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**Official Other Games Thread, Season 2012/13**
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Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Pizarro, world class? :lol:
Denmark Spur
Michael Carrick
Related to that one - have a look at this video
[video=youtube;QwLfNsVQ93w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwLfNsVQ93w&feature=player_embedded#![/video]
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indianspur
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Real Madrid, much like Tottenham Hotspur before them, had a lucky escape in European competition this week.
Jose Mourinho could be heading for a Real Madrid exit this summer, and AVB is the bookies favourite to replace him.
Yet the current man in charge at the Bernabeu used a near disaster for AVB as a warning to his Real Madrid side this week, and almost tempted fate.
Madrid went into their Champions League second leg tie against Galatasaray with a 3-0 lead from the first fixture, thanks to goals from Ronaldo, Benzema and Higuain.
Most observers predicted this would be comfortably enough to see them through, despite the renowned difficulty away teams face when traveling to the Turkish side.
Mourinho though foresaw how tricky it would be, perhaps through natural pragmatism, or possibly in the knowledge of the danger posed by two of his former players, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba.
He had seen how his former side Inter Milan almost caused a similar upset of their own last month, when trailing 3-0 in similar circumstances after a first leg loss to Spurs at White Hart Lane in the Europa League.
So ahead of last night's fixture, Mourinho made his players sit through a video of Spurs' second leg match at the San Siro, in which they almost came unstuck.
Tottenham lost 3-0 after 90 minutes, but Emmanuel Adebayor scored a crucial goal in extra-time, and while Inter pulled one back to win 4-1, they lost when the 4-4 scoreline was decided by the away goals rule.
Mourinho was no doubt looking for examples of over-confidence in Tottenham's approach, possession, and general tactics, while also looking at the dangers a motivated home side can pose, especially if they score first.
Well Madrid did the first part last night right, they seemed to have killed the tie off, when Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the first ten minutes.
But Galatasaray sparked a superb comeback, via the unlikely source of Emmanuel Eboue, formerly of Arsenal, before Drogba and Sneijder each netted.
It left the Turks needing an unlikely two late goals, which did not happen in the same miraculous way that Dortmund managed it against Malaga.
Ronaldo scored late on to kill the game off once and for all, but not after Madrid had suffered an almighty scare.
It makes you wonder perhaps if his Madrid players were paying attention to the video of Spurs that Mourinho showed them, or if simply is another example of the unpredictability that is European football and the danger of playing against a top team in front of a rabid home crowd.
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Jose Mourinho could be heading for a Real Madrid exit this summer, and AVB is the bookies favourite to replace him.
Yet the current man in charge at the Bernabeu used a near disaster for AVB as a warning to his Real Madrid side this week, and almost tempted fate.
Madrid went into their Champions League second leg tie against Galatasaray with a 3-0 lead from the first fixture, thanks to goals from Ronaldo, Benzema and Higuain.
Most observers predicted this would be comfortably enough to see them through, despite the renowned difficulty away teams face when traveling to the Turkish side.
Mourinho though foresaw how tricky it would be, perhaps through natural pragmatism, or possibly in the knowledge of the danger posed by two of his former players, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba.
He had seen how his former side Inter Milan almost caused a similar upset of their own last month, when trailing 3-0 in similar circumstances after a first leg loss to Spurs at White Hart Lane in the Europa League.
So ahead of last night's fixture, Mourinho made his players sit through a video of Spurs' second leg match at the San Siro, in which they almost came unstuck.
Tottenham lost 3-0 after 90 minutes, but Emmanuel Adebayor scored a crucial goal in extra-time, and while Inter pulled one back to win 4-1, they lost when the 4-4 scoreline was decided by the away goals rule.
Mourinho was no doubt looking for examples of over-confidence in Tottenham's approach, possession, and general tactics, while also looking at the dangers a motivated home side can pose, especially if they score first.
Well Madrid did the first part last night right, they seemed to have killed the tie off, when Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the first ten minutes.
But Galatasaray sparked a superb comeback, via the unlikely source of Emmanuel Eboue, formerly of Arsenal, before Drogba and Sneijder each netted.
It left the Turks needing an unlikely two late goals, which did not happen in the same miraculous way that Dortmund managed it against Malaga.
Ronaldo scored late on to kill the game off once and for all, but not after Madrid had suffered an almighty scare.
It makes you wonder perhaps if his Madrid players were paying attention to the video of Spurs that Mourinho showed them, or if simply is another example of the unpredictability that is European football and the danger of playing against a top team in front of a rabid home crowd.
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indianspur
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my first thought :lol:
They must have been impressed with our creative midfield duo of Livermore and Parker
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
Twitter / WhoScored: Xavi: Completed 100% of his passes against PSG last night - misplacing none of his 96 attempts, including 14 long balls
Twitter / WhoScored: Xavi: The 96 passes Xavi completed at 100% was the most without misplacing one in a game in the top 5 leagues or CL in the last 4 seasons
Twitter / OptaJean: 100% - Xavi attempted and completed 96 passes tonight, a record since Opta started analysing the Champions League. Perfection.
Must be nice to have a midfielder passing maestro, I hope that AVB can unearth one for us this summer to complement all the runners we have in the squad [-o<
PochettinoPochettinoPochettino
Serge Aurier
We want them to win surely, more fixtures meaning more chance of injuries fatigue etc in the league!?
SteveAWOL
Colin Calderwood
I'm not sure which will help us more, Chelsea losing and potentially going on a bad run of form or them going through which means that they are physically put under more strain but receive the psychological boost that players get from winning.
Spursalot
Jimmy McCormick
Sure, but could you face the very real possibility of them winning another European trophy?
