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Post by Feologild Oakes on Aug 23, 2020 21:26:34 GMT
As expected Bayern Munchen won
But i had expected more goals.
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 23, 2020 22:05:49 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 23, 2020 22:20:07 GMT
I didn’t think the match was too bad. BT Sports seem to think it was a big letdown.
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 24, 2020 0:13:38 GMT
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Post by nogbad on Aug 24, 2020 7:52:54 GMT
I thought the first half was pretty good, but the second poor. Bayern deserved the win, of course, but PSG looked alright sporadically. Their defender Kimpembe, who I'd never even heard of before, was very good.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Aug 24, 2020 10:49:00 GMT
It wasnt the best game but the result was amazing.
Neuer is the man
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Post by bluerisk on Aug 24, 2020 11:47:27 GMT
Overall I think Bayern deserved the titel: a group stage without any dropped point, including the London game against Tottenham. Then the two leg performance against Chelsea. One often reads in comments that it had been a carnage if Bayern had played with such a high line against ManCity or that club from Liverpool (not Everton) - so, where had they been?!
Then the game against Barca and also the 3:0 against Lyon was a clear and sound victory.
And in a final anything can happen, and with Neymar, di Maria etc. pp. PSG has also excellent players.
They played against there opponents in a fashion they deemed appropriated to match their goal; to speculate that they had been slaughtered by team A (like ManCity) with the tactics they utilized against team B (like Paris) with an other game set is imho plain stupid.
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Post by OrsonSwelles on Aug 24, 2020 11:55:06 GMT
The offer from the Montreal Canadiens to be 1st line center next season might be his best chance of that... Seriously though, the Canadian sport posters on the board, it would be wise to not to follow your North American neighbours on over-hyping a football player that remotely shows any promise. The kid is still very raw and still has a lot to learn, nowhere near being best left back in the Bundesliga , let alone in the world. Last I checked the accolades are coming from European outlets and players themselves.
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Post by Pangolin on Aug 24, 2020 16:26:33 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2020 18:36:04 GMT
Is it based on his football ability or the background of his childhood in a Liberian refugee camp, then emigrating to Canada at six years of age, that's the drive behind the accolades??
He was poor last night, but it was the biggest game he'll probably have in his career and nerves with his young age and inexperience sure played a part in that. His stats in the Bundesliga of three goals and eight assists this season, don't exactly scream out best in the world, not even best in the Bundesliga.
I'm not being harsh, because he has shown promise this season, most notably against Chelsea in the 1st leg of the last 16 of the Champions League, which was his best of the season, not the over blown mass hysteria of his assist against an already defeated,inept and dejected Barcelona.
I understand it must be a big thing to be the first/second Canadian football player to win the Champions League (Owen Hargreaves will always be viewed as Canadian by myself, irrespective of him choosing to represent England) but he is one small part of great team in Bayern, and for football interest to grow in Canada, your gonna need more than Alphonso Davies. I'm sure though that centre forward Jonathan Davies exploits in France after his move from Belgian Club Genk to Ligue 1 side LOSC Lille for a record £30 million for a Canadian footballer, will also gain as much sports media interest.....probably not a single Canadian aware of that due to his normal childhood.
The sports media loves a feel good story to inspire the younger generation, add the desire to see the game finally make mass appeal in North American continent, and we have yet another over-hyped North American footballer.
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