Champions League 2013/14

[stokeriño]

This referee is getting more ridiculous as the game goes on.

[stokeriño]

Well nuts.

[brenchill]

Schalke 0 - 5 Real Madrid (Benzema x2, Bale x2 and Ronaldo)

[Baddar]

Gonna go out on a limb and say Real are in the quarters.

[Dan]

English teams in Europe are terrible this year.

[stokeriño]

Adequate away result. Disappointing in the sense of just how open Galatasaray were in the first half-hour and how further advantage was not taken. Also that a player other than Drogba scored for them.

Also irritation in the way that the referee spent most of the game handing out free passes to the home players, particularly Melo who ought to have been booked about four times but appeared to have special immunity of some sort. At least that kind of BS won't be repeated outside of Istanbul.

Fully expect a win at the Bridge next month to progress.

[brenchill]

Schalke nabbed a last minute home goal to make it 1-6.

Good luck to them in Madrid...

[DavidMarrio]

Huntelaar's goal was an absolute screamer.

http://i.imgur.com/eLgdRJ7.gif

[Rainiac]

Huntelaar's goal was an absolute screamer.

http://i.imgur.com/eLgdRJ7.gif

That's an absolute belter. A pity it will likely make no impact whatsoever on the final result after the 2nd leg. As someone here has already said, I think we can safely pencil Real Madrid into the Quarter Final bracket

[Lineker]

Shit - that is a goal.

[brenchill]

What a hit.

[Lineker]

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is given a three-game Uefa touchline ban, one suspended for two years. Pellegrini's ban starts with his team's round of 16 second leg against Barcelona in Spain on 12 March.

A Uefa statement reads: "This means that Pellegrini may follow the game from the stands only; he may not enter the dressing room, tunnel or technical area before or during the match."

Pellegrini was charged by Uefa for "violation of the general principles of conduct" after he reacted to a 2-0 first-leg loss to Barcelona earlier this month by strongly criticising referee Jonas Eriksson.

[brenchill]

And rightly so.

But what do you expect when you interview a manager immediately after his team have been a disappointment?

[Colly]

Humility?

It's not even as if he just went 'yeah, not sure about that penalty', he openly stated Swedes are shit.

[Matt]

Too many managers are dicks when they lose, they need to be more like our Egg, he's a lovely man.

[stokeriño]

I hear that laundry baskets are pretty comfortable to hide in...

[Lineker]

Too many managers are dicks when they lose, they need to be more like our Egg, he's a lovely man.

Rich?

[The Lusophone]

I hear that laundry baskets are pretty comfortable to hide in...

Was there any ever reaction to that? Like, did UEFA give Jose another punishment or something?

[stokeriño]

I'm not sure it was ever 100% confirmed, to be honest.

[Cheeky Hughes]

So who is going to take over for the Nou Camp game then? Kidd? Cousillas? Vieira? A mangled hybrid of the three?