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jpmoriarti:
This is Quarter finals not Round of 16.

And yes we can't exit the competition now.

However, Atletico will make it incredibly hard for us. We can come back and win them. Last season, we overturned 2 goal deficit in a league match in their stadium to run out 4 - 2 winner on the night.

I am not saying we will score 4 unreplied goal, but we have done it before. Though of course they will see us coming this time and it won't be easy.

You do realize that Dejong is back and on the bench? It seems like you dont understand that Barca is handicapped now that he's back.

Barca don jarrrrrrrrrr for ucl

narite:
A great piece of Art, missing just one important detail. There should be A few numbers of people looking homeless, not sure of where they are coming from or going to and with something like tears in their eyes, wearing assnal jersey.

You too like violence

Angelfrost:
Sigh... I would be surprised if I stared watching football and Arsenal last season.

At this point, all hopes now rest on CHELSEA.

Be there

larride:
Pep just need to win that rescheduled Crystal palace game and beat Arsenal at Etihad next week and its game on.

It's a long season, teams are expected to lose points.

Current Pep will not win both games. He may lose or draw tomorrow. If nah Pep of before then yeah.

Angelfrost oooo

Roland17:
They will still blame all the players he has had for 7 years now.

He hasn’t proven me wrong still.

Yep, at all...

raumdeuter:
Dont jinx it pls

Fingers crossed 🤞

Roland was right about Arteta. I actually used to rate him but he's far too cautious ⚠️

raumdeuter:
Get in Bournemouth

IamAtAnger:
This one small for wetin women real be sef...I just dey laff for comment wey some men dey make for previous post 😅🤣... one sey "mommy marvis" I will marry her over n over again

Lifestone:
How are you sure the guy is not the owner of the pregnancy. See as she's holding the guy.
Love strong o, I think these two are meant to be together

Your comment shows you obviously dont know how these things work. She was forced to hold his hands and vice versa. In some cases, they're forced to hug themselves.

Leyqute:
Well, that’s one way to view it lol. Ronaldo scoring a mandatory and impossible hattrick in both games is of little relevance I guess.

Not necessarily my chief. Just that Juvenstus and Madrid are two different teams and Simoene bottled it twice. Na so I take view am

Bluelines69:
That PSG midfield would eat Bayerns midfield up, something was wrong in that midfield against Madrid maybe it was a one off but it was gaping spaces. And asides goalkeeper individually there’s no position that Bayern is clearly better than PSG so they should forget about that win in the early stages, PSG have shown that they don’t really care about top 8 in the league phase

Yep. They peak late and get better as the competition progresses.

Leyqute:
Simone has only bottled 2-0 first leg leads in UCL quarterfinals or semi finals to Ronaldo tho. Real Madrid and Juve. Ororo scored hattricks in the second leg

By this, you mean he has bottled it twice to two different teams. With that said, I expect them to knock barca out.

This one go soon meet virg@ins

bobogogo:
They are testing the waters using the fake news.

Normal level nah lol

Stewpeed people

Anything the government officially denies usually turn out to be the truth.

Moo-moo country!

seunpinky:
I agree with u on this one and I have always mentioned that Barca fans are having unrealistic expectations of winning the UCL despite winning the league back to back. The truth is that we can hardly compete at the highest level with the current squad. All what we have achieved in the last 2/3 seasons are all thanks to Flick, he has turned an average squad baring 3 elite footballers and a bunch of loanees into something magical and all of a sudden fans are gunning for the highest trophy in club football. The only way Barca can win the UCL is for the club to keep the current crop of players then invest in a quality CB with leadership qualities and a deadly striker.

I was comparing Olise’s stats to Yamal and I saw that Olise has 22 assists this season and I came to a conclusion that “that’s what u get when u have Kane or Diaz upfront”. If Barca had a deadly striker upfront, Yamal would have atleast 25 assists this season.


But I still remain proud of my team, they have done so well when we look at the minute details ( a defence line with a 23 yr old GK, two 19 year old CBs, midfield filled with youngsters, attack led by a 18 year old). A big Kudos to Flick, not sure we would be having this high expectations if it was Xavi or any other mediocre coach.

Eventually, most on this thread will agree with most of my takes because I'm not agenda driven. When it's time for agenda, I can also AGEND. I be all weather. Agenda ooo, facts ooo, I dey.

On your team, yes you should be proud of them, they're pulling above their weight. Let's see how second leg go be.

jpmoriarti:
Be that as it may, what about your Chelsea team? After spending £1.5b, will you also say your team is not good enough to win anything? Not even Carabao cup? Since when did Chelsea win the league title?

Eh, if you follow my take on our thread, it's pretty clear that I dont judge player's quality by how much was paid. It’s not by how much was spent, it's by the actual quality of the player. You can get a quality player for cheap or free. Even if there is, I don't think there's a significant corealtion between high transfer fees and actual quality.

Maguire was/is is much more expensive than William Pacho, Akanji, Konate, Gabriel, Saliba but all are better than him. Witzt is much more expensive but Cherki is much better at the moment. There's also Fofafana who costed a lot but not better than Colwil who is an academy and didn't cost anything. But there's also Vandirk(expensive signing) who was important as Liverpool won the ucl and epl.

