Honestly you guys are fine, IMO hate to say this but best team on paper. I can't see any team other than Barca or Man City possibly giving u guys trouble, (unless there's injuries or suspensions).
Because of all the shit he talked about Juve and the excuses he was forever spewing to justify never winning silverware. I'm sorry, but if they couldn't win the league with 91 points (or whatever it was), then they have nobody to blame but themselves. They even won in Turin and still managed not to win the league. Even if 91 points is an extraordinary achievement for the dumpsters (LOL), only losers would pretend that that's some kind of consolation prize for not bringing home the title. Sarri never did anything but make excuses: the fact of the matter is that he failed to win with Nipoli because they are simply inferior to Juventus. I don't want a loser who managed to throw away the league while finishing on 90+ points anywhere near my club.
Maybe PSG or Liverpool. I rate both of them over Man City honestly. But still we are better than all 3 of them on paper. Barcelona is the only team that might be superior to us on paper.
Tomorrow is the draw: Hope we get Schalke 04! This would be an amazing outcome: Atletico Madrid vs Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur vs PSG Liverpool vs Barcelona Schalke 04 vs Juventus Ajax vs Real Madrid Lyon vs Borussia Dortmund Roma vs Porto Manchester United vs Bayern Munich
Of course we get Atletico Madrid. Tough draw, but this was a squad assembled to win Champions League. You have to beat tough teams like Atletico Madrid along the way, and frankly, we should. No excuses. Roma get the cupcake draw with Porto. The biggest matchup is Bayern-Liverpool.
Porto crushed Roma 4-1 on aggregate two years ago in the August summer CL qualifying round. I doubt Roma wins.
Juve vs Atletico the toughest match of all. First in Italy vs second in Spain. Juve need to be healthy and in form because Atletico are as good as they have been in recent years. Ronaldo simply has to show up. One mistake in defense or poor finishing in the few chances Atleti give up and Juve are out. There will be no room for error going forward. This is why the CL is so tough and short.
Agreed. It will be tough to beat Atletico especially because they can be a great tactical team, but really though we should come out on top in the end. If we don't there are no excuses.
Did you watch those 2 games? If you remember Roma were extremely stupid and got 3 red cards all together. They played with 10 men in Porto for most of the match and Porto only equalized by a penalty. Then in Rome, they played with 9 men for the whole second half almost, and 10 men for most of the first match. If it was 11 on 11, Roma would have won. With that saying though, Porto is not a team to be underestimated.
Yeah I saw both games as back then I thought Roma would win easily. I even posted something about it. Today I think the opposite based on what I have seen from the Italian clubs in Europe but things could change in the next two months.
Roma has really been underperforming in the league. They have a strong team on paper. Porto can be strong on their day as well but did have the easiest group. It'll be a good game. I tip Roma in the end.
I have no doubt Ronaldo shows up for Atletico, this is RM most hated rival besides Barcelona (inb4 he proves me wrong and goes ghost mode ) But yea, this is the type of game this guy was made for, hopefully he can bang in a couple of goals for us
Natch, UEFA gives us the toughest draw out of Pot 2, LOL. We must have really pizzzed UEspangne off by singing CR7. Once again UEspagne gives Barca and Real the better draws. Atleti is the one team they always isht on. Porto is really an easy out at this stage and the way Roma are playing anything can happen. Now if they get some of their injured players back, they could be OK, but right now they would be hard pressed to beat anyone in Pot 1.
If he doesn't and we don't go through, it will mean that the Ronaldo investment (on the pitch) has been a failure to date and that Allegri can go. No excuses. This is a must-win.
Beep, and we get Atletico, I just don't want to get them, their style of play is hard go guess. Out of all the groups, we just happen to get Atletico. Beep, just damn it.