You're so scared. Real's defence is leaky and we will score at least one goal there and its over. Maybe get real and in this type of tie, having a strong defence works in your favor with a 3-goal advantage.
YouтАЩre giving way too much credit to a defensively weak team. You donтАЩt win games from a 3-0 deficit with a terrible defence. We may not be as good as them attacking wise but boy oh boy can we defend. As shit as our season has been even I believe the boys will not throw in a towel with a 3-0 lead. Not this Arsenal team.
Today-- we won-- on a pair of worldies by Declan and a right-place goal by Merino.
If you think RM can't bag a couple of the same-- and add a pedestrian goal from among Vini | Mbappe | Rodrygo | Jude you're edging up against delusional.
You're ready to exhale and relax, then put your feet up.
I'd have cut you from every team I've managed-- just for that attitude.
If you think we wonтАЩt score against their crap defence its no wonder that career didnтАЩt work out for you. YouтАЩve made up your mind like a loser, so enjoy being one. Better not show your face while weтАЩre playing in the semi-final. Delusional. Keep wanking to that Madrid badge.
We are good enough not to concede 4 goals. You believe we won't score there? That's fair, but no way are we conceding 4 without reply/replies. They will commit and we will punish them at the back. They're not the business defending. This tie was done the moment they conceded that 3rd goal tonight.
I know it won't be easy. We will for sure concede there. They will huff and puff, but it's a little too late. Silencing their crowd is what I expect us to do, and we have enough to score there. I don't care how loud their home is, we will score there because their defence is weak and not good enough to not concede and that's all we have to do. scoreline can be 3-1 and guess who goes to the semi final. we're not the type to cave in and if we lose I expect a narrow 2-1 or 1-0 loss. Like I said to another poster the damage was done the moment the third goal went in.
ItтАЩs not that real are that good at this exact moment, is that they are Real Madrid, which is more significant than you give them credit for
Going back to elite esports analogies as I love me some of those, those who are consistently the best players in the world over tens of years develop an abstract advantage over the rest that is difficult to quantify. They can play pretty badly, struggle badly, be down and out and somehow find a result against all odds. Actually the opposition to said players/teams can come quite heavily unstuck by overthinking the situation. When the best of the best are playing genuinely quite crap it can actually be a bit disarming and unexpected, leading to the opposition making some unforced errors and inviting the comeback accidentally. Sometimes itтАЩs easier to play against a good opponent playing as well as expected than a good opponent who is surprisingly off colour.
In football, this can manifest for example in Arsenal going into the second leg and Madrid playing poorly, but Arsenal not daring to turn the screw when the chance is actually there because тАШsurely Madrid arenтАЩt going to roll over???тАЩ. So Arsenal play more cautiously than they should and fail to score the first goal. Madrid recover their heads in the second half and score first. At that point the tie is wide wide open and momentum swings to Madrid at home and with Arsenal players ruing that they didnтАЩt bury Madrid when they had the chance. That frustration then actually makes it easier for Madrid to get a second and if that happens all bets are off.
Not saying the above will happen but this is an entirely plausible scenario. Seen it happens a million times before and will a million times again
I know about all that but it ainтАЩt happening this time around. I wonтАЩt budge. Nothing is in their favor after youтАЩve done all your hypothesis and historical mambo jumbo.
Ehhh like I said we are just far better defensively. Real do not have it in them to keep a clean sheet and I cannot see us conceding 4 with no reply. The tie is done and its not a confidence thing. Its just reality of the situation.
The tie is done. They have nothing in defense. They may score, but so will we. We can at least defend. Can you say the same for Real?
It is rarely done with a tie at the bernabeu remaining. All they need is to score early and the crowd will be on us.
We just have to survive the first 45 minutes without conceding.
IтАЩd venture we have to survive the first 90 mins without conceding. I still remember what happened to City at the Bernabeu in 2022.
All bets are off. ItтАЩs Real Madrid in the champions league. They can kill anyone.
IтАЩm giddy as fuck about this result but we should be aware this is far from over.
To reiterate, yes I am ecstatic ЁЯШОЁЯША (before IтАЩm accused of being a party pooper!)
Apparently, others here think Arteta is going into the second leg telling his XI
'not to worry' and 'it's done and dusted'!
Mikel adding: 'Don't play too hard' and 'they can't possibly win now'!
Obviously-- some idjit will think this.
Another idjit might even post it here a half-dozen times.
