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MC Prussian

European Football 18/19

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7 hours ago, Walkers said:

So whats happened to Basel, Prussian?

Lost that lovely feeling.

 

In all seriousness, the domestic run and the one they were on in Europe just couldn't be sustained.

 

Personnel moves on, players leave, wrong decisions are made, wrong new players added, injuries taking their toll. The club put too much faith in new brooms in management that lack necessary skills (Streller) and former heroes (Frei, Stocker). Former manager Wicky was popular with the squad, as he's also still rather young, but on the sidelines, he became more and more helpless.

They're still well-off on the whole and I do hope they find back to winning ways soon - but to be honest, it got to a point where top flight football in Switzerland became a bit of a farce with one team earning all the credentials regularly.

It was about time that another team won the league.

 

I'm more concerned about the overall performance of Swiss teams in Europe, because I want us to gain a better UEFA coefficient. Young Boys don't stand a chance in that killer group with Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia. Lucerne, St. Gallen both out early in the Europa League qualifiers. Basel out against a team from Cyprus.

 

Only FC Zürich are still holding up the flag, fighting their way through their EL group stage.

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28 minutes ago, Corky said:

Lopetegui sacked. What a 4 months he's had- from potentially helping Spain win a World Cup to being sacked twice.

Saw  something on Reddit earlier joking that he's going to go and kill the their royal family now lol

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He's an interesting warning to any top Premier league clubs tempted by Southgate if England have a reasonable Euros. Similar career, really, albeit even more low key than GS. 

 

Middled around with a couple Spanish clubs, was crap, did age group stuff for the Spanish national team, gets national job as a result, does a pretty okay job... gets Madrid!? 

 

Bonkers to begin with. 

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Barcelona vs. Betis was an epic game.

 

Barca pressing like the world depended on it, Betis not holding back. Betis go 2-0 up, that particular lead lasts until the 67th minute, when Messi scores a penalty, then Ter Stegen comes up with a Karius-like blunder to restore Betis' two-goal advantage.

Vidal makes it 2-3 in the 79th minute after a quick one-two, Betis score again in the 83rd minute, only for Barcelona to score their third in injury time.

 

Relentless.

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3 hours ago, The soup nazi said:

Will be at the Stadio San Paolo on Sunday for Napoli - Chievo.  1st game in Italy for me so I'm buzzing. 

Enjoy the trip.

Just don't fall off the stands, promise.

The San Paolo has its charm, that is if you like rust and the smell of urine throughout a football stadium.

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And Dortmund have finally signed Paco Alcacer on a permanent transfer. Somewhere between £20m and £23m.

Given his recent output, that's a bargain. 

Looking forward to him putting them into the net left, right and center. Superb signing for the BVB.

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And Union Berlin the only team in the European top two divisions - apart from powerhouses such as Manchester City, Liverpool, Dortmund, PSG and Juventus - still unbeaten.

 

Hope they finally get promoted to the Bundesliga - derby matches against Hertha would be fantastic.

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