⚽ Soccer Match-day Thread (5 Viewers)

[The Z Machine]

Damn... Just like that Barça defense disintegrates.

 

[The Z Machine]

Alavés getting fully stuck in these last 5 minutes.  Awesome result.

 

[El Floppo]

barca was something like 30-1 favorite with the bookies today.

anybody watch? wtf happened?

 

[Sinn Fein]

barca was something like 30-1 favorite with the bookies today.

anybody watch? wtf happened?

Its La Liga: top-to-bottom toughest league in the world.  On any given Saturday...

 

[The Z Machine]

Alavés seems to be well drilled and cohesive defensively. Their second goal was a screwup by Mathieu (I think) on a botched clearance.

Messi, Iniesta, and Suárez didn't come on until well into the second half.

 

[The Gator]

Leicester Shmeicester

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Diego Diego Diego  

 

[gianmarco]

Joey Tribbiani putting in a lot of work for Swansea in goal today with some nice saves already.

 

[Ned]

Diego Diego Diego  

That ###hole sure knows how to score. 

 

[gianmarco]

Costa with a yellow. Shocking. Dirty challenge and lots of acting. Can't ####### stand him. Hope the second booking comes soon.

 

[Ned]

Opening weekend for NFL and all I care about is watching EPL.  

This Swansea/Chelsea game has been fun. 

Imagine that - Costa booked and 60 seconds later he's on the ground after getting cleated.  Amazing how he finds himself in this crap.   

 

[Native]

If there's a more graceful and gentlemanly player in the EPL then Diego Costa I'm not aware of him

 

[ffldrew]

Costa rolls around more than Tawny Kitaen in a Whitesnake video

 

[gianmarco]

I'll take 10 biting Suarezes over 1 Costa.

 

[Native]

FFS Coirtois

 

[ffldrew]

some real debacles in goal this weekend in the EPL

 

[gianmarco]

Lulz

 

[Native]

David Luiz never even did that

 

[ffldrew]

What a meltdown in the back

That should have been a foul - clocked him on the leg

 

[Ned]

That should have been a foul - clocked him on the leg

No kidding. 

Fun game though!!

 

[AAABatteries]

Costa with a yellow. Shocking. Dirty challenge and lots of acting. Can't ####### stand him. Hope the second booking comes soon.

It's impossible to feel any sympathy for him - he's a dirty scimbag - I gladly turn a blind eye when he gets hacked.

and he should be off for simulation  trying to con the ref there

 

[ffldrew]

And Costa goes down as he initiates - surprised the ref didn't give that one

 

[Native]

Cesc and Batshuayi to come on shortly I suppose 

 

[gianmarco]

Isn't that the same play that Swansea got a yellow on while jumping into Costa? He should be gone (again).

 

[AAABatteries]

Isn't that the same play that Swansea got a yellow on while jumping into Costa? He should be gone (again).

One of the commentators said at half its amazing how he skirts the line while already in a yellow.  In that case I don't think it was a yellow.

 

[AAABatteries]

Scumbag scores - nice job ref

 

[ffldrew]

gotta give him his due on that one...still plenty of time for full points

 

[Ned]

 

 

[ffldrew]

This ref better get it together ...it's starting to get heated

 

[Ned]

What a ####### game. 

 

[ffldrew]

Swansea back line barely hanging in there ...tons of bodies open in the box

 

[gianmarco]

Costa actually kicked Naughton in the head with that score yet no dangerous play called. I can understand not calling it for coming close like Koscielny yesterday, but when you actually kick him, well, how do you not call that?

 

[AAABatteries]

Feels like somebody is going to score 

 

[gianmarco]

I'm so glad Swansea going after this and not backing down.

 

[Native]

Such a sloppy game from both sides

 

[AAABatteries]

I'm so glad Swansea going after this and not backing down.

Agree since I'm not a Swansea fan but usually in this situation the team with more quality will take their chance and that's Chelsea.

 

[ffldrew]

Seems like the Ref is calling every 3rd foul

 

[Native]

Balls.

 

[ffldrew]

Gotta love these Sundays - killer game and then a 10 minute break and NFL takes off for the day - Happy Sunday Gentlemen

 

[AAABatteries]

Opening weekend for NFL and all I care about is watching EPL.  

I'm still a big college football fan and watch some NFL - you won't see anything to match the drama these last 15 minutes had in any NFL game this weekend.

 

[Ned]

Love seeing some of these guys completely gassed out there. 

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Isn't that the same play that Swansea got a yellow on while jumping into Costa? He should be gone (again).

Nope

 

[Kafka]

Costa needs his own thread, imo.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Costa needs his own thread, imo.

own forum, imo

 

[Kafka]

Totti is subbed on at half, with Roma trailing 2-1.  There was an 80 min delay, due to a ferocious hailstorm, so the field was terrible.  It's his first minutes of the season, so he just provides an assist to tie it up, & then decides to win the game in the 93rd minute.  He turns 40 in two weeks.

 

[Kafka]

own forum, imo

He's a villain's villain.

 

[Sinn Fein]

Disappointed I missed the 2nd half   

Costa is such a plonker.

 

[Sebowski]

Totti is subbed on at half, with Roma trailing 2-1.  There was an 80 min delay, due to a ferocious hailstorm, so the field was terrible.  It's his first minutes of the season, so he just provides an assist to tie it up, & then decides to win the game in the 93rd minute.  He turns 40 in two weeks.

I saw a Stat that he's scored in 23 Serie A seasons

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Has Soulfly shown up to talk about Balotelli's brace yet?

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Diego's primal scream at FT whistle was awesome. What a great man. I didn't think I could love him any more, but he just keeps getting better and better each week.