UEFA watch 2018-9
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Really? I hope they both win and continue to have to fly around Europe for as long as possible. Loads of midweek games to play, and premier league games on sundays, eventually resulting in both teams being knocked out in the semi finals! Perfect
Absolutely. Kiev this time and St Petersburg in the quarters. Thrashed by any of the others in the semis.Really? I hope they both win and continue to have to fly around Europe for as long as possible. Loads of midweek games to play, and premier league games on sundays, eventually resulting in both teams being knocked out in the semi finals! Perfect
As I'm being generous i suppose Chelsea could share the Eastern Europe teams.
EL last 16 :
Chelsea v Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Frankfurt v Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb v Benfica
Napoli v FC Salzburg
Valencia v FC Krasnodar
Sevilla v Slavia Prague
Arsenal v Rennes
Zenit St Petersburg v Villarreal
Even a fully bent draw could not have done much better than that.
The Napoli tie IMHO is the most interesting one.
Chelsea v Dynamo Kiev
Eintracht Frankfurt v Inter Milan
Dinamo Zagreb v Benfica
Napoli v FC Salzburg
Valencia v FC Krasnodar
Sevilla v Slavia Prague
Arsenal v Rennes
Zenit St Petersburg v Villarreal
Even a fully bent draw could not have done much better than that.
The Napoli tie IMHO is the most interesting one.
Let's be honest though, Arsenal playing any semi-decent European team away from home is pretty much a 50-50 at best. I wouldn't fancy our chances against many of those teams right now.
Rennes are 11th in Ligue 1, but the French league is so tight, they are only 4 points behind 4th spot. They also hired a new manager in December and since he's come in, they've won 6 games, drawn 1 and lost 3. So they've not done too badly at all, to be honest.
Then you add in the fact Hatem Ben Arfa will be extra motivated for this after the well-documented spats he had with Emery at PSG, and Rennes have a reputation for being a good counter-attacking team with lots of pace in their frontline, the draw doesn't look that straightforward.
I'm still expecting us to go through, but it will be tough and, stylistically, Rennes could cause us a lot of problems.
You can't go by pre-season matches.
Yeah, fair point. I suppose it would be worse losing in an actual season.
Was today's result your 7th loss of the season in the league, by the way? I can't seem to keep up!
7th loss. 3rd loss to Mike Dean. 18% loss rate without. 60% loss rate with and he gave one losing team two penalties.Yeah, fair point. I suppose it would be worse losing in an actual season.
Was today's result your 7th loss of the season in the league, by the way? I can't seem to keep up!
Often the same one, funnily enough. Screwed us against your mob and again today. Funny that.Always a ref to blame when needed eh
Or maybe you just aren't good enough?
Very few supporters blame the ref for their teams failings like you lot do, how many red cards did he miss today
Man Utd fans don't think that referees influence games. I can't think why.Or maybe you just aren't good enough?
Very few supporters blame the ref for their teams failings like you lot do, how many red cards did he miss today
