⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 winner - Real Madrid!

[tomahawk9]

Today I'm going with Apoel to qualify. ✘

Well that sucks...current record: 10W | 15L

Ajax 2:0 Apoel. After bad performance last week, now we saw totally one sided game.

Yeah, i was pretty shocked watching Apoel today after their outstanding performance last week, they looked like a team who had 3-0 advantage in the aggregate score 

Well, now we wait for the group stage draw next Thursday. As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig. Hopefully Ajax will get something like Liverpool, Valencia, Atalanta LOL

[joniboini]

As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig.

Why not lol?

A good team should be able to proceed even if they're in hell. And those 'lesser-known teams' doesn't guarantee that they won't surprise you.

[Rikafip]

  Champions League group stage draw pots

We could get some very strong groups, it will be interesting. Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.


Draw will be made today at 18:00 CET.

[1982dre]

So, no surprises tonight and now we know all participants of UEFA Champions league.
Slavia 1:0 Cluj. Slavia reached another deserved victory and they are just better team. I remember them from last Europa league season and I really like to watch how they are playing.
Ajax 2:0 Apoel. After bad performance last week, now we saw totally one sided game. I don't agree with referee decision to cancel one their goal, IMO it was passive offside.
Brugge 2:1 LASK. Most interesting match. Brugge reaches group stage But I'm impressed about LASK, they played very well until red card as obvious underdog.

Ajax didn't had that much trouble. About that VAR moment you're right. Veltman didn't took part to the game of the goal.

[Coyster]

As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig.

A good team should be able to proceed even if they're in hell. And those 'lesser-known teams' doesn't guarantee that they won't surprise you.

It's not to say Madrid wouldn't qualify even if they were in the group of death, it just makes things a little bit easier when you're in a weaker group, there is no way you'll compare facing Manchester city to playing any of the weaker sides, quality counts in the champions league.

Madrid would need a miracle to miss being in a tough group and they are in pot two, we'll have to wait for the draw and see who gets who this time around.

[slocker]

As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig.

A good team should be able to proceed even if they're in hell. And those 'lesser-known teams' doesn't guarantee that they won't surprise you.

It's not to say Madrid wouldn't qualify even if they were in the group of death, it just makes things a little bit easier when you're in a weaker group, there is no way you'll compare facing Manchester city to playing any of the weaker sides, quality counts in the champions league.

Madrid would need a miracle to miss being in a tough group and they are in pot two, we'll have to wait for the draw and see who gets who this time around.

Your are right on pot draw today. Many team could be in bad position and this is something to look for. Many calculations and possible outcome from this draw. Many possible detach groups.

Pot 1
Liverpool (ENG, holders)
Chelsea (ENG, UEFA Europa League winners)
Barcelona (ESP)
Manchester City (ENG)
Juventus (ITA)
Bayern (GER)
Paris (FRA)
Zenit (RUS)

Pot 2
Real Madrid (ESP) coefficient 146.000
Atlético Madrid (ESP) 127.000
Borussia Dortmund (GER) 85.000
Napoli (ITA) 80.000
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 80.000
Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) 78.000
Ajax (NED) 70.500
Benfica (POR) 68.000

Pot 3
Lyon (FRA) 61.500
Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 61.000
Salzburg (AUT) 54.500
Olympiacos (GRE) 44.000
Club Brugge (BEL) 39.500
Valencia (ESP) 37.000
Internazionale Milano (ITA) 31.000
GNK Dinamo (CRO) 29.500

Pot 4
Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 28.500
Genk (BEL) 25.000
Galatasaray (TUR) 22.500
RB Leipzig (GER) 22.000
Slavia Praha (CZE) 21.500
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 16.750
Atalanta (ITA) 14.945
LOSC Lille (FRA) 11.699

With this pots i mean look at this group Liverpool Real Inter and Lokomotiv. Isn't this one hell of the group. Or maybe this pick MNC one of Madrid clubs Leverkusen and Genk or Galatasaray.
So many possible combinations and this this time we could have more then one death group.

[swogerino]

During the time that the group stage pot today going on we can see groups with big team differences in it.This is normal because this year many teams not from the major European leagues have made it to the group stages.

Teams from these leagues will have a very hard time in this year Champions but we have also seen surprises last year when Cska Moscow beat Real Madrid so maybe we can see again this year.

