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[slackovic]

New article is up guys, give it a read if you yearn for some top tier journalism  

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Oh man, you just had to mention me and my loss against mv1986. In my defence, cryptofrka and his mafia business ruined my goal difference. I still can't believe that he somehow set up Saint with a penalty just to get a freebet. If it wasn't for that penalty, I would have lost 4-3 which is still a loss, but much more acceptable.

Anyway, today is a resting day for me because both me and mitchr4 have the same answer on the Real - Bayern question.

[Igebotz]

New article is up guys, give it a read if you yearn for some top tier journalism 

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Oh boy! Igebotz in the News and this time it's relegation battle related. Man I fell off so badly and there's a huge chance that I'm going to give dbshck his first win for the season.

[arallmuus]

I feel a bit hard done by for losing the 1st question - PSG had 4 crossbars and a penalty claim in the last minutes I thought was valid.
Also - Borussia's win means the Germans are surely claiming the 5th CL spot - occupied by Borussia - which means their weekend game vs Mainz is irrelevant and I have them to win

Oh wait actually when I answered question on tuesday before UCL started, I could have sworn that Flashscore already listed Dortmund as one of the qualified teams for UCL next season though so I thought that premise on question #8 was supposed to be somehow misleading. Well actually I almost picked draw for this question because of that though then switch back to Dortmund to win lol

[Rikafip]

I thought that I got a point yesterday because I went with under 3.5 goals, but I forgot that I also went with both to score - yes.

When you think about it, since you went for under 3.5 goals, it somehow made more sense to go with both not scoring. Or at least it makes more sense to me.  

Also - Borussia's win means the Germans are surely claiming the 5th CL spot - occupied by Borussia - which means their weekend game vs Mainz is irrelevant and I have them to win

They might even have 6 teams in CL next season, if Borussia wins and finish at the 5th spot in Bundesliga. Naturally I also went for Borussia to win at that gane, but luckily my opponent did the same.


Bad start for me, Kokee44 was one of the lucky ones that answered correctly last night's game. I don't remember last time I saw a team hitting bar 4 times in a single game but that's football.

[slackovic]

I thought that I got a point yesterday because I went with under 3.5 goals, but I forgot that I also went with both to score - yes.

When you think about it, since you went for under 3.5 goals, it somehow made more sense to go with both not scoring. Or at least it makes more sense to me.  


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Well, when you put it that way, of course it makes more sense. Especially when the game ended 0-1
But I thought that PSG will win and Dortmund to score at least one goal. That's why I went with both to score.

[buwaytress]

Both jayce and I have BTTS so I do feel at an advantage here. 4 goals is not out of the question though so jayce will be hoping for that.

You are wining this round buwa, I can feel it, and you need to help me climb the top  

Hope your feeling's right. Fiorentina huffed and puffed, and got the late-ish equaliser they and jayce needed to get this question going, now I need Villa to win in reg time just to draw this question ha! Have to say they deserved it though, Brugge were surprisingly the more negative side, as accounted for by all the cards (and they had also a red in the first leg). Thought Italians were supposed to show us the dark arts of football! There was one last decent attack in the dying, their second shot on goal the entire match but right at keeper.

Back to Real now for proper football business.

[Slissy]

A late goal by Fiorentina makes the match end 1-1! Perfect result for me which makes me lead 1-0 against Trofo😁

[jayce]

Hope your feeling's right. Fiorentina huffed and puffed, and got the late-ish equaliser they and jayce needed to get this question going, now I need Villa to win in reg time just to draw this question ha! Have to say they deserved it though, Brugge were surprisingly the more negative side, as accounted for by all the cards (and they had also a red in the first leg). Thought Italians were supposed to show us the dark arts of football! There was one last decent attack in the dying, their second shot on goal the entire match but right at keeper.

Back to Real now for proper football business.

As my answer was Brugge to qualify too, it will be decided in Villa game. Im not following the Emi's injury update but as long as he doesn't play, Villa will struggle to win for sure.

It's good to see us having so many different answers. Good luck buwaytress!

[Woodie]

Club Brugge did well to get a goal against Florentina despite being knocked out in the end, but this being the Europa goals are usually there and that gave me a good reason to go for Club Brugge not to lose which is a Yes and a win  3 to go...let's go team Europa!

Btw anybody watching the Real Madrid - Bayern game, this one looks like a boredraw unless clumsy challenges start flyin in..I honestly don't see a clear go coming but am still backing my horse to go through in 90 minutes..Hala Madrid

[cryptofrka]

Damn you Monaco! Their overtime loss means I'm 2-0 down against jeremypwr.
Still 5 different questions to go so a comeback is still possible. Not a great start though in a really important round for me.

Barcelona struggling against Oly as well, halftime is 27-25. I don't recall such a low-scoring HT in a basketball game in a long time.

[jayce]

No matter how many awesome saves Neuer made, people will remember that one silly mistake.. 

[notblox1]

I hope my team will be able to convert at least 2 of those 4 shots they'll be able to attempt for this week, the coaching staff feel quite confident that the team are still capable of doing that even despite losing their morale.

I think you have early advantage thanks to Fiorentina scoring a goal few minutes before match ended, so I am the underdog again
It is not over for this question and we are waiting to see Bayer Leverkusen result tomorrow.

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Not a word mentioned about Division1 most beautiful glorious team notblox1  
What do I need to get some attention and respect around here?  

