Europa League 22/23

Firenze wrote:Sociedad haven't had a sniff of a goal all evening then get one of the dumbest penalty calls in their favour I've seen in a while ffs

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Yeah such a shame when the “big boys” can’t cut it in the lowly EL, beaten by a low level team in la liga! And then blaming loss on refs! What happened to all the scoring might of the ‘big boys’

Firenze wrote:Sociedad haven't had a sniff of a goal all evening then get one of the dumbest penalty calls in their favour I've seen in a while ffs

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That was such a boring match to watch. I wish I could take back those minutes of my life

BarcaLearning wrote:Watching the comments on ESPN pundits, ya same here is the biggest memory from the game was CR on his way to the GK n being caught by the defenders, n then a couple of headers thats it, hes absolutely finished as a player apart from being a old fashion tall no.9 in the box

Oh ya n Man U prolly get top 4 this season, unless Chelsea rebound or Spurs beat them out, but maybe they belong to Conference actually?

He's not that tall, but he has an insane jump. Probably also benefited from Real Sociedad having some of the shortest defenders in the league. I don't think he's "finished", personally, but he seems to be playing without the motivation that he normally has, and I think he's beyond the point where anyone would want to build their team around him. He may be very physically fit for his age, but he's not fit enough to sustainably compensate for the tactical sacrifices that teams seem to make in order to make him tick.

Having Harry Maguire play as a striker and not instructing the team to actually cross the ball into the box was magnificent to watch

Looking forward to another all Spanish Europa final!

Looks like Arsenal and three Spanish in the semis!

I think we had this same discussion last year! We will see!


It looks like it’s coming out that Barca liga wins are tainted, while other Spanish clubs save their best efforts for Europe competition! And we-are all well aware how ManU performs against Spanish teams! Your hope for Goat status lies with Aresenal.

futbol_bill wrote:I think we had this same discussion last year! We will see!


It looks like it’s coming out that Barca liga wins are tainted

Has more evidence emerged that supports that accusation? I haven't followed the story much, but the last time I heard about it, it seemed like Barcelona had some kind of counter-argument to the accusation.

Yesterday a current ref has said he was pressured to make calls favorable to Barca. Seems every day more and more is coming out, but Barca still denying it and it is all being push aside by Tebas saying it’s up to legal system. Even Prime Minister is involved as he wants it all to go away so as to not affect next WC hosting bid.

Thimmy, read the liga thread. Hala has been posting various statements etc about the scandal.

Why wasn't Ødegaard playing? Is he injured?