So very true. Saka + Ø partnership so key to all the goals they used to score. Any team would suffer from their two best attackers disappearing.

Looooved Van Dijk acknowledging that Marquinhos block last night.

So many great things about it: The sportsmanship, the recogntition of a great piece of defending (so often overlooked), the respect between two defensive giants even when rivals.

Thanks!

Kommentar Haugstad: Hvorfor sluttet Liverpool å kjøpe spillere som dette? De røde er best med vinger som både kan sentre, drible og score.

Litt om Liverpools rekruttering.

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Yeah they've lost a lot of pace.

PSG have 68% possession in CL. Pretty crazy average after a quarterfinal.

PSG might collectively be the fastest football team I can remember watching. Rocketfuel everywhere. Add that to technique and cohesion ... yeah.

Yep

I had to do a double take when reading that Ødegaard is tied top for Arsenal assists in PL this season. Often injured, far from his best, at a team leading the table after 31 games. And yet it's true. He's got 5 of them.

Yep, but doesn't guarantee anything.

I thought Xabi might be able to deal with it, given the career he had, but shows you how hard it is.

I wonder what the chances are of Carletto going back to Madrid a third time.

Not many coaches you'd back to handle that dressing room + the club culture of player power. Zidane waiting for France. There's a reason he and Carlo have been hired twice already.

Jeg så Frankfurt 3-3 Bayern på samme sted i 2024, og ble kjempeimponert. Definitivt en av de bedre stedene man kan se kamp.

Mange takk, Dag Inge. Jeg prøvde å være nøye og forsiktig med den paragrafen, men burde åpenbart studert saken bedre. Skal få det korrigert.

KDB ville bort han og. Men fair point, jeg burde nok sagt det mer spesifikt om etablerte A-lagsspillere, i stedet for unge talenter som ikke har fått sine gjennombrudd. Og i så fall kan signeringen av Tel forsvares.

Hmm Alvarez ønsket seg bort, og Raiola tok Pogba ut av United fordi de ikke betalte ham nok. Kjøper resten.

Sant, dog ikke helt samme som at Madrid aktivt ville selge. Tror de så at det lå et potensiale der.

Husker jeg rett hadde Ødegaard lyst til å flytte på seg, så vil si det er litt annerledes. Men finnes unntak, så klart.

Kan du utdype please?

Smart clubs find a way to play, then find a coach.

Rarely a great sign when clubs appear to go back and forth between different kinds of coaches. At least De Zerbi should be a better fit than Frank.

Frank --> Tudor --> De Zerbi.

*Feels* a bit like, 'Ah the pragmatic one didn't work, let's try the opposite.'

Nearly 9 years ago, back when I used to write stuff; didn't do many "hail the transfer" pieces, but safe to say picked a good one ha
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Hehe får håpe det.

Klubbene til forsvarerne:

NOR: Genoa, Brentford, Dortmund, Torino, Wolves, Glimt (x2), Bologna, Viking.

NED: Chelsea, Brighton, Liverpool (x2), Man City, Spurs, Inter (x2).

Litt forskjell her.

Thore Haugstad-kommentar om Haaland og Ødegaard: Ligaen der (nesten) ingen spiller bra Norges stjerner scorer få mål i Premier League. Men de er ikke alene.

Norges stjerner scorer få mål i PL.

Heldigvis er de ikke alene.

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Will be *very* interested to see how Arsenal deal with Sporting in Lisbon. Absolute menace of a team.

Thore Haugstad-kommentar: Dette tapet viste Bodø/Glimts storhet Smellen mot Sporting belyste nivået Glimt har herjet på i vinter.

Jeg trodde Glimt skulle nå kvarten i går.

Men når Glimt så ofte gjør det umulige til noe normalt, er det lett å glemme hvor brutal CL kan være.

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Soooooo many errors.

Yeah that's a great observation.

... which is why you almost have to talk about CL history before/after 1997-98, when multiple teams from the same country were allowed entry.