Author Topic: OFFICIAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THREAD (Read 193474 times)

AlbionFan · « **Reply #800 on:** March 11, 2020, 10:37:52 PM »

Technically second best

Standaman · « **Reply #801 on:** March 12, 2020, 12:07:00 AM »

I just don't get Atleti, spend over a Â£100m on a player yet still play like a Pulis team. Yes it is effective and they are very good at what they do but I wouldn't want to watch it every week.

TheJacko2000 · « **Reply #802 on:** March 15, 2020, 09:15:04 PM »

Liverpool goalkeeper cost them the game when they were coasting to victory, you won't see a more one sided loss.

Atomic · « **Reply #803 on:** March 15, 2020, 09:30:26 PM »

Quote from: Standaman on March 12, 2020, 12:07:00 AM

I just don't get Atleti, spend over a Â£100m on a player yet still play like a Pulis team. Yes it is effective and they are very good at what they do but I wouldn't want to watch it every week.

It's very difficult to break down organised and pragmatic teams with average players, when you have a collection of very good players set up in such a fashion it can be highly effective at the highest level.

It isnt the modern trend to play that way at the top echelons of the game which from an entertainment point of view is a blessing but football goes in cycles and I can see more teams adopting a more defensive approach before too long.

TheJacko2000 · « **Reply #804 on:** August 26, 2020, 08:16:53 PM »

Celtic behind at home to Ferencvaros. Zolly will be delighted.

gazberg · « **Reply #805 on:** August 26, 2020, 09:49:31 PM »

Yep Celtic out now. Wonder if that changes Duffy mind slightly.

AlbionFan · « **Reply #806 on:** October 01, 2020, 04:59:51 PM »

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other in the Champions League group stage for the first time ever!

AlbionFan · « **Reply #807 on:** October 01, 2020, 05:23:47 PM »

Champions League Draw

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Red Bull Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach

Group C: Porto, Man City, Olympiakos, Marseille

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, Krasnodar, Rennes

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kiev, Ferencvaros

Group H: Paris St-Germain, Man Utd, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir

Hull Baggie · « **Reply #808 on:** October 01, 2020, 05:36:05 PM »

Quote from: AlbionFan on October 01, 2020, 04:59:51 PM

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will face each other in the Champions League group stage for the first time ever!

it's not that surprising really considering they both played for Spanish clubs between 2009/10 - 2018/19 and clubs from the same county can't be in the same group together.

AlbionFan · « **Reply #809 on:** October 20, 2020, 10:00:31 AM »

UEFA is considering a Champions League with 36 teams in the groups

Source: https://www.athina984.gr/en/2020/10/19/h-uefa-skeftetai-champions-league-me-36-omades-stoys-omiloys/

Why not just form European Leagues one and two and be done with it, which may help sort and stabilise the English clubs that remain?

SmethDan · « **Reply #810 on:** October 20, 2020, 10:23:08 AM »

Quote from: AlbionFan on October 20, 2020, 10:00:31 AM

UEFA is considering a Champions League with 36 teams in the groups

Source: https://www.athina984.gr/en/2020/10/19/h-uefa-skeftetai-champions-league-me-36-omades-stoys-omiloys/

Why not just form European Leagues one and two and be done with it, which may help sort and stabilise the English clubs that remain?

They've effectively already got Euro Leagues One and Two with Champions League teams 'relegated' to the lesser competition (division) , and the winner of said lesser competition gaining 'promotion' to the following season's Champions League. Euro One and Two has been with us for a while in everything but name and wider expansion.

TheJacko2000 · « **Reply #811 on:** October 20, 2020, 02:17:49 PM »

First concrete story about a European Premier League today on Sky News.

Atomic · « **Reply #812 on:** October 20, 2020, 02:42:38 PM »

Quote from: TheJacko2000 on October 20, 2020, 02:17:49 PM

First concrete story about a European Premier League today on Sky News.

Please let it happen.

alex1 · « **Reply #813 on:** October 20, 2020, 02:53:34 PM »

Hope it never happens. All designed to marginalise clubs the size of Albion, because we're not interesting enough for the fans of Man U, Chelsea, Liverpool etc. Obviously the odds are always stacked against us when we play the so-called 'big clubs', but we've beaten all of them, and that slight chance is what makes you buzz as a fan. If Albion ends up cut off from the clubs at the top all you have left are the local derbies, and being better than the Newcastles and Southamptons.

TheJacko2000 · « **Reply #814 on:** October 20, 2020, 03:02:52 PM »

Quote from: Atomic on October 20, 2020, 02:42:38 PM

Please let it happen.

It's a CL replacement, they would still play in the Premier League I believe.

Atomic · « **Reply #815 on:** October 20, 2020, 03:30:59 PM »

Quote from: TheJacko2000 on October 20, 2020, 03:02:52 PM

It's a CL replacement, they would still play in the Premier League I believe.

Boooo!

No good then.

alex1 · « **Reply #816 on:** October 21, 2020, 07:41:40 PM »

Ajax-Liverpool coming up. Last time Liverpool played in Amsterdam they were beaten
5-1!

Albionic · « **Reply #817 on:** October 21, 2020, 10:16:09 PM »

Interested ? Not !

zippyandbungle · « **Reply #818 on:** October 22, 2020, 08:56:35 AM »

Quote from: AlbionFan on October 20, 2020, 10:00:31 AM

UEFA is considering a Champions League with 36 teams in the groups

Source: https://www.athina984.gr/en/2020/10/19/h-uefa-skeftetai-champions-league-me-36-omades-stoys-omiloys/

Why not just form European Leagues one and two and be done with it, which may help sort and stabilise the English clubs that remain?

You think UEFA would be interested in helping English football?

AlbionFan · « **Reply #819 on:** October 22, 2020, 09:15:56 AM »

Quote from: zippyandbungle on October 22, 2020, 08:56:35 AM

You think UEFA would be interested in helping English football?

Yes, if they thought it they could profit from it.

SmethDan · « **Reply #820 on:** October 22, 2020, 10:56:04 AM »

Quote from: Albionic on October 21, 2020, 10:16:09 PM

Interested ? Not !

Used to watch when the games were on terrestrial which shows how long it's been since I was interested.

Adamstv · « **Reply #821 on:** October 22, 2020, 07:52:45 PM »

Not champions league but Kemal Roofe has just scored for Rangers from inside his own half . Amazing goal considering the weather , lashing down with rain.

alex1 · « **Reply #822 on:** October 22, 2020, 08:59:08 PM »

Harvey Barnes has been in top form for Leicester, topped off with chip over the keeper for
2-0.

LiamTheBaggie · « **Reply #823 on:** October 22, 2020, 10:38:47 PM »

Quote from: Adamstv on October 22, 2020, 07:52:45 PM

Not champions league but Kemal Roofe has just scored for Rangers from inside his own half . Amazing goal considering the weather , lashing down with rain.

Incredible goal.

Rangers have a love affair with this competition under Gerrard

johnny Cash · « **Reply #824 on:** October 24, 2020, 03:20:19 PM »

Is there a generic world football thread?

17 year old Ansu Fati has equalised for Barca in El Classico. Looks like Messiâ€™s heir apparent and If he can avoid injuries itI a starting to looks like Mbappe and Ansu will be the next two in elite world football who can score at a rate of better than one a game.