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A40:
After all these years you think Madrid knows difference between home and away. Ok ohh

You see Kroos, Modric, Alaba, Benz and Vini and you're mentioning stadium like it matters to these guys

It matters to City. City home record in the champions league is very good.

Leyqute:
Dayo is actually kinda right about the coefficient thing.

The 2004 coefficient was calculated AFTER all UCL games were concluded.

In 2003, England was 3rd behind Spain and Italy. And they were ranked lower the further you go back.

Doesn't mean Henry isn't worth the ballon d'or in 2004 tho.

Is it supposed to be calculated before all the games were concluded? It's a 2004 ranking so it will definitely contain the performances of the 2003/2004 season. 2023 ranking will contain this current champions league performance as well.


You are basically telling us the season arsenal went unbeaten in the league Epl teams performance in the champions league pushed them from 3rd to the 2nd best league in Europe meaning the league was strong.

Agadinaagwuofe:
At the bolded Man city can still win at Bernabau had it been the first leg was played at etihad and ended 1:1

Who will be the favorite

Saying City is favourite due to being at home doesn't mean Madrid can't beat them and qualify. Some of you can never read to understand. You read and your bran format it to what you want.

liveLongNprospa:
Lmao.. Militao is an even bigger agbero than rudiger when he needs to be and still a better goal scoring threat.

Na mancity should be worried about today.

The last 5 mins, I noticed they actually sat back and pep was barking orders

Worried or delighted? They kept Madrid at bay at the Bernabu and only conceded one goal. This is Madrid at home o.

Agadinaagwuofe:
Are you saying at Etihad the pitch will become bigger or the ball will become more spherical. Watching the match you will understand that the two team can hurt each other the only determinant is less mistakes and efficient cordination or any of the goal keepers turning up other than that, Madrid can win city at Etihad.

The match is still open and can go either side.

Doesn't change City from being favourites. They are 100% percent better at home than away in the champions league. Go and look at their record. If Man city was the one going to Bernabu with a 1:1 draw who will be the favorite?

Leyqute:
At all.
It’s still 50-50.
Anything can happen.

Nah, Madrid had the advantage at home. At Etihad city are the favorites.

Man city has the advantage going into next week.

Benzema and Valverde has been anonymous.

City have coped well with the pressure.

De bruyne

BronzeTiger:
Tchouameni should be starting dm. I just hope it's not too late before ancelotti realises it. Rudiger in that real madrid defence is also not bringing confidence.

To my surprise the midfield has been quite solid. They haven't given City any clear chances yet.

olabode89:
Pep with his overthinking. He needs to use wingers that can beat the defender. Bring on Mahrez and Foden this game go flip sharp sharp.

Nothing like overthinking. Una don start with this usual line. This is exactly the same line up Pep has been using for the last ten matches even against Bayern home and away.

raumdeuter:
In Henrys entire career he had Zero elite Champions League campaign and International campaign.

1 >>>> 0

Amnesia must have made you forget Henry took his team to the champions league final in that same season.

This Madrid midfield of Kroos, Modric and Valverde is too light against a team like city especially with Kroos as the Dm.

Anybody that tells you Henry flopped for France again draw them close and knock their big head.

raumdeuter:
Dinho won the CL in 2006 without DeLima defeating Henrys Arsenal in the final

So in Ronaldinho entire career he only had one elite Champions league and international campaign? So he flopped for Brazil and was also a regular flopper in the champions league.

raumdeuter:
Ronaldinho performance in Barcelona between 2004 and 2006 were some of the best around that time and he didnt have any major tournament.

He scored in knockout games so did Wiltord, Trezeguet Djorkaeff, Thuram, Petit. Yet no one is clamoring for them to be WPOTY and Balon dor

Stop telling us he flopped when he obviously didn't. Using Zidane being the main man to rubbish Henry contribution is just nonsense. You already told us it's about champions league and Major tournament not league football. What did Ronaldinho do in the champions league and major tournaments during those periods apart from being carried by Delima. How many elite champions league campaign did Ronaldinho have in his career. When Delima left Brazil why didn't he carry them to any major trophy. So you agree Ronaldinho was a massive flop for Brazil.

The Ronaldinho how many champions league tournaments did he dominate with Barca? Apart from 2006 how many elite campaign did he have in the champions league.

