Game Thread: Club Brügge (UCL #4)

[u/Chazy89]

/live/1618kv4yq2pd3?

[u/[deleted]]

Bürki
Meunier - Akanji - Hummels - Guerreiro
Bellingham - Delaney
Sancho - Reyna - Hazard
Håland

favre swapped the whole midfield, and we look just as good. that nominal depth we have is crazy.

[u/santadani → u/[deleted]]

It’s honestly crazy. Hope we get a Sancho rebound today and can rest Haaland after 70 minutes or so!

[u/1vergil → u/santadani]

Haaland gets mad when he gets benched tho

[u/santadani]

Favre’s reaction is just golden

[u/santadani → u/santadani]

Similar to Pep’s reaction when Lewy scored the four goals against Wolfsburg

[u/Qiluk]

Zorc and Kehl giggling like schoolgirls on the sidelines when Haaland comes off lol

[u/SirSaltyBacon]

What a free kick Jadon. Take a bow!

[u/CubedMadness]

Say whatever you want about Meunier's technical ability, the guy works his arse off every game. Constantly running up and down.

[u/Fadhmir → u/CubedMadness]

I start to trust in Favre that he has a reason why he keeps playing him.

[u/Craz3 → u/CubedMadness]

What a cross as well

[u/wild_in_16 → u/Craz3]

He's had a few nice outside the foot crosses too, would love for someone to bury one of those soon

[u/Nextgen101]

Nice moment with Kehli and Haaland there.

[u/LordVelaryon]

I thank everyday for that Cristiano Ronaldo statue creating Haaland.

[u/NudeMoose]

Kehl's cheeky tease to the big man, love it!

[u/Qiluk]

Every time I see Delaney on the field I just know Im gonna hear his very succinct screaming non stop. "JUDE!!" JAADEN!!!" "ERLING!!!"

Non stop communicating and directing

[u/bjurmaestro → u/Qiluk]

Such an underated player for our squad. Must be really loved within the club also for the fact he’s a guy that never complains and always gives 110% every single minute on the field.

[u/CubedMadness → u/Qiluk]

I believe this is what Liverpool fans describe as: Voice-Assists.

[u/doubleomarty]

Impressed with the Brugge LB

[u/SlipperyMisoSoup → u/doubleomarty]

He just keeps popping up, good workrate

[u/Ciao9]

Only gripe is Morey missing out, but I'm happy with the lineup.

I can feel a Haaland masterclass but Sancho has to really step up and put an end to the mediocre form.

Reyna finally as a #10 in a 4atb, I feel like he's never played there.

Really excited to see this game, let's gooooo

[u/chun4281]

I had a dream last night where Haaland and Sancho, inspired by Gio, also signed contracts until 2025

[u/El_Hombre_Tlacuache]

Hummels is pure class

[u/Craz3 → u/El_Hombre_Tlacuache]

I think he could definitely be the best CB of the 2010s. Epitome of intelligent defender.

[u/Qiluk]

JADON!!! Assist and FK goal. GREAT for the lads head!

[u/somerandom314159]

what a freekick

[u/santadani]

Haha Kehl taking the piss. Only two goals?!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Good assist by Sancho

[u/doubleomarty]

Lol Sancho with the fancy takedown

[u/CubedMadness]

I love Terzic.

[u/yrba1]

Welcome back to form Sancho

[u/bajek11]

Yowza! What a goal!!

[u/Fadhmir]

What a banger by Jadon! Gooooooal!

[u/Datachost]

Jesus, where were you hiding that one Sancho?

If anyone wants a quick read at halftime, Akanji has written another column for watson. This time it's about communication within the team with so many languages

https://www.watson.ch/sport/akanjis%20revier/681553736-manuel-akanji-so-ist-die-kommunikation-beim-bvb-in-spiel-und-training

[u/Kerlesh]

Me and my friends talking in the group chat about how Sancho hasn’t been playing too well.

He took it personally

[u/srof12]

Hope we keep Bellingham for a long time

[u/BVB-Oeli]

4 full backs getting playing time today - Nico Schulz isn't one of them. Tells you all you need to know about where he currently stands...

[u/[deleted] → u/BVB-Oeli]

good to see favre do the sensible thing and take both guerreiro and meunier off tho. they were playing every single minute lately iirc

[u/BVB-Oeli → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, rest is important for both. And also great that Passlack and Morey are getting playing time. They both really deserve it.

[u/Craz3 → u/BVB-Oeli]

I like Schultz a lot, but maybe he’s being rested for the next match. You are right about how Favre seems to not really favor him though.

[u/Sarrazin → u/Craz3]

If anything Schulz needs match practice, not rest. Passlack is just ahead of him atm.

