European Cup Football 2023/24 thread

[Nicky91]

thought about making this now, as competitions are being rounded up as we speak

Champions League

Preliminary Round:
(Iceland): Breiðablik
(Andorra): Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
(San Marino): Tre Penne
(Montenegro): TBD (1st)

1st Qualifying Round:

(Turkiye): TBD (1st)
(Bulgaria): TBD (1st)
(Cyprus): TBD (1st)
(Romania): TBD (1st)
(Israel): Maccabi Haifa
(Sweden): BK Hacken
(Poland): Rakow Czestochowa
(Kazakhstan): Astana FC
(Slovakia): Slovan Bratislava
(Slovenia): Olimpija Ljubljana
(Belarus): BATE Borisov
(Moldova): TBD (1st)
(Lithuania): Zalgiris
(Bosnia & Herzegovina): Zrinjski Mostar
(Finland): HJK Helsinki
(Luxembourg): Swift Hesperange
(Latvia): Valmiera
(Kosovo): TBD (1st)
(Ireland): Shamrock Rovers
(Armenia): TBD (1st)
(Northern Ireland): FC Larne
(Albania): TBD (1st)
(Faroe Islands): KI
(Estonia): FC Flora
(Malta): Hamrun Spartans
(Georgia): Dinamo Tbilisi
(North Macedonia): FC Struga Trim Lum
(Wales): The New Saints
(Gibraltar): Lincoln Red Imps

2nd Qualifying Round:

(Czechia) TBA (1st)

(Ukraine) TBA (2nd)

(Norway) Molde FK

(Belgium) TBA (2nd)

(Denmark) TBA (1st)

(Switzerland) TBA (2nd)

(Croatia) Dinamo Zagreb

(Greece) Panathinaikos


3rd Qualifying Round:

(Switzerland) Young Boys

(Greece) AEK Athens

(France) TBA (3rd)

(Scotland) Glasgow Rangers

(Portugal) TBA (3rd)

(Serbia) TBA (2nd)

(Netherlands) TBA (2nd)

(Austria) TBA (2nd)

Play Off Round:

(Ukraine) TBA (1st)

(Belgium) TBA (1st)

Group Stage:

Title holders of 2022-23 final

Europa League 2022-23 champions

(England) Manchester City
(England) Arsenal
(England) TBA (3rd)
(England) TBA (4th)
(Spain) FC Barcelona
(Spain) Real Madrid
(Spain) TBA (3rd)
(Spain) TBA (4th)
(Italy) Napoli
(Italy) TBA (2nd)
(Italy) TBA (3rd)
(Italy) TBA (4th)
(Germany) Bayern Munich
(Germany) Borussia Dortmund
(Germany) TBA (3rd)
(Germany) TBA (4th)
(France) TBA (1st)
(France) TBA (2nd)
(Portugal) Benfica
(Portugal) TBA (2nd)
(Netherlands) Feyenoord
(Austria) TBA (1st)
(Scotland) Celtic
(Serbia) Red Star Belgrade

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[Nicky91]

once again Liechtenstein representation is for their top team in the first division Swiss league, FC Vaduz (so far they've always been in european cup football since their first european match back in 1992)

coached by former player of the club and one of Liechtenstein's more notable internationals (with 113 appearances in their national team) Martin Stocklasa



also Luxembourgish side whom twice made appearances in europa league group stages, F91 Dudelange are in conference league for next season


and making their comeback also for Luxembourg, after last been at european cup in the 2020/21 season, Progres Niederkorn, coached by former luxembourgish international Jeff Strasser

[Zizu]

Who qualifies for which competition ?

Top 4 get the Champions League but what about the rest


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[Nicky91]

Who qualifies for which competition ?

Top 4 get the Champions League but what about the rest


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in Premier League


5th, 6th go to Europa League

7th goes to Conference League




in our eredivisie

for now still

2nd place CL qualifying

3rd place EL play off

4th place EL qualifying

5-8 european ticket play offs for conference league, extra matches beyond normal matchrounds

[Zizu]

Interesting


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[Nicky91]

SC Braga to play offs CL :love: and Sporting CP to EL


nice change for once, Braga are usually EL/Uefa Cup veterans



Liverpool in EL good addition of ''CL level quality'' for that competition :clap2:

[Nicky91]

the tickets from our eredivisie

Feyenoord (group stage CL)
PSV (qualifying round CL)
Ajax (qualifying round EL)
AZ (qualifying round Conference League)
FC Twente (winner of playoffs, qualifying round Conference League)

[Nicky91]

PSV will play Sturm Graz

[Nicky91]

Twente tonight first round of conference league quali's vs Zlatan's co-owned team Hammarby

[Nicky91]

gonna watch return too on thursday


Twente played so well at home, solid 1-0 win, goal by Sem Steijn, son of the now Ajax manager Maurice Steijn btw

[Nicky91]

alright

shock exit of Sheriff in CL, through in europa league now then


Servette knocks out belgian side Genk after penalties

[Nicky91]

