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Anything is definitely possible in football but Real Madrid probably going to win in three times in a row . Bayern probably stands no chance against them or atleast I think so but Liverpool might surprises us, they have beat manchester city which is a favourite to win the champions league so they might be able to do something to Real Madrid

Real vs Bayern. Well, Real Madrid winning UCL third year in a row would be like a worst nightmare for me, so I hope that Bayern will kick them out. But I don't believe that's possible. We remember Ronaldo goals from offside against Bayern last time, now questionable penalty against Juventus. I hope that referees will not become brightest stars of the fame this time...
Roma vs Liverpool. Liverpool now have great chances to reach UCL final first time since 2007. I think even Liverpool fans didn't expected that their team can go so far this season.

Arsenal - Atletico. Mostly wanted to see these team in the final, but they will face each other in semifinal. Atletico have better chances but I think we shouldn't underestimate Arsenal
Marseille - Salzburg. While watching yesterday game I thought that Marseille would be very difficult opponent for Arsenal or Atletico. Salzburg, despite amazing performance against Lazio now have only minimal chances to reach final I think.

noooooo! I wanted to see Liverpool vs Roma in the final  but i'm glad that one of them will be in the final.

Bayern Munich will finally face a top team in the CL this season. Real Madrid vs Bayern is a Champions League classic (the most played CL match), in 4 occasions the winner of this draw has won the Champions League. They've met 24 times in this competition with a record: Bayern 11 RM 11 Draws 2. Last time they met was last year in the quarter finals, RM beat Bayern 1-2 at the Allianz Arena, and 4-2 in extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu (remember? when Vidal saw the red card and Ronaldo scored a hat trick?). There's no doubt that the germans are looking for revenge after last year's KO, and with Jupp Heynckes (who returns to the Santiago Berbaeu after 20 years, he lead RM to win their 7th Champions League title) they might actually have a chance to put a stop to RM's dominance. Great game ahead of us.

On the other hand, Liverpool is going to play against the weakest team (let's not kid ourselves, the italians are the weakest team in the semis). Rematch of the 1984 European cup final. They've met 5 times in the CL (3 Liverpool 1 Roma 1 Draw). Last time they met was in the 2002 Champions League in the group stage. IMO, there are no favorites here, but Salah will return to his former team where they know him pretty well so it'll be interesting to see how they manage to stop the Egyptian's great form.

Europa League:

Marseille vs Salzburg / Arsenal vs Atletico

Oh the dream, everybody wanted to see the gunners in the final against the spaniards. IMO, this is arguably the worst draw Arsenal could get, chances of reaching the final are getting slim, but I think it's going to be an exciting match.

So Bayern Munich just announced that Niko Kovac is gonna be their new manager starting next season on a three year deal.  No idea who he is...  Lol.

Edit:  YEEEESSS!!!!  LFC drew Roma!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

He scored another beautiful goal with his left foot from about 20 meters out but it was disallowed because his teammate made a foul. On top of that he had some great dribbles and long passes throughout the game. It seems to me that his touch is better then ever, he is only lacking a little on the fitness plan.

The draw should start any minute now so let's see what delights await us in the future...

The CL semi finals draw starts in 10 minutes guys!  I hope LFC draws Roma!

I will edit this post as the draws come in... 

maybe if Liverpool vs madrid and Roma vs Bayern then in the final match we will see Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich but so far Liverpool and Roma has did good job while they're not the most favourite teams to reach semifinal matches but they already proof to the people that they're deserve to get that

Since he went away from West Ham I didn't watch him very much and I didn't hear a lot about him as well. Hence, I thought that maybe he lost his touch.
But the ball controls he showed yesterday - amazing. End that goal, my reaction was - "Payet...goal....." before he scored. It was clear to me he would score as soon as I found out it was him entering the box. Amazing guy.

Yes, me too, I like when the match ends clean - however else it ends. I am even not very happy if my favorite team wins by the means of refereeing mistakes. That is why I cannot figure out how people cannot look at things more objectively. I understand the passion, the moment, but I cannot understand protecting the argument a long time after it was already established they were wrong.

Also - football needs more clear rules, and referees sticking to them at all costs, there are simply too many situations in which they can decide as they like and still be right.

By the way, a situation from this game was clear - Juve was a better side, Real needed some luck, or "luck" to win in the end. However, there are also many situations when one side would win even without the help coming from referees, and they still help them thus making them a complete disservice. A team winning like that gets accustomed to winning by chance hence becoming lazy, or if they deserve a victory, people still dispute it. That's how, for example, many people came to hate Barcelona from a few years ago).


