CL Round 2 (Last 16) [2017/18]

[Michael S Collins]

Predictions
Liverpool 0-2 Porto
PSG 0-1 Real Madrid
Man City 2-0 Basel
Tottenham 1-0 Juventus

[seso]

Predictions:
Liverpool 1-0 Porto
PSG 1-0 Real Madrid
Man City 3-0 Basel
Tottenham 0-1 Juventus

[Malko]

Liverpool 2-0 Porto
PSG 3-1 Real Madrid (*PSG on penalties)
Man City 3-0 Basel
Tottenham 2-1 Juventus

[germanyfrance33]

Any news about Kroos and Modric playing or not??

[Thunder_PT]

Leaked Real Madrid lineup:
Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Kroos, Vazquez, Asensio, Ronaldo, Benzema.

If true, double defensive midfielder with Casemiro and Kroos, Vazquez and Asensio on the wings and quite a deep bench to change the game if needed (Modric, Isco, Bale...).

[AlanK]

Any news about Kroos and Modric playing or not??

marca.com says they will play, but of course there's nothing official about that

And now I think it's official that Kroos and Modric will NOT start

[Thunder_PT]

FC Porto aren't even trying to win it on the day, they're playing with a B team, even Bruno Costa is making his debut (he plays for the B team in the II Liga) clear message that with the tie lost the next league game is more important:

Iker Casillas
Maxi Pereira
Diogo Dalot
Felipe
Diego Reyes
André André
Óliver Torres
Bruno Costa
Jesús Corona
Abdul Majeed Waris
Vincent Aboubakar

Why rest Herrera, though, who's suspended for the next league game anyway?

[Dragonite]

FC Porto aren't even trying to win it on the day, they're playing with a B team, even Bruno Costa is making his debut (he plays for the B team in the II Liga) clear message that with the tie lost the next league game is more important:

Iker Casillas
Maxi Pereira
Diogo Dalot
Felipe
Diego Reyes
André André
Óliver Torres
Bruno Costa
Jesús Corona
Abdul Majeed Waris
Vincent Aboubakar

Bruno Costa is what disturbs you in this XI?

Not the useless duo André André and boiOliver?


Bruno Costa by the way WON in Liverpool last week, and scored the equalizer, in the Premier League International Cup.
His inclusion in the starting XI is one of the most interesting things about FC Porto’s XI today - alongside Diogo Dalot’s debut.

There’s nothing wrong about losing this year using players that in the future will get better and better (Diogo Dalot, Bruno Costa, Gonçalo Paciência, etc.).
Using players that are already old and useless and won’t get any better, now that’s unexplainable.


Last but not least, you consider that they were trying to win the first leg with Soares and Marega in the XI?

[SirHenri]

All PSG's CL home matches in 2017 :

4-0 vs. Barca
3-0 vs. Bayern
7-1 vs. Celtic
5-0 vs. Anderlecht

Let's see what they can do today.

[Thunder_PT]

All PSG's CL home matches in 2017 :

4-0 vs. Barca
3-0 vs. Bayern
7-1 vs. Celtic
5-0 vs. Anderlecht

Let's see what they can do today.

And in all competitions they've won every home game this season. Can they do it by 2+ goals against Real Madrid, though?

[Lorric]

Mane hit the post.

[greenbay]

One Ronaldo diving attempt per each 15 minutes. Might be a total of 6 by the end of the match.

[BurningStorm]

Real better so far. Benzema almost killed the tie. But I think they need at least one of Mozart and Beethoven (Modric/Kroos) to control the game more. On the other hand, I don't want any risk for Kroos, we need him at the WC.

[Lorric]

0-0 HT. Not much of a match, but I've certainly seen much worse.

[Thunder_PT]

Congrats to Benzema who's playing his 100th match in the Champions League, the 3rd French to reach this milestone after Thierry Henry and Patrice Evra.