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Ideally either Ajax or Barcelona in an ideal world however this season has shown it can't be predicted and Liverpool vs Spurs final I would be behind Liverpool all day...Spurs winning the CL is just a big NO NO....

Chelsea will remain only club in London to win the CL

Spurs winning it would be worst than Liverpool as they have won already but Spurs Jesus it would be like the second coming of Jesus....

This year's CL could turn out to be a nightmare for us, imagine pool Vs Spurs for the final, if only both teams could lose. VAR or not, Pep and his City just has a funny way of choking it. I always feel in this kind of game, Pep doesn't know what's his best team. He could get away with it on most weekends with a rotated squad, and probably never need to figure out what's his best team. Speaking of VAR, if they did look at that 'handball' from every angle, there's no way that goal should be allowed. The offside call should be handled by the linesmen, you can't have the linesmen not using his flag, let the play go on and wait for the TV camera to decide. The VAR is a great way for people not on the field to decide a game.

2 hours ago, Blueblur said:

Anyone but Spurs to win. Anyone. We'll never hear the end of it- the first trophy Spurs win in over 10 years, the CL trophy?

No thanks. 

 

I think if Liverpool won it, they'd just be as bad to be honest.

Come on Ajax and Barcelona...

Don’t think it’s a handball either. I f**king hate that lot, but City’s approach to the match were dreadful defending. Having said that, I’d rather had a City quadruple than the lots from sh*te lane winning anything.

And supporting Athletic Bilbao, I despise Llorente too.

 

It wasn't a handball he didn't move his hand towards the ball and he didn't use it to make his body bigger...

If we had this VAR review and it went against us we would have been furious so it was the correct decision. Once you take emotion out of it, correct decision
 

It wasn't a handball he didn't move his hand towards the ball and he didn't use it to make his body bigger...

If we had this VAR review and it went against us we would have been furious so it was the correct decision. Once you take emotion out of it, correct decision
22 hours ago, rtwelch said:

I think you are mis-interpreting their use of clear and obvious. It wasn't given as offside during play and it was offside, hence it is a "clear and obvious mistake".

Yeah it had looked closer the first time than it actually was. Still, shoulda stood cause it was against Spurs

2 hours ago, Brutos said:


It wasn't a handball he didn't move his hand towards the ball and he didn't use it to make his body bigger...

If we had this VAR review and it went against us we would have been furious so it was the correct decision. Once you take emotion out of it, correct decision

now according to next years rules this will be a handball. in fact every handball touch in the box will be a pen which is insane. VAR rules are on the way to ruin the game.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47987277

Dutch football chiefs have cancelled a full round of Eredivisie fixtures before Ajax meet Tottenham in the Champions League semi-finals.

Ajax were set to play De Graafschap on Sunday, 28 April, then travel to Spurs for the first leg on Tuesday, 30 April.

The Dutch FA, the KNVB, said the decision to cancel top-flight fixtures was taken to give Ajax "at least two full days of rest between games".

"Not only Ajax, but all Dutch football benefits from this," it said.

All games have been cancelled to avoid Ajax and De Graafschap playing at the end of the season once other games have taken place, potentially compromising the competition.

The round of fixtures will instead be played on Wednesday, 15 May - subject to local authorities and police agreeing to the date changes.

The KNVB said the change was needed because Ajax were in the Champions League semi-finals, the Dutch Cup final and challenging for the Eredivisie title - but stressed it was about player welfare and not a decision designed to give the team an advantage over the Premier League side.

It added clubs agreed when the fixture list was compiled at the start of the season that changes may need to be made in "the very small chance that one of the clubs would go that far in the Champions League".

The KNVB met clubs on Thursday to discuss the plans - and it admitted many were not happy about the change.

Professional football director Eric Gudde said: "We are aware that it is impossible to satisfy everyone, but a knot must be made.

"There can be no question of full satisfaction because this is ultimately not pleasant for any of the people involved. What is really nice is the reason why this was necessary: the semi-final place of Ajax in the Champions League."

He also explained why all fixtures had to be cancelled, not just De Graafschap v Ajax. "That would mean that only this match was played after 12 May," he said.

"Clubs and fans deserve a fair and as exciting as possible end to the competition, hence the starting point of playing simultaneously on the last two match days.

"Ajax plays for the championship and De Graafschap is in the danger zone for relegation. Not only would the denouement remain in one game that is played later, this also gives De Graafschap more time to prepare for this perhaps decisive game than the other relegation candidates."

Gudde said moving the Ajax game back to 26 or 27 April was not possible because it would clash with King's Day celebrations in Amsterdam, one of the city's largest festivals, and cause "insurmountable problems".

Spurs play West Ham United at 12:30 BST on Saturday, 27 April. However, their league fixture against Bournemouth at 20:00 on Monday, 6 May - two days before the second leg of their semi-final - is expected to be moved by the Premier League.

19 hours ago, Brutos said:


It wasn't a handball he didn't move his hand towards the ball and he didn't use it to make his body bigger...

If we had this VAR review and it went against us we would have been furious so it was the correct decision. Once you take emotion out of it, correct decision

My feeling, based on years of dodgy decisions that have caused a degree of paranoia, is that if we had scored the Llorente goal it would have been disallowed for handball, as the VAR official would have shown the clearest angle over and over rather than the one the Turkish ref looked at. 

And if we had conceded the late offside winner that the linesman failed to spot, the VAR official would not have bothered to alert the ref to Aguero being offside.

VAR still gives the officials the power to dictate the outcome of games.

Can't believe how poor citeh have been at the back..,Spurs just punt it towards son and moura and it causes havoc every time.

i rate Foden, but haven't seen him since his goal...game passing him by.

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