded for a foul outside the box before, I'm sure it has happened, I've just never seen it. I've seen it the other way round, when a referee has bottled it because they are nervous, and they give a freekick instead of a penalty when it is close, you can understand that, but to give a penalty when it is obviously a freekick, well... I don't know how you do that. It's funny, I've played in hundreds of games with amateur refs, and I only remember a handful of mistakes, and the better refs, they never missed a thing, you give the defender a cheeky little nudge when you're contesting a header you can't get to, they spot it, so how do these incompetent cunts get to the top? I watched that documentary on BT about amateur refs the other week, it was pretty good, and it was interesting to hear it from the refs perspective, I don't doubt it is a bit harder than it looks, but c'mon, how can some of these refs make such appalling mistakes on a regular basis? It is beyond me. They would have lost anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 13:31:18 GMT
Sadly the Leicester fairytale ends because of a corrupt referee in Madrid. I have never seen a penalty awarded for a foul outside the box before, I'm sure it has happened, I've just never seen it. I've seen it the other way round, when a referee has bottled it because they are nervous, and they give a freekick instead of a penalty when it is close, you can understand that, but to give a penalty when it is obviously a freekick, well... I don't know how you do that. It's funny, I've played in hundreds of games with amateur refs, and I only remember a handful of mistakes, and the better refs, they never missed a thing, you give the defender a cheeky little nudge when you're contesting a header you can't get to, they spot it, so how do these incompetent cunts get to the top? I watched that documentary on BT about amateur refs the other week, it was pretty good, and it was interesting to hear it from the refs perspective, I don't doubt it is a bit harder than it looks, but c'mon, how can some of these refs make such appalling mistakes on a regular basis? It is beyond me. They would have lost anyway. We don't know that, it is a game changer.
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Post by MrFurious on Apr 19, 2017 14:13:11 GMT
Me first Hong Kong Reserves 03.5mg came in (Bui Chun v Woofoo Tai Po) in the Double on other site. '39 gone by and nothing doing, but 3-0 by HT and finished 15-0. Other game (Southern District v HK Rangers) currently one goal potted on '27. 15-0! no wonder I couldn't find it lol. Can't find the other score either which hopefully is a good sign.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 19, 2017 14:16:31 GMT
Me first Hong Kong Reserves 03.5mg came in (Bui Chun v Woofoo Tai Po) in the Double on other site. '39 gone by and nothing doing, but 3-0 by HT and finished 15-0. Other game (Southern District v HK Rangers) currently one goal potted on '27. 15-0! no wonder I couldn't find it lol. Can't find the other score either which hopefully is a good sign. Other game just now finished. 2-1 until the 87th minute then 2-2. Finished 3-2. (@ 6/5) That'll do nicely.
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Post by MrFurious on Apr 19, 2017 14:27:39 GMT
15-0! no wonder I couldn't find it lol. Can't find the other score either which hopefully is a good sign. Other game just now finished. 2-1 until the 87th minute then 2-2. Finished 3-2. (@ 6/5) That'll do nicely.Nice one. Mad end just like that Metz game yesterday
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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Apr 19, 2017 15:04:13 GMT
They would have lost anyway. We don't know that, it is a game changer. Well no, but there's no reason to think they'd have won without the decision. They had a whole match and a half to make up the deficit and even if you took away that goal from Atletico Atletico still had enough to go through. It's ludicrous to blame the referee or call him corrupt, Atletico won because they're a much better side.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2017 15:27:28 GMT
We don't know that, it is a game changer. Well no, but there's no reason to think they'd have won without the decision. They had a whole match and a half to make up the deficit and even if you took away that goal from Atletico Atletico still had enough to go through. It's ludicrous to blame the referee or call him corrupt, Atletico won because they're a much better side. They won by one goal. So wasn't much in it. And if A.Madrid don't get that inexplicable decision from the ref perhaps they commit just that little bit more to get a home win under their belts leaving themselves exposed to that away goal. We just don't know. Teams like Barcelona especially, and Madrid, they seem to get a free goal or two every time they play over two legs. You can say "well the other team have plenty of time to make it up, so it is their own fault if they can't", but clearly when you are getting all these gifts from the refs it turns a tough ask into a mammoth task.
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