PBP: UCL - Manchester United FC vs Juventus FC - Oct 23, 2018 [R]

and the thread will be invaded by Ronaldo fanboys

 

As a former Ronaldo fanboy, I say ******** that pig. Hope he gets a red card and United cruise to victory.

 

United XI: De Gea, AY, Smalling, Lindelof, Shaw, Matic, Pogba, Mata, Rashford, Martial, Lukaku

Subs: Romero, Darmian, Bailly, Fred, AP, Herrera, Chong

 

Starting XI unchanged from the weekend, obviously due to injuries. I expect a big game from Mata again today. The defense (and Matic, who was very poor vs Chelsea) will need to be on their toes and sharp.
Nice to see Chong get a spot on the bench also. I'm ready for this game. Will need for Lukaku and/or Rashford to step it up as well.

 

Wish we could play Fred instead of Matic.

 

Chong on the bench?! Get in

 

We could be looking at a delayed kickoff once again. The team was late arriving at OT.

 

Also, he's our only attacker on the bench. So we need to hit hard from the start because there's no plan B in attack, unless another midfielder gives us a better platform.

 

YB did us a favor by splitting the points with Valencia. 1-1 FT.

 

Weren't they fined for this last time? How does this keep happening..

 

They were fined for last time. They changed hotels to avoid it happening again, but they just video from around the stadium and there's people all over, therefore congesting traffic.
Mourinho got off the bus and is hoofing it on foot, with a police escort, lol... They were close, but the traffic was just mad.

 

We appear to be chasing shadows for the most part so far.

 

And we're down 0-1 as Dybala opens the score for Juve.

 

Lindelof supposed passing ability is a myth. His long passing is abysmal.

 

Rashford makes some of the dumbest runs. Such a lack of football IQ with him.

 

Our midfield is completely ineffective so far. No pressing and we can't keep the ball to save our lives either.

 

Playing at home and we're in a full bus park. No attempt to get out of our end. Their midfield is totally running circles around ours.

 

Lol Pogba and Matic standing in a straight line next to each other. Juve have players unmarked in front and behind them and are passing through this with ease. This game might get out of hand.

 

Was expecting more of Mata but we hardly have the ball. Someone like Fred would be useful under the circumstances.

 

We are playing with a #10 and it is leaving us light in midfield with no benefit at the attacking end and plenty of issues at the defensive end.

Mata in this game is a luxury we cant afford or use.

 

And being a goal down, it's going to be even harder to break Juve down, since they're going to be tight and organized at the back and ready/able to hit us on the counter.

 

Is Rashford on the pitch?


Totally uninvolved so far.