Benfica (H) - UCL Quarter Final 2nd leg, Wed 13th Apr 2022 (8:00pm)

[Colonel Bumcunt]

Becker

Gomez

Konate

Matip

Tsimi

 

Keita

Henderson

Slade

 

Diaz

Firmino

Minamino

[chrisbonnie]

3 minutes ago, an tha said:

Fuck, I hope we don't live to regret that line up

[lebron]

Similar to what I would have picked, so can't be too upset with that. A bit surprised at both Robertson and VVD omitted, but I guess Klopp trusts Matip and/or Konate to control the line.

 

Think we'll get through this quite comfortably anyway, and won't be surprised to see goals from all the front three.

[Rushies tash]

If it goes tits up, look at that bench.

[El Rojo]

Seven changes from Sunday, I make it. 

[an tha]

4 minutes ago, chrisbonnie said:

Fuck, I hope we don't live to regret that line up

Not sure i like the blunting of attacking quality from RB (although Gomez did to be fair do well last time v Watford) and midfield screams SLOW to me...

 

Centre half pairing - have they played together before? I am not sure....

 

But we have to utilise squad if we are gonna balance all the games we have - in Klopp we trust.

[diamondjoe]

That midfield kind of reminds me of the old Lucas and Mascherano one two.

[CapeRed]

1 minute ago, diamondjoe said:

That midfield kind of reminds me of the old Lucas and Mascherano one two.

Looks to be seriously short of pace

[TheDrowningMan]

Will be 100% fine. Have to make changes with it sandwiched between two City games.

[Torvald Utne]

I like that front 3

[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

The squad is there to be used. And, it’s our best overall squad for a long, long time. 
 

But, that is a lot of changes. And, no disrespect to Villarreal, we’ve got a boss chance of getting to the final if we get through tonight. Which I think we will do. But, all those changes could make things a bit stickier than they need to be. 

[Torvald Utne]

You know times are good when that is your second string eleven

[cloggypop]

THE BENCH

[johnsusername]

Benfica will be well up for this. My worry level is 7/10 right now. 

[dockers_strike]

Alisson; Gomez, Matip, Konate, Tsimikas; Henderson, Milner, Keita; Jota, Firmino, Diaz.

 

Jurgen between a rock and a hard place. Make changes and be open to criticism, dont make changes and be open to criticism.

 

The team just has to ensure they dont lose. A win would be very welcome.

[Colonel Bumcunt]

25 minutes ago, an tha said:

I reckon Klopp has a definite plan in mind for subs on 60 regardless of the score. 

[3 Stacks]

Defense and midfield are risky. It's true that better players can come in with 5 subs, but if something goes wrong, there will be massive blame on Klopp.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Early goal.

 

Score one and it's game over, concede one and it's game on.

 

COYMR

[Anubis]

[lebron]

7 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Defense and midfield are risky. It's true that better players can come in with 5 subs, but if something goes wrong, there will be massive blame on Klopp.

 

Think the plan is to soak up pressure a bit more than we normally do. As long as Bobby and Keita are on their game, I think we get plenty of breaks that our other attackers can profit from. Acutally, van Dijk apart, one could argue that the two fullbacks make us equally solid as our regular back 4. Milner and Hendo aren't shy of working, either. I expect this to be a bit more even in terms of possession compared to the other European games we've played this season, but I fully expect us to pass the test tonight.

 

As others have said, if we're not doing well, we have 5 subs to counter the result with. 

[Jennings]

That defence for a Champions League Qtr final - Jurgen wants us to shit ourselves for 90 minutes. This gonna be tense.

[halewood pete]

Don't like seeing trent and virgil on the bench,but I'm prepared to accept that Jurgen has a plan !

[Babb'sBurstNad]

29 minutes ago, TheDrowningMan said:

Will be 100% fine. Have to make changes with it sandwiched between two City games.

Who are you, and what have you done with the real DrowningMan?

[Vincent Vega]

Benfica won’t have been able to plan for a lineup like that, so they won’t have a clue initially. 

[Grinch]

Had to use this chance to rest the boys.  There’ll hopefully not be another chance till May.