Liverpool was the biggest favorite at the beginning of the season
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Lyon beat Man City in champions league 1/4 final!
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And we only lost because our keeper was injured and couldn't deal with the anti-football. Missed about 10 good chances as well. Adrian gifted that game to his true club.
We have a healthy starting XI and we got it this year.
I remember some pundits thinking that they'd win all four trophies but that was a pipe dream, it just seems that this year City were declared favourites for no real reason.
probably desperate to prove his success isn't strictly due to being handed dominant teams to coach.
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I just meant favourites for this match, not the whole thing. Realistically they were favourites for this tie. In terms of form and squad, they should have been much stronger then lyon. This is definitely an upset and a a big achievement for lyon.
Thanks, City, for losing to Lyon so I could learn that "farmer league" is NOT a reference to the league being so small all it's good for is bigger leagues farming it of any talent it might produce, as I had thought, but just an insinuation that the players work as literal farmers to make ends meet.
The fact the joke about the French league being a farmers league has gotten to the ears and psyche of French league players to the extent they're defensively tweeting about it is, ironically, more proof of it being a farmers league 😂
In all seriousness I hope Lyon win it but I think Bayern will.
French football fans got to see our national team win 2 world cups & a european cup, + participation in one more world cup final and european cup final in the last 22 years. I feel blessed my generation witnessed this. This year CL results replace the eufa cup pretty well :)
That won't be making a difference for both Messi and City though bald fraud is going to keep attacking with no defense.
After seeing Barca getting crushed and Sterling's miss, maybe the loser team that I am a fan of isn't so bad 🤣
I don't know, the English talk much shit and their national team hasn't won much in a while as well 😜
Meanwhile, the French at least have the world cup right now.
I don't know, the English talk much shit and their national team hasn't won much in a while as well 😜
Meanwhile, the French at least have the world cup right now.
you literally didn't have a shot on target the first game (iirc, anyway), "if x and y didn't happen..." tends to apply to every CL loss, describing Atletico's style as "anti-football" is silly, and you simply can't say "we would have won!" when y'all kinda sucked all around after the break and, again, the fact that shit happens wouldn't have suddenly stopped being true past the RO16
came into this thread prepared to indulge in City's misery and now I'm just irrationally annoyed at the Liverpool fandom smh
The commentary on bt sport was embarrassing.
The English media is the most insecure media I have ever seen.
Does he say it is better?
People should start respecting other leagues. Yes EPL is better than ligue 1 but showing disrespect the way English media does is horrible
French leagues has produced some of the great players in the last 10 years
The English media is the most insecure media I have ever seen.
Does he say it is better?
People should start respecting other leagues. Yes EPL is better than ligue 1 but showing disrespect the way English media does is horrible
French leagues has produced some of the great players in the last 10 years
This has nothing to do with our performance after the break. During this particular match I indicated why we lost—goals which would not have been conceded by Alisson.
Don't make it an anti-Scouse thing. Liverpool fans are no different than other football fans. We've had a lot to be proud of over the past two years. If you're a United fan and you start trying to praise fuckin' Bruno Fernandes not even worth the debate. 😂
With all of this said—I will happily disparage Raheem Sterling. Dude is always in need of a good humbling. Awful attitude with the worst victim complex I've seen in the game. He's no Marcus Rashford and every mistake and important lost game is well deserved.
They generally were, but only under typical PL "Best League in the World" arrogance over the L1 "Farmer's League".
Lyon took 4 points against City last season (as in 2018-2019).
It's crazy isn't it. Especially when you consider how many "farmers" play in the PL. I think without looking they players from L1 (whether French or not) are the biggest percentage of overseas players in PL now and historically.
I really don't give a fuck about that sport but it's nice to see my hometown this far.
A lot of my friends must be really happy.
What a weird champions league...
A lot of my friends must be really happy.
What a weird champions league...
French academies are cream of the crop which no one is disputing, however most of the best French players of this decade do not play in Ligue 1...