YAY Twente advanced into next qualifying round :cheer:


what a great winning 1-1 late in extra time


Sem Steijn again same as last week at home :love: powerful shot he has

[Nicky91]

Twente vs latvian side FC Riga, will be once again watching that


andorran side Santa Coloma take on dutch subtop team AZ Alkmaar earlier tonight

[Nicky91]

tomorrow Sturm Graz - PSV


thursday

AZ - Santa Coloma

FC Riga - FC Twente

[Nicky91]

come on Riga FC :cheer: :cheer:


destroy twente pls

[Nicky91]

Hagi and Popescu's Farul through to conference league play off round :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

tonight

Fenerbahce - FC Twente


and later on in the evening

AZ Alkmaar - SK Brann Bergen

[Nicky91]

YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SS

:cheer2:

SC Braga for the first time in group stage Champions League!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lovely club

[Nicky91]

Europa League play off returns today

Conference League play off returns also today


who will be possible opponents for the likes of Rangers, Marseille, Freiburg, Liverpool, AS Roma, West Ham United in the Europa League


Ajax certainty i think after their last 1-4 away win in bulgaria

Olympiakos you never know but also in a good 3-1 aggregate position

Union St Gillis having to defend a 2-0 lead now away in switzerland vs Lugano

Dinamo Zagreb defending a 3-1 lead in Prague vs Sparta Prague



Aberdeen - Hacken having everything to play for still with 2-2 the first match


Qarabag defending a 2-0 lead vs Olimpija at home

[Nicky91]

FC Twente will need a miracle at home vs Fenerbahce



and we also have SK Brann Bergen vs AZ Alkmaar

[bots]

man u and bayern in the same group, that should be interesting :laugh:

[bots]

PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle :laugh:

[Zizu]

The other teams will be shocked by Newcastle’s brutality :))
Unless the refs don’t tolerate their thuggish tactics


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[Nicky91]

Europa League and Conference League draws today

[Nicky91]

Europa League seems so strong as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



whew


West Ham United
Liverpool
Brighton

on behalf of England


from Italy we got

AS Roma
Atalanta Bergamo

from Germany we got

Bayer Leverkusen
SC Freiburg


spain has

Villarreal
Real Betis


not to forget Glasgow Rangers obviously


France also having 3 teams

Stade Rennais
Olympique Marseille
Toulouse FC

Portugal having Sporting CP


Norway having their powerhouse team Molde FK


dangerous outsiders like Sheriff Tiraspol, Union St Gillis


Azeri no.1 team Qarabag all the way in Pot 2


3 Greek teams: Olympiakos, AEK Athens, Panathinaikos


2 austrian teams: LASK Linz, Sturm Graz



couple of debuts beside Brighton: swedish Hacken, serbian TSC, polish Rakow, cypriots of Aris Limassol


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in the Conference League

Eintracht Frankfurt, Dinamo Zagreb, Fenerbahce, Club Brugge, AA Gent, Aston Villa, Lille, Fiorentina, Bodo/Glimt seem the strongest teams on paper


couple of debuting in group stages

first icelandic team in a group stage: Breidablik
first faroese team in a group stage: KI
first bosnian team in a group stage: Zrinjski Mostar

as well as Cukaricki, Olimpija Ljubljana


second appearance in a row for Kosovo's FC Ballkani



outsiders maybe: Ferencvaros, Viktoria Plzen, Legia Warsaw, Genk

[Swan]

Milan are smashing Newcastle about :laugh:

[Zizu]

Milan are smashing Newcastle about :laugh:


Newcastle are missing their wrecking ball Joelinton plus most of Newcastle’s fouls / blocks / grabs etc are off the ball and barely noticeable unless you are looking for them specifically


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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Nicky91]

they were playing 9 man, not being mentioned at all in our news :laugh: to make it look more impressive i think, how the cockroaches won with 2-0 :laugh2:



tonight #BoszArmy in the Emirates Stadium vs Arteta's dream team

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[bots]

i love it when something like that happens

[Nicky91]

Bayern Munich vs Man United

Tuchel vs Ten Hag


Bayern with the man in form, Sir Harry Kane, who's almost always in the right place to score


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SC Braga vs Napoli also gonna be a fun one i reckon, Braga ain't that easy for Napoli, bags of european football experience too, always in for the long runs in the europa league and under club legend Artur Jorge they are peaking now


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Real Sociedad vs Inter Milan: not a easy one for Inter, we saw how Sociedad gave their alls against Barca last weekend, even scoring the 1-0 there, whom also got Arsenal's Kieran Tierney as a starting 11 player

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Benfica vs RB Salzburg: Herr Roger Schmidt vs his former team Salzburg, also a fun one i think, Benfica with the supertalented midfielder Kokcu

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Galatasaray - Copenhagen: nice one for the turks to begin their CL comeback campaign with, is doable i think for them to get the important 3 points in this otherwise tough group, with games vs Bayern and Man United still to come

[Nicky91]

Milan are smashing Newcastle about :laugh:

are you surprised much?

