2011-12 UEFA CL: Chelsea are European Champions

[KG1585]

1-0 is pretty solid, I thought. It's what I was hoping for, given our squad for this game. (No RVP, Wilshere, Diaby, Rosicky, Wenger, etc). A win without conceding an away goal, I'm pretty happy with that.

Not impressive at all, but I'm happy with it.

Yup. Get an away goal next week and Arsenal will be cursing. The away goal will be vital though becuase I can see Udinese scoring at least 1 at home.

[AdamTheGreek]

That Lyon match was fun to watch. Rubin Kazan still has some hope though.

[EdMar_Davis]

Well Munich is dominating once again, but just can't finish their goals. Loving what Lahm is doing, but I hope this isn't the return of the old Gomez who couldn't score a goal to save his life. Overall good performance by everyone so far, wow Ribery just hits the post.

[BC_]

Zapata just threw away the first leg for Villareal.

[Foye]

Every single freakin Bundesliga starting striker would've scored at least two goals with the chances Gomez got served by his teammates today and he manages to screw them up all and didn't score any goal.

8 meters alone in front of the goal he doesn't even get the ball on goal. I could understand if the keeper saves his shot but the keeper didn't even have to save it.

Honestly, Zurich was so weak. They should've been send home with 6 egg's in their bag.
For the first hour of the game they couldn't keep possession of the ball for longer than 5 seconds.

[Slava]

Its not like Bayern have many options for a striker do they? Might as well stick Muller upfront and see how he does. At least his finishing is pretty clinical even if he isn't physically imposing in the box.

[EdMar_Davis]

Every single freakin Bundesliga starting striker would've scored at least two goals with the chances Gomez got served by his teammates today and he manages to screw them up all and didn't score any goal.

8 meters alone in front of the goal he doesn't even get the ball on goal. I could understand if the keeper saves his shot but the keeper didn't even have to save it.

Honestly, Zurich was so weak. They should've been send home with 6 egg's in their bag.
For the first hour of the game they couldn't keep possession of the ball for longer than 5 seconds.

I really hope this doesn't kill his confidence and he can play like last season, if not Bayern is screwed.

[Foye]

Its not like Bayern have many options for a striker do they? Might as well stick Muller upfront and see how he does. At least his finishing is pretty clinical even if he isn't physically imposing in the box.

Gomez is actually a solid striker when he found his goal instinct. The problem is for a club like Bayern Munich his playmaking abilities are way too bad. You really can't pass the ball at all (outside the penalty area) to him. He's going to make a bad pass and the ball is lost (saw it like at least 10 times again today).

When he's out of confidence he's like the worst striker in the world. He'll even miss 100% chances in front of the goal like lower amateur league strikers don't do and as stated above he does nothing to set up an offensive game.
Essentially, the problem about Gomez is that he's an old school striker. He's a big dude whose technique is way too bad for nowadays soccer. He is great when his teammates set him up in the penalty area. Doesn't do much to create own chances or help the team turn a game around, though.
Basically, all he can do is score. And if he (for whatever reason) doesn't score he's a useless player on the pitch.

Olic is twice the striker Gomez is when healthy. He runs, runs and runs. Robben and Ribery can actually pass the ball to him and he scores important goals rather than scoring many goals in already decided games. Olic is also much better at creating his own shots or assisting on chances for other players.
Muller doesn't have the physical presence of a striker. He's going to have to play either as a winger or together with a phyiscal striker.

Honestly, I prefer a healthy Olic by a mile over Gomez. Olic scores more important goals, he never gives up and his technique is also quite underrated.

[LittleOzzy]

[AdamTheGreek]

Cypriots in a good spot to progress.

[Foye]

Cypriots in a good spot to progress.

1-0 is a pretty bad spot, IMO.

1 away goal and you have to score 3 goals.

[LittleOzzy]

2nd leg starts today/tomorrow.

[BC_]

Going to enjoy posting in this thread while it lasts.

[Stretch82]

http://video.cnnturk.com/canli-yayin

Villarreal vs Odense live right now

[5DOM]

Looking forward to the draw on Thursday. I'm guessing everyone wants to avoid City or Dortmund from Pot 3.

[J-Mezzy]

anyone has a website where I can follow the Bayern Munich game?

[magik9113]

now that myp2p seems to be having more problems, atdhenet.tv is the only site i know of

edit: myp2p changed to wiziwig.... http://forum.wiziwig.eu/forum.php
not quite the same, you'll have to do some searching through the football forums to find links

[AdamTheGreek]

Better than Zidane:
http://gif.mocksession.com/2011/08/headbuttin3/

APOEL IS GOING TO DO IT! 3-1, 87th minute goal.

[USA]

Not better than Zidane but still awesome.

[Foye]

Looking forward to the draw on Thursday. I'm guessing everyone wants to avoid City or Dortmund from Pot 3.

Is Dortmund even in Pot 3? They haven't participated in years. I thought they would be in pot 4.