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Jul 20, 2001
some fun fixtures there

Dortmund to crush Tottenham plz thx

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Jul 20, 2001
Gotze looks ripped now that theyve diagnosed his weird metabolic illness.

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Jul 20, 2001
Goddamnit

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Jul 20, 2001
too casual from the Dortmund defenders, so annoying

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Jul 20, 2001
Playing 3 or 4 CBs in a back 4 with the fastest allowed to play forward is the classic 2010/2014/2018 international football tactic of champions. Spain/Germany/France all did it. Very interesting to see it here.

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Jul 20, 2001
Lol that in the buildup to that corner, one of the Dortmund CBs tried to move a midfielder into that spot and the midfielder refused to move there...then goal.

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Jul 20, 2001
Both goalkeepers in the LIVBAY match look bereft of ideas when asked to play it out from the back. I’ve never seen such a static opening sequence.

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Jul 20, 2001
What a touch goddamn!

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Jul 20, 2001
Bonkers save lmao

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Jul 20, 2001
Matip is a huge liability. Lewandowski is ghosting him like he isnt there.

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Jul 20, 2001
Coman’s bicycle-rainbow-whatever to retain possession while blowing past his marker on the turn was glorious.

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Jul 20, 2001
Kimmich looking like a Slavic au pair

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Jul 20, 2001
Fabinho looks more comfortable and commanding in the back than Matip lol.

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Jul 20, 2001
Arsenal had Serge Gnabry for years and did nothing with him.

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Jul 20, 2001
Fabinho fully immense

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Jul 20, 2001

CyberPingu posted:

Is the G in Gnabry supposed to be pronounced?

It should be silent but Serge was raised in Germany and either his neighbors or his stranded American parents didnt know, so he was raised mispronouncing his own surname. Sad.

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Jul 20, 2001
I think Fabinho just played himself into the back line. Fabinho with VVD and Gomez on the right would open up many more tactical possibilities for Klopp. It’d let them play solidly or expansively as required.

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Jul 20, 2001
Both teams created chances and snuffed them out with a combination of skill, predictive positioning, and good fortune. The best 0-0 draw since Brazil v Mexico.

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Jul 20, 2001
Ramos + Pepe, one of the greatest and most infuriating central partnerships of all time.

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Jul 20, 2001
Ajax came to play hell yeah

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Jul 20, 2001
Juanfran has the same look and sunken eyes as Xavi in his last PED inspired season with Barca.

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Jul 20, 2001
Gnabry looked very dangerous in the first leg. No surprise there.

Matip being terrible also not a surprise.

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Jul 20, 2001

Parity warning posted:

idk what people think matip was supposed to do there?

VVD would be in front of that ball with a totally different body shape. He’s a step faster and two steps smarter.

Matip just does not “see” people who aren’t visible. His situational awareness is awful and it’s been a persistent problem for years. He’s too stupid to improve and knows it and thats why he pouts at others all the time when goals are scored instead of adopting the stone faced shame of a defender thinking about how they could and should have stopped the play. Matip accepts that he was beaten and blames someone else further down the defensive chain.

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Jul 20, 2001
Because their positions were reversed.

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Jul 20, 2001
:canttellifserious: but yes. If Dunk, Keane, Rudiger, or any number of other average EPL defenders is there instead, I don’t think that cross results in a goal.

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Jul 20, 2001
Beast

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Jul 20, 2001

ZeeBoi posted:

First time in 10 years there’s no Bayern or Real Madrid

And we dont have to pretend to enjoy Atleti’s knife-fight football as an antidote to them, either.

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Jul 20, 2001
Props to James Rodriguez for some tasty defensive challenges btw. Honorable in defeat.

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Jul 20, 2001
To be fair to Evra, truth is a valid defense in a defamation suit.

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Jul 20, 2001

Shrapnig posted:

Big Virg won a trophy and doesn’t think he has to defend anymore.

Nah, as always, this is Matip’s fault for being slow to move and even slower to think. He’s an idiot.

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Jul 20, 2001
Klopp should have started AA-Gomez-VVD-Robertson

An obviously poor management decision exposed within 20 minutes.

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Jul 20, 2001

Shrapnig posted:

Matip who was facing away from Suarez while Suarez ran directly across van Dijk?

The pass was telegraphed.

EvilHawk posted:

VVD was stood about 5 yards behind the line

Hard to put that on Matip who was literally not looking

It’s a defender’s responsibility to know.

But it shouldn’t have mattered. That through ball should have been cut out. Matip was stating at the passer.

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Jul 20, 2001

Jose posted:

This is the poster who has insisted for years that kroos is poo poo

Overrated, not poo poo.

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Jul 20, 2001

Shrapnig posted:

You’re talking absolute nonsense.

They showed a replay from behind the goal that perfectly captured it all.

Matip got roasted not 10 minutes previously on almost the same move.

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Jul 20, 2001
Ajax play without fear. Teams facing them just have to assume that they’ll try weird stuff at any moment, rather than taking the conservative option.

Would enjoy a Liverpool vs Ajax final.

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Jul 20, 2001
I owe Joel Matip some sort of apology. I've called him a dumb dog-poo poo defender for months, but, against Barcelona, he owned the space around him. Great job, Joel.

p.s. I hope I'm on record thinking Divock Origi was always good.

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Jul 20, 2001
Vertongen played at fullback would be a smart and strong move. It is the winning strategy at the highest levels of international football (Spain, Germany, France).

Liverpool will not tire like Ajax. And their depth in midfield means they can sprint at Spurs and sub on someone of like quality who can keep sprinting at them after 65 minutes. Anyone Spurs brings on decreases the quality of the side.

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Jul 20, 2001
Sissoko and Trippier vs Robertson and Mane. Oof.

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Jul 20, 2001
Footybite doesnt have a stream?

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Jul 20, 2001
Lmfao

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