Milan are basically getting back to their good old strong form


one good signing they made in AZ's Tijjani Reijnders



they also have strong talents in Loftus-Cheek, Tomori, Luka Jovic, Kalulu, Leao


good bit of experience in Kjaer, Theo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Davide Calabria


a good coach in Stefano Pioli

[Zizu]

are you surprised much?

Milan are basically getting back to their good old strong form


one good signing they made in AZ's Tijjani Reijnders



they also have strong talents in Loftus-Cheek, Tomori, Luka Jovic, Kalulu, Leao


good bit of experience in Kjaer, Theo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic, Olivier Giroud, Davide Calabria


a good coach in Stefano Pioli


AC Milan were battered 5:1 by Inter Milan and last night they all but pummelled Newcastle ..


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[Nicky91]

AC Milan were battered 5:1 by Inter Milan and last night they all but pummelled Newcastle ..


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yes, i rate Inter Milan also way higher than Newcastle


thank god, all those overhyped PL teams are getting their well deserved karma now


cower in fear Arsenal, for the ''ajax tactics'' from PSV under our Boss from Apeldoorn Peter Bosz

[Zizu]

AC Milan were battered 5:1 by Inter Milan and last night they all but pummelled Newcastle ..


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Inter had 26 shots

Newcastle managed just ONE shot on target and that was in the dying moments


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[Nicky91]

yes shows what wimps the PL players truly are :fan:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Can you imagine if Man U get battered tonight and then lose to Burnley

:omgno:

[The Slim Reaper]

Can you imagine if Man U get battered tonight and then lose to Burnley

:omgno:

https://media.tenor.com/NN89l8Ln8iIAAAAC/randy-marsh-south-park.gif

[Nicky91]

me with PSV in FIFA 23

winning the group of arsenal, sevilla, lens


so have high expectations for Bosz


that's why



Bella Kotchap is WORLDCLASS defender, Alex 2.0

[The Slim Reaper]

I don't think Arteta is concerned about some kid on fifa who gives himself billions and plays on rookie.

[Nicky91]

I don't think Arteta is concerned about some kid on fifa who gives himself billions and plays on rookie.

but i don't spend all of that billion extra money immediately, also investing it into the club ;)

with 5 star youth scouts


i'm not a cheater like Man City or PSG


i kept things realistic, more or less :laugh: although i managed to sign Cesar Montes, Jeremiah St Juste too for extra variation in terms of central defence


two proper loan signings

Real Oviedo talent Yayo

and Sporting CP's Dario Essugo



my manager is Miguel Angel Russo, you know, the estudiantes legend, who played with Maradona and was his assistent at argentina



i am good at FIFA, and the real manager option is the best thing ever happened to FIFA

[bots]

Can you imagine if Man U get battered tonight and then lose to Burnley

:omgno:

ten hag could be gone by Sunday :laugh:

[bots]

i don't give united much of a chance tonight, but thats usually when they perform at their best

[bots]

Hojlund can run 100m in under 11 seconds

[Zizu]

Hojlund can run 100m in under 11 seconds


That’s with Joelinton chasing him though

:)


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[Swan]

Man Utd borrowing Newcastles kit again

[Zizu]

Sorry , I hate being controversial but I’m sick of all these women commentators and pundits .

I want to know that the person commenting on the play knows what they’re talking about as they have played at the highest level ..

We have no idea if this woman was any good or if she knows what she’s going on about and they do seem to like talking for talkings sake


We have as many women as men on men’s football yet the women just a the odd guy in their programs


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[bots]

Onana was definitely worth the money :joker:

[Zizu]

What’s are the odds for Havertz scoring a couple :)


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[bots]

thats me watching something else now :laugh:

[Swan]

.....

[bots]

make it a round 30 as onana puts a couple past himself

[Zizu]

This woman is doing my head in

“ I thought he was gonna write something down but he’s getting a tissue out to see what he’s watching !!?

Absolute unnecessary Bollox


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[Crimson Dynamo]

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Butterfingers?

[Mystic Mock]

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I'm no Celtic supporter by any means.

But in fairness to all of the Scottish teams that are playing in Europe, the SFA needs to invest a lot more in their League if they want their teams to be competitive against good teams.

[Mystic Mock]

Can you imagine if Man U get battered tonight and then lose to Burnley

:omgno:

With Onana in goal they'd lose to us.

He needs to be dropped for the Burnley game, he couldn't catch a cold.

[bots]

nice one Hojlund

[Zizu]

Arsenal have played in second gear but they’ve scored some fabulous goals ..


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[Zizu]

I'm no Celtic supporter by any means.

But in fairness to all of the Scottish teams that are playing in Europe, the SFA needs to invest a lot more in their League if they want their teams to be competitive against good teams.


Apparently our mediocre Prem teams are able to spend 20 times more than the top Scottish teams


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Apparently our mediocre Prem teams are able to spend 20 times more than the top Scottish teams


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indeed

that is why Rangers getting to a Europa league final and being one pen away from winning the other year was as good as Man city winning the CL

if not much better

[Swan]

Brilliant game

[The Slim Reaper]

First time united have conceded 3 or more goals for 3 consecutive matches since 1978.

