⚽⭐⚽ Rainbet’s BTT Champions League – Road to Glory ⚽⭐⚽

[Ryu_Ar1]

No one is congratulating the Global Earthers for maintaining a performance level on par with Real Madrid and PSG - so I’ll have to do it myself!
Strongkored, KTChampions, Ryu_Ar1 Congratulations on a 100% success rate! Half of the group stage is in the books, it’s important to keep the momentum going, secure the maximum free bet -> hit a 100x return during the playoffs (while also winning the tournament, of course) - I’m not asking for much, just setting some realistic goals! 
For now, we’re taking a break and "enjoying" the national team matches, hopefully, they’ll go off without any complications.

I'm happy with this arrogance although a few times I did make this as a blunder but you two are really a solid team and I was helped by that
We are almost halfway through this league phase and the Globe Earther points are still perfect, of course, which is a very good thing

I'm still upset that I brought Dembele in for this round.
Congrats to our team, for the next round is still quite a long time and it seems to be enough for me to recover after some stupidity that happened, round in the third week I will target full points against Trotters United.

[arallmuus]

14	La Cosa Nostra

We have one of the best logo in this competition and yet our results are one of the worst. Its about time we start taking this seriously but you know we have been taking this seriously all these times and yet it just didnt seems to go our way

We could have won if Arsenal didnt concede, thats supposed to be our first win and of course it was me that let the team down by losing on the betting ticket.

• Everyone qualifies for the knockouts — but not equally.
• All teams advance directly to the Round of 16 but the seeded teams have an advantage in the Round of 16
  They will directly qualify to the quarterfinals in case of a draw after 2 knockout games (there will be no penalties).

I wanna ask about this part. Seeded teams means top 8 by the end of group stage right? So that means seeded teams just need to win once out of 2 games ? thats huge advantage

[notblox1]

Congrats to paco92x for winning most points in this round!
I am happy with 28.30 points I won this time, and  with my 10th position in leaderboard, but I cant stand looking at Mafia in 9th place 
It is crazy to see what Como did in their match with Lens, scoring nince goals against any team in Champions League is not an easy task.

[buwaytress]

mv1986, hope you guys enjoyed that as much as we did. Cosa Nostra had a plan, and it so far has played every word of every chapter to tune. Mafia up next? We'll make it easy, we know you need easy games. Just make sure you win.

Globe Earthers, you prefer oranges over pancakes? We just want to make sure our catering is prepared.

Since we already won for being Team Honest, we decided to also be honest again and return the bribe money that Trotters sent to us,,, our ticket was wrongly graded as won but I do not blame the mafia,,, we lost on the Over 2.5 booking points even though there was 3 yellow cards, one of it was for the manager and therefore not counted.

*shakes head at notblox1 bribery. Good for you, leea. Some people can never be bought.

P.S. I'm not some people, feel free any team to quote me a price to reveal my picks every round.

P.P.S. That yellow card for the manager also informed me that our old boy Dirk Kuyt is Fener's temp manager. What a win against his former club..! (pain sadness grief inside)

[igebotz]

My Snooker answers didn't last a day or two - it was the most stupid answers I ever picked

What are the chances of Haggins losing fellas? He's a top seeded player but Chang B is bookie's favorite. I want Haggins to lose this badly.

Edit: sorry guys, too many bottles

[slaman29]

Congrats Grillz 'n' Nutella - very well earned victory!

I must admit that I feel absolutely outsmarted by you Harkorede - fantastic set-up and selections (5/5) from your side!

Hope for a personal H2H rematch anytime soon

Indeed, I still feel slightly hard done by on the ticket, but then again, I should have trusted my own team to the max, I don't know why I second-guessed them at a crucial stage!

My Snooker answers didn't last a day or two - it was the most stupid answers I ever picked

What are the chances of Haggins losing fellas? He's a top seeded player but Chang B is bookie's favorite. I want Haggins to lose this badly.