[buwaytress]

@toma yikes. The score was only 1-0 but Cluj really looked out of depth, from the scenes I could see!

Didn't watch any of the Brugge matches but wow are they kicking it up! Mignolet must really be getting excited about his prospects of rather unexpected Champs League football. Good for the lad.

There really isn't much difference in Pot 1 and 2 in terms of quality, I would say only experience in Europe. Pots 3 and 4 at least look really exciting on paper. Dark Horse Leipzig?

[casperBGD]

  Champions League group stage draw pots

Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.

expect to have them in the same group, it would be interesting to see how the matches would turn out if it comes to that

regarding pots, even in first pot there are some teams that could drop out in group stage - like Zenit, i do not know how they are making the pots, but there is always some middle quality teams in the first pot

[tomahawk9]

As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig.

Why not lol?

A good team should be able to proceed even if they're in hell. And those 'lesser-known teams' doesn't guarantee that they won't surprise you.

That's true, especially given our current form, but I'd rather have Zenit or Dinamo Zagreb in the group than Inter or Leipzig 

@buwaytress better luck next time!

Btw, did anyone see the alleged pic showing the UEFA Men's Player of the Year? Seems like it leaked (could be fake) and the results were: Winner - Messi, 2nd Van Dijk, 3rd CR7. Consolation award to Messi for bottling the CL semis yet again? LOL We'll see...

[Scheede]

Well, there isn´t much choice in quali-matches tonight imo, so if nobody is in imminent need to bet anything for the sake of betting (I hope nobody here is in that situation, otherwise hotlines may be provided if desired).

Ajax (Ned) - APOEL (Cyp) (1st leg result 0:0)

Club Brugge KV (Bel) - LASK Linz (Aut) (1st leg result 1:0)

Slavia Prague (Cze) - CFR Cluj (Rou) (1st leg result 1:0)

I will skip them all, leaning back and wait for the group-stage-drawing tomorrow.

I have actually placed bets on all them and not just for the sake of betting. I expect goals tonight.

Ajax - Apoel (BTS)
Brugge - Linz (BTS)
Prague - Club (Over 2.5 goals)

I told you mate, nothing to gain out of these matches, even though I would have liked seeing your bets coming (for a reason as you know  )

  Champions League group stage draw pots

We could get some very strong groups, it will be interesting. Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.


Draw will be made today at 18:00 CET.

As a BVB-supporter I hope for the following:

Chelsea
BVB
Olympiacos
Galatasaray

[iMark]

 Champions League group stage draw pots

We could get some very strong groups, it will be interesting. Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.


Draw will be made today at 18:00 CET.

Interesting, besides the two historic teams, there are other things that are more interesting to me, because there will be 2 big teams that will be in one group. Look at Real Madrid and Athletico in pot 2, they will definitely meet the another big teams also in the same group. I can't wait for that, if Liverpool can meet again to Real Madrid, it will be revenge mission for Liverpool.

[tokeweed]

Well, there isn´t much choice in quali-matches tonight imo, so if nobody is in imminent need to bet anything for the sake of betting (I hope nobody here is in that situation, otherwise hotlines may be provided if desired).

Ajax (Ned) - APOEL (Cyp) (1st leg result 0:0)

Club Brugge KV (Bel) - LASK Linz (Aut) (1st leg result 1:0)

Slavia Prague (Cze) - CFR Cluj (Rou) (1st leg result 1:0)

I will skip them all, leaning back and wait for the group-stage-drawing tomorrow.

I have actually placed bets on all them and not just for the sake of betting. I expect goals tonight.

Ajax - Apoel (BTS)
Brugge - Linz (BTS)
Prague - Club (Over 2.5 goals)

I told you mate, nothing to gain out of these matches, even though I would have liked seeing your bets coming (for a reason as you know  )

 Champions League group stage draw pots

We could get some very strong groups, it will be interesting. Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.


Draw will be made today at 18:00 CET.

As a BVB-supporter I hope for the following:

Chelsea
BVB
Olympiacos
Galatasaray

^  Zenit has to be a bit weaker than Chelsea even with the lack of player acquisitions this summer (well they had Pulisic and Kovacic.  Lol).  I think...

Edit:  And guys, join the CL pool:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5154317.0

It's fun!