De Gea is still available on a free :laugh:

[Cherie]

4 ...3 not bad, expected Bayern to batter them

[Crimson Dynamo]

4 ...3 not bad, expected Bayern to batter them

hopefully, Burnley will only win 2-1 now

[Cherie]

hopefully, Burnley will only win 2-1 now

Not a chance....and I see you have United to win in your predictions....:hee:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Not a chance....and I see you have United to win in your predictions....:hee:

:oh:

[GiRTh]

First time united have conceded 3 or more goals for 3 consecutive matches since 1978.

De Gea is still available on a free :laugh::laugh::laugh:

Another player Ten Hag has coached before but he's not looking great. Good with his feet but does he know he can use his hands too. :joker:

[Cherie]

:oh:

:smug:

[GiRTh]

I thought PSV would be better as they dominated us last year in the Europa Grave yard.

Spurs next

[The Slim Reaper]

:laugh::laugh:

Another player Ten Hag has coached before but he's not looking great. Good with his feet but does he know he can use his hands too. :joker:

I saw some dude tweet about him the other day, that he's always glued to his line for shots, so there's always more goal to aim at. Pretty much spot on.

[GiRTh]

I hadnt noticed that. Its true, his positioning is awful

[The Slim Reaper]

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[MTVN]

Anyone know how Liverpool are getting on against the tinpot Austrian side?

[The Slim Reaper]

Luring them into a false sense of security. Right where we want them.

[bots]

goalkeeping error? :laugh:

[The Slim Reaper]

Reserve keeper.

That was a bit of a lucky penalty. Was a pen but you don't usually see those given when it's after a shot.

[The Slim Reaper]

Been camped in our penalty box since we equalised :laugh:

Then we score again :smug:

[MTVN]

Looks like Villa will be the only British side to drop points then

[The Slim Reaper]

Salah is a genius. 3-1.

That's how you do deal with the big teams from that region. Not by conceding 4 goals. :laugh:

[GiRTh]

Salah is a genius. 3-1.

That's how you do deal with the big teams from that region. Not by conceding 4 goals. :laugh::laugh:

[Swan]

Jesus, the game to watch was Zrinjski (never heard of them) vs AZ Alkmaar. AZ were winning 3 nill at HT, 2nd half Zrinjski came back and won 4-3.

[Mystic Mock]

I'm no Celtic supporter by any means.

But in fairness to all of the Scottish teams that are playing in Europe, the SFA needs to invest a lot more in their League if they want their teams to be competitive against good teams.

Interestingly Simon Jordan said on TalkSport that Feyenoord's team is worth 5 Million Pounds less than Celtic's team.

I don't know how true that is, because it didn't come across that way during the match, so what kind of crap has Celtic been buying?

[Mystic Mock]

nice one Hojlund

He is going to be a good player I think.

[Mystic Mock]

Apparently our mediocre Prem teams are able to spend 20 times more than the top Scottish teams


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You can tell tbh.

Luton would kick Celtic's arse with Chong all by himself.

[bots]

Manu U have 12 players missing from their squad, it's not really surprising that they are not up to scratch

[Mystic Mock]

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Fair play to him for coming out with such honesty.

[Mystic Mock]

Looks like Villa will be the only British side to drop points then

Rangers have got Real Betis haven't they?

[Swan]

I knew the occasion would get to Brighton.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Rangers have got Real Betis haven't they?

:dance2:

[The Slim Reaper]

Why doesn't Alf ever post in this thread? :smug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Mystic Mock]

:dance2:

One of those occasions where I'm glad to have been wrong.:dance:

I just hope that I'm not wrong about us beating QPR 2-0 tomorrow night.

[Nicky91]

Freiburg :worship: winning in greece vs Olympiakos


amazing how to keep improving


#Proud To be a Lover of Germany!!!!!!

[Cherie]

Fair play to him for coming out with such honesty.

100% nice to see a player taking it on the chin, rather than letting the manager explain it

[Crimson Dynamo]

100% nice to see a player taking it on the chin, rather than letting the manager explain it

Hopefully, he wont make a calamitous error in the "must win" game against the minnows Burnley?

[Cherie]

Hopefully, he wont make a calamitous error in the "must win" game against the minnows Burnley?

time will tell, you changing your prediction then :hehe:

[Nicky91]

tonight

PSV - Sevilla

but also

Manchester United - Galatasaray

FC Copenhagen - Bayern Munich

RC Lens - Arsenal

Union Berlin - SC Braga

Napoli - Real Madrid

RB Salzburg - Real Sociedad

Inter Milan - Benfica

[James]

All happening in Man Utd vs Galatasaray.

Onana mistake, penalty and red card and missed penalty.

[James]

Man Utd 2-3 Galatasaray now.

[Swan]

Chelsea selling Mount and Havertz was really good business

[The Slim Reaper]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7iyPP6WcAAOVb0?format=jpg&name=small

[MTVN]

That's one of the most entertaining games I've seen in a long time, United way on top and looking pretty good only to self destruct in the most chaotic way possible

[Swan]

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Christ that wasted chance by Rashford at the 2 min mark.

