Official Football Thread. Season - 14/15

[kmarma99]

Hala Madrid !

[PAINKILLƎR]

4th for CR7

[kmarma99]

hahahah Barca 0 shots on target

[Guess_Who]

Ref must be high

Why oh why do you have that avatar?

[Guess_Who]

Yeah I read that as well, but why does he put him that as an avy ??

Funny thing is that the first time I saw it, I thought it was some kinky bridal bouquet. I gotta check my eyes I guess.

[SajN]

Barcelona 6-0 Granada

Rakitic
Neymar with hattrick
Messi two goals and two assists

[Fleka]

Barcelona 6-0 Granada

Rakitic
Neymar with hattrick
Messi two goals and two assists

Rakitić is an amazing player. I really hope he will win some trophies with Barca. I just hope he does not turn into a diving diva. And I really hope our national team manager stops using him as a defensive middlefielder.

[SajN]

Unfortunately I haven't been able to see any match so far this season because I've been busy here in Pakistan. Going back to Norway tonight. I've read good things about Rakitic so far so I can't wait to see him and the other new players in action.

[Trimss]

Rakitic was great in Sevilla and he will be great in Barcelona too. He's already showing signs of greatness.

[Francesco]

Roma & Juve won their games again... It's just the beginning of the season but it looks hot at the top already. I wonder which team is gonna drop points first.
It looks hot at the bottom too...

[Francesco]

Manchester City vs. Roma tonight... I can't fucking wait.

Garcia: Roma have it all to gain
Rudi Garcia says Roma can play without pressure tomorrow evening in the Champions League against Manchester City.
The Giallorossi are in England for tomorrow night’s second matchday of the group stage already with three points to their name thanks to the opening 5-1 win over CSKA Moscow.
Combined with opponents City’s defeat to Bayern Munich and where expectation lies, the Lupi’s Coach has reflected on where the pressure will be.
“We have three points, we have started well and we will have the chance to play without pressure,” explained Garcia in his pre-match address to the media.
“After the draw, everyone took this game as a defeat, so we only have to gain from going to the Etihad.
“Are we third favourites to advance? Do not forget that at the draw we were in the fourth pot, not the third. It means that we are the outsiders, as we are facing the champions of Germany and England.
“We have this role as the outsider, but it can give us pride in being able to then demonstrate that the assessment of our team should be greater.
“There is no personal challenge, just a challenge to play. I’ve said it after the last League game, we have to be protagonists and not spectators in this team. We know it will be tough, but we will do everything possible to make it hard for City.”
Garcia explained how he is viewing Manuel Pellegrini’s team heading into this fixture.
“City are a team that like possession as we do. We have studied them and they have players able to accelerate the play in possession, when they create or find the space.
“Tomorrow we will see the attitude they will have, we have will to be good at responding to whatever that is and making sure to win back the ball well, because there will also be an offensive plan for us.”
Talk turned to Roma’s hopes of advancing into the knockout stages, if they were to win tomorrow.
“This is only the second game, this phase will not be finished tomorrow. If tomorrow we were able to have more points it would be an interesting step forward in qualification.
“Concerning a positive result, I don’t want to think about it, whilst there are also a further 12 points to be awarded.
“Champions League games are very easy to prepare for, because I do not need to motivate the players.
“The good news is that after the game on Sunday [against Juventus] we will have a week to regroup and we can give everything on the field tomorrow. We are not making any calculations.”
Garcia also confirmed that Morgan De Sanctis is not 100 per cent and he will need to be assessed before being passed fit to start tomorrow, having suffered with muscle discomfort at the weekend.

[kmarma99]

Roma away... I think anyway Roma win because English clubs in European competition are weak and it shows.

[Francesco]

Roma away... I think anyway Roma win because English clubs in European competition are weak and it shows.

I know what you mean but ironically English teams have always been uncomfortable for Roma... unlike teams from Spain or Germany.
It's definitely gonna be very difficult for Roma tonight.
I just hope Totti is gonna be at his best... That always makes huge difference.

[Francesco]

I hope we do better tonight than in the league...

Athletic is gonna revamp...
It's extremely difficult to always lose your best players & to only be able to replace them with younger ones coming from only one area while all the rest teams in Europe scout for players all over the world.
It's even phenomenal Athletic has adapted to still be relevant & even successful to some degree with such big disadvantage comparing to the rest teams in Spain.

[PAINKILLƎR]

dead at Maicon