Saw the highlights. Dortmund's away goal will make the second leg very edgy for Juve, but yeah, they really should've put the tie way beyond Dortmund's reach. Lovely finish from Reus though, even if it was a result of Chiellini's mistake.
Hard to know what to make of Barca last night. First half they looked immense but City just approached them all wrong. 2nd half City really went at them but I'm not sure if Barca were just protecting their lead at that point.
Either way, Messi was brilliant. If he's this good after his peak, it only goes to show how almost supernatural he was during it. Suarez too was immense. Neymar hardly had a kick though. Zabaleta gave away the pen at the end but until then he did a great job of keeping him out of the game. Probably City's best player over the 90, along with Hart. Kompany though, has to be some big questions asked about him now.
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
anecdotally, slavo is a la liga fan. just goes to show it's not a prem monopoly everywhere.
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No, definitely. Lots of people love La Liga in the UK too, although obviously in most part as a supplement rather than alternative to the Prem.
I suppose with the Bundesliga, the elephant in the room is that it's German and in large parts of Europe still deeply entrenched German stereotypes don't fit with romantic ideas about football. No problem when it comes to cars; there the stereotype works in its favour. I definitely think it has an image problem when it comes to football, though, as reflecting stereotypes of a slightly passionless, ultra efficient, rather too disciplined culture. (Not saying they're right but stereotypes are stereotypes). Klopp's probably done a lot to overturn that prejudice but even Pep seems unable to put a positive spin on Bayern's image. And Germany's image overall has been rocked by the Eurozone crisis. A lot of younger people who don't really care about old issues concerning the war will be aware of the situation over Greece, which is putting Germany in a bad light%2