[Swan]

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The first Lens goal is just complete and utter perfection, the build up, sweeping passes, and the majestic finish. Best worked build up and finish i've seen in years.

[Zizu]

Man Utd 2-3 Galatasaray now.


That was the first European away win for them since 2013


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[Crimson Dynamo]

go to 1.25 and watch the goal, then its disallowed , then its a red

VAR is an actual joke

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[Nicky91]

amazing point won by the BoszArmy over a La Liga top team

:worship:

[Zizu]

What a dilemma !!!

Kieran Trippier’s son is a mascot for tonight’s game BUT he wants to walk out with Mbappe !!!


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[bots]

Hojlund is the real deal i think

[Nicky91]

Xavi Simons, Dani Olmo, Lois Openda, Benjamin Sesko, Timo Werner vs Manchester City tonight

:dance2:

[Zizu]

Hojlund is the real deal i think


Shame he’s in a struggling team .. he’d be great in that Arsenal set up


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[Swan]

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Always watch the CL on Paramount+ in the US, great panel, adore Kate. Also agree with them here. How dumb can Napoli be?!

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Zizu]

Presumably Newcastle will share the bookings whilst trying to slow down Mbappe !!

Know way he survives 90 minutes


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[The Slim Reaper]

I'm here for zizus one-man crusade against the dirty Geordies :laugh:

[Swan]

Christ, Antwerp were 2-0 up, Shaktar got in front 2-3, then Antwerp just missed a penalty in the 98th to make it 3-3.

[Zizu]

I'm here for zizus one-man crusade against the dirty Geordies :laugh:


We should take bets on how long it takes Newcastle to chop someone down :)

I’m going with 27 seconds


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[Zizu]

Just lucky for PSG and Mbappe that Joel WreckingBall Linton isn’t available !!


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[Zizu]

I fear for Mbappe and Dembele !


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[Zizu]

Strange to see Newcastle not constantly fouling !

They probably realise that their normal roughhouse tactics won’t be tolerated by Euro refs


They did make the first foul ( Toneli left his foot in a tackle ) and Newcastle got possession of the ball as the Geordi’s fans screamed their approval.


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[Zizu]

Scharr getting a bit of his own treatment

:)

It’s usually him leading with an elbow ..


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[Swan]

2-0

[Beso]

Toon toon.

[Swan]

Newcastle thrashing PSG

[bots]

Fantastic work from newcastle

[Zizu]

Fantastic work from newcastle


Their fans are living the dream .. that said PSG defending has been woeful at best


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[Zizu]

Best player on the pitch is the 17 yr old kid Zaïre-Emery imho


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[bots]

i keep having to double take the man city score graphic, it looks like they are playing leicester

[Zizu]

Gordon is so physical yet goes down in a breeze


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[Crimson Dynamo]

2-1 City

[bots]

that was some goal from alvarez

[Zizu]

Presume that Wilson is injured again ?


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[Zizu]

Mbappe best in the world !?!

I think not .. I’ve always felt that Dembele was more talented just has more injuries


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[bots]

3-1 to city now

[Crimson Dynamo]

The forth goal for Newcastle. Wow

[Swan]

Oh Brighton.

[bots]

Arse Limassol are beating rangers, thats a pub team :laugh:

2:0 now :hehe:

[Zizu]

Wonder why Brighton are struggling with European football ??

I kinda expected them to take the world ( well Europe) by storm with their fast , free flowing football


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[Swan]

Wonder why Brighton are struggling with European football ??

I kinda expected them to take the world ( well Europe) by storm with their fast , free flowing football


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Dunno, it's all new to them, but a draw away to Marseille is a good result, and coming back after being down 2-0.

[bots]

Brighton wont have a good second half to the season, the same is probably true of newcastle, because they dont have the strength and depth to be successful in 2 top level competitions

[bots]

Aris are ranked 293rd in Uefa's club coefficient rankings, while Rangers are 30th. :skull:

[Nicky91]

Aris are ranked 293rd in Uefa's club coefficient rankings, while Rangers are 30th. :skull:

yes beautiful to have upsets like these

:love:


one of their assistent coaches is Latvian record international (167 games) Vitalijs Astafjevs

[The Slim Reaper]

The mighty reds showed last night how to deal with a European superpower.

[Nicky91]

The mighty reds showed last night how to deal with a European superpower.

they were a superpower pre-world war 1 & 2 though


all of their titles were back then and currently in the lead again in their league



meanwhile 2 games 6 points also for Azeri side Qarabag, simple 0-1 away win in sweden over Hacken


Ballkani upsetting Dinamo Zagreb 2-0



Faroese KI drawing Lille 0-0 :o :o

[bots]

Maguire scored a goal :shocked:

[Nicky91]

todays games

Paris Saint-Germain vs AC Milan

whew could be a fab match that one


FC Barcelona - Shakhtar Donetsk


Shakhtar with the new coach Marino Pusic (former feyenoord assistent coach)



Newcastle - Dortmund

always a brilliant atmosphere in St James Park tbh, two sets of amazing fanbases too head to head

[Nicky91]

another assist and goal from superstar Xavi Simons :dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

:whistle:

[Mystic Mock]

Oh Man Utd.:facepalm:

[James]

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I thought he picked up a real animal for a moment. :shocked:

[Nicky91]

tonight europa league, and conference league



Ajax - Brighton & Hove

West Ham United - Olympiacos

Rangers - Sparta Prague



LASK Linz - Union St Gillis



Aston Villa - AZ

PAOK - Aberdeen


HJK Helsinki vs Eintracht Frankfurt

[Swan]

Always entertainment in Utd's CL games this season. Also, Newcastle robbed of a famous win last night. I don't like them as a team, but that pen was a joke.

