Match Day Thread Europa league QF leg 1: Dortmund V Liverpool

Sorry to be slightly pedantic. The list of trophies won by the clubs is not an indication of the current form of the teams. May be the last 6 results might be more indicative?

 

Thought about that on prior games but decided not to put that in as it was cup and went for prior meetings and history in cups.

The list indicates two European powers clashing

 

If any one of these players get a yellow card on Thursday they'll miss the second leg at.

Coutinho
Firmino
Clyne
Lovren
Moreno

 

All important players too (Flanno isn't registered so no cover for Moreno hence Milner playing LB a couple of weeks back)

 

Exactly.

 

Refs announced finally.

Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP)
Assistant Referee 1: Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP)
Assistant Referee 2: Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 1: Jesús Gil Manzano (ESP)
Additional Assistant Referee 2: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
Fourth Official: Raúl Cabañero Martínez (ESP)
UEFA Referee Observer: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
UEFA Delegate: Claude Runavot (FRA)

Spanish ref?

 

That's a quality set of officials - I'm looking forward to the game even more now.

 

I think we'll just go at each other in both legs, this will be a tense affair with lots of goals.

 

Hopefully Firmino is fit.

 

Quality as in...they are tight with the rules of the game? or quality as in terrible so we have a chance to win with some very questionable decisions?

 

the ref is the guy who allowed neymar to be smashed in back at world cup.

 

Quality in no way whatsoever. He's total ****e, this was the clown that Fellaini get away with about 2.5bn fouls in the first leg at Anfield.

 

Will be a really good test as to where this team are. We've seen we can really compete with the top clubs in England (1 win 1 defeat v Leicester, 2 draws v Spurs, 2 draws v Arsenal, 2 wins v City, 1 win v Chelsea, 2 defeats against United being the anomaly). Dortmund would probably be leading the Prem if they were in our league, and if it was a league match we'd probably be ok, however for some reason, we seem to struggle when it comes to Europe. Maybe because we've been the favourites for our last few ties against foreign teams.

Give me a score draw in this game and I'll take it

 

Anyone going to the match?

 

I'd jizz all over a score draw thanks very much.

 

Probably about 70,000. Most of them will be Dortmund fans though.

 

Nein.

 

Wrong forum mate

 

I do live in Germany and was tempted to go with the other halves brother, but got deadlines this week at work so can't really fit in the time to go.

 

Nozzer's not the only Kraut then?