because of Messi threat in semi-final Liverpool will also lose points in Premier league. first game it is a just prediction 3-1, barca will be finalist definitely.
Funnily enough this competition is called the Champions League but there is only one champion left in it (Barcelona). This is ridiculous. UEFA should wake up and create that Super League already.
@GioMonaldo dude what do you mean? what about Ajax 1995? man don't let ur fangirl side make u blind just cz u love barcelona, don't let this distract you also from the fact that the blugrana surpassed Ajax only on 2015, whole 20 years. barcelona's present is Ajax's past.
@GioMonaldo Barca got clobbered by Liverpool 4-0 two summers ago. In a pre-season friendly... Of course they also got clobbered themselves 4-0 by Mainz the next day, so there goes that speculation LOL
@MrNemobody Yeah, like Liverpool did in 2001, when they won the domestic cups and the UEFA Cup, but not the PL title. But yeah, technically it IS a treble. :D
@spectre08 Messi on his best day is better than the entire Liverpool squad. That being said, this matchup is too close to call. It will be like a final to me and I'll enjoy it no matter what.
@GioMonaldo While I agree that Messi is world-class I wouldn't go as far as saying he can be better than the entire Liverpool squad. No matter how good a day he's having. Assuming he'll be playing in his usual half-false-nine-half-right-winger position, constantly cutting inside, it'll be VERY interesting to see if he manages to get past Van Dijk. He'll obviously have to pass Robertson first, but while Andy's a fine left back who can actually defend too, I don't see him causing Messi much of a problem. Virgil's an entirely different beast though... If I remember correctly he hasn't been dribbled past since March 2018, except once in the national team. He's the Messi of center halves. :D
@GioMonaldo Hyperbole..Liverpool have a better defence than barcelona and the attack is on par in terms of goals scored..it will be very close but imo Liverpool edge it.
@spectre08 Just checked to make sure: besides the fact that Barca are the only undefeated team in UCL and Liver have lost three times, Barca have conceded only 6 goals total in UCL this season compared to 9 for Liverpool. Your better defence claim is straight out of your anus. Also the cherry on top of your bullshit cake: Barca have scored a total of 23 goals in UCL compared to 18 for Liver.
@GioMonaldo Messi being better than the whole Liverpool squad is one of the most deluded and funniest things i have ever heard..u really are a clown and dc should have gotten u to play the Joker instead of Joaquin Phoenix.
@GioMonaldo Take your head out of Messi's ass u fucking idiot and look at the stats in all competitions..Barcelona have conceded 31 goals in 32 games in la liga..that's pretty bad while Liverpool have conceded only 20..Liverpool have also played Psg, Napoli and Bayern and thus conceded more than Barcelona..Liverpool's defence is better overall and thus i think they will edge barcelona clown.
@spectre08 Moron, learn to read and comprehend, I said Messi on his best day is better than Liverpool's squad, not the average Messi. And don't give me league stats for UCL, in UCL Barca has a better defense and no amount of your crying will change that fact. Also Barca are undefeated in UCL unlike Liverpool who lost 3 away games, even the one against some unknown Serbian club. This Barca squad if they're rested and focused could annihilate Liverpool.
@GioMonaldo Messi at his best is not better than the Liverpool squad u clown and Red star belgrade have won the Champions league in the past thus not making them some ''unknown Serbian club''..Barcelona will not annihilate Liverpool and even ur deluded mind should realize that before u embarrass urself and look like a fool if Liverpool knockout Barcelona..as i have said it will be a close tie but imo Liverpool will edge it..u have ur thoughts and i have mine so peace.
@spectre08 Cool jokes but you can do better. There is world class and then there's Messi class. No points for guessing how many players are Messi class.
Liverpool plays really sh ..y football, 60% pass success, wtf ? Besides their attack the remaining team is utterly limited with the ball and unbearable to watch if you like football.
@neumi17 Liverpool had 74% passing accuracy in the end and Ajax had 74% yesterday but were being praised for playing ''great'football''..so what's the difference between the two in that regard?