[Nicky91]

can't you do better Sevilla :fist: :fist:



should've won against PSV :idc:

[The Slim Reaper]

Winning in Europe isn't for everyone.

[bots]

Winning in Europe isn't for everyone.

the europa league only becomes a competition when it gets the champions league failures dumped in it

[Nicky91]

Union :( :(


oh well away against Toulouse a 0-0 isn't that bad for a belgian team anyway




Ajax :hehe: lmao how low have they fallen (thx to Mislintat)

[Nicky91]

Winning in Europe isn't for everyone.

Europa League has gotten a lot tougher in recent years honestly


only good for the competitiveness i guess



Conference League is the new UEFA Cup more like for the smaller teams now, which is also good for the smaller lower budget ones, a chance to earn extra money



same how the nations league is good for the smaller nations to earn extra ranking points, extra chances of making it onto euro championships, world cups etc



SC Freiburg, whew Gregoritsch hattrick :worship: 5-0 win over Olympiacos, also ex-psv forward Ritsu Doan who made the last goal of the match

[Nicky91]

whew narrow escape for PSG there, also good on AC Milan for surviving europe in the winter :D think Milan are quite the contenders now for the Europa League (if they bench Reijnders that is)



Kolo Muani :laugh2: what a miss of a chance, trying to do it way too laidback :rolleyes:


tough luck for the korean Messi either, also pretty good chance

[MTVN]

How bout those Irons guys??

[bots]

the uk teams did much better in the other competitions than we did in the CL

[Nicky91]

Union St Gillis 2-1 win over Liverpool


WHEW, and advancing into conference league now :love:



Amoura!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nicky91]

CL R16 draw

PSV - Borussia Dortmund

Napoli - FC Barcelona

Inter Milan - Atletico Madrid

Paris Saint-Germain - Real Sociedad

FC Porto - Arsenal

Lazio - Bayern Munich

FC Copenhagen - Man City

RB Leipzig - Real Madrid


EL Inbetween Round

Feyenoord - AS Roma

AC Milan - Stade Rennais

RC Lens - SC Freiburg

Young Boys - Sporting CP

Benfica - Toulouse

SC Braga - Qarabag

Galatasaray - Sparta Prague

Shakhtar Donetsk - Olympique Marseille

(Liverpool, Leverkusen, Villarreal, West Ham, Brighton, Rangers, Atalanta, Slavia Prague already qualified)


ECL Inbetween round

Ajax - Bodo/Glimt

Sturm Graz - Slovan Bratislava

Servette - Loedogorets

Union St Gillis - Frankfurt

Real Betis - Dinamo Zagreb

Olympiacos - Ferencvaros

FK Molde - Legia Warsaw

Maccabi Haifa - AA Gent

(Aston Villa, Club Brugge, Fiorentina, Fenerbahce, Lille, PAOK, Viktoria Plzen, Maccabi Tel Aviv already qualified)

[Zizu]

Typical that Man£££££r City got the easiest option …


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[bots]

there are no easy options when you get to the knock out phase.

[Zizu]

there are no easy options when you get to the knock out phase.


F.C. Copenhagen ?

They are 3 points and two places behind FC Midtjylland …


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[bots]

Man City are only interested in winning the competition. To do that, they need to beat the best that they face on route. Every other team has to do the same

[Zizu]

Man City are only interested in winning the competition. To do that, they need to beat the best that they face on route. Every other team has to do the same


True enough .. big every other team wanted Copenhagen


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[Swan]

Porto/Arsenal is the stand out tie for me.

[bots]

It only really ever interests me when it gets to the knockout phase. It should be good

[Nicky91]

Leipzig - Real Madrid should be good


Leipzig with Xavi Simons, Openda, Sesko


Real with Bellingham, Vini Jr





think PSV can cause an upset vs Dortmund honestly, the form they are in, Peter Bosz said they can win the champions league the way they easily won against AZ last weekend with 0-4



lucky Braga getting Qarabag



Union St Gillis with Frankfurt, not too bad, i mean Frankfurt recent form mediocre i guess and Union has a decent team with Amoura, Mac Allister, Eckert, Machida

[Crimson Dynamo]

Sparta Prague v Liverpool

Marseille v Villarreal

Roma v Brighton

Benfica v Rangers

Freiburg v West Ham

Sporting Lisbon v Atalanta

AC Milan v Slavia Prague

Qarabag v Bayer Leverkusen

The first leg of the last-16 ties will be played on Thursday, 7 March, with the return legs on 14 March.

