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el real when shocked with a quick goal juventus in nest by mandzukic after successfully convert assistdari khedira ,.
madrid defense becomes brittle without the presence of ramos ,, and I think it would be a threat to real madrid if this fragility persists...

Roma and Liverpool were up in the semifinals yesterday. The elimination of two favorite teams such as Manchester City and Barcelona has boosted Bayern well. Sevilla does not give confidence in their away games. I am waiting an easy game for Bayern.

I have a bit different take on games today:
Real Madrid vs. Juve over 2.5 goals. I think Juve will manage to score at least one goal today. I am expecting/hoping to see a result like 2:2
Bayern vs. Sevila i have played that Sevilla will not lose with more then 2 goals. Maybe I am biased after watching Roma yesterday but I am not expecting Bayern to have a walkover tonight.

Can't wait for the games though. We really have a privilege watching some great football in CL this season.

Bayern really should qualify for the semi final but after what Roma did last night it really wouldn’t surprise me to see Sevilla pull a rabbit out of a hat.
Juventus are dead though, can’t see a way out for them.

Salah is a machine, Mane is a beast, Firminho is a monster. No one in Europe will be pleased to face any of these, least of all in their entire triumvirate! Well done on booking Kiev. I wish the clock were turned back a few years and I have the resources (time mostly) to go. I was able to for a period of 4 years - all of which we weren't even in CL, so I feel like I've really missed an opportunity.

I forgot about Sterling to be honest. Suarez I could never begrudge, I love that guy with a twinge of sadness. Sterling though, he left and we got better so I'm happy for the choices people made. Even Coutinho I somehow never got attached to in his time. No bad blood, and I'm sure he and Suarez will be jumping up and down watching us in the semis!

I bet right now no wants to play against LFC in the semi-finals.The front three look unstoppable this season (that first touch from Mané before salah's goal yesterday...fantastic), especially Salah , someone who I thought was the new "Mahrez" or "Kane" this season in terms of hype and goals, but the guy is showing up when it matters, in the big games, and I'm looking forward to see him against world class defenders.

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Today:

Real Madrid v juventus / under 2.5 Goals @2.40 / First to Score RM @1.50
Bayern Munich vs Sevilla / BTTS @1.60 and Over 3.5 Goals @1.76

We can't deny Real Madrid is a beast in the UEFA Champions League. It is indeed they are sure favorited partly because in the last 2 year they take home the championship and if they did it again in these years that will make them win the championship third times in a row. So, I believe the psychological motivation is strong for Real Madrid.

Anything can happen in this season’s CL now, I genuinely do not know who will become champions on May 26. Real Madrid are slight favourites due to their experience in the competition but who would bet against Liverpool? Look at Roma & what they did to Barcelona. Bayern have been there & done it before.

It will be very exciting, the semi final draw is on Friday.

I don’t give a damn if it was offside or not, we’re into the semi finals. City had 3 or 4 shots on target in both games combined

Who wants to face the mighty LFC now? I’m not afraid of anybody, sure you need a lot of luck to win the CL but I think we have a good a chance as anybody. I will have two tickets for the Anfield leg of the semi. I’ve booked a hotel in Kiev for the final today (it has free cancellation so if we go out I can cancel it).

I have to be there if we make it, I just have to. It could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Mo Salah is a machine.


Fun fact is Suarez, Sterling & Coutinho all went out on the same night
All 3 left Liverpool hoping for bigger things (Suarez has done well I admit that)

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So I managed to predict it well! Roma is the only team that is able to score a few goals in the barcelona and it's still there.

Maybe not in the first match where I was slightly surprised by the result, but in the second one it was. So I correctly predicted and felt that ROMA could mix up.

And the ODDs was really good. Playing a handicap on a rock -1.5 we would win x10!

Let me be honest. I predicted Barcelona to win the Champions League while ROMA turned out to be the worst possible for them.
Barcelona yesterday was a joke. I had an impression that they do NOT want to win it...

Regarding the bold part.
I am from Croatia, same as Lovren and I have watched him play many times for different clubs and national team. Best description I have ever read regarding his football proves went something like this:

There have been many surprises at UCL lately. This is the quarter-finals but many goals have been created while the teams involved in this round are considered as the best. Let's see if there will be another surprise or not tonight.