You're so scared. Real's defence is leaky and we will score at least one goal there and its over. Maybe get real and in this type of tie, having a strong defence works in your favor with a 3-goal advantage.
No, I've played several sports at a high enough level to know better.
I'm not a fool. Please, proceed.
YouтАЩre giving way too much credit to a defensively weak team. You donтАЩt win games from a 3-0 deficit with a terrible defence. We may not be as good as them attacking wise but boy oh boy can we defend. As shit as our season has been even I believe the boys will not throw in a towel with a 3-0 lead. Not this Arsenal team.
Today-- we won-- on a pair of worldies by Declan and a right-place goal by Merino.
If you think RM can't bag a couple of the same-- and add a pedestrian goal from among Vini | Mbappe | Rodrygo | Jude you're edging up against delusional.
You're ready to exhale and relax, then put your feet up.
I'd have cut you from every team I've managed-- just for that attitude.
If you think we wonтАЩt score against their crap defence its no wonder that career didnтАЩt work out for you. YouтАЩve made up your mind like a loser, so enjoy being one. Better not show your face while weтАЩre playing in the semi-final. Delusional. Keep wanking to that Madrid badge.
You may want to switch to decaf.
Just ignore the simp.
His teenage girl act is nauseating
We are good enough not to concede 4 goals. You believe we won't score there? That's fair, but no way are we conceding 4 without reply/replies. They will commit and we will punish them at the back. They're not the business defending. This tie was done the moment they conceded that 3rd goal tonight.
I am not saying we won't go through. I believe we will. But it won't be easy cruising. We will have to suffer and be nervous at times.
I know it won't be easy. We will for sure concede there. They will huff and puff, but it's a little too late. Silencing their crowd is what I expect us to do, and we have enough to score there. I don't care how loud their home is, we will score there because their defence is weak and not good enough to not concede and that's all we have to do. scoreline can be 3-1 and guess who goes to the semi final. we're not the type to cave in and if we lose I expect a narrow 2-1 or 1-0 loss. Like I said to another poster the damage was done the moment the third goal went in.
I like your confidence but Real Madrid and Liverpool in the CL have simply made too many impossible second leg comebacks over the years
Thise are the only two teams who are dead only when the coffin is 6 feet under with soil on top.
What I see right now is a corpse with 3 gunshot wounds, but this could yet be a zombie move.
99% confident myself
ItтАЩs the overconfidence in the semis that has me worried
Please no Villa
Recall a couple seasons back in the CL semis,
when height-of-their-powers City led RM 3-0 at 76'--
and City lost on aggregate?
Don't take your boot off your opponents' collective neck. Ever.
Different teams, mate. This current Real team just ain't it.
It's a lifelong credo that works no matter who you're playing.
Not this time. That credo has run out.
I agree with JW1
ItтАЩs not that real are that good at this exact moment, is that they are Real Madrid, which is more significant than you give them credit for
Going back to elite esports analogies as I love me some of those, those who are consistently the best players in the world over tens of years develop an abstract advantage over the rest that is difficult to quantify. They can play pretty badly, struggle badly, be down and out and somehow find a result against all odds. Actually the opposition to said players/teams can come quite heavily unstuck by overthinking the situation. When the best of the best are playing genuinely quite crap it can actually be a bit disarming and unexpected, leading to the opposition making some unforced errors and inviting the comeback accidentally. Sometimes itтАЩs easier to play against a good opponent playing as well as expected than a good opponent who is surprisingly off colour.
In football, this can manifest for example in Arsenal going into the second leg and Madrid playing poorly, but Arsenal not daring to turn the screw when the chance is actually there because тАШsurely Madrid arenтАЩt going to roll over???тАЩ. So Arsenal play more cautiously than they should and fail to score the first goal. Madrid recover their heads in the second half and score first. At that point the tie is wide wide open and momentum swings to Madrid at home and with Arsenal players ruing that they didnтАЩt bury Madrid when they had the chance. That frustration then actually makes it easier for Madrid to get a second and if that happens all bets are off.
Not saying the above will happen but this is an entirely plausible scenario. Seen it happens a million times before and will a million times again
I know about all that but it ainтАЩt happening this time around. I wonтАЩt budge. Nothing is in their favor after youтАЩve done all your hypothesis and historical mambo jumbo.
Ehhh like I said we are just far better defensively. Real do not have it in them to keep a clean sheet and I cannot see us conceding 4 with no reply. The tie is done and its not a confidence thing. Its just reality of the situation.