While it may seem that the ties are already decided, as with many things in life, you never fucking know. Heck, it was only last year that Barcelona turned around a 4-0 away deficit into a 6-1 home win to advance against Paris St. Germain.
Does anyone this year have a chance to have a similar turnaround?
TO THE GAMES!
Roma v Barcelona (1-4 Aggregate)
Balls: Obviously, I’m rooting for this NOT to be the comeback game. It’s in Rome, which gives the Italians hope, but I just don’t see them scoring three unanswered.
Predicción: A 1-2 Barça away victory and an anxious wait until Friday to see if they can draw Liverpool in the semis.
Litre_Cola: This tie is over and I think that FCB may even rest a few guys and only bring them on if things get dicey. Roma doesn’t have the firepower to stage a comeback even if it is in Rome. I really hope that Barca get Real the next round, I want to see 2 more classicos. MAKE IT SO SEPP BLATTER!
Predicción: 1-1 Because it doesn’t really matter.
Hippo: Christ and Sonny Jeebus, who gives a flying lizard fuck. Not even the Pope, I would bet.
Predicción: 1-1 (Barça 5-2 on aggregate).
Don T: Fuck you, Roma. You reach the last eight of the Champions and open in Barcelona with two own goals. Smell ya never.
Luis Suárez had a 10-month goal drought in the Champions League. It’s broken. It begins.
Predicción: Roma 2 : 2 Barcelona; one red card, four yellows (Barça wins on aggregate 6-3)
Manchester City v Liverpool (0-3 Aggregate)
Balls: THIS is the matchup. This one is the most likely to be reversed. City is at home and Google gives them a 66% chance to win. Hippo can tell you if the odds are right, but if you paid attention in DFO University, you should be able to figure that out yourself. I myself think that if anyone can do this, it is Pep.
Prediction: A 3-0 home win that takes the tie to penalties. Liverpool will then complete the choke job better than Michael Hutchence.
Litre_Cola: Oh this is totally going to be a comeback game. I was at the pub this weekend and Man City is incredibly Jekyl and Hyde. I think the 1st match in this tie was shitty Man City playing and that they are going to turn it on for this one.
Prediction: 3-1 and Liverpool gets through on the away goal.
Don T: Yeah, I think this will be a good game. The Guardian says that Salah is starting and that Klopp is playing for the win, not playing to hold.
Oh, I can hear the groans over my shitty Internet. Give yourself over.
[salutes]
Via bbci.co.uk
Guardiola’s asking for a perfect game from his players, but they’ve looked pretty demoralized in their last two drubbings. Call me cynical, but with the Premier League title in hand, I don’t think the players will respond to any
😎
Pep talk.
Predicción: Machester City 2 – 1 Liverpool (LIV survives 3-2)
Hippo: This will get talked up endlessly, but City are in tatters after Sunday’s choke job. The Redshite will score within 20 minutes to ensure that we get absolutely no entertainment this round, this month, whatever. Everything is shit.
Prediction: 1-1 snorefest (Redshite 4-1 on aggregate).
If Babylon Berlin kills off Greta I won’t be responsible for my irrational reaction.
How the fuck is it only Tuesday?
So weird. I was thinking this very same thing just 7 days ago!
Not sure where Babylon Berlin is going narrative-wise but I’m sure there will be a few more double and triple crosses that I won’t see coming…
Barca’s bed shitting is UNLV fucking up the 1991 final-caliber bad.
I never trusted Stacey Augmon.
/also will go to my grave believing Larry Johnson was shaving points. Passing to a blanketed Anderson Tate, 35 feet from the basket on that last play – when he had an open shot!
GAMBLOR really has his hooks in you. Grandma would never do such a thing!
/have you started in on Mr. Brunner? Does it hold up?
I just finished The Great Reckoning by Louise Penny-I choked up a few times towards the end. That hasn’t happened to me in forever.
I hated him with the Hornets, too (I still cared about them in their first iteration, before it came to light that George Shinn was a bigger creep than previously known). Zo Mourning was a much better player.
Yes, Zanzibar is good, but the language is so dense/weird that it is hard to digest quickly!
I myself love writers that challenge me. He was influenced by a guy by the name of John Dos Passos. His USA Trilogy is a giant direct criticism of the major figures of capitalism at the time. Thorstein Veblen, Henry Ford and J.P. Morgan come under the gun.
Soccer is boring.
That is all.
I have a hard time getting into league stuff but the Euro and World Cups are fascinating to me.
Also, baseball blows.
/Opinions? Yeah, I’ve got a few.
Hippo!!!!!!!!! Villa got one at the death and Fulham won.
ITSSSS HAAPPENNINNGGGG
oh, the Villa win helped? I thought you wanted the opposite. Huzzah!!
We in 2nd now!!! Sheepshaggers have a game in hand
Holy shit just checked the score. Fuck me sideways. Roma?!?!?!
perhaps…they should have tried?
Jesus that is a deplorable result. I now want Roma v Liverpool and Madrid v Munich
HOLY MERDE, Roma will be through!!!
whaddya know, Hippo got sommet right.
Sister Jean is a Cubs fan? Eh, she can fuck right off, then.
I kinda want all her likely very conservatives opinions to leak out so people will write think pieces about a nonagenarian’s problematic views to which more think pieces will be written about how wrong it is to proudly shit on an old woman’s opinion.
I mean…she’s a nun FFS.
/but a Jesuit, in all serious, probably ain’t that bad. And nuns in general tend to be more practical and social justice-oriented, and roll their eyes at the priests and bishops getting all huffy and political.
Redshite at +2000 to win is good value. I put $10 in at +1400, may drop 10 MOAR. They get one goal, City will quit. German Elton John will push for a few goals before the Mancs start hurting fuckers.
almost dropped $40. CURSES.
So…I guess Barca’s not trying at all?
Nawt shocking
Hippo did NAWT bet on Roma and is disappoint in self.
Now REALLY disappoint.
Ggggggooooaaallllll.
I am at work. No Guinness in hand. Howevah I do have teh Mighty Fulham game on my comp.
Is there a Nervous Zuckerberg Testifying live blog?
I’d be interested in hearing about the funnier parts.
PRAISE JEEBUS!!!
Chances of talking to self: 100%?
Why am I even here, FFS?? Brain is just shot after 7 straight hours of hard Lease modification.
Strange term for “getting pegged with a crucifix” but ok.
I’m out for cause (DVR, under penalty of “You told me we were gonna watch together!” guilt-tripping).
maybe the Chechens will do a little practice run on Klopp today?? Everyone needs a World Cup tune-up, inshallah!
This guy is favourite part of Glorious New Show
$50 on the draw. No MOAR action.