Aug 29, 2019

Lucky you!

Chelsea will not win any away game in that group and most likely they will not go through!

 

Aug 29, 2019

Pretty balanced groups, Group G being a literal lions den for everyone involved. City gonna slaughter theirs lol.

Group F gonna feature a lot of fireworks, wonder if Conte will finally get it right in Europe.

@Alpha we got a break ourselves, PSG began as awkwardly as we did so it'll be open games by the time we face them (hopefully have a fit squad ffs)

 

Aug 29, 2019

Real Madrid are experienced enough to top that group.. not really a tough group, but yea we shouldn't underestimate anyone. Excited to see our future boy Mbappe play against us once again.. also we could be playing against PSG with Keylor Navas as their Goalkeeper (according to the latest reports he's close to join)

2013/2014 Galatasray were in a group with RM and that ended up being the season of La Decima. 2015/2016 PSG were in a group with RM and then that ended up being the season of Un Decima. Good omen? Or just a coincidence?

How many freaking seasons in a row does Man City play against Shakhtar Donetsk?!

Finally after all those seasons, Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund will play against each other...Group F is the group of death. and Lol at Group G.

 

Aug 29, 2019

This is heartbreaking...

 

Aug 30, 2019

I've always enjoyed UEFA Cup more and now Europa League more. Yeah Champions League is fun and all that but not fair if you ask me. You can't have a competition that's called CHAMPIONS league and have 2nd,3rd and 4th places playing directly in the group stages and champions from other countries after 1 year of hard work have to play 3-4 qualifying games to get into the groups. Change the name of the competition at least call it, I don't know MONEY LEAGUE or something much more suitable.

But hey here you have it the group stages from Europa League. Group E,G and K are pretty balanced.

 

Aug 30, 2019

Uncle Snoop knows what's up

 

Aug 30, 2019

Too bad PSV lost in champions league qualifiers against fking Basel but hey they have 1st chance imo in that group, Alkmaar also they're fighting for top 2 spots while Feyenoord has a difficult group but anything can happen.
Holland is great man. I worked in Amsterdam for 4 months this year, amazing city nothing bad to say about it.

 

Sep 2, 2019

@Fire Squad PSG ain't playing games. They've signed Keylor Navas and Mauro Icardi on the last day of the summer transfer market! And Of course Neymar ended up staying after the long Neymar saga throughout the summer lol.

 

Sep 2, 2019

Christ a frontline of Neymar-Icardi-Mbappe is all types of terrifying, big mistake for us to let Navas go. If Neymar's healthy by March, they'll go all the way. Gonna be an interesting group game...

Imma miss Keylor, he was our gk after San Iker, very identical as far as shot-stopping & last ditch 1v1 prowess. Hopefully T-Bo steps it up, I was never a fan of him even in his Atletico days, but we need him more than ever. Need Lunin to get some minutes at Valladolid, I have high hopes for him.

 

Sep 2, 2019

Don't forget that they have Cavani as well. But anyway it's almost confirmed that Cavani and Mbappe will miss the first CL game against RM due to them being injured + Neymar is banned for 3 CL matches.

As far as Navas goes, yes of course he'll be missed, but to be honest, it's totally understandable that he left. Navas shouldn't be on the bench after all what he has done and achieved with Real Madrid... He played his part and he's off for a new adventure.

And as far as Courtois goes, honestly, I've seen his performance so far in these three la liga games, he's been really superb, made couple of saves from close range shots, most of the goals he conceded so far is because of the atrocious defending. Militao deserves some minutes. Also Ferland Mendy was really good on his debut yesterday against Villareal. I think it could be a matter of time this season before he benches Marcelo.

Overall, not really the start we were looking for this season, it could have been worse,1 win 2 draws is better than receiving a loss regardless, but after the international break, with Hazard being clear to start + James and Isco clear from injury as well, that could be a different team and then we could start seeing real results or the results we're looking for.


Btw that Juve-Napoli game was super crazy. I liked how Lozano scored on his debut. Felt really bad for Napoli and Carlo Ancelotti after all the effort and great performance in the second half to lose like that.

 

Sep 2, 2019

Very well said my brother, wish I can like this post more then once!

Just a teeny observation, but I do wish Zidane was a better micro-tactician--what I mean is implementing a more functional pressing system since we keep getting killed on transitions (this has been happening for a year & a half now) and the players have way too many liberties on offense, sometimes there isn't a coordinated attempt at closing spaces or staying compact when the midfield is phasing to defense. Those tiny details would make up for our gung-ho approach when it's not yielding goals.

But it is what it is, I'm certainly positive Hazard & James will help us shift from the excessive crosses to more vertical/penetrating football. Jovic & Mendy were great, Zidane needs to keep trusting them more. Inevitably Bale will get injured at some point, luckily we're pretty loaded with options. The kids like Brahim & Vini should impress with the time they get, considering all the fronts we're competing in they'll see plenty of chances.

Serie A is gonna be a blast this year! Inter with Conte & Marrotta are ironically trying to destroy what they helped build in Juve. Juve with Sarri is a giant mystery box. Napoli has all the tools they need, I'm so excited to follow this new adventure for Lozano! Milan, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina, Parma, Sassuolo as always gonna provide some fireworks, it's anyone's league as far as I'm concerned (I love CR7 but I'm tired of Juventus winning lol).

 

Sep 3, 2019

 

Sep 4, 2019

Cavani > Icardi by far imo but Icardi def a very top quality striker(not a "top" human being though). And Navas > Curtois so def a good signing there for PSG even though I love Areola I don't get it why he doesn't get the chance to play more for PSG but hey i'm not a coach.

I'm excited also. Serie A my favorite championship to watch(enjoyed a lot juve-napoli and atalanta-torino this weekend) I like Juve but I wanna see somebody challenging them for the tittle. I would love to see Inter and Milan back there in top 4 regularly. Inter can fight this year with Juventus for that 1st place more than Napoli I think, but we will see. Definitely in for a great ride!

 

Sep 6, 2019

With a caption saying "I'm honored"
@Fire Squad

 

Sep 6, 2019

Spoiler

Dream came true, saw my beloved Mexico dismantling the US. Finally saw Chicharito Hernandez in the flesh (and score!). You guys gotta come to our games, it's a freaking party!

 

Sep 6, 2019

Spoiler

Also Chucky Lozano is a monster, thank you Eredivisie for giving these guys a chance. Edson Alvarez also behind him @Michael Myers

 

Sep 7, 2019

2020 finna be a great year for football. Starting with Champions League knockout stages on wards, other anticipated matches across the top European leagues and then Euro 2020 and Copa America 2020.