@spectre08 That Ajax plays football whereas Liverpool just kicks the ball around with almost no control. Only the 3 guys upfront know how to do that ... Besides, when I wrote that, it was 14-1 shots for Porto and the scoreline was 0-1 ...
Liverpool against barcelona would be an amazing game to watch, so hard to predict the winner on it, can't wait to finally watch it. (yes Liverpool will qualify)
@TetouanMorocco In all fairness neither of them really deserved it, but one had to progress. PSG were great at Old Trafford, but once again they fucked it up in the second leg, the same way they did at Barca last year. As much as I dislike United they still have a fuckton more European pedigree than PSG will probably EVER have. I don't see any French club winning the Champions League in my lifetime, Ligue 1 is just not good enough to foster a CL-winning team, no matter how much money the oil sheiks pump into it. One of the most important reasons why France are world champions is because most of their players ply their trades in better leagues.
@Motorbreath yeah you have a point definitly specially on the ''pedigree'' one, but I can see PSG winning UCL in the near future, they have huge quality players (Neymar alone is enough) and complete team from A to Z, they were just unlucky af against Utd, they lost cz of the silly defensive mistakes and were dominating the whole game and that without Neymar and Cavani. I said it that day PSG is that one that lost not Utd that won.
@TetouanMorocco And they lost to Nantes yesterday... :D Yeah, they definitely have the quality, but Ligue 1 just doesn't offer them the constant tough opposition to drill them for going up against the best of the best. Kinda like Juve nowadays, Serie A just doesn't offer them enough of a challenge. Or Bayern since before forever... Except for the odd season when BVB has given them a run for their money. And when you constantly play against lesser opposition you tend to sink towards that level, no matter your squad quality.
@Motorbreath that's not necessary at all if you have a great team (like PSG), wanna see the best example? AJAX! just this year, destroyed both Madrid&Juve at there own stadiums with beautiful performance and also outplayed bayern before them, they are from Eredivise man and look what they have done so far, teams there (psv, alkmar?, utrecht?) are weaker than Ligue 1 teams obviously (OM, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Lille, old Monaco etc), and u can't deny that, but that doesn't matter, cz Ajax have an amazing squad so the opponent doesn't matter,. also just compare between EPL and La Liga, EPL is by far better but check the Europa and UCL statistics last years. so i don't think the team's league have anything to do with the performance on UCL imo.
@TetouanMorocco You make some good points. But current facts still speak volumes. The EPL has FOUR teams in the semis of the European cup competitions. Ajax are great, I would never say anything else. Always loved them. But aside from the EL final two years ago, when's the last time they came anywhere near a semi, nevermind a final? Of course the Eredivisie isn't as good a league as Ligue 1, that's why it's not considered to be one of the "big five", unlike its French counterpart. Ajax have ALWAYS been a great team, but I'd argue that their European success is more of a "statistical anomaly" than an indication that the competitiveness of the domestic leagues doesn't matter. When's the last time a DIFFERENT Dutch team came anywhere near this far? PSV got knocked out of the CL in the last 16 on penalties by Atleti, back in 2016. That's the only other Dutch team I remember making it past the group stage in recent years...
If Liverpool get the away goal in first 15mins, Porto will be pressing the self destruct button and get rolled over 5-0, Klopp doesn't play cagey football in KO ties, we saw that at the Allianz Arena.
@SeuneMilmas You have been using this 'I would be shocked if xxxx' format for many comments and they were ALL wrong, I'd advice you to change to a different format and you might have better luck trolling next time.
@Motorbreath Yeah, it's always a possibility, but I guess it'll be over 2.5 goals and they'll do more for 2 reasons: 1) They're playing at home in the second leg; and 2) the last time was about qualifying for 1/4 finals and they've lost it in the first game 100% and now it's about 1/2 finals and they still have a chance.
@specter I agree with your second point, but the first doesn't convince me. Granted last season's home game was the first in the tie, but getting 5 up their asses wouldn't have been less likely if they had played the first leg at Anfield, considering how brutal Liverpool were last season. This season they've been a lot more tactical, after shoring up the defense, so they no longer have the single choice of outscoring their opponents in order to win.
