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Anderlecht won today, Man Utd. gave it away.

Our first half wasn't good, second half was better after the subs were made. Still a chance, but the second leg will probably go Man Utd's way, although we tend to play better away in European games, so there's hope!

Ajax 2-0 win, that's nice too!

13-Apr-2017 22:25:53

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The good thing for Anderlecht is that they didn't play well at all and they still got a draw. Normally Anderlecht are much better on the break. Yesterday there were too many sloppy passes and they often ended up just giving the ball away on the break. Tielemans wasn't good either, but probably because Man Utd's midfield was just better. Man Utd. are going to have to score at least twice in England though. I wouldn't count on a 0-0 or 1-0.

14-Apr-2017 13:05:48

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Home record is decent, with one loss at home in the league and just a single goal conceded at Old trafford in Europe thus far (in the 4-1 win against Fenerbahce).
Scoring goals has been the main problem this season leading to a lot of draws, but defensively I can't complain much.

If Anderlecht scores the first goal I think they have a good chance at advancing tbh.

15-Apr-2017 00:12:06 - Last edited on 15-Apr-2017 00:13:18 by Seeker

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Leicester: 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace. Missing Wes Morgan through injury

Atletico: 3-0 win over Osasuna. Simeone took the opportunity to rest some starters like Griezmann and Godin. 2 goals by Carrasco. 2 missed penalties in 89th and 90th min.

Real Madrid: 3-2 win over Sporting Gijon after a late goal by Isco in the 90th minute. Heavily rotated team with the likes of Ronaldo, Bale, Kroos, Modric, Benzema not playing.

Bayern: Held to a 0-0 draw against bayer leverkusen despite leverkusen playing with 10 men from the 59th min. Rested a couple starters from the last champions league game.
Lewandowski did not feature after missing the last champions league game due to injury.

Barcelona: 3-2 win against Real Sociedad. Very unconvincing win by Barcelona as their defence looked very vulnerable. Bailed out by Messi scoring twice before setting up Paco Alcacer for their third. Neymar forcibly rested for his first out of three league games due to suspension.
Big week ahead as they need to overturn a 3-0 deficit against Juventus and a must-win against Real Madrid in el clasico on sunday.

Juventus: 2-0 win over Pescara after 2 goals by Higuain. Six starters from the champions league game rested, but Dybala picked up an injury which might put him out of the next game against Barcelona.

Monaco: 2-1 win against 19th placed Dijon. Falcao subbed on to score the winner in 2nd half. Not much rotation from the game against Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund: 3-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Marco Reus returned from injury to put them in the lead after 3 minutes; however he had to be replaced by Dembele already after 46 mins.

15-Apr-2017 23:20:52 - Last edited on 15-Apr-2017 23:27:08 by Seeker

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Updates

Real Madrid: Bale won't play- Isco or Asensio expected to take his spot.

Bayern: Hummels will travel with the squad, Boateng unlikely to play.

Manchester united: 2-0 against Chelsea, Ibrahimovic only came on after 80 mins to see out the game.
https://twitter.com/OptaJoe/status/853653127584776192

16-Apr-2017 13:57:04 - Last edited on 16-Apr-2017 18:03:23 by Seeker

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Nice updates. I didn't watch, but I'm surprised that Chelsea lost. I'm hoping that might lead to Man Utd. underestimating Anderlecht next week.

By the way, Anderlecht player with an amazing dribble goal today: https://streamable.com/lejtq

16-Apr-2017 21:06:06

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