Im just gonna name some top of head (Greiz, Pogba, Varane, Lloris, Benzema,Matuidi, Kante, Dembele, laporte, Ribery, Umititi, Lacazette, Lemar, Matuidi, Rabiot, Pavard, Zouma, Upamecano, Fekir, Mendy)
Its definitely a cool story. I dont have a lot of takeaways though, its a weird year for all sports and the degree of randomness was to be expected so I dont think its indicative of a shift or change in power dynamics.
At the very least its good to see some new teams being up there, hopefully it sticks and they can build on the momentum. I assumed a while ago the final would be Bayern-Atleti so Im already glad one side will have a new representative
At the very least its good to see some new teams being up there, hopefully it sticks and they can build on the momentum. I assumed a while ago the final would be Bayern-Atleti so Im already glad one side will have a new representative
Yeah, for my part I want to make it clear that I'm not dumping on like French talent or anything which would be ridiculous. I don't think it's any sort of giant offense if someone calls their league "weak" When you look at historic results.
Ligue 1 has only a single European title in the 60+ years of the competition , that winner also being the one and only finalist they've had since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League ( this is also the first year since that rebranding that a Ligue 1 team has made the semi-finals).Also of the starters on that World Cup Final winning team only Mbappé is still in Ligue 1...Nzonzi is on loan there right now too if you want to count the subs.
So the defensiveness is strange when it's not like people are inventing reasons to diminish them ( ex/ call Messi or Pep frauds all you want they have won football's biggest prizes).
A faaaaaaaar stupider example is when people dumped on the Bundesliga for being a trash league as if Bayern haven't proven themselves for decades and decades in Europe
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They were "favourites" under the stupid english media logic of because they had no hope in the league from such an early point that all their focus would be on the CL. Because thats how that works.
The way football fans in England talk about the French league is a joke. They think Ligue 1 a poor standard. The amount of players that are bought from French clubs is evidence enough that the standard is high.
Yes it may not be the most exciting league with one side dominating greatly but the actual standard on display is high.
Lyon beat Juve over two legs and the way it was just assumed City would walk through them was pretty disgraceful. One legged ties on neutral grounds change everything and of course it was possible Lyon could win. I didn't expect it but I didn't think it wasn't possible as they are not some pub side like many seemed to think.
The commentator on BT sport last night was a disgrace. Steve McManaman was talking like Lyon were amateurs.
McManaman asks "it's strange that week after week City destroy teams in the EPL week in week out but have hardly created a chance tonight, I can't understand why?"
Well maybe just maybe the cannon fodder in the EPL are not that good.
Yes it may not be the most exciting league with one side dominating greatly but the actual standard on display is high.
Lyon beat Juve over two legs and the way it was just assumed City would walk through them was pretty disgraceful. One legged ties on neutral grounds change everything and of course it was possible Lyon could win. I didn't expect it but I didn't think it wasn't possible as they are not some pub side like many seemed to think.
The commentator on BT sport last night was a disgrace. Steve McManaman was talking like Lyon were amateurs.
McManaman asks "it's strange that week after week City destroy teams in the EPL week in week out but have hardly created a chance tonight, I can't understand why?"
Well maybe just maybe the cannon fodder in the EPL are not that good.
Not that they will win against Bayern, but there is no way the Champions League final is being postponed for a Ligue 1 game!
Doubt it lol. The Premier League will never decline!!!
Because it was never that good to begin with
Exactly. In normal circumstances it's always the league match that gets rearranged when there is a clash.
It used to happen in PL with an early round of midweek fixtures traditionally clashing with CL qualifying round. Probably still happens with EL qualifying.
which is completely bull because so many players start in france and then go to germany, italy, england or spain.
Everyone getting angry about English football! I can tell you now that the vast majority of English football fans absolutely despise City and are delighted about what happened last night, we're all celebrating with you, I was so happy for Lyon. We also all despise BT Sport and their comms team, it's a fucking joke and has been so since the day it started. McManaman is a complete clown.
With the greatest of respect, you're just contradicting yourself... the fact that so many players leave Ligue 1 for other European leagues really says it all. France consistently produces fantastic footballers (as evidenced by the national team's success), but few bother to stay and play in Ligue 1.
Sterling playing on instinct with no time to think - fantastic
Sterling with time to think:
Hes been like that since the early days of his career.
Sterling with time to think:
Hes been like that since the early days of his career.