The All Purpose Other Teams Thread - Pt. III (R)

Simeone! future NT coach for sure.
also, f*** cheslea.

 

I don't think most people appreciate what a fantastic achievement it is for Atletico to be two matches away from winning La Liga and in the champions league final. This is a club that sold their top scorer in the summer and have a wage bill lower than Fulham's and QPR and less money than Sunderland.

 

Somebody call Mastercard for this one.

 

It looks like he's about to throw a magical fireball straight to his face

 

So, it appears that there will be an additional CA here in the US for 2016. As of right now, it is not sanctioned by FIFA which will mean clubs will not be forced to allow their players to really go(Similar to Olympics, but there are ways around it, of course). I doubt the top players will be there, because the previous year, we will have our traditional CA held in Chile. Not only that, it is an Olympic Year(Granted the CA 2016 will be held around early June and the Olympics will be held in August), I just do not see many players playing 2 different tournaments that year. Sure, in 2004, many of our players played CA and the Olympics. Who knows though, this could be a warmup tournament for the Olympics, and it will be a U23 side of some sorts. Because, think about this, lets say a player does in fact decide to play everything, every tournament. He will be playing a World Cup in 2014, a CA in 2015, a CA in 2016, an Olympic in 2016, a Confederations Cup in 2017, and another World Cup in 2018.... Is this even plausible? I highly doubt that. I think at the most, from 2014-2018, a player will only want to play at the most in 4 tournaments. 2014 WC, 2015 CA, 2017 Conf Cup, and 2018 World Cup.

Regardless though, whoever hits the field in the US in 2016, I will be there. Los Angeles will for sure be one the locations.

 

Yeah, I have that feeling as well, NY and especially Miami has large Argentine communities there. Mexico or Central American teams will be placed in CA,AZ or Texas. I have been to 2 games since moving to the US, against Guatemala and against Mexico in San Diego. Argentina will sell games wherever they go! Bring them to CA again!

 

Congrats to Atlético de Madrid! I am very happy for Cholo, what a season. Had to go into Camp Nou to get a result, and they did. Even when they went down, they fought, without their 2 important players, Arda, and Diego Costa. Who would've though, Sosa won a La Liga!

 

Glad they won, Simeone is an idol

 

FCB need to go buy defenders. They will also get a new manager, it looks like it will be Luis Enrique, Lulz. He was horrrrrrrrible, when he managed Roma. Some rumors have Masche out as well, maybe to Napoli. Who knows. But FCB need to revamp that team. Messi and Iniesta are untouchable, everybody else, watch-out.

 

David Luiz worth 80 million dollars?

 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...simeone-sheds-no-tears-heartbroken-atletico-0

"This match doesn't deserve a single tear," said the Argentine.

"When you give everything you cannot ask for more. There is another team and other players out there and that is football.

"It is part of the game. You can win, or you can lose and today it is our turn to lose but at least knowing that we have given it everything.

"He booted the ball towards me and I got annoyed. That is why, he is young. I didn't think it was a good reaction and mine probably wasn't either.

"He is great player and with experience he will learn because he has a big future ahead of him."

 

I was rooting against Real Madrid and DiMaria, but he deserves accolades for today's performance. On top of an excellent performance, he probably saved Varane's life by keeping Simeone from murdering him. LOL, you could clearly see the fear in Varane's eyes.

DiMaria the best player of the match, Sosa the worst.

 

What ? Ronaldo and Bale were the best players in the match..........

Sickening to see Real win. Simeone is a born winner. Atletico have a far smaller squad and losing Turan and Costa made a bigger difference to them. One billion pounds to win a tenth title.

Cristina just confirmed that he is a top class ****.

 

Isnt any players playing in EPL worth billion of dollars?

 

Unless you rate player based on his goal, Di Maria was the most constant threat for Atletico defence, either with his dribbles or his countless crosses in that match, trying to setup the goals for Benzema, Bale and Ronaldo.

The fan fav MOTM according to UEFA was Ramos and the official MOTM was Di Maria, even an English site like Daily UK picked Di Maria as MOTM and gave Bale only 6 rating. He missed series of good chances before that last one and without Ramos goal, they would have lost. Ronaldo? as usual, the coach always gave him freedom to shoot as much as possible.

In my mind, Cholo is the winner. I mean if Football is suppose to be 90 mins game, AM is the winner, clear winner. But RM for the second time in 3 weeks, got a 5 minutes injury time for no reason. When they draw in La liga few weeks ago, they also earned 5 mins injury time even though there's no major accident in the game.

 

DiMaria was given MOTM, rightfully.

 

It is a shame Cholo's side couldn't hold on; However, going this far and winning all he has won for them, I think he deserves all the praise he gets, same goes for his side.

As for Di Maria, I did not fully watch the 2nd half of the game but I am glad he got the praise he got. I doubt Real lets him go now, but if he gets a good offer I hope he takes it and leaves that club that is filled with a bunch of douches.

I do wonder where this leads Cholo though. I hope Atlético can hold onto Koke, Costa appears to be gone, and wonder who they will get to replace him. They will get plenty of money, but maybe go after Icardi or somebody else. Maybe it will be good for Icardi to have Cholo's guidance, Cholo will seriously beat his ass if he gets out of line. Their GK appear to be a goner as well, Chelsea want him back, so maybe go after Willy? Cholo has brought a new attitude for this side, with the little resources they have, they have squeezed out every single drop.

 

sad watching atletico come so close (without 2 key players). Di Maria was a constant threat and never run out of gas. Ronaldo's showboating was disgusting, never in a million year would that penalty b awarded but we all know cristina wanted his highlight. Left a bad taste in my mouth

 

One thing that Cholo and his side has proven is that strong determination could lead you into glory. It;s also one the reason why the average 86 & 90 team could reached back to back final while the starstudded team in last 2 decades are choking up. Barcelona this season is a proof that having technically good players dont mean shit if you aint fighting enough for the ball (Messi should take notes).