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Both Messi and Ronaldo are the legends of the game. Period. So, please do not bring up this debate :)

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@DramaticAdmiral I’d love to see that happen. I absolutely despise Mourinho and Spuds


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:red_circle: North London is Red :white_circle:

Caesar,
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Are you able to watch full matches during prep?

I watch almost all matches of Barcelona, either live or a full replay next day. It's my one thing that prevents me from going completely insane with the prep. 

AzadHindFauz,
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Prediction for La Liga anyone? Will Atletico choke? 

I definitely hope so :P 

In my worst nightmare, in a nail-biting finish, Ramos scores a double on the final day as Real takes home the liga. 

Devanapiyam,
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Good idea. I read the below article on Guardian every Friday before the PL. It gives a nice little preview of all PL games on weekend. It has almost become a ritual for me now. 


Also, this fun article that I read recently:-

The unlikely story of how 'Dundee United' became an insult in Nigeria

The Guardian is my go-to site for football news. For La Liga, I especially love Sid Lowe. (https://www.theguardian.com/profile/sidlowe) Dude's my favourite football journalist.

If you're a Barcelona fan, check out http://www.barcelonafootballblog.com/ 

It has top notch writing and wonderful analysis. It's quality content with lesser quantity

In general for football analysis of a high quality check out these sites

https://spacespacespaceletter.com/about/ 

https://onfootball.substack.com


https://nograssintheclouds.substack.com/


https://marksnotebook.substack.com/about


These are mainly epl related but of really good quality



AzadHindFauz,Devanapiyam
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Prediction for La Liga anyone? Will Atletico choke? 

I definitely hope so :P 

In my worst nightmare, in a nail-biting finish, Ramos scores a double on the final day as Real takes home the liga. 

At first glance I wondered why a barca fan wants real to win la liga :p


AzadHindFauz,
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Prediction for La Liga anyone? Will Atletico choke? 

I definitely hope so :P 

In my worst nightmare, in a nail-biting finish, Ramos scores a double on the final day as Real takes home the liga. 

At first glance I wondered why a barca fan wants real to win la liga :p


Oops... One line went missing in between :P

In my most glorious dreams, I see a Messi hat trick sealing an epic final day victory as Barca edge out Atleti, with Real miles behind 

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I really hope real will qualify today so that their schedule will be really busy to concentrate on LaLiga and Barcelona can capitalize on it. Because anyways, they will be disqualified at the later stage of champions trophy(Lol!)
Celeborn,
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Semifinals

Manchester City vs Bayern Munich

Chelsea vs Real Madrid

Final

Manchester City vs Real Madrid

Manchester City wins. 

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City have a habit of bottling it up at this stage however good they might be playing. I doubt they would beat bayern (assuming they reach the semis).
AzadHindFauz,
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City have a habit of bottling it up at this stage however good they might be playing. I doubt they would beat bayern (assuming they reach the semis).

True, but Guardiola cannot be kept away from CL for long. They have not made too many mistakes this season. There is a first time for everything :) 

None of the other teams have been as emphatic as them. Bayern is probably close. That's why I'm hoping they sail over PSG. 

Celeborn,
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@AzadHindFauz don't underestimate Dortmund.. esp with 2nd leg at signal iduna


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Caesarsaid

@AzadHindFauz don't underestimate Dortmund.. esp with 2nd leg at signal iduna


I want to see Haaland perform at final stages.  But, Terzic over Pep cannot be digested at this moment.

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@CaesarDon't you think absence of fans takes away the home advantage to a large extent? I feel teams would prefer to play the 1st leg at home, prevent an away goal and use that advantage in the away leg.


Caesar,SANJEEV_YADAV
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City have a habit of bottling it up at this stage however good they might be playing. I doubt they would beat bayern (assuming they reach the semis).

True, but Guardiola cannot be kept away from CL for long. They have not made too many mistakes this season. There is a first time for everything :) 

None of the other teams have been as emphatic as them. Bayern is probably close. That's why I'm hoping they sail over PSG. 

I don't want him to win the treble or the quadruple


AzadHindFauz,
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City have a habit of bottling it up at this stage however good they might be playing. I doubt they would beat bayern (assuming they reach the semis).

True, but Guardiola cannot be kept away from CL for long. They have not made too many mistakes this season. There is a first time for everything :) 

None of the other teams have been as emphatic as them. Bayern is probably close. That's why I'm hoping they sail over PSG. 

I don't want him to win the treble or the quadruple


Given the huge gap between the 1st and 2nd in the league, it looks very likely. He can afford to rotate key players even if it comes at the cost of 2 or 3 upsets in the league. Treble or Quadruple is almost impossible if you play  same set of players in all formats. Liverpool is a good example this season to see the adverse effects of overplaying the team.

Pep has a lot of depth already. Aguero comes off the bench- someone who deserves to play 90 minutes in any of the best European teams! Lately, Pep has also been playing Bernado Silva up front with both Jesus and Aguero on the bench. This kind of flexibility gives MCI great advantage.

MikeWozniak,
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AzadHindFauz,
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@DramaticAdmiral Not all but some important ones.


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