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2022-23 UEFA Champions League
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He barely touched him!Ŷbolloxbolder said:Kjaer pushed Martinez in the back.0 -
Contact is not a foul1
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It wasn't a penalty but I'm surprised it was overturned - didn't think it was going to meet the clear and obvious threshold, whatever that is these days.1
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Exactly where I was, thought it was really soft but didn't think it would get overturned.Callumcafc said:It wasn't a penalty but I'm surprised it was overturned - didn't think it was going to meet the clear and obvious threshold, whatever that is these days.
Glad it bad, from a discouraging diving point of view!0 -
Seriously how does McManaman have a job
First half a tiny touch-100% penalty
Second half a punch to the ribs- na don't want to see penalties given for that sort of thing
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A really poor show by AC Milan.
Great away performance by Inter 😄0 -
I enjoyed him saying "there are no second chances in the Champions League... well, they get another chance next week".paulie8290 said:Seriously how does McManaman have a job
First half a tiny touch-100% penalty
Second half a punch to the ribs- na don't want to see penalties given for that sort of thing
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Probably already been covered on here, but the new format explained from 2024/25
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How do they decide who your 8 games are against? Are the teams seeded? Seems mad that one team could have 8 easier games compared to someone have 8 hard ones.1
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"UEFA is expected to create four pots of nine teams, almost certainly based upon the five-year club coefficient. Each team will play two teams from each pot (one home, one away) to create an eight-match fixture list of roughly equal strength.
More "big matches" are created by the teams in the top pots being drawn against each other, which wasn't possible under the current system.
Teams in Pot 1 would draw two other clubs from Pot 1, 2, 3 and 4. Teams from the same association still cannot play each other in the group stage."
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Also with the increase from 32 to 36 clubs, they obviously need to find 4 extra teams.
2 of those spots will apparently be given to teams from the countries whose teams performed best in the 3 European competitions that season. Which is usually England and Spain, but this season would definitely include Italy.
Moving forward it means if English teams do well that season, then the CL spots will go to the top 5.0 -
Seems like a really convoluted way to get almost the same result of 16 teams in a knockout comp. Also surprised the bigger teams, already moaning about fixture lists and congestion, have ok'd this. We have 2 domestic cup competitions and a top league with 20 teams instead of 18 like the Bundesliga1
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One reason. Money.sam3110 said:Seems like a really convoluted way to get almost the same result of 16 teams in a knockout comp. Also surprised the bigger teams, already moaning about fixture lists and congestion, have ok'd this. We have 2 domestic cup competitions and a top league with 20 teams instead of 18 like the Bundesliga
The money that will get shared between the competing clubs is increasing by quite a lot, as the new format means 64 extra matches.
Also helps that the 2 countries who perform the best each season will get another spot for the following year. So as well as the extra money, the Premier league and La Liga (who usually do the best) probably signed off on it based on a strong chance that 5th place in their leagues will get a CL place.0 -
So if we get 5 places, and 2 teams that finish outside the top 5 win the domestic cups, how many places in Europe do we get?!0
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You'll maybe get the biggest clubs putting in some reserves for some of the lesser games.0
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Looking forward to this!0
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This feels like a proper, proper big game.1
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City started strong.1
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Need to put these early chances away. The longer it goes 0-0 the more I'd fancy Madrid. They get one chance and bury it.stackitsteve said:City started strong.1 - Sponsored links:
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Outstanding from Courtois0
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Insane pressure from City. This is them full gear, it’s incredible.
what a save tho.2 -
City could of had 3 or 4 already0
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Amazing save that.0
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You don't save those!!0
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Thats been coming0
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Nothing less than they've deserved.0
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Madrid are chasing shadows. Brilliant from City so far.0
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Bernardo Silvia such a clutch player0
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City are dismantling them. Going to be fascinating to watch how Madrid end up winning.5
