Match Day Thread Atletico Away

Crazy schedule but this comes with the territory.

Play Eden for match fitness. Play some fringe players like Cescy, Cahill.

Try to snatch a draw which will feel like a win.

Focus should be on the weekend.

 

I would be delighted with a point from this one. One of the toughest fixtures in the whole competition imo.

 

Hope Hazard starts.If Luis can play reckon he'll set up like he did at Spurs.

 

Following should start.

Thibo, Rudiger, Luiz, Cahill, Azpi, Eden, Zappa, Pedro, Musonda, Cescy, Willian

No strikers. False 9.
Azpi will protect Cahill.

 

Stan, you're mad. Don't start Morata against Atletico? He'll be well up for it and knows their defence inside out. Big players rise to the big occasions and this is about as it comes for ex Madrid.

 

Not mad bro.

Just want to rest Morata and have him sharp for City. Don't want to burn him out against Dogged Atleti D.
Also, we should play Atleti in their own game. Sit back, absorb & hit on break.

Atleti & City will Define our Season. 2 Draws could be the best we could expect.

 

Burn him out? He's a professional footballer whose played half a dozen games!!

Talk about burn out in march not September you loon!!

 

I'd go along with that even though I think City haven't been properly tested - mentally I think Athletico game is ideal preparation for Saturday's match.

 

A good result here could be the difference between Real Madrid in the last 16 or Spartak Moscow for example.

Definitely wouldn't be resting players for this, worry about City when we get to it.

Courtois
Moses Azpi Luiz Rudiger Alonso
Cesc Baka Kante
Hazard Morata

 

So we concede a pen?? Following text commentary.

Luiz? Back to his Maverick self than last seasons disciplined self.

I already said I am glad he isn't playing this weekend.

We don't deserve to trail per live text.

Griezman has missed zillion penalties against Real, but dispatches this Ffs

 

Morata looking better with every game,very happy with the performance tonight.

 

Mighty blues!!!!!!!!!!!....Batshit!!!!

 

No Cescy yes party.

Even Batters scores ffs. Very well deserved win for us.

Should have been 0-3.
And it should have been 3-3 in Moscow. Hth 1-4??

 

****ing get in. Shouted the house down when Batshit buried it! Hardest game of the group by far and we got 3 points

 

I can't have been the only one wondering why we didn't just stick that last free kick In the box? I guess that's why i'm just a spectator. A goal worthy of winning any game.

 

Yup. When they played it short i was like "What the ****??!" but shows what we know eh?

 

Now that felt like Champions league.

 

Not going to try and pick the bones out of this one, though I could easily write 10 pages on this fantastic performance. Step forward Marcos Alonso absolutely fantastic display, showed Moses how play wing back. Never thought I'd be writing this after a stella performance from Hazard Conte and Morata.

 

Oh and Morata will be better than Costa.

 

Wonderful play all game, we ran the game for most of the time and kept a very dangerous side from scoring from open play. To cap it off we found a way through one of the better defensive sides for the winning goal. All credit to entire team, though Moses was off with some of his passing, he still put in pretty well. Alonso was well covered by Cahill tonight and played a major role. Wonderful CL game, different class to the often kick ,bollock scramble of the PL. Really good players can show their stuff at this level.