If you check the Chelsea team, it's clear that we wasted money. Garnacho, Gittens, Neto, Disassi, Jorgensen, Delap, etc were all needless signings. For Delap, I'll admit that I always thought he was the second coming of Kane. But I was sooooo wrong. Dammit!

Chelsea's squad especially the defense is too poor despite the fact that it's worth billions.

jpmoriarti:
We don't really have the squad to win the UCL.

No way this our squad can win against Bayern or PSG or even Arsenal.

Remove Raphinha and Lamine, there's no other players we have in attack. And Raphinha has been injured for much of this season. Dude has missed about 4 months of football with various injuries. So, it's only Lamine Yamal.

In defence, we have 19 year old Curbasi and left back Gerrard Martin converted as CB. Then Kounde and Balde, no one else. No depth in quality. Cancelo is old man on loan from Saudi league.

This is the people we want to defeat PSG and Bayern with? It is better we lose in quarter finals than go to final and lose when we're seeing the trophy. Nothing will pain more than that.

Infact I'll consider it a miracle if Hansi Flick can win UCL with this team like this.

For now, let's ensure we win Espanyol in the weekend and maintain our league advantage.

Everything you've said here is what I keep drumming but because of the way I word it you think I'm denigrating your players lol. The problem be say me i no sabi sugar coat things. I say things as they are. How can you win ucl with weaklings like Dejong, Rashford, Olmo. Plus brainless ballers like Araujo and Ferran. Not happening. Just too many liabilities in there.

In attack just Raphinha and Yamal, in defence, a 19 year old and a LB starting. Do you really think Martin will start at Fulham,Wolves, Westham as a centre back? Be honest with yourself

The squad is good but Flick is doing a very serious heavy lifting at barca. Flick is why barca is pulling trees. Keep Xavi or another mediocre coach and barca isn't winning any Liga in this Mbape era at Madrid.

Rashford getting roasted online lol. Football fans are the most fickle minded people on earth. If Rashford crosses one nonsense ball against espanyol and it's scrambled in, people will start shouting G/A.

I watch football with my eyes not livescore, fotmob or opta. It's not difficult to spot bad players and weaklings. For some, u don't even need to watch as their reputation will be enough. You already know what to expect from players like Sancho, Rashford, Dejong. You don't even need to watch.

abduleez1:
That's boy no get sense normally that's why I don't rate him. All these funny praises from Barca fans dey muzz me at times. I don't see our future with him. Yes he's young but he's proven to never learn from his mistakes. And his errors are usually the most useless ones a defender playing at that high level should know the basics like the back of his hand. When you're the person who's suffered similar fate it becomes a curious case when you keep repeating the same shït. Same thing with Araujo.

I would easily give one of the young centre backs Barca signed this winter a chance over this Cubarsi we keep hyping. Dude has peaked. And he's average at best.

For his age, Curbasi is just too slow. How can a 19 year old be slower than some people's grandma?

With that said, Don't give up on him yet. He's too young and yet to peak for a CB...

Kilishihunter:
Even if we rotate heavily the worst possible result will be a draw against espanyol at home. Atletico with our players equally can be beaten even at home. We did it two times last season and last week so let me see the tie as not over till the final whistle next week. I even thought we'll be beaten soundly only to see us still creating and spurning chances before their second goal

Ucl no be laliga. Barca don comot...

Kilishihunter:
If deco still negotiates with united for rashford then he's crazy. Once the season ends he should go back home. Lamine and pedri shouldn't play a single minute against espanyol. Let them rest for the second leg

That's how Inter chased all and lost all last season. This tie is over.

Barca will lose at Wanda and may likely chop another red because Araujo will start at CB and I expect him to be red carded in the 37th minute. Aggregate will be something like 5:2 or 5:3. Barca don jah!!!

Barca should wrap up laliga so both Yamal and Pedri should play next laliga game.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Wetin dey pain me pass be say the red card is always in the first half. Are this defenders dumb or stupid?
Not once, twice or thrice? Araujo & Curbasi don do this nonsense pass four times

Curbasi is fun of those poor tackles. His innocent face helped him away get away with them. Araujo, Eric, Curbasi, Kounde are always one mistake away. Even Martin. All are ticking timed bomb.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Can someone tell me wetin make Olmo do for this match?

Olmo the weakling. He did rainbow 🌈 flicks

odizeey:
Abeg put respect on MBE's name abeg. I won't take that from you.

Sorry chief

Flick get mind sha. Big ucl game yet he started 3 liabilities without the ball lol.

I laughed when I saw the lineup. Trashford, weakling Olomo and over the hill Lewy against a Tico side who rested almost thier first 11 at the weekend chai

fredoooooo:
Dem belive always in Ramontanda abi na Ramoni Atanda ..

Na war

Kilishihunter:
Rashford can't remain with us next season

Airbere is always right. When he was doing nonsense G/A i tell una say nah waste of space.

Barca's ucl hopes ended when Raphinha got injured.

Barca collecting