Somebody had good tournaments and also bad tournaments which was normal yet you are telling us he flopped. Thankfully he also scored in knockout stages because that is what you would have hold onto. You were expecting him to be scoring 20 goals per tournament or what.

raumdeuter:
Ronaldinho is mainly rated for his performance for Barcelona and not so much for his Brazil performances

All what you are listing here are group stage performance when the stakes are not high, when the stakes get high, Henry is guaranteed to flop

That game vs Brazil in 2006, Anyone who watched it will always point to it as a Zidane masterclass not Henry

Why is Ronaldinho flopping for Brazil without Delima to carry him not used against him? He scored in knockout stages for France yes or no.

How is being a leader relevant to anything? What did Ronaldinho win for Brazil when he became their leader without Delima to carry him. They won nothing yet nobody is using it against him . Using Zidane being the main man to rubbish Henry is just nonsense.

Henry didn't flop for France. He contributed to those trophies and also scored crucial goals. He performed in some tournament and also had bad tournaments which is normal.


Euros 2000: He scored 3 goals ( 2 group stage and 1 in the semi final) and 1 assist. Was named in team of the tournament.


World Cup 2006: He scored 3 goals again ( 2 group stage and the winner against Brazil in the quarter final). Was named again In team of the tournament.


Sounding like Henry was Giroud in 2018 all throughout his France career.

What concerns Nigerians or Egyptians with whatever trophies and accolades Salah/Oshimen are winning in far away Europe. Yes he won the league title at Napoli but what's Nigerians business with them. If you cannot perform for your country in major tournament and then go further in delivering a trophy you are not the greatest anything from that country. You only get a pass if the country is a smaller nation.

pkasso:
Lmao. You forgot their daddy, Immobile. I'm very skeptical of anything that comes out of that league especially, strikers. Which is ironic, given that the Serie A used to be the best league in terms of defending. But now, the standards have fallen so badly, i can't even point to a single elite player in that league.

Na for there you go see geriatrics like Quagliarella and Luca Toni winning the Capocannoniere. Immobile and Berardi go shine for league and then ghost in major tournament for Italy. Na so West Ham go buy striker SCAMacca for almost 40m. The guy never use one season, they wan send am go back.

I will never forget how Immobile statpadded his way to an European Golden Shoe, scoring 14 pks! The thing pain me that year. The penalties awarded that year was so much. Even CR7 follow chop the awoof. Lewy would have won three Golden Shoes in a row, if not for that nonsense.

Osimhen does look like the real deal, though. He has the hunger,desire and talent to excel on the biggest stage. I would have loved Bayern to go for him but he's too expensive.

No Seria a striker can fool me again. Average strikers and Old men look world class in that league. Abraham, Lukaku, icardi, immobile, Zapata, Muriel etc Even Oshimen am still looking at him with one kind of eye because he has not matched my expectations when playing for the Super eagles and this is the only season were he has really exploded. Out of loyalty because he is one of us am just giving him a free pass from amongst the make believe strikers in that league.

Kimbeast:
Looking like Lautaro Martinez is going to pipe Oshimen to the top scorer award. Just 2 behind now.

Martinez is the next in line. One unfortunate club will spend big on him this window.

Capaldi:
Who watches Sería a here constantly? Is Vlahovic different from the rest frauds like Piatek, Belloti,Icardi, Lukaku and other make-believe strikers that has been produced from that dead league?

Capaldi:
Haaland goal to game ratio for every club and in every competition is mind blowing.

19 goals in 21games for Norway,
29 goals in 27games for Salzburg,
62 goals in 67games in Bundeliga.
86goals in 89games for Dortmund
23goals in 20games in the champions league.

We missed Haaland and went for an elephant like lakaka. Man city are mad.

Who didn't see it coming. 50goals in 46matches for Manchester city while we bought Lakaka.

Exonerate1:
He's hilarious. He said he wants his players to press even though he can't coach an organized press

Lampard is a disgrace.

I cannot think of a single decision these clowns of owners have made that has had any merit. Every decision just seems to add to the embarrassment. Sacking Tuchel, hiring potter, sacking potter only to hire the worst coach ever as interim when champions league was still on for grabs. They are on their way to hire a premium bottler as coach again. Bad decisions over and over again.

Leyqute:
No more roaming for Felix. Stay one place or get benched.

I told you guys months ago that loaning Felix would be a waste of money.

Lampard will still be talking about Structure and way he wants to play lmao. He thinks we don't know he he is useless and inept.

What has gone under the radar due to our ineptitude, is how poor and sloppy Arsenal have been defensively. There have been numerous occasions when any other team than this Lampard shamefully coached team could have had 2 or 3 goals tonight, or at least tested Ramsdale consistently.

These players look like they are not properly coached. It's not surprising.

zeusis:
Atleast the line up is direct. Even though them go still beat us

Surely there's no way we lose 6 matches in a row. We are due a win or draw at this point.