Medvedev and Zverev are both out of the tournament, Tsitsipas will probably claim that SF spot - which is what I was looking for anyway.
Đoković is a set up, all eyes are on Sinner anyway. He's a clear favorite by the bookies, I don't feel it will be so easy though.


One of the better characters in the show - a crazy badass dictator. You should actually be flattered

Dortmund should have scored at the end of the match to make it 2-2, this means I'm back to losing by 1 point.

The Championship thing is killing me - I investigated that thoroughly. I was sure if Leicester failed to win only 1 game, it would be enough for either Ipswich or Leeds to finish ahead of them.
They even lost the 1st one, but both Ipswich and Leeds only drew at home - meaning that Leicester is in the driving seat back again.

I don't think Milan scores 2 goals tonight though - it will be a cagey Italian knockout game.

I just checked Pot A - globally I'm in top 100 (currently 86th) out of 23k players. Still isn't enough for the top spot in our pool though, considering that Ulven is 32nd overall in the world rankings.
Sure, some people give up so the results are a bit skewed - but people from BTT always place really high on the world leaderboards.

Congrats Ulven - we all but secured the first 2 places. I did close a gap by 1 point in this round but I doubt I'll be able to catch you.

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In Pot B I expected Hhampuz to defend his place and he went on the offensive again, didn't turn out that well for him this round.
I still have 18 points left to play for next week, if both hit I'll close the gap to less than 20 points and then it's game on in the last round.


Yeah, seems you're the only competition remaining outside of the 2 of us at the top. I like your pick and think you're joining us at the top.

I tried over poker already, I asked for a 11v11 - SB vs BTT
It's impossible to organize of course, but it doesn't mean I won't keep bugging them about it.

Yup, it was known a few hours before the deadline. Some people waited for the news, 3 of them used VAR after the news broke out.
This turned out really well, those that paid attention now have a small advantage compared to their opponents. It might just save my ass in the end.

Yup, I cannot understand this at all. Why would he even take the ball in his hand even if he could? You're a footballer, use your legs.
It s so incredibly stupid, a totally unnecessary risk to take. If the penalty was awarded (and it should have been), it would have been one of the dumbest mistakes in CL's history.

Arsenal could have won it in final minutes and given me an advantage, but in BSFL I always dance on the narrowest of margins - so it's 0-1 instead of 1-0. Still confident in the rest of my picks to turn this around.

Damn, LFC_Bitcoin and myself are the only ones with any points from yesterday's games?
31 different submissions have been made for these 2 games, we have 6,5% efficiency rate

I had 4 stakes on Real, hopefully I won't need these points later on. I still have some for the return leg in play.

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What a day yesterday, eh? Can't expect any better football than this.
Real-City is surely one of the better games in recent years. Fantastic performance from both teams.

A few hours before the deadline, 2 or 3 maybe? He was a doubt, it was known he is having issues - but I would have put 'yes' if it wasn't announced before the deadline. Not smart to go against him on clay even when he's injured.

Imarios has Bayern not to lose, so I need Arsenal to turn this around. They seem like the better side but Bayern was ruthless so far - 2 shots, 2 goals.

Yup, fully agree here. They spread it throughout multiple weeks in groups and R16 so you can watch more Barcelona - Shakhtar games and then put these 2 at the same time so you have to miss Arsenal - Bayern.

I'll try to put one on laptop while watching the other one on TV, but CL is all about the money and revenue so this does seem like a bizarre decision and it's like this for ages.
I know schedules are tight, but it's CL. At least move it 15 minutes so we can catch parts of it during halftime/after finish of the other one.

You're good, it takes our local time (GMT+2) into consideration. Everybody submitted on time, even Navidart who's unfortunately had 3 strikes already and is out of the competition for this season.

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I had a lot of issues with this round's answers and am happy to see that I don't have that many different answers from Imarios. In the ones where answers are different, I prefer mine to his
Alcaraz gives me an advantage in tennis, but to get a point there I need Sinner in the semis - which should happen I guess.

He's not great, Perez is just shit
Actually, Sainz would be great for RB - at least I feel so. A better driver than Perez, yet not good enough to trouble Verstappen.

Currently RB doesn't care, their car is too good again. But if Ferrari starts to close the gap, Perez is the weak link that might cost you the title.

I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this clash. It's in the last round of the season and it will be so rewarding to push you to Division 3 myself.
I'll kick you so hard it'll take years to recover. Nobody will even remember that the Sheriff existed at all.

I did well, but a lot of you did better. Was 2nd, am now 7th, still a long season to go.
I made a mistake in trusting Ferrari too much, but I simply cannot put Perez ahead of Sainz. Sainz is 4 times better driver.

There's always a balance what to do after the qualifiers. It was known after that RB will dominate, but to change it and lose 2 points is always a risk.

Nah, not this season. Arsenal has been playing brilliantly, while Bayern disappointed every time I watched them.
The odds would have to be much bigger for me to consider it, I'd actually like them to win so the odds of Arsenal beating them in Munich increase.

Arsenal has to be considered as one of the main contenders for the title. In my opinion, they make a big step towards the semis today.

Yup, fully agree here. He should not look for a pass at all - he simply needs to shoot into an empty net.


Well, this is a tricky one. Take Salah for example, he cannot pick a simple pass with his right foot and is undoubtedly world-class. Robben had to turn around himself 3 times to position himself onto his left, yet was world class.
Adam Lallana plays perfectly well with both feet and is far from world class, he's just great to watch. Ousmane Dembele doesn't even know what's his strongest foot, shoots even penalties with both, and is still half the player that Salah is or Robben was.

I do understand the point you're making tho. I am extremely one-footed, I'll pick outside of the foot passes with my right instead of using my left and it's frustrating when you see a pass you can't play because your weak foot is terrible.
Not sure how players go through the youth system without having to fulfill the basic technical elements with their weak foot.

The odds from the return games attracted me so I spent some points there unnecessarily. I hope to hit these, they would be a nice boost to keep 2nd place before the last round.
Hhampuz is unerachable but the battle for top 5 will be fierce.

So far I won points in all rounds, I expect to do it once again. Curious to see what people close to me picked.

That's why we always tell to submit even when you're free. You can always win a freebet


Never happened but yeah - they would be banned from the Cup as well. slackovic explained it well above, I'm just confirming.

It isn't faith, it's sheer volume. In this Liverpool team the striker will have plenty of chances and Nunez did raise his form a bit in recent months.
He isn't a player I prefer, but I still expect him to contribute and to score in clear chances.

I do hope Jota returns soon, he's the only offensive player in LFC that actually uses his head while playing and thinks a bit before passing/shooting.

We also have freebet winners for Divisions 3 - they are execijutiere and MAAManda. I edited the previous post to reflect this.
These freebets will be credited tomorrow as well.


Nope, execijutiere had 5 before snooker, same as you. You have the same score for Q8 so he wins by earlier submission.
You could not have won because it was known that you would have 0 on snooker, so whatever happened execijutiere would have been ahead of you.
If O'Sullivan won, some people would get bonus points against him in that question so they could reach equal points.

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Overall a bad snooker ending which brought too many draws. Snooker has to be changed a bit I guess, too many people going purely odds-based.

Nah, Sheriff sounds about right.
It's some kind of irrelevant club from Moldova that wins the national league and then gets their butt kicked in early rounds of European qualifiers.

It's simply perfect for him..