Bulgarian wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 22:57
The better team wins it.
Definitely.
Expected Goals (xG) 4.61 - 0.78
I understand twerking for underdogs, but it would have been an unfair disaster to lose this. And now this fool Alonso should stop this BS with resting players in the EL.
The match should have gone to ET to punish Leverkusen for not playing with the strongest team even after the 1st match. I think it might be ok in 2nd leg if 1st leg was a great result, not in the firstvor when its tied.
This could have gone wrong easily.
And its much more restful scoring in the opening and managing the result instead of reverting a 0-2 twice.
babaluj1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 23:02
Thanks to the referee, Leverkusen went through. Leverkusen is better, but 0:2 would certainly not have turned if Qarabag had been complete. The red card was pointless .
Bullshit, did you forget the first leg? It's the typical underdog "everything is unfair" whining. There is no proof Leverkusen would not have scored twice or thrice against 11 men. Qarabag in both legs wasted too much energy in the first 60 minutes, they are not used to it. And by the way, the red card was not wrong. Harsh, but not wrong. Knowing Frimpong's quickness I don't think the other player would have been in reach.
Can't believe Qarabag had a 2 goal lead in both games and then conceded late on because of Schick both times. This time they conceded a 3rd but even if they had not I doubt they would have survived with a man disadvantage at Leverkusen.
babaluj1 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 23:02
Thanks to the referee, Leverkusen went through. Leverkusen is better, but 0:2 would certainly not have turned if Qarabag had been complete. The red card was pointless .
Bullshit, did you forget the first leg? It's the typical underdog "everything is unfair" whining. There is no proof Leverkusen would not have scored twice or thrice against 11 men. Qarabag in both legs wasted too much energy in the first 60 minutes, they are not used to it. And by the way, the red card was not wrong. Harsh, but not wrong. Knowing Frimpong's quickness I don't think the other player would have been in reach.
For 2:2, Bayer scored against 8 players. One from Qarabag lay in Bayer's half. I didn't watch the whole game, neither today nor the last time.
But I don't like referee theft. I saw enough to understand that Qarabag is a fantastic team, they score and attack even with one less player.
Polak wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 21:56
Just a few comments on an earlier match. Such a shame Slavia Prague were a man down again. Was the rec card fair for anyone who watched it? I wonder if 11 vs 11 would have been a much closer tie overall.
Maybe yes, but both red cards were correct. ACM played a good 1st half tonight and fully deserved to advance to the next round
Polak wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 23:16
Can't believe Qarabag had a 2 goal lead in both games and then conceded late on because of Schick both times. This time they conceded a 3rd but even if they had not I doubt they would have survived with a man disadvantage at Leverkusen.
Bayer vs Qarabag must have been the most fast-paced matches I've seen in this round. Rushing back and forth, when in such a game you are left with a player less only for the last 10 minutes, you are done. Qarabag fought fantastically, but in the end they run out of strength and the game begins with one goal, a cannonade towards the goal. Bayer is the new German champion and main favorite with Liverpool.
Lorric wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 23:01
Brighton bow out with a 1-0 win for the coefficient. It was a very good performance, they were unlucky not to score more than one, though certainly didn't do enough to recover the tie.
You could be the only Englishman in the world who cares about english coefficient .
Liverpool - Sparta Praha 59,581
West Ham - Freiburg 51,014
Rangers - Benfica 49,943
Brighton - Roma 30,380
Leverkusen - Qarabağ 30,210
Slavia Praha - Milan 19,334
Villarreal - Marseille 15,378
Atalanta - Sporting CP 14,649
Lorric wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 23:01
Brighton bow out with a 1-0 win for the coefficient. It was a very good performance, they were unlucky not to score more than one, though certainly didn't do enough to recover the tie.
You could be the only Englishman in the world who cares about english coefficient .
Not anymore. They were talking about it in the comments on the Villa win article on the BBC. About Villa helping their own cause for that 5th CL place.
matt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 00:26
How can this be a red for Qarabag while that nasty Rakitic foul not even worth of a (second) yellow in last season's EL final? Unbelievable.
(same ref)
I don't know the Rakitic foul anymore but in this Qarabag case it was seen as a last-man-foul and then it doesn't have to be a hard foul. It was a foul for sure and the only question was if it's a last man foul of if the other player is in reach.
matt wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 00:26
How can this be a red for Qarabag while that nasty Rakitic foul not even worth of a (second) yellow in last season's EL final? Unbelievable.
(same ref)
I don't know the Rakitic foul anymore but in this Qarabag case it was seen as a last-man-foul and then it doesn't have to be a hard foul. It was a foul for sure and the only question was if it's a last man foul of if the other player is in reach.
Probably tonight's situation was considered to be a DOGSO.
Jafarguliyev was sent off against Braga in the second leg (57th minute), after that Braga recovered from a two goals disadvantage, but Qarabag prevailed on extra-time anyway.
He was suspended in the next match, then came back, was again sent off against Leverkusen in the second leg (62nd minute), after that Leverkusen recovered from its two goals disadvantage, but this time Leverkusen's recovery was stronger and they actually scored thrice before extra-time.
Is Jafarguliyev (and Qarabag) being persecuted by referees, or it's his (their) fault and he (they) should change their behaviour?
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