Wrong thread bro? But I feel you man, how does a top guy lose I think he gave a free path to Higgins but Wilson did all that was expected of him for sure.

[Rikafip]

My Snooker answers didn't last a day or two - it was the most stupid answers I ever picked

What are the chances of Haggins losing fellas? He's a top seeded player but Chang B is bookie's favorite. I want Haggins to lose this badly.

Sheriff, I think that you missed the thread.

No one is congratulating the Global Earthers for maintaining a performance level on par with Real Madrid and PSG - so I’ll have to do it myself!

And since no one else has shared it, I guess I have to. 

[cryptofrka]

I wanna ask about this part. Seeded teams means top 8 by the end of group stage right? So that means seeded teams just need to win once out of 2 games ? thats huge advantage

Seeded teams are top 8, yes. The other part you got wrong though.
It will work the same as in the actual CL - so it will be a sum of results across 2 legs.

If the sum of 2 games is a draw, the seeded team will go through. It's similar to how the 'away goal' rule used to work.

Naturally, if a seeded team wins a game 1-0 and loses the next one 3-1, the unseeded team goes through. The result is then not 1-1, but 3-2.

Hope I explained it ok, and also repeating that the seeded teams will have this advantage only in the first knockout round. After that we will have penalties in case of a draw after 2 games.

[KTChampions]

No one is congratulating the Global Earthers for maintaining a performance level on par with Real Madrid and PSG - so I’ll have to do it myself!

Let me congratulate you guys but it doesn’t look scary because we have seen this templates before where a team goes unbeaten throughout the group stages and end up going move in the first knockout stage or later without winning the trophy, is that the Arsenal route you guys wish to take 
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I understand that you didn’t want to hurt the feelings of Liverpool fans which is why you mentioned Arsenal instead - but Arsenal is doing just fine (a semi-final and a final). It was Liverpool that, in the 2024-25 season, finished first in the group stage only to lose immediately in the Round of 16.

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I'm still upset that I brought Dembele in for this round.
Congrats to our team, for the next round is still quite a long time and it seems to be enough for me to recover after some stupidity that happened, round in the third week I will target full points against Trotters United.

The next round will be intriguing - Como plays AEK at home, if they managed to score 9 goals away against Lens, what will happen in Italy? 
Real vs. PSV and Sabah vs. Barcelona are also matches that give one pause for thought. PSG is playing against Roma, which love to concede a bunch of goals, but with PSG, with their endless rotation, it’s impossible to know who will be in action in a particular game.

[Asiska02]

No one is congratulating the Global Earthers for maintaining a performance level on par with Real Madrid and PSG - so I’ll have to do it myself!
Strongkored, KTChampions, Ryu_Ar1 Congratulations on a 100% success rate! Half of the group stage is in the books, it’s important to keep the momentum going, secure the maximum free bet -> hit a 100x return during the playoffs (while also winning the tournament, of course) - I’m not asking for much, just setting some realistic goals! 
For now, we’re taking a break and "enjoying" the national team matches, hopefully, they’ll go off without any complications.

We are yet to meet with Global Earthers, but seeing you tagging the team players here, I must say it is not surprising seeing you guys maintaining an 100% victory win in the competition so far. We would have maintained the same points as you guys but unluckily our goalscorer category messed everything up for us in this concluded round. Enjoy your winning streak while they last but if no one gets to break it, then prepare to meet us to do that on their behalf. I must say, congratulations to you guys, well deserved.

[cryptofrka]

I updated the goalscorers yesterday - congrats to Strongkored who scored in every game he's played in so far.
7 players follow him with 3 goals scored, his teammate KTChampions is one of them. Team Globe Earther seems to be on fire at the moment.

Team Cromorra is looking forward to this mini-break, God knows we need to up our game. 3 goals scored in 4 rounds is a terrible performance.

