***Sporting v Champions Official Match Thread***

[PeterParker]

Are we one up yet?

[johnny crossan]

[Nick]

Imo pudsey was our best player at Spuds so good on him

[Nigels Tackle]

lump on sporting!
that defence! yikes

[CTID Hants]

Your City line-up in Lisbon!

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo (C), Savinho, Foden, Nunes, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Wright, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand

[johnny crossan]

lump on sporting!
that defence! yikes

Better SP than Ake - he was running through treacle at Bournemouth, the young lad was top drawer at Spurs.

Watch on youtube.com

[Mase]

The fuck has Wilson-Esbrand come from?!!

[Mase]

Stones dead again? England playing soon are they…

[Nick]

The fuck has Wilson-Esbrand come from?!!

Thought he went on the last day

Re odds I looked and they weren't that good to lump on sporting

[johnny crossan]

The fuck has Wilson-Esbrand come from?!!

Thought he went on the last day

Re odds I looked and they weren't that good to lump on sporting

He's played 45 mins in each of the last two EDS games, looked undercooked when he was pulled in the last one at HT tbh.

[Nigels Tackle]

The fuck has Wilson-Esbrand come from?!!

Thought he went on the last day

Re odds I looked and they weren't that good to lump on sporting

more than 2/1 for a team that’s unbeaten at home… they are pretty good odds

[sheblue]

Big call to put Simpson Pusey in ahead of Ake. He did well against spurs when he came on, but this is a much more difficult proposition for him.

[johnny crossan]

Big call to put Simpson Pusey in ahead of Ake. He did well against spurs when he came on, but this is a much more difficult proposition for him.

Neither Akanji nor Ake can sprint - he's really needed.

[carl_feedthegoat]

Big call to put Simpson Pusey in ahead of Ake. He did well against spurs when he came on, but this is a much more difficult proposition for him.

Ake had lead boots on the other day !! he is exactly where he belongs and that's on the bench.

[stevefromdonny]

COME ON CITY

[Blue Jam]

I predict a loss.

[johnny crossan]

I predict a loss.

I predict a riot (if it happens)

[nottsblue]

COME ON BLUE BOYS

[nottsblue]

Your City line-up in Lisbon!

XI | Ederson, Lewis, Simpson-Pusey, Akanji, Gvardiol, Kovacic, Bernardo (C), Savinho, Foden, Nunes, Haaland

SUBS | Ortega Moreno, Carson, Walker, Ake, Doku, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Wright, O'Reilly, McAtee, Wilson-Esbrand

I assume Gvardiol will be central with SP on the left. Be a big ask for him to start an away CL game against an in form team at his age on his full debut

[Beefymcfc]

I take it nobody is feeling too confident tonight?

Come on City!