Champions league and Europa league thread (General)

As an aside. That nasty Brych will become the referee with the most CL matches in history this week

And how such clown as Turpin keeps on being selected is also something

 

Let's hope Bayern and Barcelona will be out... Also good for Frenkie his rest.

 

That was a great through ball by Busquets... De Jong can't execute such stuff.

 

Agreed. It was already extremely obvious in the groups phase that they were not anywhere near good enough to be in the knockout round. Needed massive luck and help from refs to get any type of result against Valencia or Ajax in both games.

 

AZ terrible and an Ajax b-team thanks to injury about to get blasted out too.
What a disgrace, Getafe. Stalling since the 1st minute as expected. Since the Ajax goal there has been almost no football the last 10 minutes. Just endless Getafe stalling and fake injuries.

 

What I don’t understand is how refs can continue to allow this? They know Getafe’s reputation and the stats from the last game (2nd least actual playing time ever) - yet they continue to let it happen. By any altercation the ref punishes both parties, this is playing completely into the hands of Getafe. If refs took the rules seriously teams like Getafe wouldn’t be able to do what they do.

 

I gotta say this ref is right on top of things. If we had had him in the other games vs Valencia and Getafe things could have been different. Now I think it’s unfortunately too late. Lets see if he actually adds on ~10 minutes stoppage time - that is what should happen both halves.

 

Wtf is with Schuurs and that suicide lateral ball? That is the 3rd time he has played that ball to cause a counter (like the one that became 2-0 in Madrid). It doesn’t matter how much he improves as a defender, if he doesn’t stop doing that shit he will never make it.

 

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Ook plaats voor optimisme: Nederland had ongekend coëfficiëntenseizoen

Ajax en AZ zagen gisteravond pijnlijk hun Europese avonturen als een nachtkaars uitgaan. Desondanks was het een goed jaar voor Nederland in Europa. De laatste seizoenen werden er nooit zo veel punten gepakt als dit seizoen. Dit is hoe we het dit jaar hebben gedaan.

Jeffrey van der Maten 28-02-20, 11:41 Laatste update: 11:45

 

I's a rewarding evening. The club I hate to pieces Totally Hotshits with their shithead Vertonghen crash out of the CL.

 

Never mind, as long as he doesnot play anymore in the CL. I really want to see those Hotshits relegated, but I guess I've got to be patient.

 

It was like seeing Ramos face when Real crashed out. Helpless.

 

Yeah, seems one of the clubs still to like.

 

Rules changed a few years ago: the losers transfer to Europa League.

With this win, AZ is guaranteed at least EL group stages. They need to win 2 more rounds to get into the CL GS. That would be MASSIVE for the Netherlands.

 

Good to jump this one. AZ simply atm had too much to bother with players returning from injury and on top of that the haphazard preparation caused by covid. Now they have more time to make the next move in the preparations to get Stengs and Boadu up to their normal levels.

 

Here's the extended highlight from AZ match....



Seems like both teams had some decent chances, and could have won it. The penalty claim (handball) from the opposing team looked legit. Also, for a LB/defender, Wijndal had a pretty good share of clips in the highlight... several nice combinations with Idrissi. Wijndal for Oranje!!!

 

Not an opponent I wanted in this haphazard preparation situation caused by covid.
AZ are far away from being ready for serious matches.