I think there was a slight kick in the body, but that was a normal contact, he cleared the ball first and didn't hit him hard, hit his foot holding the center of his mass, or anything like that.



Not sure about this one, really not sure. When a guy runs fast like that, it is easy for him to throw the other guy out of balance, especially if he is heavy.


I agree with you, I understand them, but it is still prudish  
Yes, they deserve our full respect for what they did in that unfortunate game.

I still have not received the results of Real Madrid's victory with Juventus, I do not understand the referee's decision is not profeional .. if the Referee let the game end in pure and no need to give a penalty to Real Madrid I think Juventus is more deserved to win the game .. I hope at the end match or final Real Madrid meet with Liverpool and will be won by Liverpool

4 teams remaining in champions league, one representative from 4 countries, Liverpool (England), AS Roma (Italy), Bayern Munich (Germany) and Real Madrid Spain. Somehow I want to see Real Madrid and Liverpool meet in the Semifinals. I think that match will be interesting to watch.

Actually, it was 4 minutes, they scored 3 goals in 4 minutes, crazy stuff.

Honestly though, it seems like the second goal from Salzburg was a psychological hit for Lazio, they lost concentration and everything went downhill from that moment (kinda similar to what happened in the 2014 WC match between Brazil and Germany), either that or Salzburg drank a few red bulls before the 2nd half.

About the other games, Arsenal almost pulled an Arsenal but they managed to score a goal (a beautiful goal btw). Atletico lost (one more goal from Sporting and it was extra time) but they advanced to semis. Marseille was also on the brink of collapse but the goal at the last minute sealed the deal. Overall, an amazing week of football.

juventus dismissed the issue that they would not be able to paralyze madrid in his cage. quick goals made in juventus in minute 2 able to grow the hope for juventus. but disastrous at the end of the match when madrid get a penalty. and I think it's a cheat from the referee. which I consider very unfair

Wow. Made a mistake not to watch any of the games in Europa. Possibly a mistake not to back Marseille again (I bet on them on the first leg, the only losing match that failed my parlay). So Arsenal prevented a comeback, my favourite Athleti couldn't score but are through, would have made a lot of money betting on the underdogs this round.

Perfect Europa final: Arsenal Athleti.
Perfect CL final: Liverpool Real.

Worth an all English parlay?

yeah it was great comeback after Immobile goal in second half they managed to come back from 2-5 loss situation to 6-5 in less then 20 minutes. Now with the confirmed Teams to qualify to the next stage I would like that Atletico avoid Arsenal in the Semies because so the final can be more entertaining in My opinion The Spanish side is still the number one contender to lift the title while Arsenal are still in the game but I don't have enough confidence on them. For CL I see that Bayern is the most prominent candidate to win the Champions League this year because of the strength of all lines unlike the other teams that face several problems and the performance have seen ups and downs all alongside the season.

After such amazing games in Champions league, I expected that Europa league matches will be boring. But no way, it was also exciting!
RB Leipzig scored early goal and were leading 2:0 on aggregate after that. But then Marseille scored 3 goals in a row. In 2nd half Marseille conceded another goal, but only after 5 minutes Payet scored 4th goal of Marseille. On additional time they finnished match by scoring empty net goal.
RB Salzburg made biggest sensation tonight by eliminating Lazio. 3 goals in 4 minutes is something phenomenal.
CSKA was also close to make sensation, they were leading against Arsenal 2:0 and needed to score one more goal, but on last minutes their players really goat tired and conceded 2 goals.
Champions and Europa league semifinal draw on this Friday.

Today I was also going with three games open and just one Marseille vs Leipzig could be very tough but this was just one sided affair and Salzburg done great job to eliminate another Italian side out of UEFA now next round could be more interesting and I am watching Arsenal and Atletiico can go through to final if these both are not facing each other in semi final very good soccer is still coming as we are going to  end this season in next few weeks

Oh boy this has to be some of the most exciting UEFA Champions League & Europa League playoffs I have ever seen. Salzburg scored 3 goals in 6 minutes blowing up Lazio to shreds lol I am looking forward to the games next round!

Something is not quite righit in LM
There was many controversial situations in last games
Panalties goals offsides etc
So where is VAR
VAR is used in polish poor legaue.Refrees are changing 50% of his decisions after watching replays

Blaming the referee will not be able to change the situation because Juventus nevertheless must accept the circumstances that happened that they did not make it to the semifinals. The issue of the referee's controversial decision we leave it to UEFA and wait for a decision on what happened in last night's UCL match between Real Madrid v Juventus. I was impressed when CR7 showed his respect for the outcome of the match by hugging Buffon as he walked down the aisle.