Champions League Thread (the dawn of time - 2014)

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Maybe that's what they need to do, tweak their system for the better (permanently), but knowing Barcelona, they won't do it.

 

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So War, still reckon that Dortmund are inferior to the likes Juventus and United?

 

[Auwais]

Please lets there be two German teams in the final at Wembley of all places.

The uber-nationalists will be fuming.

 

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So War, still reckon that Dortmund are inferior to the likes Juventus and United?

Ha oh dear, im sorry i wasn't convinced about Dortumund superiority as early as you oh great one, i bow to your superior knowledge.

Dortmund have lost Gotze, Lewandowski has not renewed his contract and some of big players are subject to transfer speculation. United & Juve on the other are likely to buy a big player in the summer to get stronger in key area's.

So while i'll give Dortmund the edge over them now, it can quickly change next season if Lewandowski & other key player follows Gotze out.

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Maybe that's what they need to do, tweak their system for the better (permanently), but knowing Barcelona, they won't do it.

Guardiola in his last season 2011/12 was experimenting with a back 3 formation a lot - http://www.football-lineups.com/season/Barcelona/2011-2012/, but looking back i'm suspecting it didn't work because he didn't have the right players (mainly defenders) to make it work properly.

The good thing about this system as the game vs Milan showed is that the basics of their tried, tested & successful tiki-taka style won't be compromised & it potentially can make them better.

 

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Ha oh dear, im sorry i wasn't convinced about Dortumund superiority as early as you oh great one, i bow to your superior knowledge.

Good boy.

Dortmund have lost Gotze, Lewandowski has not renewed his contract and some of big players are subject to transfer speculation. United & Juve on the other are likely to buy a big player in the summer to get stronger in key area's.

So while i'll give Dortmund the edge over them now, it can quickly change next season if Lewandowski & other key player follows Gotze out.

Going by their tremendous record of replacing players with better players(Sahin out, Gundogan in and Kagawa out, Reus in), I think they're here to stay.

Guardiola in his last season 2011/12 was experimenting with a back 3 formation a lot - Barcelona 2011-2012, but looking back i'm suspecting it didn't work because he didn't have the right players (mainly defenders) to make it work properly.

The good thing about this system as the game vs Milan showed is that the basics of their tried, tested & successful tiki-taka style won't be compromised & it potentially can make them better.

The Milan game this season was almost a one-off though, it's like our(Man City) 3-5-2 experiment this season, the only time I recall it coming off was against Tottenham at home...

 

[Haarithan]

Lewandowski has to be City/Chelsea/United's number one priority this summer, not Falcao or Cavani. You won't get a better footballer on the cheap with such game intelligence levels and finishing.

 

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What the other 2 have going for them is probably their finishing, but Lewandowski I reckon has them beat on all the other departments, he's better on the ball, his linkup play is tremendous, he's just the perfect striker of the modern era really.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

Lewandowski has to be City/Chelsea/United's number one priority this summer, not Falcao or Cavani. You won't get a better footballer on the cheap with such game intelligence levels and finishing.

apparently already a done deal, he's off to bayern as well. dunno how definite this one is.

 

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They say it's a done deal, but I really can't see Dortmund selling to Bayern unless they absolutely have to(release clause being triggered, that sort of thing), and they won't have to with the likes of United supposedly fishing around.

 

[Bevab]

No way Lewandowski is going to Bayern unless they overpay significantly, or he's really more interested in Bayern than any other club (again an unlikely proposition).

 

[Auwais]

I don't think Lewandowski is as big a threat aerially as Falcao and Cavani either but they're surely on the same level in terms of ability at the moment.

 

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Falcao is only 5'10 too, maybe that's why they call him "El Tigre"... dat leap.

 

[Haarithan]

Dortmund fans in Madrid...

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Madrid should really be right back in this - they've had so many chances!

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Wow - what a game!

One more for Real and they win on away goals don't they?