[yoseph]

 Champions League group stage draw pots

We could get some very strong groups, it will be interesting. Especially  if Dinamo Zagreb and Red Star Belgrade end up in the same group, those 2 clubs have  very interesting history, to say the least, and those would be high risk games.


Draw will be made today at 18:00 CET.

Interesting, besides the two historic teams, there are other things that are more interesting to me, because there will be 2 big teams that will be in one group. Look at Real Madrid and Athletico in pot 2, they will definitely meet the another big teams also in the same group. I can't wait for that, if Liverpool can meet again to Real Madrid, it will be revenge mission for Liverpool.

I really am hoping that Chelsea and Real Madrid are eventually put in the same group so that Chelsea can witness firsthand the attacking prowess of their former player Eden Hazard.

[GatotKaca]

This is the discussion thread for the Champions League. Europa League thread can be found here:https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5161551.

Greeting European League punters! With the old UEFA threads closed/locked, I'm creating 2 separate threads to discuss the two seasonal UEFA club competitions. Please keep the discussions to the correct thread!

After some Prelims last month, today kicks off the Qualification rounds and we can recognise a few names already. My upset picks for the 1st leg? Ararat (Armenia) and Cluj (Romania) vs fancier opponents from Sweden and Kazakhstan.

Here are the tables for reference (Source: Wiki and UEFA).

With the opening of the European Champions League, this has been eagerly awaited by all football fans in the world, because many big clubs and favorites will participate in it, currently the champions league draw is underway. I am waiting for a hell group to occur this year so that the match will be exciting.

[Naida_BR]

Today I'm going with Apoel to qualify. ✘

Well that sucks...current record: 10W | 15L

Ajax 2:0 Apoel. After bad performance last week, now we saw totally one sided game.

Yeah, i was pretty shocked watching Apoel today after their outstanding performance last week, they looked like a team who had 3-0 advantage in the aggregate score 

Well, now we wait for the group stage draw next Thursday. As a Real Madrid fan, i hope we get an easy group and not something like Man City, Inter, Leipzig. Hopefully Ajax will get something like Liverpool, Valencia, Atalanta LOL

I lost my bet as well.
APOEL was very good at their performance last week and I thought that they would be able to disqualify Ajax.
However, it is fair for Ajax to be qualified as they reached the semi-finals last season and it would be a pity for them not to qualify.

[Scheede]

As a BVB-supporter I hope for the following:

Chelsea
BVB
Olympiacos
Galatasaray

^  Zenit has to be a bit weaker than Chelsea even with the lack of player acquisitions this summer (well they had Pulisic and Kovacic.  Lol).  I think...

Edit:  And guys, join the CL pool:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5154317.0

It's fun!

Sure Zenit is the easier task, but I wanted Chelsea anyway.

BVB got Barcelona now, that´s nightmare´ish - can we Blockchain-vote for a reset/re-start??!  

e: Barcelona, BVB, Inter  

[tomahawk9]

RIP Chelsea and Zenit


source: https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1167120206344458240

My picks (to advance to the KO stages):

A) PSG, Real Madrid
B) Bayern, Spurs
C) Man City, Atalanta
D) Juventus, Atletico
E) Liverpool, Napoli
F) Dortmund, Inter
G) Benfica, Lyon
H) Valencia, Ajax

[examplens]

RIP Chelsea and Zenit

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My picks (to advance to the KO stages):

A) PSG, Real Madrid
B) Bayern, Spurs
C) Man City, Atalanta
D) Juventus, Atletico
E) Liverpool, Napoli
F) Dortmund, Inter
G) Benfica, Lyon
H) Valencia, Ajax

You easy expect Barcelona to not qualify in the next round.


Still, time to join the upcoming Champions League pool. £25 to join.
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[Scheede]

RIP Chelsea and Zenit


source: https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/1167120206344458240

My picks (to advance to the KO stages):

A) PSG, Real Madrid
B) Bayern, Spurs
C) Man City, Atalanta
D) Juventus, Atletico
E) Liverpool, Napoli
F) Dortmund, Inter
G) Benfica, Lyon
H) Valencia, Ajax

You think 2 out of Ajax, Valencia and LOSC will advance before Chelsea?

And Barcelona not to overcome Dortmund and Inter?

You will possibly get good odds for that

Agree with Zenit though.