Official stop for your Champions League Quarterfinals talk.

We have the 1st legs of two matches today.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool at 2pm CT.
Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City at the same time.

Tomorrow is:
Defending Champions Bayern Munich vs Paris Saint-Germain at 2pm CT. (2020 Final rematch)
Chelsea vs Porto at the same time.

The second legs are next week.

My prediction:
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Chelsea

I would love to see Dortmund get through, but they are in terrible form and they're up against the hottest team in the world right now.

And we're off!

Man City vs Dortmund:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/match?gameId=596888

Real vs Liverpool:
https://www.espn.com/soccer/match?gameId=596890

City takes the 1-0 lead from De Bruyne in the 19'

Real takes the 1-0 lead in the 27'

VAR checking to see if the penalty called is legit in the City/Dortmund match.

EDIT: VAR OVERTURNED PENALTY CALL. I'm not able to watch, anyone see it. Pretty obvious?

Asensio gives Real the 2-0 lead in the 36'

Legal Custodian said:

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VAR checking to see if the penalty called is legit in the City/Dortmund match.

EDIT: VAR OVERTURNED PENALTY CALL. I'm not able to watch, anyone see it. Pretty obvious?

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Absolute correct call, don't think there was even any contact and the City player made a meal of it.

Ref then proceeded to whistle the City keeper's misplay of the ball dead after he kicked the Dortmund attacker who was free on goal. Not a good day for him.

Legal Custodian said:

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Asensio gives Real the 2-0 lead in the 36'

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RM are so much more enjoyable to watch when Ramos isn't playing.

Reminds me of how my attitude to watching Bayern changed after Ribery left.

Some players are such jackholes they bring down the image of the whole team.

Salah gets one back! 2-1 in the 51'

Liverpool with the all important away goal

Real gets a third. 3-1 in the 65'

City still up 1-0 in the 70'. Gio Reyna just subbed on in the 63'.

fig96 said:

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Legal Custodian said:

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VAR checking to see if the penalty called is legit in the City/Dortmund match.

EDIT: VAR OVERTURNED PENALTY CALL. I'm not able to watch, anyone see it. Pretty obvious?

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Absolute correct call, don't think there was even any contact and the City player made a meal of it.

Ref then proceeded to whistle the City keeper's misplay of the ball dead after he kicked the Dortmund attacker who was free on goal. Not a good day for him.

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Twitter is blowing up about the call. If the final ends up being 1-0 then that'll be a huge talking point

Legal Custodian said:

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fig96 said:

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Legal Custodian said:

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VAR checking to see if the penalty called is legit in the City/Dortmund match.

EDIT: VAR OVERTURNED PENALTY CALL. I'm not able to watch, anyone see it. Pretty obvious?

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Absolute correct call, don't think there was even any contact and the City player made a meal of it.

Ref then proceeded to whistle the City keeper's misplay of the ball dead after he kicked the Dortmund attacker who was free on goal. Not a good day for him.

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Twitter is blowing up about the call. If the final ends up being 1-0 then that'll be a huge talking point

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It should be, it was terrible.

That turn from Haaland to feed Reus, 1-1!

Wow

Woah! Big goal by Reus and we'll see if they can hold on to the result.

1-1 86'

City takes the lead again in stoppage time

City takes leg 1 with a 2-1 scoreline
Real takes leg 1 with a 3-1 scoreline

jeffk said:

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I don't understand why they continue playing both daily matches at exactly the same time. I want to watch both live.

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Yeah, unless it's a group situation where you don't want one match affecting the other there's no reason to play them simultaneously.

Imagine because it's on prime time in Europe and the time zones already stretch out. Still seems like it would make more $$$ for them to show both games back to back though.

jeffk said:

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I don't understand why they continue playing both daily matches at exactly the same time. I want to watch both live.

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Europe TV viewing ideas are different than the US. They don't give a AF.

Today's two matches begin in less than 4 hours.

Bayern Munich vs PSG
Chelsea vs Porto

Everyone is expecting Chelsea to pull through, meaning most eyeballs will be on the Bayern/PSG match. MIA SAN MIA!!

Still in disbelief on that foul called on Bellingham... would have changed the game. I know its been said a lot but VAR needs a complete overhaul

KCup17 said:

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Still in disbelief on that foul called on Bellingham... would have changed the game. I know its been said a lot but VAR needs a complete overhaul

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The problem on that one is that it got blown dead before he scored.

I believe, and anyone please correct me if I'm wrong, that if the play had been allowed to continue then VAR would have reviewed the goal scored.

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KCup17 said:

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Still in disbelief on that foul called on Bellingham... would have changed the game. I know its been said a lot but VAR needs a complete overhaul

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The problem on that one is that it got blown dead before he scored.

I believe, and anyone please correct me if I'm wrong, that if the play had been allowed to continue then VAR would have reviewed the goal scored.

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From my undestanding, yes. When he blows the whistle, there is no goal.

They should've given a free kick and DOGSO red there.

That's right. There's not really much VAR can do about a quick whistle... once the play is blown dead on the field, all the hypothetical results are out the window. That's why refs and ARs are so slow with a lot of calls... if they get a no-call wrong, VAR will step in and "save" them.

Except that, had he played advantage, it would have resulted in goal, so no DOGSO.

jeffk said:

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That's right. There's not really much VAR can do about a quick whistle... once the play is blown dead on the field, all the hypothetical results are out the window. That's why refs and ARs are so slow with a lot of calls... if they get a no-call wrong, VAR will step in and "save" them.

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After the whistle was blown, VAR should've been used to issue a foul on the keeper and DOGSO.

jeffk said:

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Except that, had he played advantage, it would have resulted in goal, so no DOGSO.

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correct but see my above post.

VAR isn't used to review fouls that occur outside the box, iirc.

Unless you're saying what VAR *should* hypothetically be used for?

jeffk said:

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VAR isn't used to review fouls that occur outside the box, iirc.

Unless you're saying what VAR *should* hypothetically be used for?

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Yeah...VAR should've been used.

If you're going to have VAR, have VAR. I've seen in the past, fouls at midfield called back. Is that only on a goal?

I think they use VAR to determine VC anywhere on the pitch.

I need to review the VAR protocols in the LoTG.