Champions League

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:14 am

Not sure why but I've not really been following it this season yet.

Been some surprising results when I see the final scores. What's going on with Real Madrid for starters?!

Dermotron · Post by **Dermotron** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:54 am

Great to see Caoimhin (Kwee-veen) Kelleher doing well for the Pool last night. It's understandable that he's not started for the national side yet given he's barely played but the talk of his promise has been there for awhile now. With him and Gavin Bazunu the national side could be set for awhile at the GK position.

Dermotron · Post by **Dermotron** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 10:56 am

The finish to Group B would be amazing if it stayed as it is. I'll certainly be backing a penalty to be awarded in the RM Vs M'gladbach game . . .

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:33 pm

Kelleher was excellent last night and really impressed with distribution

Given Adrian contract up in summer he could well cement number 2 spot now

Utd could easily lose to PSG and Leip and go out - lot of ifs there though

RM group is bonkers - brown paper bag for a draw in thier game!

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 8:58 pm

This is back next week then!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:32 am

I watched Juventus vs Porto last night, thought it'd be an entertaining game to watch and was convinced Pepe would get carded at some point! It certainly was an eventful game, with Porto having their striker sent off after an hour for kicking the ball away and getting a second booking as a result. I thought Juventus would then go on to win the game with ease but although Chiesa put them ahead, they couldn't find a way through.

Unbelievably, Porto scored from a free-kick in extra time to win on away goals. If you watch the wall, they turned sideways/ducked and allowed it to go through them. Have only themselves to blame!

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:19 pm

Was a brilliant game! Fair play to Porto!

The CR7 winning JUve the CL not quite working out as hoped yet - be interesting if they will stick with long term plan with Pirlo at the helm

Kaneman · Post by **Kaneman** » Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:34 pm

Redknapp69 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:19 pm Was a brilliant game! Fair play to Porto!

The CR7 winning JUve the CL not quite working out as hoped yet - be interesting if they will stick with long term plan with Pirlo at the helm

Serves them right after letting Sarri go last season after winning the league.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:57 pm

Juventus torn a new one tonight by Chelsea!

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Tue Nov 23, 2021 10:22 pm

He's got them going has Tuchel for sure! Not sure Juve are the force they were though

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:34 am

Definitely not! That third goal was shambolic defending.

Anyone see Seferovic's miss against Barca? Oops!

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:13 am

Mark wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:34 am Definitely not! That third goal was shambolic defending.

Anyone see Seferovic's miss against Barca? Oops!

Shocker that

Barca look doomed for qualification anyway unless they beat Bayern away

Pisani · Post by **Pisani** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:49 pm

Mark wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:34 am Definitely not! That third goal was shambolic defending.

Anyone see Seferovic's miss against Barca? Oops!

Nearly spat out my drink seing that - he had ONE job !!! Then again he is pretty notorious for missing sitters... Loved the coach reaction

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:07 pm

Knees on floor

He even said it was the worse miss he'd seen in 30 years of his management career

HaroldFinch · Post by **HaroldFinch** » Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:29 pm

Surely he saw Choupo-Moting's miss against Strasbourg 2 years ago?! That's 10 times worse - he basically stops the ball going in

Dermotron · Post by **Dermotron** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 1:33 pm

Champions League is back as Inter Club d'Escaldes take on Vikingur Reykjavik

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:56 pm

Is it a different format this season or in future?

Alan_v2 · Post by **Alan_v2** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:24 pm

Same format - loads of teams play each other and then Real Madrid win.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 8:20 am

Champions League group-stage draw in full
Group A: Ajax, Liverpool, Napoli, Rangers.
Group B: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Club Brugge.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Inter Milan, V Plzen.
Group D: Frankfurt, Tottenham, Sporting, Marseille.
Group E: AC Milan, Chelsea, Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb.
Group F: Real Madrid, Leipzig, Shakhtar Donetsk, Celtic.
Group G: Man City, Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund, Copenhagen.
Group H: PSG, Juventus, Benfica, Maccabi Haifa.

Fortunate draw for Tottenham there! Liverpool and Rangers have never met in Europe before apparently!

Alias47 · Post by **Alias47** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:42 pm

Amazing how sport always throws these stories up, huh? Lewandowski back to Munich, Haaland back to Dortmund, Di Maria back to PSG. You can't make it up - or if you did it would be accused of being a hacky script!

Here2Win79 · Post by **Here2Win79** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:43 pm

Alias47 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 26, 2022 6:42 pm Amazing how sport always throws these stories up, huh? Lewandowski back to Munich, Haaland back to Dortmund, Di Maria back to PSG. You can't make it up - or if you did it would be accused of being a hacky script!

And Bassey back to Rangers. Hope our add ons don’t depend on Ajax getting through their CL group - because we’re gonna knock them out.

Oh… and bonus point… Ben Davies might actually get to play a game at Anfield.

Redknapp69 · Post by **Redknapp69** » Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:36 pm

Mixed group for us

Spurs with a dream group, City's is interesting but 4th pot team has made it easier, Chelsea's doesn't look too taxing either

Barca/Bayern/Inter and Pilzen mad fans is group of death

Group B looks interesting and Group F should be a good battle for 2nd

Tough for Benfica in last group