[Football] Midweek Fixtures - Champions League & Europa League 2nd Rounds (20-22 Feb)

[Reg]

19:45 and BT unless stated. Televised Europa only - full schedule here.

Champions League ties conclude 6/7 March and 13/14 March.

Tuesday
Chelsea v Barcelona
Bayern Munich v Besiktas - BTS Showcase

Wednesday
Sevilla v Man Utd
Shakhtar v Roma

CSKA Moscow v Crvena Zvezda (Europa) - 17:00
Leganes v Real Madrid - 17:45 Sky
Derby v Leeds - Sky

Thursday
Lokomotiv Moscow v Nice - 16:00
Zenit v Celtic - 18:00
Villarreal v Lyon - 18:00
RB Leipzig v Napoli - 18:00
Atletico Madrid v Copenhagen - 18:00
Arsenal v Ostersund - 20:05
Milan v Ludogorets - 20:05
Atlanta v Dortmund - 20:05

[SincereTheRebel]

In the last three meetings between chelski and barcelona, whoever goes through to the next round wins the whole competition.

[Mazuuurk]

That seems like a completely circumstantial stat.

[Jimmy Floyd]

France and Denmark had it in major tournaments for a while.

[Smiffy]

Ah but the last time Liverpool beat Porto....

[Magic]

So excited for this one tonight, think it could be a proper lolfest.

[Magic]

http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/13/london...-fans-7311032/

The fuck?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Reckon we'll win pretty comfortably tonight, but not sure if we'll defend it over there.

[Waffdon]

Fabregas in a two man midfield is never a good sign. Playing no striker also is a bit meh.

[Mazuuurk]

Hoping for a good Chelsea win so the 40/1 odds bet I have on them as CL winners drop to like 30 and I can trade out.

[-james-]

City vs Inter in the Youth League is on BT Sport. Half time and it's 1-1.

City have tried to play pepball, have had about 80% possession but created one chance all half. Inter are, man for man, about double their size and operating a 6 man deep block.

Inter goal came after their keeper hoofed it upfield and it ended up with the City keeper. He tried to play it out, got closed down and it flew in behind him.

City equaliser came from a penalty after Lukas Nmecha went down under the faintest of contact, which about sums them up

Mon Inter.

It's gone to pens. Currently 2-2 after 7 attempts each. Good stuff lads.

[phonics]

I rated Conte until the lack of faith in Giroud.

[Mazuuurk]

Why is Fabregas so incapable of having a normal haircut that doesn't make him look like he enjoys fingering little boys?

[John]

Even the priests are good looking In Sweden.

[Giggles]

Chelsea look up for this at least.

[Giggles]

Even the paedophiles are good looking In Sweden.

Priests.

Forever the hun

[Mazuuurk]

Even the priests are good looking In Sweden.

Yeah well you know, little boys have rights these days so a Preist's gotta do what a Priest's gotta do and hit the gym like the rest of us.

[Raoul Duke]

This is gonna be one of those games where Chelsea keep looking like they're still playing with a target man but have to cross to midgets

[Mazuuurk]

This is gonna be one of those games where Chelsea keep looking like they're still playing with a target man but have to cross to midgets

Yeah was thinking that. The first few attacks you could almost see Willian thinking "Get in, let's just cross this fucker now to...wait".

[Jimmy Floyd]

The real heroics are going on in the other game, where Besiktas have somehow managed to field not only Pepe and Quaresma but Ryan Babel, Atiba Hutchinson and best of all, Vagner Love.

[Mazuuurk]

John nailed it before with Besiktas, saying it was some sort of retirement home for failed European (league) talents or something.

[Lewis]

I can't even muster up enough interest in this Chelsea match to want one of them to lose.

[phonics]

The real heroics are going on in the other game, where Besiktas have somehow managed to field not only Pepe and Quaresma but Ryan Babel, Atiba Hutchinson and best of all, Vagner Love.

A deadline day signing on a free after selling your big lump target man for a ridiculous price. It's FM 2012 on crack.

Willian is great, nothing about him in particular stands out but he's pretty fucking good at it all.

[phonics]

I got embarrassingly interested in the Chelsea Barcelona match and ended up burning my pizza to a crisp. I'm fuming.

[Mazuuurk]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

[Giggles]

Chris Sutton talks some shite.

[phonics]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

He just seems to get shunted for random reasons, remember when he scored a million free kicks and for some reason is never allowed to take them anymore? It#s weird.

[Adramelch]

Willian is such an Almost man I think. He's always allroud solid but never seems to do anything spectacular. You can't in any way point our much faults in what he's doing, but he just isn't "World class" (or whatever) and he never seems to score or assist all that much. He's like the player version of Spurs or something.

He scores his fair share though. Not anything insane, but it's the 3rd season he's on double digits.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Drogba would win us this 1-0, but I'm not sure this mob will.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah but that's just it - a fair amount but not a spectacular amount. It feels like he always could have been a bit better and a really top player, but he just ends up being a rotated squad player all the time.
At the same time you can't in anyway say he's bad.

Dunno if Mourinho maybe ruined him a bit as a player.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He hasn't got the pace and power to be a TOP top player, but he is a very much a top player.

[Magic]

So excited for this one tonight, think it could be a proper lolfest.

Been relatively dull so far.

[Magic]

Mackems are doon.

[Magic]

Maz.

Given he's already hit the post twice, you'd have thought there may have been at least one Barca player with an eye on him...

[Mazuuurk]

Gotta say, Willian is donning it in this game.

[phonics]

Whoever made sure to have the net microphones turned up. Good job. That was sweet.

[Magic]

Spanish football EXPERT Graham Hunter was waxing lyrical about Paulinho. Silly bald cunt.

[CJay]

Well deserved. Not sure why everyone was talking about this tie like it was a forgone conclusion. Barca will be strong at home, but you’ll get them away. There’s a serious lack of pace in their team.

Willian’s been great.

[Kikó]

Willian is a great player

[phonics]

Has Vidal got confused and thought it was Barca who were one up with the terrible dive+ankle clutch?

[Lewis]

Graham Hunter would stick up for Ian Huntley if an old picture of him on the Nou Camp tour emerged.

[Magic]

Graham Hunter would stick up for Ian Huntley if an old picture of him on the Nou Camp tour emerged.

Indeed. I hate those cunts that say 'ah he was shit for X premier league team but you should see him in x european league!'

You only play that card when you absolutely know, like me when I said Salah would become a God.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The bus has broken down.

lol at Christensen.

[Magic]

Simply SUBLIME. GOAT.

[phonics]

Lol what a series of awful mistakes. It's like watching Arsenal when we got beaten by Barca.

[Giggles]

Willian is shit.

[Giggles]

Lol what a series of awful mistakes. It's like watching Arsenal when we got beaten by Barca.

Arsenal you say?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Andy Townsend's radio commentary is just sensational. 'When you play against Barcelona, you know the little man can come up with a bit o'magic'.

We'll lose this 2-1 now. Suarez hammering one in at the far post. Sickening stuff.

[phonics]

This is nostalgia for me at this point.

[Raoul Duke]

What the fuck are they doing passing it across their own box?