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What is this rubbish? We wasted so many chances to go ahead in the 1st leg at the beginning of the game. We were all over them.

And we beat them at Anfield. Not many clubs can say that. Not in the champions league. Gimme a break with that “10% of their power” bullshit. If any respectable manager saw that his players were being lazy af up on a 2-0 aggregate, he’d lose his shit.

What chances? We had 0 shots on target. Calhanoglu hit the post once and that's it. Liverpool were saving their breath letting us tire ourselves because they knew they could score whenever they felt like, which they did, twice. Same thing on the return, where even playing with the handbrake on they hit the post 4 or 5 times. They might have momentarily panicked when Lautaro scored out of nowhere, but Sanchez was immediately expelled and they went back to energy saving mode. They were definitely playing at 10%, and it wasn't just the players but a deliberate strategic choice. They knew we couldn't hurt them, and they were right.
 

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get winning as much as possible, Inter!
 

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Lmao I was expecting some tough opponents but not this tough.
 

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So it's sdvroot, crzd and jane who aren't giving Barcelona their due. I believe we can beat them, but only if we are truly at our best. Otherwise it will be the same old story. It's been more than 10 years since we last beat them and in that season we lost twice against them and had a goalless draw at San Siro. We were better and did better against them back then, now we are just pathetic
We destroyed Real last season in the Champions League, just unlucky... Barcelona is much weaker, a lot of new unplayed players who only have to adapt to understand Xavi and find their game, in addition, as I wrote earlier the flanks of defense are very weak, Dumfries destroy the 33 years old Alba, and Dest is very weak in defense Gosens and Dimarco can fight, yes Rafinha is dangerous but there we have Bastoni, I am sure he will study the game of the Brazilian thoroughly.
 

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If Lukaku is the player you all think he is, we are topping the group.
Still think we can pull it off with him being his usual self.
 

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Guys ffs, these guys are more pissed than us for the draw. They could have gotten Sporting, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Napoli or Benfica (or Leverkusen/Dortmund for Barcelona) and ended up with us.

Sure, it's the worst possible group, but we're the ones making it so...
 

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We destroyed Real last season in the Champions League, just unlucky... Barcelona is much weaker, a lot of new unplayed players who only have to adapt to understand Xavi and find their game, in addition, as I wrote earlier the flanks of defense are very weak, Dumfries destroy the 33 years old Alba, and Dest is very weak in defense Gosens and Dimarco can fight, yes Rafinha is dangerous but there we have Bastoni, I am sure he will study the game of the Brazilian thoroughly.
Like I said, if we play our best, we can surprise anybody. Sad thing is, against Real last season, we lost steam too soon. We have no bench, Barca do.
 

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I don't think we can say "destroyed them"
Have you watched these games? There we were clearly many times better than they were.
 

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If Lukaku is the player you all think he is, we are topping the group.
Still think we can pull it off with him being his usual self.
Lukaku right now is nowhere his best. I'm hoping Lautaro will have an awesome autumn
 

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Lukaku right now is nowhere his best. I'm hoping Lautaro will have an awesome autumn
More hope Correa wakes up than Lautaro learns how to score his moments, that bastard should be sold.
 

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Guys ffs, these guys are more pissed than us for the draw. They could have gotten Sporting, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Napoli or Benfica (or Leverkusen/Dortmund for Barcelona) and ended up with us.

Sure, it's the worst possible group, but we're the ones making it so...
After a quick look on Bayern forum they actually enjoy being in a tough group. They want their "farmers" to beat the shit out of Lewandowski and it's also a test for Nagelsmann. If they don't cruise past the group it means he needs to get fired. Typical Bayern fan mentality. Their arrogance is next to none. But that's what happens when you always win and you're far superior than everyone else in the league.

Mixed reactions on Barcelona forum. There are those who believe they will have it easy against Italian chokers and those who fear they could have another season of Europa League.
 

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I think Inzaghi is better in tournaments, and we have our chances, especially being underdogs. Barca are not so cohesive as an unit as us, but they have some players, which in good day can destroy us.
 

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I don't think we can say "destroyed them"
Destroyed might be an overstatement, but throwing mere results into the debate is a weak argument.
 
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