OT: Soccer Tuesday Open Thread
Today’s Schedule:
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Round of 16, Second Leg, Day 3
3:45p Leicester City v Sevilla – FS1 (Agg 1-2)
3:45p Juventus v Porto – FS2 (Agg 2-0)
Notes
*Champions League Round of 16 involves 2 legs, of which this is the second. Away goals are accounted for in the knockout round.
*If you don’t see a league or team listed that you want to follow and discuss, let me know and I’ll add it (within reason). I’m not going out of my way to make sure Scunthorpe or Drogheda United are covered here.
*These Times are Eastern TIme
Enjoy, cheers, and Go Blue!
Gol la Juve in gol!! (Did I say that right? Oh, Bingoooh - how fun!!)
I hope Liecester City wins. I'm tired of all these same Spanish teams making it far in European play (especially Sevilla). They seem to do well because the refs call a game that suits them.
No dogs in these fights. Just hoping for some solid action. LCFC getting a W would be nice. It would be interesting to see the same club just points above relegation in the UCL final eight.
Go USA!!
I've seen Liecester playing a different brand of ball latelty. I guess the shake up on the sideline really helped. They are playing like the team from last season.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:06 AM ^
The loss of N'Golo Kante cannot be underestimated.
That and their luck metric was through the roof last year. Although maybe great team chemistry and that magial fairytale drive to win like the BBall team has currently just caused it to look like luck.
I hope they get to stick around in the EPL for awhile and maybe even get back up to the Europa league. I think it was once in a lifetime genie in a bottle sort of ordeal for them though.
March 14th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
Yeah, Kante has been a revelation the last 2 years. I believe he is the catalyst for Chelsea's success this season. He has been the best midfielder in the game, his pace and work rate is just electric. I would rank him above David Silva, and Silva is probably the most underrated player in the league. 2 completely different players, but equally dynamic for their clubs, and they both boss games from the midfield.
Relegation battle in Championship heating up. Both Wolves and Blackburn in action tonight. Wolves sitting just above the drop zone at 39 points. Blackburn in the 22nd spot in the table with 38 points. Wolves travel to Brentford, while Blackburn head to Craven Cottage and take on Fulham, who are trying to get into the playoff spots.
COYW
March 14th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^
Chelsea getting the win over United was nice to see. I absolutely hate the way Maureen and United set out tactically. They just park the bus and hack and kick at legs. It's bs futbol in my opinion and being a City fan, I love seeing ugly futbol lose. People always ask why the Premier league is the most competetive league in the world, and if you watch how the majority of the bottom half plays, it's no wonder the league is very tight. Half the teams have no interest in playing futbol, just park the bus bs. It's effective, but it is not pleasing on the eyes at all.
I would love to see Leicester win today, and hope City come out firing tomorrow, because Monaco will score.
No suspension for Marcus Rojo for the blatant stomp on Hazard yesterday. The FA are a complete joke. Giving Mings 5 game for his completely inadvertant stomp of Zlatant, and Rojo who clearly just stomped Hazard gets nothing. Absolutely ridiculous.
Yes!! Hope that result can hold up.
And the Foxes pull it out - on to the quarterfinals!
Leicester City win!!!!!!!!!!!!
After seeing the red to Nasri, I have to say that was some serious bs acting by Vardy. They both touched heads and Vardy went back like Nasri punched him. I hate that type of stuff. Good to see an English club advance though and I hope tomorrow we see another advance for City.