[bots]

Big games tonight

Arsenal vs Bayern

Real Madrid vs Man City

PSG vs Barca

[bots]

Man City 1 -0 after 2 mins :joker:

[bots]

1-1 ...... it's a cracker of a game

[bots]

crazy ... 2-1 to RM now lol

[bots]

3-2 to city now

[bots]

3-3 ... great game

[Zizu]

Wednesdays games

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[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Nicky91]

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oh bore off Stuchel :hehe: you're gone next season anyway



i think Mourinho would be a good choice for Bayern yes, much star quality at the very least, same charisma a la Van Gaal

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Nicky91]

PSG - Barca could be a fun match on paper


Atletico - Dortmund also i think, although Dortmund are stronger at home than away






tomorrow also some fun matches i guess

AC Milan - AS Roma :flutter:

Liverpool - Atalanta Bergamo :flutter:

Bayer Leverkusen - West Ham United, we'll see how West Ham can cope against Xabi Alonso's top team

Benfica - Olympique Marseille :flutter:


europa league is champions league 2.0 tbh



conference league also not that weak anymore

Olympiakos - Fenerbahce, always interesting a greek-turkish H2H :cool:

Viktoria Plzen - Fiorentina (Plzen are not to be underestimated tbh, they've been in CL group stages couple times in a row recently)

Club Brugge - PAOK (normally i'd say Brugge to win here, but you never know with Brugge, and PAOK are a bit of a surprise here)

Aston Villa - Lille, could also be a good match on paper

[Crimson Dynamo]

Liverpool Atalanta heat map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK6YImpboAAdZFw?format=jpg&name=small

[bots]

:joker:

[Nicky91]

poor West Ham right now, for the return game vs Leverkusen, the newly crowned bundesliga champions


Leverkusen whom still could be going for the treble (with also DFB Pokal final vs Kaiserslautern to come)

[bots]

it's set up for 2 cracking matches tonight and i don't have a clue who will win either match :laugh:

[Nicky91]

Man City easy wins this now, 4-0 i think


and Arsenal will win against Loser Tuchel



for a english semi H2H

[Cherie]

Barca v PSG was class ..

[bots]

Barca v PSG was class ..

Barca completely blew up when their defender was sent off :laugh: The norm is that the 10 men usually shut up shop and thats the game over. At that point they had a 2 goal advantage. Crazy

[Zizu]

Barca completely blew up when their defender was sent off :laugh: The norm is that the 10 men usually shut up shop and thats the game over. At that point they had a 2 goal advantage. Crazy


He’s their best defender by far though plus we are still a poor side relatively.. don’t think Xavi is the answer … sadly he’s having second thoughts about quitting at the end of the season :(


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[Zizu]

Liverpool Atalanta heat map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK6YImpboAAdZFw?format=jpg&name=small


Chelsea v Everton map


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[bots]

Here we go ......

[Swan]

Both English teams going out as it stands!!

[Cherie]

Come on Madrid, great for Chelseas weekend match as well....

[Swan]

Come on Madrid, great for Chelseas weekend match as well....

Yeah they're gonna be shattered

[Crimson Dynamo]

Arsenal ��

[Mystic Mock]

Liverpool Atalanta heat map

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK6YImpboAAdZFw?format=jpg&name=small

How have I only just spotted this!:joker:

[Swan]

That will hurt City big time. Good night for Chelsea, and Liverpool. Both City and Arsenal will be deflated after that.

[bots]

People forget how successful RM have been in this competition. It was never going to be a stroll for city like people were saying

[Nicky91]

People forget how successful RM have been in this competition. It was never going to be a stroll for city like people were saying

Premier League is the best league in the entire world by a long mile though

stay within your script pls

[Zizu]

People forget how successful RM have been in this competition. It was never going to be a stroll for city like people were saying


I was wondering why the keeper never dived last night for Bernardo Silva’s penalty down the middle !!


The goalie was apparently tipped off by Rudiger and Kepa

https://x.com/totalcristiano/status/1780883876820230471

[Swan]

Villa are the only English team with a realistic chance of progressing in Europe tonight. Crazy to think it's a very real possibility there won't be any English clubs in all 3 European competitions.

Liverpool over the years have been the comeback kings in Europe over the years though, could be an interesting game. I don't see West Ham pulling it back.

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[bots]

Haaland relies on service to score goals, and he didn't get any. That's just the type of player he is

[Cherie]

I was wondering why the keeper never dived last night for Bernardo Silva’s penalty down the middle !!


The goalie was apparently tipped off by Rudiger and Kepa

https://x.com/totalcristiano/status/1780883876820230471



Hardly tipped off, they study the way the goalie moves in training

[Zizu]

Hardly tipped off, they study the way the goalie moves in training


My mistake they told the keeper about Kovacic’s preference to go to his left corner



Kepa and Rudiger were with Kovacic at Chelsea
:::

Another former Chelsea player with local knowledge, Rudiger pointed to his left when former team-mate Mateo Kovacic stood up to take City's third penalty. Lunin heeded his advice, and saved diving to his right after Kovacic went the way Rudiger suggested.