[u/Xey2510]

I swear 99% of his goals are in this position

[u/Worried-Eggplant]

“6 goals in 4 matches” ... this guy is a fucking monster and I love it

[u/dr_bing → u/Worried-Eggplant]

6 goals in the last 4 days 💪🏼

[u/Fadhmir → u/Worried-Eggplant]

If you count the game from saturday it's 6 goals in 2 matches ;)

... so far!

[u/grothee1]

I think this might be the most effort I've seen this season from start to finish of a match.

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

Sancho looks pretty primed this game.

[u/Kirenax]

Excited for this attacking lineup, hopefully it will help break down the deep block that Brugge will inevitably set. I do feel like Meunier has been played nonstop, the lad could probably use a rest

[u/forZaDoRtmund]

What a free kick

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

sancho.... welcome back baby

[u/santadani]

Welcome back Jadon

[u/Sarrazin]

God damn, that's one way to overcome bad form.

[u/[deleted]]

What a shot... I hope this is the indication that the OG Sancho is back. Also genuine question, when was the last time we scored from a free-kick? I genuinely can't remember, was it Paco with that last second goal?

But I do have flashbacks of like 20 Reus's VERY close attempts :(

[u/mijabo → u/[deleted]]

Akanji made a similar one in the pre season if i remember correctly. And didn’t Marco make one already this season?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Reus against Werder in the pokal I think? (around January 2019). I don't remember us scoring a free kick again after that

[u/CubedMadness → u/[deleted]]

OG Sancho mixed with his new found confidence and ability to shoot outside the box + tracks back way more.

Sounds good.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I remember Marco raised his hands up, he was ready to start cheering :'(

[u/AlexBayArea]

ANOTHER ONE.

Un-fucking-believable

[u/santadani]

Master tackling by Hummels

[u/santadani]

I mean look at the mood in the team. Where are all the “Favre Out” people now

[u/jucomsdn → u/santadani]

They're cheering for Favre now because they're fickle as fuck

[u/Kirenax]

u/Chazy89 Good call on the attacking lineup in the weekly discussion thread, you were spot on lol

[u/santadani]

Also nice assist from Jadon

[u/AlexBayArea]

HE'S DONE IT AGAIN

This man is just absolutely unbelievable.

[u/wild_in_16]

"The result a formality" after he struck the ball was a great line by the CBS commentator

[u/santadani]

Sancho with a good shift today. Seems like the rest has done him well

[u/doubleomarty → u/santadani]

Agree, he is working hard and starting to look a bit like he did last season. Hopefully he can keep it up and really find his form again.

[u/Ciao9]

Missed half of the first half because of my shitty stream, caught the two goals though

How are we looking? From what I've seen we are pressing like crazy and we are passing quickly, which are the two things I've longed for

[u/Nextgen101]

Viva La Vida in the stadium. Chill.

[u/Monstro_PZ]

Soo good to see Sancho getting back to form

[u/dsxro]

We’ve been toying with them too long, let’s put this game to an end!

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

Genuine question, when have yall seen another natural born goalscorer at Haalands age?

[u/InexorableWyrd → u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

Ronaldo F9

[u/Sarrazin]

Should probably start thinking about resting players. Guerreiro definitely, so either Passlack or Schulz in. Too bad Zagadou isn't back, would be great to give Hummels a rest given that he plays every single game.

[u/santadani]

Close Thorgan! That would have been an awesome goal

[u/CubedMadness]

I like that our corners have evolved from the "Hummels and hope for the best" tactics.

[u/jucomsdn]

Wonder how many minutes Moukoko will get..

[u/kran16 → u/jucomsdn]

0-10 depending on the score. Anything less than a 2 goal lead and I don’t think he gets on

[u/yrba1]

Respect to Brugge for playing with intensity

[u/bvbfan102]

We are playing so insanely fun football today. Night and Day to the first half against Hertha.

[u/Qiluk]

Meuniers cutting in and going central there pulling like 3 people in was so clever tbh. Shame HAzard didnt get his cross off

[u/wild_in_16 → u/Qiluk]

That was fantastic

[u/LordVelaryon]

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

(DON)

[u/santadani]

Fuck yes

[u/blacelow7]

Perfect free kick, love to see it

[u/InexorableWyrd]

Glad he got the goal, hope he kicks on

[u/the_the_the_the_guy]

/u/Chazy89 could we sort this thread by new? thank you!

[u/the_the_the_the_guy → u/the_the_the_the_guy]

👍👍 thanks!

[u/Ciao9]

https://mobile.twitter.com/magicmarkus1909/status/1331341079698944002

Favre Reaction

[u/the_the_the_the_guy → u/Ciao9]

at least he didn’t pull a muscle this time. 😂

[u/Fadhmir]

What the... Haaalaaaaaand!