I was just discussing last night before the game, that a nice dream would be for Pool to progress and reunite temporarily with Barca either in the semis or who knows, all the way to the game in Kiev. But it was definitely not to be. I was too consumed by the game even when leading 2-1, I was half expecting 2 or 3 goals to still creep into the net but I've never seen Lovren so solid (please don't get jinxed, dude).

It was only after the game ended and commentary switched to Rome that I realised Messi and co were dumped out!

I honestly can't remember when quarterfinals were this exciting (though of course having pool in it ups the excitement for me). Who would have though Italy could still be represented in the SF when both Juve and Roma had 3 goal deficits? So now Italy and England await tonight to see who makes it. Two major upsets... Roma was over 20 to progress. I made a sweet 6.4 on Liverpool to win, but imagine a parlay with Roma!


It was a major talking point by all the commentators, but they roundly agreed - as did Pep himself, that they deserved to get knocked out by the way they played both 2nd halves. I'm a pool fan, and that was a goal for sure. I won't even comment about the first goal when Sterling fouled DVD leading up to the goal. van Dijk should know better than to look to the ref for a whistle. I just can't abide by players who look for fouls.

As always Barcelona gave a surprise to their audience and this time it is loosing the game. It clearly proves that they are the no.1 fixer team who are playing only for the fixers only. Mostly i think in the final we can see Real madrid vs Liverpool, if this team dont mean in semi final

It's funny how everyone pretends to follow the CL closely but I haven't seen any arguments about Leroy Sane's goal that was flagged as 'off side' by the lines man...

Anyway, congrats to Liverpool.  It's at least nice to see one EPL club in the semis.  

I think these two teams (Roma and liverpool) are the teams that will not qualify for the Semi-finals, but everything is will happening in the world of football. After the first half of Roma in the 4-1 chain and now Roma comeback and scored 3 goals so the score becomes 4-4 and Roma qualify for the next round. Good bye Barcelona, Lionel Messi will cry after this game.

And the second team is liverpool, in the first leg I bet for Man City but what happened surprisingly Liverpool were able to slaughter with a score of 3-0 and the second leg at Etihad Stadium last night made me lose for the second time, liverpool win 1- 2 and liverpool are entitled to the Semi-Final round.

I really expected Liverpool might be more in danger then Barcelona. I also did expect Liverpool to score at least once and hence secure the passage to semi-finals. That first goal was amazing.

However, what I didn't expect was for Barcelona to make a harakiri. They played like they already won and didn't even try to score. Yet they settled for playing some defense, which they don't know how to play (most of the goals they concede shouldn't even be considered serious for a professional football), without even making their trademark pressing, leaving Roma to drag the ball easily to dangerous area - either for a shot from the edge of the penalty box or for the cross, while Barcelona really cannot compete with Roma with headers, last 20 minutes showed that really clearly.

I am not sure what they thought, but after Roma's second goal it was quite obvious that Barca will concede another one if they don't change their approach. And they didn't. Hence nothing miraculous there in second half.

Did anyone even expect Roma to win against Barcelona? Dead honest I'm a little bit in a shock, how in the world of football a team from Italy can beat the scary Barcelona. Really weird stuff, if someone placed a bet on Roma to win, hat off to you Sir. Manchester City versus Liverpool was kind of expected to be honest. Liverpool plaid the first half pretty bad if I'm being honest, but the second half, went in no ifs and buts about it, dominated throughout the half. Definitely Roma fans do not get offended, I'm not saying they are a weak team, but its just weird, honestly I really hope they play like that and go to the final.

The same astonishing reversal, also reminds me of 6:1 reversed greater Barcelona last year, the difference is that last year, Barcelona's reversal, has caused great controversy ( the earth the person all know )what is going on, Rome today reversal, is open, self-respect!

As roma is surprise can win meet barcelona with much goal 3-0
my prediction final match can meet real madrid - bayern munchen, liverpool can surprise, whatever team meet liverpol in semi final still chance can win