2017/18 UEFA Champions League

munchkin_utd

markc91 wrote: »

It says the 11th which is Monday?

ffs. yea,
I've just installed the new Outlook and the calendar there is less than user friendly .

Monday it is.

inforfun

Outlook 2016?

Good luck with it, using it for 6 months now and it still annoys the **** out of me.

citytillidie

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

United 1-0 down. Looked offside to me.

Edit: I didn't see Blind off the pitch. TV3 saying that means it wasn't offside. I'm not sure on the rule tbh so I'll take their word for it.

Did not see it but remember there was some incident in some Euros between Netherlands and Italy were the same thing happened with the defender off the pitch behind the goal line the play was still onside and goal given.

Only if Blind was off the pitch with permission by the ref for treatment is he considered inactive, if he is off the pitch on his own he is considered still in active play therefore playing everyone onside

inforfun

Was goign to post that.
The most famous off side goal that wasnt
Euro2008, Holland - italy, Van Nistelrooij's goal looked 45 meters off side but wasnt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePFjXxbJdz0

klose

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Roma top the group, no one would've predicted that when the draw was made.

Monaco,atleti and dortmund all crashing out at the first round aswell as besiktas making easy work of their group I doubt many would have guessed these outcomes. Also read benfica have performed the worst ever in the group stage as first seeds ever apparently.

GLaDOS

Most interesting group stages in a while. New seedings rules shaking things up.

niallo27

Darkhorses I tell you. Most exciting team in the competition.

LuckyGent88

How is the Dortmund coach still in his job?

An absolute implosion in form in last 2 months. Has failed to change the keeper after a number of shocking errors and the organisation of the defensive side of things has been abysmal.

Vincent Vega

haha
watching the napoli - feynoord match on a swedish channel.
they have this cool feature where when a goal is scored in another match the word 'PLING' appears under the clock then a countdown 3...2...1 before they reveal the score.
how considerate

Mr.Nice Guy

Worrying news for Napoli. They're drawing 1-1 with Feyenoord and City are losing 2-0 to Shakhtar.

Napoli need to win and Shakhtar to lose to progress to the next round.

Mr.Nice Guy

City have a peno. 91 minutes played. Too late.

Aguero scores.

Vincent Vega

2-1 Feyenoord. Thanks though, Aguero :pac:

Mr.Nice Guy

Feyenoord have gone 2-1 up. Napoli definitely out now and into the Europa League.

citytillidie

Results
Group A
Benfica (POR) 0 V 2 Basel (SUI)
Manchester United (ENG) 2 V 1 CSKA Moskva (RUS)

Group B
Celtic (SCO) 0 V 1 Anderlecht (BEL)
Bayern München (GER) 3 V 1 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Group C
Chelsea (ENG) 1 V 1 Atlético Madrid (ESP)
Roma (ITA) 1 V 0 Qarabağ (AZE)

Group D
Barcelona (ESP) 2 V 0 Sporting CP (POR)
Olympiacos (GRE) 0 V 2 Juventus (ITA)

Group E
Liverpool (ENG) 7 V 0 Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Maribor (SVN) 1 V 1 Sevilla (ESP)

Group F
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 V 1 Manchester City (ENG)
Feyenoord (NED) 2 V 1 Napoli (ITA)

Group G
RB Leipzig (GER) 1 V 2 Beşiktaş (TUR)
Porto (POR) 5 V 2 Monaco (FRA)

Group H
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 3 V 0 APOEL (CYP)
Real Madrid (ESP) 3 V 2 Borussia Dortmund (GER)

Round of 16
Seeded
Manchester United (ENG)
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Roma (ITA)
Barcelona (ESP)
Liverpool (ENG)
Manchester City (ENG)
Beşiktaş (TUR)
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Unseeded
Basel (SUI)
Bayern München (GER)
Chelsea (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)
Sevilla (ESP)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Porto (POR)
Real Madrid (ESP)

Mr.Nice Guy

There will be a lot of fans of unseeded teams wanting Besiktas but they've shown they are no mugs. Didn't lose a single game and they've won 2-1 away to Leipzig despite the fact they were already guaranteed to win the group before the match, while Leipzig needed to win to keep alive their hopes.

inforfun

Dortmund with 2 points in 6 matches going into the EL......

ERG89

inforfun wrote:

Dortmund with 2 points in 6 matches going into the EL......

Themselves, Monaco, & Benfica with 0 wins between the 3 of them.
Napoli & Atletico were very disappointing in the group stage too.

lassykk

Finishing second looks almost a better scenario than first when you see potential ties with bayern, real or juventus on the cards!

citytillidie

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

There will be a lot of fans of unseeded teams wanting Besiktas but they've shown they are no mugs. Didn't lose a single game and they've won 2-1 away to Leipzig despite the fact they were already guaranteed to win the group before the match, while Leipzig needed to win to keep alive their hopes.

No top seeds won their groups, with 2 going out at the group stage. That new seeding system has mixed things up

5starpool

Champions League Winner
Betting Odds

PSG 7/2
Man City 4/1
Real Madrid 11/2
Barcelona 6/1
Bayern Munich 7/1
Man Utd 14/1
Juventus 16/1
Chelsea 18/1
Tottenham 20/1
Liverpool 25/1
Roma 50/1
Sevilla 100/1
Porto 1510/1Besiktas 150/1
Basel 200/1
Shakhtar Donetsk 200/1

inforfun

ERG89 wrote: »

Themselves, Monaco, & Benfica with 0 wins between the 3 of them.
Napoli & Atletico were very disappointing in the group stage too.