Oh boy! Igebotz in the News and this time it's relegation battle related. Man I fell off so badly and there's a huge chance that I'm going to give dbshck his first win for the season.

Mafia likes you more than me, or maybe they hope you wont arrest them some day.

No matter how many awesome saves Neuer made, people will remember that one silly mistake..  

And they will always remember Joselu

[Harkorede]

They might even have 6 teams in CL next season, if Borussia wins and finish at the 5th spot in Bundesliga. Naturally I also went for Borussia to win at that gane, but luckily my opponent did the same.

I don't think it works that way, the maximum slot the Bundesliga will still get is 5 even if Borussia Dortmund should finish outside the top teams needed for qualification via league route and win the CL final.

If I'm not mistaken, team with already 4 representatives can only have a maximum of 5, regardless of what happens within the league or outside the league, i.e two teams from the league winning the UEL and UCL while failing to qualifying via their league route, firstly in that light, the team that finished 4th in the would head to Europa League (while the UEL champion would take their slot.) and so on...

[ralle14]

This first half isn't looking good with my side only scoring 1/3, and imarios' team is on a perfect 3/3. I wouldn't be surprised if i'll be down by three later today, and Olympiacos can't hold off Aston Villa.

My prediction for the NBA question is the only thing going well, i'm still confident with the Celtics not dropping a single game, and the first game of the Thunder series went as expected.

[Rikafip]

If I'm not mistaken, team with already 4 representatives can only have a maximum of 5, regardless of what happens within the league or outside the league, i.e two teams from the league winning the UEL and UCL while failing to qualifying via their league route, firstly in that light, the team that finished 4th in the would head to Europa League (while the UEL champion would take their slot.) and so on...

That was the rule so far, but starting from 2024/2025 season that limitation has been removed so theoretically even 7 clubs from the same league will be able to get into CL: 4 standard spots, 1 extra spot as one of the top 2 performing leagues (this year those are Serie A and Bundesliga) + CL and EL winners. Essentially, with this rule we gonna see even more clubs from top leagues in CL, like we didn't have enough of them already.  

Here is the article with more details https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/39054486/the-race-five-places-next-seasons-champions-league

[Igebotz]

No matter how many awesome saves Neuer made, people will remember that one silly mistake.. 

Nobody cares if you're just going to shoot your team in the head when it matters the most; that was a stupid mistake from a Keeper with big game experience. He should retire; he's been dragging the club backwards in crucial games this season with stupid terrible passes and poor positioning.

This will undoubtedly increase Jude Bellingham's Ballon d'Or PR, despite the fact that he is not much better than Foden or Palmer this season. Vini Jr is the closest candidate for the award, but he isn't getting the publicity because he dances and getting hated for nothing. He's been the best player in the CL and Laliga as well.

[cryptofrka]

No matter how many awesome saves Neuer made, people will remember that one silly mistake..  

That's the goalkeeper's curse, ain't it?

A bad mistake, not really sure how Real always gets these breaks when they need them.
They have done this over and over again, I wouldn't bet on them losing if they were 2-0 down with 2 minutes to go.

Modrić was really good yesterday again and his game awareness is on the next level. Will be a shame when he retires, I hope he returns to Croatia for a season or 2 before that.

[buwaytress]

Back to Real now for proper football business.

As my answer was Brugge to qualify too, it will be decided in Villa game. Im not following the Emi's injury update but as long as he doesn't play, Villa will struggle to win for sure.

It's good to see us having so many different answers. Good luck buwaytress!

Ah but you're right! I was sure you somehow went different with Brugge, so this won't be a draw, after all. Many different answers is, indeed, the way to go. Then there's not just a chance of a huge goal difference, but every opportunity to drag this round on until Sunday.

You're right about Emi, but I'm just wondering if it's all part of Unai's trickEmery. Good luck, but not more than me!

That's the goalkeeper's curse, ain't it?

Yeah, Kelleher remembers too. We had that bad loss to Atalanta and the shitting began. To be fair, this bad stretch of Liverpool's poured a lot of unfair hate on some players. Nunez bearing the brunt, so people forget all the games he won for us when we really weren't expected to be fighting for UCL, let alone the title!

[mv1986]

@Strongkored I am actually a Leverkusen fan and clearly hope that they do not concede a goal just to safely advance to the final, but the problem is that it is the one answer in our H2H. Too bad I now have to hope that Roma scores a goal. I see a very late penalty coming for Roma in minute 96!

Good to see we have a few different answers to look forward to. We both went with Dortmund winning against Mainz though and since they don't need any points anymore, I wonder whether Dortmund will be able to show their A-game against a team that desperately needs the points. Mainz hasn't lost in quite a while.

And good you chose "4" for the NBA question as those are really the ones I am struggling with, but at least we are equal on that one.

Good luck!

[arallmuus]

@Strongkored I am actually a Leverkusen fan and clearly hope that they do not concede a goal just to safely advance to the final, but the problem is that it is the one answer in our H2H. Too bad I now have to hope that Roma scores a goal. I see a very late penalty coming for Roma in minute 96!

Lol your wish actually came true on 43th minutes with a penalty lol ! On top of that, Leverkusen also scored two goals as well which makes them win against Roma. Well last two h2h of Roma and Leverkusen ended with Leverkusen getting cleansheet so yeah I thought they will nail another cleansheet today

Xabi alonso is really close on winning his first treble


@vivekdkhyani : a draw on the 3rd question for us and yeah I guess our rounds would be settled on Sunday