Sorry, by tie I mean the two legs. Another day/ref ...(snip)
+1 on the subs and surrendering the midfield, I meant to add that to the Rooney bit, but it was late and I was angry.
Indecision seems to be a part of Moyes and when the change is made he often leaves people
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the problem is that there simply are too many "if this .. if that"
some you have "to force one's luck" simply by creating many changes.
Bayern didn't play magical in the tie,far from it, they worked their way through simply by creating one opportunity after the other. If you have very few shots on goal you depend on your striker and good fortune. If you create many chances, you don't depend on luck.
And to create chances sometimes you have to invest more physical.
Normally squads with more possesion run less than the defending squads, yet Bayern actually covered a bigger distance around 117km vs 112 for Man united.
Atletico had somewhere around 114km against a <110 Barcelona
Keko covered 12 km vs Messi 6.8(!). Messi covered only 1.5 km more than goalkeeper Pinto.
Dortmund in their 2:0 victory against Real ?: a whopping 124km, which means a full player worth of running effort more than Man United had against Bayern. And Dortmund still had 6 (AFAIK) 1st squad players out with injuries.
Guardiola said in an interview that his strategy for the return leg was to "attack, attack, attack"
Robben also said after the game that idea in the first half was "to attack without risking too much, and perhaps get a goal in"
Haven't seen much of Atletico Madrid, but thought they were clinical finishers - along with high work rate and teamwork. Will they keep up the knock out Barcelona win the cup thing that's been going on? ABC
i would call Atletico "this year Dortmund". They have an excellent defense with strong pressing and their strikers are great on the counter attack
for the draw predictions i hope we get a setup with more unusal games
Bayern vs Atletico and Real vs Chelsea would be interesting IMHO
