The Soccer Thread (Version 8)

By late Monday Savvidis was still being sought by police. A statement on Paok’s website said: “Ivan Savvidis is preparing to take all necessary steps to protect the club and all his executors and associates from the threats and attacks they are suffering.

There weren't any police at the match who could arrest him?

 

Big day for Roma.

 

United are spitting the bit today. Fully deserved result for Sevilla.

 

From a travel perspective, I am pleased with today's results.

 

That was a less-than-pathetic effort from United. Embarrassing. Awful. Ticket buyers should get their money back. Hey, United millionaires... if you don't want to play, just don't fucking show up. Let the U21 team play.

 

Forza! etc.

 

They were awful. I didn't like the setup because Matic and the Fro were just too slow in the center of the park. Plus, because the Fro was playing too far up, there were huge gaps in the center of the field, which was exacerbated by Young and Tony V (who has really dropped off) having subpar games. I also didn't think that Sanchez knew what his role was.

There is a legit argument that they need 2 wingbacks (Blind, Darmian and Young are probably toast), another CB (I assume that Rojo and at least one of Smalling/Jones are gone) and at least one center mid next year.

I would play Lingard at fullback and Shaw better step up next year.

 

Courtois may never recover from today. Sure, it was Messi - but two nutmeg goals!?!

 

Does Conte make it to the weekend?

 

Big Cup draw:

Barcelona vs. AS Roma
Sevilla vs. Bayern Munich
Juventus vs. Real Madrid
Liverpool vs. Manchester City

 

Possible World Cup boycott over Russia’s antics? The Yanks were ahead of the curve!

 

Arsenal drawing CSKA Moscow in the Europa League seems a little fraught at the moment.