The Final will start at 6:45 NZ time today. Not too long to go until then. Are there many other people watching?
Here are the lineups:
Real Madrid:
| Navas | ||||
| Carvajal | Ramos | Pepe | Marcelo | |
| Casemiro | ||||
| Kroos | Modrić |
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| Bale | Benzema | Ronaldo |
Subs: Casilla, Danilo, James Rodríguez, Nacho, Isco, Vázquez, Jesé Rodríguez.
Atlético de Madrid:
| Oblak | ||||
| Juanfran | Savić |
Godin | Filipe Luís | |
Fernández |
Ñíguez | Koke | Gabi | |
| Torres | Griezmann |
Subs: Moyá, Giménez, Hernández, Partey, Tiago, Ferreira-Carrasco, Correa.
Trying to watch. SkyGo is having a fit and I've only found a lo-fi stream so far.
Goal looked to have an offside touch?
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Trying to watch. SkyGo is having a fit and I've only found a lo-fi stream so far.
Goal looked to have an offside touch?
Yeah only just offside happened so quick I dont blame the official for not putting the flag up.
Agreed - but their aim looks to be trying to drop it into the box, which is hard with 8 guys sitting on the 18 yard box. That's a big bus.
Clattenburg handled early intensity well and consequently we have a free flowing match. Atleti back into it in latter stages of first half. Loving the speed of play and ball mastery - esp Modra. Different watch to the last game i watched when a team in All White was playing!
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Atletico all over RM at the moment- the amount of pressure up the front they look like they will score.
Pepe you bell end.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
Zizou has used all his subs. Atleti with momentum but could change in blink of eye; such pace all over the park. Salivating extra time coming up.
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Carrasco has been brilliantly dangerous all game. He's got Danilo's number here.
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Man Real Madrid are a pack of fudgewits.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Live on free to air in Aussie. #loveSBS
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Live on free to air in Aussie. #loveSBS
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
pepe again! he's a joke
Kotahitanga. We are one.
Why no card for that from Pepe? Blatant simulation
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.
Glad RM won but feel sorry for AM as they played excellent football.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Pity they won it again. Good management from Zidane to bring on Ronaldo in the 119th minute to take a penalty.
Celtic have opened their European campaign in the Second Qualifying Round of the Champions League with a 1-0 loss to Lincoln Red Imps in Gibraltar.
I was going to make some sort of joke but one's not needed really.
Fantastic comeback by Man C to beat Barca 3-1. Messi, Neymar, Busquets, etc. put to the sword. Should be compulsory viewing for all coaches whose players suffer from inferiority complexes.
"At the end of the drive the lawmen arrive...
I'll take my chance because luck is on my side or something...
Her name is Rio, she don't need to understand...
Oh Rio, Rio, hear them shout across the land..."
Borussia Dortmund have just defeated Legia Warsaw 8–4 in an outrageous, thrilling match.
That is a pretty good comeback from Barcelona.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
One of the more remarkable games I've seen
Barca. (0) 6 - PSG (4) 5
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
That is absolutely crazy stuff. Mate had $20 on 6-1 exact score the bastard.
Let's be honest though, a huge dive for their penalty.
And I could've sworn di maria snake was fouled when he was 1v1 with the keeper, but we never got to see a replay of that...
The PSG defender was watching the player and it was a push in the back. Suarez loves to dive, but this time it was penalty. It was a stupid challenge.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
Let's be honest though, a huge dive for their penalty.
And I could've sworn di maria snake was fouled when he was 1v1 with the keeper, but we never got to see a replay of that...
The PSG defender was watching the player and it was a push in the back. Suarez loves to dive, but this time it was penalty. It was a stupid challenge.
The penalty near the end of the game? His arm touch Suarez's shoulder. The problem is this would never be given anywhere else on the field.
Alternate angles on the tackle of Di Maria that wasn't given: https://streamable.com/tf7kb
This wasn't replayed once. That and the two penalties this all smells a bit fishy. (Call me crazy)
So City out.....well played Monaco. Its really strange how City have spent over a billion euros on players in the last few years yet they look so unbalanced...especially on defense.
The Monaco side had 4 players under 23 years old...that Mpappe will be a star. Another jem out of the French talent factory. Plus Monaco had their best attacker Falcao and their best defender Glik both missing through injury.
Back to the drawing board for Pep
As for the Barca game.......lots of complaints in the Euro media about the referee. He either let the occasion get to him or he was dodgy. Mascherano admitted after the game that he fouled De Maria and it should have been a penalty. It would have been game over.
Many people think that UEFA want the big three Barca, Real and Bayern to go through for commercial reasons. It will be interesting to see if any of them are drawn agaisnt each other for the next round
