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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 13:58:29 GMT
You feel like a hypocrite. The elite final stages once again, the elite in the elite. Same old teams, usual suspects. The super-rich Champions League. I determined last year I wasn't gonna watch any this time round. But I have. All this talk of brand development, La Fong posting horror stories with Uefa pimp Phillip Lahm rattling on about how a European Super League will enrich football (not the f***ers behind it, I suppose) Uefa's scheme to make the Champions League even more beneficial to the usual suspects, the stupid ear-bending Champions League opera theme, the same bullsh*t year in year out. Predictable, self-aggrandizing, pompous, a monster of brand awareness, organized and maintained by wealthy crooks in suits spread like cockroaches all over Europe.
Yet here I am. I dare say this one could be a goer. The 90 minutes by itself could be an entertainment. The first leg, in which PSG and Bayern fought out a 5 goal thriller, was described by Jonathan Wilson of The Guardian as "pure footballing fun, until you delve beneath the surface - dominant super-rich elite forget how to defend but proposed new Champions League would not ensure endless excitement". But, nevertheless, it was an entertaining match, or at least the 20 minute highlights of it were.
Let's see what the second leg provides us with, minus that piss-poor opera theme, of course.
90 mins PSG 2/1 Bayern 11/10 Draw 3/1
To qualify PSG 4/11 Bayern 2/1
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 13, 2021 16:50:10 GMT
This is going to be a battle today. I think PSG will just hang on.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 19:32:39 GMT
Kimmich is the latest to have a crack at the PSG goal. His shot should have been better, he drove it low and wide when he had time to better target the net. They've had two on target to PSG's none on the half hour. Neymar goes down for the third or fourth time, tussling with Hernandez in the area. He wants a penalty but there was shirt-tugging going on from both players, Neymar more so. The ref doesn't want to know. They're going hell for leather so far but Bayern still need those two clear goals.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 19:39:55 GMT
Neymar outwits his markers to find space enough for a drive on the edge of the area and curls one off the bar on '37. That could have been curtains.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 19:43:45 GMT
Off the post by Neymar. But then moments later Choupo-Moting has put Bayern into the lead. With five minutes to the break he latched onto the parried shot by Davies and headed home for nothing-one on the night.
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 13, 2021 19:46:22 GMT
That could have been curtains. Seems like the curtains are just rising.
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 13, 2021 20:07:45 GMT
PSG seem to be on their heels.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:11:07 GMT
Yes, Doc, and I wonder if this is as nervy for Pochettino as when Tottenham played Ajax/Man City in the Champions League.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:14:48 GMT
Dear oh dear! Neymar a whisker away from 1-1. Somebody played it across to him in the area, clear of the keeper, and Neymar slid in but just could not make contact. It needed a touch. You're talking Gascoigne v Germany at Euro 96 there.
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 13, 2021 20:30:30 GMT
Final 20 with everything to play for in PSG/Dortmund. Chelsea just have to hold the line for twenty more.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:39:16 GMT
Mbappe ruled offside for his goal just there as the clock enters the final ten minutes of time.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:41:12 GMT
Next goal betting PSG 2/1 Bayern 3/1 Evens no next goal. It really is that open.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:44:08 GMT
The camera is reluctant to show close-ups of the two managers tonight. But you can imagine. Five minutes remaining.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:47:41 GMT
And just as I say that, there's Pochettino, on the touchline, knowing he's minutes from victory. He looks calm but wary, puffing out his cheeks for a second. It's moments away now.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 13, 2021 20:53:13 GMT
That's it, buster, Bayern Munich is out.
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Post by DrKrippen on Apr 13, 2021 20:54:58 GMT
Paris St. German and Chelsea advance to the semi-finals.
Was a incredibly spectacular bicycle kick for a score for Porto to make the last few minutes exciting.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2021 22:12:40 GMT
Actually think Mehdi Taremi's overhead goal eclipses Ronaldo's against Juventus. It's that good.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Apr 14, 2021 8:57:19 GMT
PSG, Chelsea and Man City into the semis. What a great day for football...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2021 10:04:01 GMT
Anyone fancy Liverpool's chances of overcoming their deficit with Real tonight?
Got the choice of City on 5 Live, or Liverpool on 5 Live Sport Extra.
Which game is going to be a better listen 🤔
Why haven't they got staggered KOs 🤷♀️
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Apr 14, 2021 10:07:01 GMT
Yes, Doc, and I wonder if this is as nervy for Pochettino as when Tottenham played Ajax/Man City in the Champions League. Why did you have to remind me...
Anyway, its a shame Bayern couldnt get through. Sometimes they felt a little lacklustre in front of the goal.
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