Post Match Reactions - Round 18

[JB@Norwich]

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Post Match Reactions - Round 18
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[Jason@Lisbon]

Well happy to have finaly beat chris and his lens team this season i think we played him 4 times this season so far through cup games and all and i believe this is first time beating him so well played chris mate

[ChrisS]

Good game Jason. After our 8th minute goal we were not much of a threat and the quality in your squad shone through. See you on Wednesday in DBT game 6.

[Marshy@Atletico]

Celtic 0 Atletico Madrid 1

Its unclear as to why Celtic have been so poor this season. They look better on paper than actual results.
Atletico Madrid did control this one with a 6-15 shot count but had to wait until the 77th minute before scoring the winning goal.

Manager Simon Marsh commented "It felt like a game we should be winning when on looks at the table but then the celtic team does not look terrible so I wasnt unsurprised that it might still be a grind to get the win. With one game to go until the half way point we have got to 8th place. Win the 19th game and with a few teams at the top playing each other we could be in a position to try and catch a few during the second half of the season".

There was transfer news this week when several bids were made for Cristante, Havertz and one for Skriniar as the club looked to change direction. One or two managers appeared upset when Atletico announced the players would be staying.

Marsh commented "The offers coming in for Skiniar and Havertz were poor and nowhere near being acceptable. Cristante did get a more interesting cash offer and the temptation was there but at the end of the day with the general direction of FFO landscape changing quite some distance we decided to stick. It would have been worse to agree deals and pull out which we resisted from doing".

[Neil@Fiorentina]

Fiorentina 0-0 AC Milan

A bore draw for the fans here, with only 5 shots on target between the teams over the 90 minutes.
AC have a good side, and were expected to probably play C, so the home manager decided not to risk playing more adventurously, though with hindsight, maybe it was the option to go for.
We aren't going to finish near the top playing cautiously every week, but will the manager do something daring away against Real Madrid next? well, his options are more limited given the red card for Goreztka in this game.
We are approaching midway, and very much in the European places as hoped, and indeed doing better in the table than expected so far, but it can all change so quickly.