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Author. Co-founder, @stadio. Writer, @ringer and @BritishGQ. Guest, @WrightysHouse. Fellow, @RSLiterature. Honorary Fellow, @StJohnsOx.

Aug 14, 2020, 7 tweets

Alaba and Varane: two of Europe's best defenders this season, and in this knockout stage both having - shall we say - moments to forget.

Dortmund must be especially gutted they did not make it through. This shootout format is perfect for them.

Both teams looking absolutely butt-naked at the back.

This is not football, this is futsal.

2014 Mueller has turned up, and so has 2014 Brazil.

A club of Barcelona's resources should not be relying on individual genius just to make a game like this remotely close.

The worst performance tonight, by far, has been by Barcelona's board of directors. Their fingerprints are all over that first half.

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