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Archives & Previous Seasons => Season Two => Match Buildups => Topic started by: Dazoctaron on January 09, 2021, 09:27:03 pm
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LEAGUE MATCHDAY 5 - Saturday 16th January
ELITE DIVISION
Ajax_Amsterdam - Real_Madrid
Bayern_Munich - Atletico_Madrid
Juventus - Barcelona
Paris_St.Germain - Borussia_Dortmund
AS_Roma - Liverpool
ADIDAS DIVISION
Arsenal - Manchester_United
FC_Basel - Bayer_Leverkusen
Celtic - Atalanta_BC
Manchester_City - Chelsea
Tottenham_Hotspur - Olympique_Lyonnais
MITRE DIVISION
AC_Milan - Shakhtar_Donetsk
Internazionale - SL_Benfica
Olympique_Marseille - Dinamo_Zagreb
Olympiakos - SS_Lazio
PAOK_Thessaloniki - SSC_Napoli
NIKE DIVISION
Borussia_Mon'gladbach - SK_Slavia_Prague
IFK_Gothenborg - Club_Brugge
AS_Monaco - Feyenoord
Schalke_04 - RB_Leipzig
VfL_Wolfsburg - RB_Salzburg
UHLSPORT DIVISION
BATE_Borisov - FC_Spartak_Moscow
Galatasaray_SK - Dynamo_Kiev
Ludogorets_Razgrad - Flora_Tallinn
Red_Star_Belgrade - Legia_Warsaw
CSKA_Sofia - APOEL_Nicossia
UMBRO DIVISION
Dundalk_FC - Valencia_CF
FC Porto - Everton
Real_Sociedad - Leicester_City
Sporting_Lisbon - Rangers
Villarreal_CF - Sevilla
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Dundalk - Valencia
We go in to this game with Paulista missing through suspension but Innocenti is fit enough to be back starting the game, our third game in 4 days. Despite always performing badly with Keita in the team, the drunkard Liverpool loanee retains his place on the basis of the loan agreement but due to the fact we should really be able to beat this Dundalk side with 9 players on the field, let alone 11. Hopefully this arrogance won't cost us dearly but the management and fans alike are expecting a comfortable match. That being said the strongest side available to us is being selected as we don't want to take any chances this season as we push for promotion (and hopefully some silverware from a cup too!)
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Bayern Munich - Atletico Madrid
This game worries us against a strong Bayern side. If perhaps we can come out of it with a draw then we'll take that, hence choosing a defensive side. Rumours are that Perry Jones will find himself on the bench again despite getting the winner in the WCT in midweek and having scored 6 goals in 4 appearances (6 goals from only 15 shots in total) this season and Felix only having scored 5 (from 35 shots). Hopefully if we play well then we'll get something from the game which fingers crossed will be a win, but there definitely won't be much in it.
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PSG v Dortmund
After 2 wins on the bounce, PSG take on bottom club Dortmund hoping that their season really has kick started. Matt Harrison is contemplating changes, but is also tempted not to change a winning side. He will toss a coin later.
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AS_Roma - Liverpool
Another tight match in store as we travel to David H's Roma.
Always close affairs, this is our 3rd meeting ; we won 1-0 in the League Cup in Season 1, whilst drew 1-1 with them in the Semis of the Pre Season Cup.
Saka makes his debut at LB after a surprise switch from Arsenal, Davies having never made the role his own in his time at the club.
He is one of 4 teenagers in the line up, including the surprise midfield pairing of Jones and Clarkson.
'Pool havent conceded in their last4 matches, so the strong defensive wall protected by Pogba remains.
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Red_Star_Belgrade - Legia_Warsaw
First ever meeting with Belgrade in any guise - despite a run of 3 wins we make 7 changes to the XI as we take advantage of the large squad at our disposal.
Mbappe returns to lead the line and we look for a more convincing performance to demonstrate to the league leaders Galatasaray we are coming for them ...
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FC BASEL v Bayer Leverkusen
We are struggling in this league amd our home games are where we need to pick up points. A slight jig in tactices in oreder to try and get all 3 points.
AC MILAN v Shakhtar Donetsk
We are chasing Lazio hard and need to keep up the pressure so that we can capitalise when they drop points.