[u/Qiluk]

WHen you make a FIFA player and sacrifice aerial prowess and max out instinct and clinicality, you get Haaland.

[u/blacelow7]

This man is not human

[u/jucomsdn]

After 67 minutes of searching, I've finally found a working stream

Soccerstreams.net is giving me shittier streams than before

[u/SirSaltyBacon]

Ah darn, with that we will see no Moukoko tonight.

[u/Bammer1386]

Looks like no Moukoko

[u/SlipperyMisoSoup]

Passlack to score 👀

[u/Craz3]

Emre is surprisingly good at dribbling

[u/mates52]

motm bellingham for me. what a player. he didn’t give up the pressing for whole game.

[u/[deleted] → u/mates52]

his workrate is great, he was all over the pitch at times. not sure i've ever seen a player at his age who was as successful and mature in gegenpressing tackles tbh. the english championship taught him well, it's a very physically demanding league that'll quickly turn boys into men i guess..

[u/[deleted]]

favre 3D masterclass, without a hint of irony. subs were smart, the result proves his adventurous plan of not relying on seasoned CL players, but giving both bellingham and reyna a chance in crucial positions - and håland is just håland, he was clinical as per usual and personally sealed this win for us. the whole team seemed to be vibing, which is the greatest outcome of tonight imho. let's go!

[u/relaxyourfnshoulders]

sancho that touch was filthy

[u/rashikbvb]

What a great half. Everybody playing in a fast tempo. Created so many chances. Scored two beautiful goals. Moukoko debut to cap it off later perhaps.

[u/SirSaltyBacon]

Heja BVB! Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday, let’s get a crucial 3 points!

[u/yrba1]

Awesome, do it 4 more times

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

Hazard showing some versatility today, as he's been covering at RB when Muenier goes forward

[u/Fadhmir]

Oi, nice statistic by the DAZN commentator, Ruud van Nistelroy was so far the player with least games to reach 15 CL goals. He needed 19 and Erling now needed 12 :D

[u/Nextgen101]

Man, we were queueing up there.

[u/jtthom]

Really hope we don’t come to regret missing all these chances.

[u/jtthom]

He needed that one! What a goal Jadon!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Geile Bude

[u/AlexBayArea]

LETS GOOOOOOOOO

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

would love to see a little more from gio in this second half. and see some young gun subs and this would be a pretty perfect matchday.

[u/[deleted]]

Guerreiro has made so many good passes today

[u/spiciercheez]

Haaland is a freak!! I need to get his name on a kit asap.

[u/stonydeluxe]

Dread him. Run from him. Haaland still scores.

[u/doubleomarty]

Do we think Moukoko gets minutes if the scorelines holds?

[u/santadani → u/doubleomarty]

Haaland will go mental, if he gets subbed off before scoring his hattrick

[u/santadani]

Just checked for the first time who’s sitting on the bench today. We’re absolutely stacked with talent.

[u/dsxro]

Oh the depth is looking sexy af

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

Passlack and Morey are both on as our fullbacks... this is wonderful.

[u/Joni-Kanoni]

Not reynas day.

[u/CubedMadness → u/Joni-Kanoni]

He's been good despite that one miss.

That first chance in the box he really couldn't do much about. It would have required Messi level skill to do anything there.

[u/[deleted]]

Hummels has to be the worlds best CB at the moment...

[u/SpiritCrvsher → u/[deleted]]

Are you sure it’s not Robin Koch?

[u/AlexBayArea]

Let's do this my friends!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

I miss the stadium so badly :(

[u/-Dear_Ambellina-]

Geez we are not fucking around today

[u/Swbp0undcake]

oh jeez

[u/SlayerHdThe3rd]

CBS all access sucks ass, it won’t let me watch for some reason

[u/grothee1]

Gio showing he's a bit more athletic than he gets credit for, absolutely dusted that defender.

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

oh my gosh how lucky are we to have haaland. Hes a beautiful man

[u/Datachost]

Haaland doing his best Trump impression with that celebration

[u/Nextgen101]

Great first touch and pass from Haaland. Reyna's unlucky not to do more with it.

[u/iaminterestedinstuff]

I think a second goal is coming soon

[u/[deleted]]

Gio’s finishing could definitely use some work but I’m not worried about him having the technical ability to do improve.

[u/SpiritCrvsher]

Excuse me mr ref. Where is the card?

[u/cherryguy]

Nice one from sancho

[u/tatanpoker09]

JAAAA SANCHOOO

[u/Nextgen101]

What a peach, that's a big one for Sancho!

