You're getting way overconfident. Our B team would finish bottom of the group. We couldn't even beat Pescara on the weekend. What makes you think our B team can handle Benfica away?
This is actually good. It will finally prove whether we are pussies or really cheated in Serie A. I hate arguments like this is tough. We are in CL and we avoided all major clubs. No one can come and bitch about Benfica when we avoided Bayern, Barcelona, Real, PSG and the likes.
Hey Guys, keep in mind Benfica lost their two key midfielders: Gaitan and Renato Sanches. Dynamo Kyiv cannot score a goal. They can be strong defensively, but the seem to be useless in attack. If they had better finishers, they would score a lot more goals than they have. Yarmolenko is the only good attacking player, and even he is not Messi or even Reus to be honest. I don't know Besiktas very well and since I don't they are probably not tough to beat. They seem to have struggled against Lokomotiv Moscow and CP Sporting in the Europa League which I don't rate very high. Napoli will be just fine. I think you will win the group, but I am a little worried about Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv away. Try not to drop points against DK away, and be at your best against Benfica.
I think the hope is we take care of business against Kiev on the road, at home versus Benfica and at home/away against Besiktas so the Benfica road game doesn't mean jackshit, if we're ********in' around too much before that game we may be in trouble, think we'll finish first in the group though
I think our B team would at the very least come 3rd. Sepe Maggio-Tonelli-Chiriches-Strinic Giak-Diawara-Zielinski Rog-Gabbs-Insigne/Mertens
If you think any team with Maggio in it will achieve anything you are mistaken. If you replace him we may have a chance.
Well we won the fcuking group but now we will be linked with either: PSG, Man City, Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Porto or Sevilla. I think we can beat PSG, Leverkusen, Porto and Sevilla. With the way Madrid is playing (shaky defense) and us having the 2nd leg at home, if we kept it close at the bernebeu we could potentially upset them. Man City is a toss up depending on how we play or they play because if all our players show up in form we'll win but if not it could get bad. I don't think we stand a chance against Bayern as they're just too strong for us IMO.
Bayern look like they are on a downward trend, but you're right I'd rather not face them. I'd rather not face Real Madrid either. the rest I feel we have a chance against, but I think those 2nd seeds are look at us as a weak team
Ya most teams are putting us aside which isn't bad at all as they could underestimate us. Juventus is feared in Europe (idk why) and whenever we play them we can go toetotoe with them even if they have more quality. The problem is never when we play big teams, it's when we play the shit stain teams like Udinese and Atalanta
Well we did finish first but not quite like this... took care of business home/away to benfica, lost at home to freakin' Besiktas drew them on the road, drew at home to Kiev and won on the road in the Ukraine took the path less travelled...
Benfica travel well, they weren't a great home team in the CL this year, last year they beat Atletico in the Calderon and played Bayern really tough in the quarters I think the group was more balanced than we thought it would be. Kiev really put a beatdown on Besiktas.
Don't forget tactics as well. Bayern and Real are very high pressing, and could cause Napoli huge problems. I suppose you do have a slight chance against Real especially since Bale is likely to still be out of action, and Milik should be back, but your players must be in form however though.
If we draw Madrid or Bayern they will be huge favourites regardless of Bale being out and Milik being back