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[bots]

penalty shootouts are always a lottery. The simple fact is that city couldn't see off RM in normal or extra time, so they are not the winning machine everyone has been saying they are.

At this point in the season, the stakes are always high. You can win or lose everything in a handful of days.

What i will say is that this will be a wake up call to city, and they will be stronger next season

[Nicky91]

penalty shootouts are always a lottery. The simple fact is that city couldn't see off RM in normal or extra time, so they are not the winning machine everyone has been saying they are.

At this point in the season, the stakes are always high. You can win or lose everything in a handful of days

penalties are always a lottery tbh


here in Sittard we have a penalty curse sadly

[Zizu]

Barca completely blew up when their defender was sent off :laugh: The norm is that the 10 men usually shut up shop and thats the game over. At that point they had a 2 goal advantage. Crazy


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[Crimson Dynamo]

Game on in Italy

[Mystic Mock]

People forget how successful RM have been in this competition. It was never going to be a stroll for city like people were saying

I agree.

Nobody is safe against Real Madrid, regardless of how good they are at home.

[Zizu]

I agree.

Nobody is safe against Real Madrid, regardless of how good they are at home.


Just wait until they have Mbappe and that brilliant young Brazilian wonderkid ( the new Romario) in the summer


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[bots]

I'm sure mock is happy to hear that Aston Villa are the last premier team left standing in europe :laugh:

[Nicky91]

I'm sure mock is happy to hear that Aston Villa are the last premier team left standing in europe :laugh:

Villa doing better at penalty shootouts than Man City :hehe:

[Mystic Mock]

I'm sure mock is happy to hear that Aston Villa are the last premier team left standing in europe :laugh:

As long as we stay up, I honestly don't care.:laugh:

Also my Dad was really happy about the result, so I can't begrudge it too much.

[Mystic Mock]

Just wait until they have Mbappe and that brilliant young Brazilian wonderkid ( the new Romario) in the summer


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It'll definitely be interesting times for them.

[Nicky91]

PSG have Xavi Simons too next season :D the dutch wonderkid whose doing again brilliantly this season at RB Leipzig


so they won't miss Mbappe that much i think


Lee and Simons would be a dynamic duo on the wings i think

[MTVN]

What was with that reaction to the pitch invaders :umm2: bloke was just wandering around on his own for ages with no security anywhere to be seen

[Swan]

BD all over RM atm

[bots]

Dortmund should be 2 up

[The Slim Reaper]

BD all over RM atm

Gives me PTSD from 2 years ago. This is how Madrid do it.

[Swan]

Gives me PTSD from 2 years ago. This is how Madrid do it.

Yeah they need to be taking these chances....AGAIN!!! Could be 3 up by now

[Zizu]

Dortmund should be 2 up


Beat me to it


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[bots]

Gives me PTSD from 2 years ago. This is how Madrid do it.

RM are lethal in bursts, thats why i'm "confident" they will win :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Mental start
Wow

[bots]

normally the final is a bore fest until 20 mins in to the 2nd half :laugh:

[Zizu]

Thats a penalty for Dortmund- shoved him over in the box


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[Zizu]

Dortmund are amazing on the break


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[Swan]

Dortmund are amazing on the break


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Yeah but need to burying these chances

[Zizu]

Two Madrid dives , two Dortmund booked


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[Zizu]

Sancho is back to his confident best


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[MTVN]

Ref gonna end up with some decisions to make second half being so card happy

[Zizu]

Ref gonna end up with some decisions to make second half being so card happy


Well going off past experiences in La Liga .. Real Madrid will come out smelling of roses and get the best if all the major decisions


Last minute penalty please .. yes sir !

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[Zizu]

Why are refs so gullible ?

Every time Sancho closes 6’2” Mendy down the defender throws himself dramatically to floor and the officials buy it every single time


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[bots]

knew it

[The Slim Reaper]

Yup. As sure as night follows day.

[Swan]

RM turning it on now ofc

[Swan]

And all over

[bots]

thats it sewn up

[bots]

that's the player that i would love to have at man u

[The Slim Reaper]

I don't think he'd sign for a mid-table club.

[bots]

:nono:

[Swan]

Not a bad final. BD needed to finish those earlier chances. Like we all said, was obvious RM would get into gear late on.

[bots]

i've enjoyed the game

[Swan]

Chelsea beat RM, then City in 2021 on their way to the trophy, just saying :smug:

Now we can't beat Sheffield Utd mind.

[bots]

:laugh: they cracked KDB's eye socket

[Swan]

Apparently a Russian streamer offered anyone $300k if they ran on the pitch during the CL final wearing a shirt promoting his name/streams. So someone did.

[Zizu]

Apparently a Russian streamer offered anyone $300k if they ran on the pitch during the CL final wearing a shirt promoting his name/streams. So someone did.


The streamer didn’t think that through then as the TV companies NEVER show pitch invaders..


Bet he wouldn’t pay up anyway


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