Even before tonight shakthar made a better impression on me than Napoli in the matches i saw them against Feyenoord.

Tylerdurex

5starpool wrote: »

Champions League Winner
Betting Odds

PSG 7/2
Man City 4/1
Real Madrid 11/2
Barcelona 6/1
Bayern Munich 7/1
Man Utd 14/1
Juventus 16/1
Chelsea 18/1
Tottenham 20/1
Liverpool 25/1
Roma 50/1
Sevilla 100/1
Porto 1510/1Besiktas 150/1
Basel 200/1
Shakhtar Donetsk 200/1

Eamon will definitely be all over those shakhtar odds

davycc

Surprisingly spurs set a new record for the most points in the group stage, only two points dropped from 18.

Afik we beat arsenal record going back to their fantastic team of 07 .

Funny ould game

shamrock55

And Liverpool have the most goals scored in group stage then any English side ever,to go with their biggest win in cl 8-0,and biggest away win 7-0

Optimalprimerib

niallo27 wrote: »

Darkhorses I tell you. Most exciting team in the competition.

I'm not so sure. Their league form has dipped and if they lose Kane or alli, they may be in trouble

citytillidie

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

I'm not so sure. Their league form has dipped and if they lose Kane or alli, they may be in trouble

I think he was talking about Liverpool

inforfun

Might as well put a few €€€ on Barca - Chelsea for the last 16

NIMAN

Educate me about those odds.

Chelsea can meet 1 of 3 teams, so why aren't the odds 33.33% each?
Why are they more likely to meet Barca?

citytillidie

NIMAN wrote: »

Educate me about those odds.

Chelsea can meet 1 of 3 teams, so why aren't the odds 33.33% each?
Why are they more likely to meet Barca?

Because Barca can't play Real, Sevilla or Juve and Chelsea can't play Roma, Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City or Spurs so they are both limited on who they can play

inforfun

Took about 10 years but finally UEFA has done something about players taking a deliberate booking in order to start "clean" in the knock out stages.
Carvejal got another 1 match ban and will miss the first leg of the 1st knock out round.

Pretty sure it wont be long before cards are wiped after the group stages.

Mr.Nice Guy

Reminder that the draw for the last 16 takes place tomorrow morning at 11. RTE will show it on their website. Eurosport 2 is also listed as airing it.

It looks like there could be a few potentially massive clashes. Chelsea could meet Barcelona who they've had some great duels with over the years. Spurs and Harry Kane might find themselves having to unlock the Juventus defence and get the better of Buffon. PSG's manager Unai Emery could find himself facing former team Sevilla. Pep Guardiola could wind up taking his City team to take on Madrid, and no doubt that ribbon in support of Catalan independence would go down a treat there! Klopp could find himself back in Germany to take on Bayern. Jose Mourinho could find his United team up against promising young Porto coach Sergio Conceicao in what could feel like a case of deja vu for him. Could it be his young countryman racing down the Old Trafford touchline in celebration?

Or none of the above could happen.

What matches would you like to see?

Trigger

They just showed the Sevilla fans celebrating instead of the Liverpool fans on the Liverpool montage at the start here *facepalm.gif*

Father Hernandez

For anyone wanting to watch it live: https://www.rte.ie/player/ie/live/3/

dfx-

Would love Barca to get Porto or Basel. Not England again.

Would like Basel and Shakhtar to avoid England too. PSG v Madrid would be nice...

Hector Savage

Porto Liverpool

Real Madrid v Paris St-Germain!!
Super game!

citytillidie

Round of 16
Juventus (ITA) V Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)
Basel (SUI) V Manchester City (ENG)
Porto (POR) V Liverpool (ENG)
Sevilla (ESP) V Manchester United (ENG)
Real Madrid (ESP) V Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) V Roma (ITA)
Chelsea (ENG) V Barcelona (ESP)
Bayern München (GER) V Beşiktaş (TUR)

dfx-

Chelsea. ugh.

Hector Savage

PSG Real Madrid ... what a fix ...

Hector Savage

Barca should walk this tournament.

Panthro

Hector Savage wrote: »

Barca should walk this tournament.

Chelsea will beat them.
We'll beat them to their boney knees!

MD1990

Man City must be delighted.

Poor draw for Real & Barca. Chelsea have a chance to knock out Barca.

irishguitarlad

Bye bye Spurs, Juventus have looked impenetrable as of late. Watching them recently is like watching a lesson on how to defend as a unit.

dfx-

Roma get top prize there, big reward for topping their group.

nice_guy80

the pool are blessed

easiest group
easiest last 16 game

Deise Vu

nice_guy80 wrote: »

the pool are blessed

easiest group
easiest last 16 game

Man U not far behind. Lucky Generals and all that. Spurs reward for topping the Group of Death is Juve.

MD1990

dfx- wrote: »

Roma get top prize there, big reward for topping their group.

Don't agree.

50/50 tie I would slightly favour Shaktar.

They finished ahead of Napoli who are a better side than Roma.

inforfun

dfx- wrote: »

Roma get top prize there, big reward for topping their group.

Shakthar impressed me more than Napoli did when they both played Feyenoord
Their huge winterbreak used to be a big problem for them though. Basically no competitive football for them till the CL KO

Agent Coulson

It's started.

https://twitter.com/FCBarcelona/status/940183288311898112

nice_guy80

nice_guy80 wrote: »

the pool are blessed

easiest group
easiest last 16 game

Porto are the blessed ones.

Handy draw for them