@SlobbaN They do that and they're toast. Liverpool haven't been at their best at times, but their ability to absorb pressure is right up there with the best nowadays. One counter is all it takes, they score one and Porto will have to go all gung-ho. And once they do, they're up shit creek without a paddle. If Sergio Conceicao can replicate the performance of Southampton in the first half of that game a couple of weeks ago, then they have a chance. But they'll need rock-solid defense. Again, one counter is all it takes...
because of Messi threat in semi-final Liverpool will also lose points in Premier league. first game it is a just prediction 3-1, barca will be finalist definitely.
Funnily enough this competition is called the Champions League but there is only one champion left in it (Barcelona). This is ridiculous. UEFA should wake up and create that Super League already.
@GioMonaldo It's called the Champions League because they're can all be champions if they win it. :D
@GioMonaldo oh I just understood what u mean, u mean league's champion, sorry cz u confused me.
@TetouanMorocco Yes, I mean this is a league that should have all the champions of the domestic leagues but there's only Barca left.
@GioMonaldo Liverpool 2005 also, lol I forgot that.
@GioMonaldo dude what do you mean? what about Ajax 1995? man don't let ur fangirl side make u blind just cz u love barcelona, don't let this distract you also from the fact that the blugrana surpassed Ajax only on 2015, whole 20 years. barcelona's present is Ajax's past.
@GioMonaldo Wipe your eyes.
@Flapjack Can't, you stole all my tissues.
easy
Only two clubs left in the Treble race now: Ajax and Barca. It is on!
@GioMonaldo Barca got clobbered by Liverpool 4-0 two summers ago. In a pre-season friendly... Of course they also got clobbered themselves 4-0 by Mainz the next day, so there goes that speculation LOL
@GioMonaldo City can claim it's a treble if they win the League Cup, FA Cup and Premier League LOL
@MrNemobody Yeah, like Liverpool did in 2001, when they won the domestic cups and the UEFA Cup, but not the PL title. But yeah, technically it IS a treble. :D
@MrNemobody Domestic treble not quite the same as the big boys Treble. It would be a great achievement for Pep nonetheless.
@MrNemobody Yes. Man City had the quadruple on before tonight, thought that would be common knowledge on here.
@GioMonaldo Final will be in UCL ajax-barca im sure .
@stefanm Liverpool have a great chance to progress versus barcelona who are very Messi dependant but it will be a great tie for sure.
@spectre08 Messi on his best day is better than the entire Liverpool squad. That being said, this matchup is too close to call. It will be like a final to me and I'll enjoy it no matter what.
@GioMonaldo While I agree that Messi is world-class I wouldn't go as far as saying he can be better than the entire Liverpool squad. No matter how good a day he's having. Assuming he'll be playing in his usual half-false-nine-half-right-winger position, constantly cutting inside, it'll be VERY interesting to see if he manages to get past Van Dijk. He'll obviously have to pass Robertson first, but while Andy's a fine left back who can actually defend too, I don't see him causing Messi much of a problem. Virgil's an entirely different beast though... If I remember correctly he hasn't been dribbled past since March 2018, except once in the national team. He's the Messi of center halves. :D
@GioMonaldo Hyperbole..Liverpool have a better defence than barcelona and the attack is on par in terms of goals scored..it will be very close but imo Liverpool edge it.
@spectre08 Just checked to make sure: besides the fact that Barca are the only undefeated team in UCL and Liver have lost three times, Barca have conceded only 6 goals total in UCL this season compared to 9 for Liverpool. Your better defence claim is straight out of your anus. Also the cherry on top of your bullshit cake: Barca have scored a total of 23 goals in UCL compared to 18 for Liver.
@GioMonaldo Messi being better than the whole Liverpool squad is one of the most deluded and funniest things i have ever heard..u really are a clown and dc should have gotten u to play the Joker instead of Joaquin Phoenix.
