Shakhtar Donetsk vs Crystal Palace Match Thread

[Spindle]

Pino and Kamada definitely wouldn't get in their side

 

[crvenaeagle]

...Can we buy their front three?

 

[TheBigToePunt]

Happy for us to defend deep for longish spells if it's punctuated with dangerous counter attacks, perhaps increasingly so as the game goes on and they become more desperate.

Just defending without the counters is a whole different thing.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Pino is getting muscled off the ball in Europe as well as England.

 

[Uphill]

Can we survive this barrage? So far so good, but they are dangerous.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Can we survive this barrage? So far so good, but they are dangerous.

although they have fantastic players, most weeks they are playing against Donkeys. We are pressure-tested much more than them.....every week.

 

[Foxy82]

Diving Brazilian c****

 

[PalazioVecchio]

Diving Brazilian c****

is that a new beauty treatment at a Croydon piercing/clipping Salon ?

 

[Lanzo-Ad]

I think because they are better than we thought, it suits our counter attacking style, COYP

 

[mileend]

Disappointing corner - but had a few moments to draw breath at least

 

[mileend]

Their keeper has an error in him (actually for the goal wasn't well positioned)

 

[TheBigToePunt]

Hark at Pino, running around closing people down as fast as his little legs can carry him!

 

[mileend]

Hark at Pino, running around closing people down as fast as his little legs can carry him!

I'll take it - as well as that lovely little header to Mateta in the build up to the goal

Edit - and he's been booked - silly

 

[PalazioVecchio]

aaahhhh

 

[mileend]

Great play - should have been / could have been two from Sarr

HT

That half flew by

 

[Painter]

Can we survive this barrage? So far so good, but they are dangerous.

No shots on target, our defence is solid.

 

[Alanh]

Another early goal second half, and the same again will do us nicely.

 

[Hannes]

Well done, up to now. They may look threatening but haven't had created too many chances and we look dangerous on the break.

 

[PalazioVecchio]

does a yellow card mean no game at Selhurst ? for the second leg ?

 

[TheBigToePunt]

I'll take it - as well as that lovely little header to Mateta in the build up to the goal

Edit - and he's been booked - silly

It was silly, especially as the right back he's playing against had been booked already. Now, instead of one player in that duel having to be careful what he does, both do.

Still, he then played a good ball to Munoz in that last counter.