Say what you want about Hart but his performances in this kind of big games are impressive. City situation wasn't that bad since just a goal outside could benefit them but their difficult in relation to Real was clear.
Always nice to have a final with big rivals though. Go Atlético!
All those fights after match at Libertadores, so unnecessary. Will they never understand it only prejudices themselves?
Del Valle was surely a nice surprise. They did very well at Ecuador though yesterday River was superior and attacking more but that Del Valle's goalkeeper was a monster.
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First time Pumas gets so far at Libertadores. They did not bad yesterday but definitely not pulling a Tigres, at least not until now, and from now on it's just hardness for them, even if they pass for River or Del Valle they can face Boca in the semi then. Hardly see them reaching the finals...
Bayern and Atlético was like attack versus defense. Bayern was more confident offensively at home. Muller, despite missing a penalty, and Lewandowski were very dangerous on the other hand couldn't see much from Douglas Costa as Filipe Luís blocked him well. And Griezmann is such a thing, the boy...
The bottom is really tangled. Eintracht is very complicated with next match being against Dortmund and last being direct confrontation against Bremen. It's win or win. Anyway no easy game for none of teams fighting against relegation.
A derby marked by the rivarly on field - in the match as in the fights. And Chelsea wasn't only with his own root but Leicester's and all the crowd yearning for an unprecedented and surpriging champion. Tottenham had a flawless first half, in which Chelsea hardly could show up. Must mention the...
Probably as its a commemorative edition some coaches just preferred to rest their main squad. But I don't think it has much to do with Olympics as for it they have age limitation for the teams (sub-23 except 3 players) unless it's to getting "game rhythm" but it's risky considering it put the...
Hummels for Gotze + money maybe. All depends of Bayern's positioning on this though. But whatever happens Hummels is already burnt with Dortmund public. The directory should be harsher though or they'll keep facturing and loosing players for less than should be as with Lewandowski and Gotze. But...
Everything will really depend of how the teams will come (main squad or not). But also would go with the same predictions: Colombia/Paraguay, Uruguay/Mexico, Argentina/Chile (would be more excited for a confront of them if Chile was still with Sampaoli but, considering the actual situation, yet...
It was by far the best match I've seen of São Paulo this year. It showed we don't have to be dependent of Calleri to play really well (like it was 20 shots for the goal for us against 0 of Toluca only in the first half). Actually São Paulo is being a doubt for me, sometimes playing really bad...
Just read this article about engineers who developed surgical devices based on origami tech. And they already used the same tech based on origami to spacecrafts compact devices for NASA too. Very curious.
http://transmitter.ieee.org/artful-inspiration-behind-surgical-tech/
Atlético Madrid has an efficient collective way of playing. Despite being mostly deffensive - most cautious position for a semi-finals first leg - they're very organizated and get positive results with that (not only about the score but Bayern got a lot more offensive at second half but Atlético...
Really tedious match it was. Playing at Santiago Bernabéu makes Real grows so,therefore, important advantage for second leg. But still cheering for City.
It's hard to predict. There's the point the market probably will target Leicester but I doubt many of them would like to leave in this situation (playing Champions League etc. etc.). But they proved they're really good beyond surprising so nothing prevents them of repeating the dose.
Mahrez, Alli and De Bruyne. Mahrez needs no comments, Alli was the greatest revelation this season and De Bruyne is a differential in City, when he's playing it's clear the rising of the team's quality though I think he even has a lot more potential to show. Payet, the free kicks king, and Ozil...
It doesn't look as intense but yet a hit/foul.
Spurs played well but failed to conclude all good score chances created. But well, now Leicester's closer and closer with no dependence of any other results unless its own next round. Anyway whatever happens Leicester and Spurs made an exceptional...