@GioMonaldo Take your head out of Messi's ass u fucking idiot and look at the stats in all competitions..Barcelona have conceded 31 goals in 32 games in la liga..that's pretty bad while Liverpool have conceded only 20..Liverpool have also played Psg, Napoli and Bayern and thus conceded more than Barcelona..Liverpool's defence is better overall and thus i think they will edge barcelona clown.
@spectre08 Moron, learn to read and comprehend, I said Messi on his best day is better than Liverpool's squad, not the average Messi. And don't give me league stats for UCL, in UCL Barca has a better defense and no amount of your crying will change that fact. Also Barca are undefeated in UCL unlike Liverpool who lost 3 away games, even the one against some unknown Serbian club. This Barca squad if they're rested and focused could annihilate Liverpool.
@GioMonaldo Messi at his best is not better than the Liverpool squad u clown and Red star belgrade have won the Champions league in the past thus not making them some ''unknown Serbian club''..Barcelona will not annihilate Liverpool and even ur deluded mind should realize that before u embarrass urself and look like a fool if Liverpool knockout Barcelona..as i have said it will be a close tie but imo Liverpool will edge it..u have ur thoughts and i have mine so peace.
@spectre08 Cool jokes but you can do better. There is world class and then there's Messi class. No points for guessing how many players are Messi class.
Militao is great.
Liverpool plays really sh ..y football, 60% pass success, wtf ? Besides their attack the remaining team is utterly limited with the ball and unbearable to watch if you like football.
@neumi17 Liverpool had 74% passing accuracy in the end and Ajax had 74% yesterday but were being praised for playing ''great'football''..so what's the difference between the two in that regard?
@spectre08 That Ajax plays football whereas Liverpool just kicks the ball around with almost no control. Only the 3 guys upfront know how to do that ... Besides, when I wrote that, it was 14-1 shots for Porto and the scoreline was 0-1 ...
@neumi17 I agree with u on the fact that Liverpool were horrendous in the first half.
@neumi17 You couldn't be more wrong. The game Sunday, and today, is just dominate, fast football.
@neumi17 still scores a lot of goals though but agree 1st half probably the worst performance this season
wtf klopp!
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Liverpool against barcelona would be an amazing game to watch, so hard to predict the winner on it, can't wait to finally watch it. (yes Liverpool will qualify)
@TetouanMorocco Definitely more sparks in that one, than if United had progressed.
@Motorbreath United didn't deserve that qualification against PSG, felt bad for the french team for the first time.
@TetouanMorocco In all fairness neither of them really deserved it, but one had to progress. PSG were great at Old Trafford, but once again they fucked it up in the second leg, the same way they did at Barca last year. As much as I dislike United they still have a fuckton more European pedigree than PSG will probably EVER have. I don't see any French club winning the Champions League in my lifetime, Ligue 1 is just not good enough to foster a CL-winning team, no matter how much money the oil sheiks pump into it. One of the most important reasons why France are world champions is because most of their players ply their trades in better leagues.
@Motorbreath yeah you have a point definitly specially on the ''pedigree'' one, but I can see PSG winning UCL in the near future, they have huge quality players (Neymar alone is enough) and complete team from A to Z, they were just unlucky af against Utd, they lost cz of the silly defensive mistakes and were dominating the whole game and that without Neymar and Cavani. I said it that day PSG is that one that lost not Utd that won.
@TetouanMorocco And they lost to Nantes yesterday... :D Yeah, they definitely have the quality, but Ligue 1 just doesn't offer them the constant tough opposition to drill them for going up against the best of the best. Kinda like Juve nowadays, Serie A just doesn't offer them enough of a challenge. Or Bayern since before forever... Except for the odd season when BVB has given them a run for their money. And when you constantly play against lesser opposition you tend to sink towards that level, no matter your squad quality.