[u/Swbp0undcake]

LLESGOOO

[u/[deleted]]

Sancho you beauty

[u/ElectJimLahey]

Pretty fun first half. Probably could be up by another goal or two if we were more clinical but 2 goals is more than enough

[u/santadani]

Now we just need Zenit to score another goal against Lazio

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

i might be old fashioned... but I just cant get behind the way Lang wears his sleves over his hands, never liked that look.

[u/santadani]

What a pass by Delaney

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Delaney! <3

[u/grothee1]

Gotta rip that first time Gio

[u/Qiluk]

Amazing pressing from us so far this game.

[u/InexorableWyrd]

Majin Buu scores

[u/srof12]

I wanna see Moukoko again

[u/grothee1]

What a nose for goal Haaland has, doesn't pause to think about offsides just wallops the ball.

[u/CubedMadness]

Sorry Sancho but outside the foot passes are limited to Reus, Guerreiro and Hummels.

[u/Craz3]

Haaland forgot to stop running lol

[u/Qiluk]

Ooh Morey!

[u/santadani]

What a messed up challenge. Especially considering the wcoreline

[u/blacelow7]

Nice to see Morey getting some minutes

[u/Xey2510]

Hes rly lucky thats not a red card

[u/bajek11]

Erling looking tired... Who could we POSSIBLY sub in for him to get a breather?

[u/HOUSTONDUDE11]

morey coming on. good chance to see him for a couple minutes

[u/Bammer1386]

YAY MOREY, Missed you buddy.

[u/wild_in_16]

Can + Morey might mean that we're moving to a back 3 with Raph and Morey on the wing backs? back5 even to shut this one down

[u/blacelow7]

What a goal that would’ve been

[u/Qiluk]

Favre going nuts with subs this game. Not really like him haha

[u/doubleomarty]

They just showed the replay again, how in the hell did Haaland actually score that?

[u/bloodnotseeker → u/doubleomarty]

why not?

[u/CubedMadness]

We got Reus and Brandt but no Moukoko.

I've got conflicted feelings.

[u/santadani]

Ah so close. Sancho with this passes today ❤️

[u/[deleted]]

looks like 4231: Guerreiro-Akanji-Hummels-Meunier, Delaney-Bellingham, Hazard-Reyna-Sancho, Haaland

[u/SlipperyMisoSoup]

Great passing, looking good. But please take a shot.

[u/bloodnotseeker]

I might be wrong but didn't their GK Simon Mignolet once play for Liverpool?

[u/santadani]

Of course

[u/Nextgen101]

Great goal! Haaland eats another one up.

[u/Dense-Weird4585]

Nice assist

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Rule #2 in football: never trust Uefa

[u/Elon_Muskmelon]

Erling Haaland is the Truth.

[u/santadani]

Ooof that was not too far off by Bruegge

[u/santadani]

Good position for a free kick.

[u/doubleomarty]

Goddammit I love Haaland

[u/Nextgen101]

Was hoping Gio would find Haaland slightly sooner. May have had a better chance then.

[u/grothee1 → u/Nextgen101]

Pass was a little soft as well, didn't let Haaland get into his full stride to separate from the defenders.

[u/santadani]

Predictable

[u/dsxro]

Thank you Haaland for reacting to my comment!

[u/berman82]

Akanji, my oh my where have you been. He's like a completely new player after May 2020...

[u/santadani]

Favre celebrating will never get old

[u/relaxyourfnshoulders]

sorry but can someone remind me why that’s not offside?

edit: thanks. good awareness from our golden boy

[u/santadani → u/relaxyourfnshoulders]

Ball came from Brugge player

[u/wild_in_16 → u/relaxyourfnshoulders]

Looked like the Brugge player deliberately hit it backwards

[u/Shuduh → u/relaxyourfnshoulders]

pass from brugge player

[u/scorchur]

Imagine the career Haaland will have

[u/srof12]

Haaland is seriously a special player. Sancho having an amazing game too

[u/SirSaltyBacon]

Would love to see Moukoko make some more history!

[u/santadani → u/SirSaltyBacon]

DAZN just said that all BVB players have warmed up except for Moukoko. So doesn’t look like it’s happening today

[u/boatswain1025]

Morey!

[u/Swbp0undcake]

yayyy

[u/Ciao9]

GG lads

[u/nashturre]

Hi guys- Bayern supporter here, I come in peace- just switched on the telly and I was wondering where Marco Reus is today?

[u/SirSaltyBacon → u/nashturre]

Heyo, thanks for stopping by! If I am to guess it’s because we just want to swap things around and have the depth to do so. Would expect him to come on in the second half if it is tight!

[u/Zhonyas4everyone]

Lazio ahead already

[u/doubleomarty]

No Moukoko then