Football (Soccer)

[Dion]

Thoughts on the semi-finals draw? I think Roma (sorry, neph!) will face Real in the final and Madrid conquering the CL-hat-trick.

[neph93]

Real are the favorites for sure. As for Roma, impossible to say. Could go either way.

[neph93]

Apart from my boys, the highlight of this EPL season for me has to be Rafa Benitez and Toon’s second half of the season. Some cracking results. Hope Rafa gets the support he deserves from the club in the summer.

[Megatron1505]

That’s my highlight of the season too 

Rafa sounds serious about staying put, saying he wants us in the top 8 next season, here hoping the Jabba the owner puts his hands in his pocket this summer.

[manufc10]

Is this Liverpools year?  Definitely Salah's year.  Sticking it to his old club too.

[Dion]

Just remember that Barcelona won 4:1 at home against them but then lost in Rome. Liverpool should be clever enough to not overestimate tonight's result.

[neph93]

Steady on Matt, it’s only half time in the first leg. Lot’s can happen.

[neph93]

That being said, «Allez, allez, allez…»

[manufc10]

Understand all that but come on, Liverpool is flying and hunger,  confidence and momentum are huge intangibles.

[manufc10]

4-0…love this front three for liverpool.

[Dion]

Well, LFC scored three more goals after my thoughts but also conceded surprisingly two. I still think they are going to be the first finalist in Kiev. It's going to be a tough ride next week in Italy for sure.

[manufc10]

Should be an interesting second leg for sure.

[neph93]

@Dion:

but also conceded surprisingly two.

I think there are very few Liverpool fans who find this surprising. I'm mostly just happy we didn't let in three.

[Dion]

Just looked it up and Roma didn't concede a single goal this CL season at home. This should be very interesting regarding LFC's Fab Three up front.

[manufc10]

I can't imagine that Liverpool won't score at least one goal at Roma.

[manufc10]

With some more clinical finishing that game is easily a 7-2 victory for Liverpool.  I don't see Roma pulling off another comeback.

[manufc10]

Well Bayern Munich have a bit of a mountain to climb.

[501IH]

For the passionate Bayern hater, a long, bitter, painful drought came to an end today. At long last, some team defeated the bastards. Heartfelt congrats to Real, and don't you let it slip in the second game! You made my day, and I hope to celebrate, say with some Cava, the elimination of the behated squad at least out of the CL soon.

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[manufc10]

After watching the highlights Bayern should have won that game fairly easily.  If we are being honest Real Madrid has kind of just been squeaking by as of late but hey, I guess that's all it take sometimes ….this is football....the good teams win even when they aren't playing well....and blah blah blah all the other cliches....but really, Bayern blew a ton of pretty damn clear cut chances.