Re: CL R16| Bayer Leverkusen vs Atletico Madrid

by halamadrid2 Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:47 pm

Gtfi

One less team to worry about

by salmano9 Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:53 pm

El Cujo wrote:
El Cujo wrote:I believe in Leverkusen also. I think they will knock Atletico out. Calhanoglu will score a screamer or two.

by Casciavit Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:57 pm

Leverkusen won, Schmidt Proud

by Doc Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:57 pm

I'll wait till the fat lady sings in the tune of Leverkusen before I celebrate. Bayer is the only team I know I have 100% no trust or faith in.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:59 pm

Yes. Obviously this one is far from over so you guys better stop jinxing it.

by Helmer Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:01 pm

that was really a tactical masterstroke by Schmidt :bow:

that mad pressing. Atletico had nowhere to go really

by salmano9 Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:02 pm

I think that lots of the results ( of the first leg) were surprising in the Round 16 this year....

0-0 Bayern Shakhtar draw in Donetsk
Arsenal 1-3 loss at home
Juve 2-1 win over Dortmund in Torino
1-0 Leverkuson win over ATM at home...

by izzy Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:09 pm

salmano9 wrote:I think that lots of the results ( of the first leg) were surprising in the Round 16 this year....

0-0 Bayern Shakhtar draw in Donetsk
Arsenal 1-3 loss at home
Juve 2-1 win over Dortmund in Torino
1-0 Leverkuson win over ATM at home...

Those two weren't really surprising.

by VivaStPauli Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:55 pm

Despite Bayer fumbling all their counters and ruining the chance to put the tie away early, I really liked how they played.

That being said, they are, of course, Neverkusen and will get dismantled in Madrid in the return leg, sadly.

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:57 pm

Schmidt seems to insult Burgos (Simeone's assistant) to which Simeone replies "What's your problem, f*****t?"

Laughing

by VivaStPauli Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:59 pm

Yeah apparently Schmidt told the assistant to kindly take a seat, except he yelled it in angry German.

But what he said in the post match interview is that there were a few dozen insults hurled from the Atletico bench towards the Bayer bench before that.
No idea if it's true, but that's what Schmidt said.

by izzy Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:00 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Yeah apparently Schmidt told the assistant to kindly take a seat, except he yelled it in angry German.

But what he said in the post match interview is that there were a few dozen insults hurled from the Atletico bench towards the Bayer bench before that.
No idea if it's true, but that's what Schmidt said.

It's true.

It's what they do.

by Helmer Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:00 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Despite Bayer fumbling all their counters and ruining the chance to put the tie away early, I really liked how they played.

That being said, they are, of course, Neverkusen and will get dismantled in Madrid in the return leg, sadly.

no worries mate, Schmidt is going to put end to that misery Proud

by VivaStPauli Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:06 pm

I hope so. Leverkusen did play extremely grown-up football at times, the combination of that intense pressing and the calmness with which they circulated the ball when they needed things to calm down was really impressive.

On the other hand they were really wasteful and had to get bailed out by Leno.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:08 pm

two hyped-up cokeheads going at it Proud

by Doc Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:12 pm

At least no one got pelt with a shoe.

by farfan Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:18 pm

did Belllarabi miss shitload of chances again ?

by Helmer Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:23 pm

No he did not...he in fact assisted the goal !!

by rwo power Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:31 pm

izzy wrote:
salmano9 wrote:Juve 2-1 win over Dortmund in Torino
1-0 Leverkuson win over ATM at home...
Those two weren't really surprising.

That.

by rwo power Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:33 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:That being said, they are, of course, Neverkusen and will get dismantled in Madrid in the return leg, sadly.

Well, as long as they get dismantled 2:1 or 3:2 or 4:3 I wouldn't mind. And even a 1:0 would probably be cool as one thing that Bernd Leno is really good in is saving penalties.

by dostoevsky Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:39 pm

Schmidt

Glad to see Atleti put in their place even if the game was rather horrid to watch from a neutral perspective. The tie's far from over though, despite Atleti's failure to get an away goal.

VivaStPauli wrote:Yeah apparently Schmidt told the assistant to kindly take a seat, except he yelled it in angry German.

I don't know why I find this sentence so hilarious. Laughing

by Helmer Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:07 am

for the return leg, Godin, Tiago and probably Siqueira will also miss the game. I dont know if they have adequate and quality replacements to cope up with their absence. They will surey miss Godin imo, he was immense yesterday also. So i will say it will be all about Leverkusen players having balls to handle the pressure at Caledron and if they can they will progress.

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:32 pm

Can see Leverkusen kicking out Atletico(hopefully)

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:34 pm

HEIL MEIN REDS wrote:for the return leg, Godin, Tiago and probably Siqueira will also miss the game. I dont know if they have adequate and quality replacements to cope up with their absence. They will surey miss Godin imo, he was immense yesterday also. So i will say it will be all about Leverkusen players having balls to handle the pressure at Caledron and if they can they will progress.

Godin is by far their best defender so he's a massive miss. The other two are easily replaceable and you have to question whether they should play to begin with.

by VivaStPauli Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:38 pm

If Leverkusen play as calmly, composed, and clever (and at times mildly cynical) as they did in the first leg, they'll go through.

Can see them activate headless chicken mode, though.
60-40 in Leverkusens favor IMHO.

by RealGunner Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:10 pm

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