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[Incandenza]

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Reading on Twitter that Sergio Ramos appears to be playing in midfield tonight.

[Wouter D]

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Chiellini with a comedy booking within a minute. Slips up in possession, threatens to send a Monaco player on a breakaway but manages to avoid that by slapping the ball away.

[Incandenza]

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Pretty drab games so far.

[Wouter D]

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Incandenza wrote: Pretty drab games so far.

Forerunner for understatement of the year, Inca. Entertainment is not the goal of any team this evening.

[ursus arctos]

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It might (see also basketball), but Slovenia isn't as good as either of those sports as the other former Yugoslav republics (and they are light years away in water polo, which another source of potential keepers).

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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Handball did great things for peter schmeichel. It taught him how to make himself huge for one on ones, come out to challenge oncoming forwards, and taught him how to throw the ball fifty yards onto a wingers toe.

This game is full of horrible niggly nonsense. Could someone please do something untoward to sergio ramos pretty please.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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I thought it didn't need to be said that you Shouldn't get caught. Turan is a dick.

Did he even make contact with him?

[Incandenza]

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Arda Turan second yellow card. Heading to penalties for sure now.

[Mr Beast]

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It's about to get a lot more heated. I'd like to see a bit more football but I actually like it when a game threatens to turn into a riot.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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how did hernandez get away from godin there? he had his two arms around him, and was lying on top of him.

[Incandenza]

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Chicharito has done pretty well tonight, I think. I hope he ends up at a club where he'll get regular playing time.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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james's game is falling to pieces out there. That last pass, and the dreadful shot before it were rank.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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Who is that big bowsie there with Simeone? I'd love to see rui Faria trying it on with him.

[ursus arctos]

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Dunno, but can you imagine how hard you have to be to be Cholo's muscle?

[Mr Beast]

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Great unselfishness from Ronaldo.

[ursus arctos]

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Inca, you had to do that, didn't you?

[Incandenza]

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I'm filled with such conflicting feelings right now.

[Incandenza]

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Juve through.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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atletico remind me of don revie's leeds. They're just as skilful, just as cynical, and just as slow.

[Nocturnal Submission]

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The Awesome Berbaslug!!! wrote: Who is that big bowsie there with Simeone? I'd love to see rui Faria trying it on with him.

I'm guessing that you're referring to well-known headcase German Burgos. Is this the man:

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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If you mean the guy that simeone thinks is about to actually explode at any second then yeah. Either that's the thickest bullet proof vest in the world or he's spent his time drinking in bars waiting to start fights.

[imp]

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Mr Beast wrote: It's about to get a lot more heated. I'd like to see a bit more football but I actually like it when a game threatens to turn into a riot.

I feel similar. I sit watching this crap for hours, resenting my own interest, and end up feeling that a mass brawl - with several players getting hurt and even more getting red carded - would ultimately be what these two Madrid sides deserve most. At least one of them had to get knocked out.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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who would win a footrace between Mario Mandzukic and Tony Cascarino? I think it would be very close, but You'd have to think that with the modern coaching methods, and less questionable refueling habits would give the croat the edge. That and tony cascarino is 52 years old.

[Tony C]

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Incandenza wrote: Chicharito has done pretty well tonight, I think. I hope he ends up at a club where he'll get regular playing time.

Blimey, Inca, I would gave to say for once I completely disagree with you. It was only Hernandez's desperately poor finishing that had kept Atleti in this match : he's not up to it at this level. It was a huge irony that he ended up scoring the winner, but even he couldn't miss a knock-in from six yards.

I thought Arda's sending off was just plain wrong and it really swayed the game Real's way. I do get imp's frustration with games like this, though: the statistics of yellow cards awarded for simulation in CL knockout games are unknown to me, but I would have no doubt that they are a fraction of what they should be.
On the plus side it's great to watch a Madrid derby in a bar in the city.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

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on the other hand when was the last time you saw a forward get away from the atletico defenders as often as that. That was a great save by oblak shortly before he scored, but i've never seen a forward make that much of a fool of godin.