@Motorbreath that's not necessary at all if you have a great team (like PSG), wanna see the best example? AJAX! just this year, destroyed both Madrid&Juve at there own stadiums with beautiful performance and also outplayed bayern before them, they are from Eredivise man and look what they have done so far, teams there (psv, alkmar?, utrecht?) are weaker than Ligue 1 teams obviously (OM, Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Lille, old Monaco etc), and u can't deny that, but that doesn't matter, cz Ajax have an amazing squad so the opponent doesn't matter,. also just compare between EPL and La Liga, EPL is by far better but check the Europa and UCL statistics last years. so i don't think the team's league have anything to do with the performance on UCL imo.
@TetouanMorocco You make some good points. But current facts still speak volumes. The EPL has FOUR teams in the semis of the European cup competitions. Ajax are great, I would never say anything else. Always loved them. But aside from the EL final two years ago, when's the last time they came anywhere near a semi, nevermind a final? Of course the Eredivisie isn't as good a league as Ligue 1, that's why it's not considered to be one of the "big five", unlike its French counterpart. Ajax have ALWAYS been a great team, but I'd argue that their European success is more of a "statistical anomaly" than an indication that the competitiveness of the domestic leagues doesn't matter. When's the last time a DIFFERENT Dutch team came anywhere near this far? PSV got knocked out of the CL in the last 16 on penalties by Atleti, back in 2016. That's the only other Dutch team I remember making it past the group stage in recent years...
Klopp favors Keita over Wijnaldum lol when tf did this happen
@SirCharlesRichfield Uhm... Keïta's on the bench. :P
If Liverpool get the away goal in first 15mins, Porto will be pressing the self destruct button and get rolled over 5-0, Klopp doesn't play cagey football in KO ties, we saw that at the Allianz Arena.
@arcglenum porto will score 2+
@flephmang Damn, they got destroyed.
@flephmang Including own goals, right? :D
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@nexus747 I would be shocked if Porto didn't win 2-1.
@SeuneMilmas I'm guessing you're shocked shitless now?
@SeuneMilmas You have been using this 'I would be shocked if xxxx' format for many comments and they were ALL wrong, I'd advice you to change to a different format and you might have better luck trolling next time.
@arcglenum Nah, hope he keeps using it. Seems to be working out in Liverpool's favour.
@Flapjack LMFAO
Moussa Marega caused the Reds most problems on Merseyside and the Mali international has netted in all four of Porto’s European home games this term.
@nexus747 Nothing ever changes, until something changes. ;)
Marega is a decent player, i think he will make a big difference at dragao. 1x csl 1-1
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Over 2.5 goals. Porto have to go all in in this game, there's no other way and Liverpool are quite good on counter attacks.
@specter Or they do what they did in the return at Anfield last year... I agree with you, but a drab 0-0 draw wouldn't surprise me.
@Motorbreath porto will go out in style 3-2 porto
@Motorbreath Yeah, it's always a possibility, but I guess it'll be over 2.5 goals and they'll do more for 2 reasons: 1) They're playing at home in the second leg; and 2) the last time was about qualifying for 1/4 finals and they've lost it in the first game 100% and now it's about 1/2 finals and they still have a chance.
@specter I agree with your second point, but the first doesn't convince me. Granted last season's home game was the first in the tie, but getting 5 up their asses wouldn't have been less likely if they had played the first leg at Anfield, considering how brutal Liverpool were last season. This season they've been a lot more tactical, after shoring up the defense, so they no longer have the single choice of outscoring their opponents in order to win.
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Big draw, Porto will go guns all out, 2-2. Bet over 3 ez.
@SlobbaN They do that and they're toast. Liverpool haven't been at their best at times, but their ability to absorb pressure is right up there with the best nowadays. One counter is all it takes, they score one and Porto will have to go all gung-ho. And once they do, they're up shit creek without a paddle. If Sergio Conceicao can replicate the performance of Southampton in the first half of that game a couple of weeks ago, then they have a chance. But they'll need rock-solid defense. Again, one counter is all it takes...
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Under 2.5 undoubtedly, Porto has nothing to loose and hasn’t the enough potential to get points from Liverpool though, will be a boring game
@Faraz_ap no
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