[paco92x]

Congrats to paco92x for winning most points in this round!
I am happy with 28.30 points I won this time, and  with my 10th position in leaderboard, but I cant stand looking at Mafia in 9th place 
It is crazy to see what Como did in their match with Lens, scoring nince goals against any team in Champions League is not an easy task.

notblox1, thanks for the praise even if it is the wrong discussion group . Luck was on my side this week, as it was not in Road to Glory. The Cromorra team is not struggling per se, but is rather not in sync yet. Opponents will fear us when we reach a certain level of team chemistry

[goodpunt]

Indeed, I still feel slightly hard done by on the ticket, but then again, I should have trusted my own team to the max, I don't know why I second-guessed them at a crucial stage!

I would also say that we were a bit unfortunate in our two season losses to face some of the most top-performing teams in these two rounds.

I also have no clue why I crossed out Botheim (Viking) who was actually in my first draft
But no need to look back, we will adapt, tweak and strike back

One thing is for sure BSFL Division 1 star power means nothing in RTG.....not even one Division 1 team owner is currently in the top 6 - doesn't look too good for the "Premier League"

[slaman29]

Damn I thought next questions is soon but we have another break YUCK.

Indeed, I still feel slightly hard done by on the ticket, but then again, I should have trusted my own team to the max, I don't know why I second-guessed them at a crucial stage!

I would also say that we were a bit unfortunate in our two season losses to face some of the most top-performing teams in these two rounds.

I also have no clue why I crossed out Botheim (Viking) who was actually in my first draft
But no need to look back, we will adapt, tweak and strike back

One thing is for sure BSFL Division 1 star power means nothing in RTG.....not even one Division 1 team owner is currently in the top 6 - doesn't look too good for the "Premier League"

Indeed, I always see BSFL as a lucky draw in all reality between first 2 divisions. In 3rd and 4th ok you have terrible players and teams who don't show up but everyone else is a good betting person and knowledgeable sports person, and sometimes you just get lucky or unlucky. Win 2-1 and lose 6-7 type of things

But we don't look back, we look forward, and we can pass on the league phase freebets for the REAL prize

[cryptofrka]

One thing is for sure BSFL Division 1 star power means nothing in RTG.....not even one Division 1 team owner is currently in the top 6 - doesn't look too good for the "Premier League"

We're in it to win it - not top the group in GW3 and run out of steam when it truly matters.
Only minor teams have such mindsets - and we'll show them where they belong soon enough

Damn I thought next questions is soon but we have another break YUCK.

Yup, who doesn't love internationals, eh?
This one is shorter though, just 2 weeks. We're back on the 22nd already.

[Harkorede]

Yup, who doesn't love internationals, eh?
This one is shorter though, just 2 weeks. We're back on the 22nd already.

The better news is that it's the last one for the year, until march next year there would be no stoppage, although there are only two more round of CL matches for the calendar year too.

Globe Earther are dominating all the charts! btw what's happening to Cromorra ? the Sheriff is even doing better than all of you on an individual scale, and the team performance is also terrible...

[goodpunt]

Indeed, I always see BSFL as a lucky draw in all reality between first 2 divisions. In 3rd and 4th ok you have terrible players and teams who don't show up but everyone else is a good betting person and knowledgeable sports person, and sometimes you just get lucky or unlucky. Win 2-1 and lose 6-7 type of things

But we don't look back, we look forward, and we can pass on the league phase freebets for the REAL prize

Just look how City added insult to injury
They are currently crap and barely win any matches but Leipzig made them look great!

A City win and Haaland goal could easily have been prevented if Leipzig didn't decide to trade blows with them after their unfortunate own goal.
Typical Bundesliga team mindset...once in attack mode they just can't stop.
Like I said no need to look back, but post-match analysis isn't wrong either

We're in it to win it - not top the group in GW3 and run out of steam when it truly matters.
Only minor teams have such mindsets - and we'll show them where they belong soon enough

Fair enough
I personally am also a huge fan of the hold-up style in horse racing...the only problem is if the gap closes too fast or the charge comes too late (thanks Jamie Spencer for the memories)
That said, I wouldn't mind if our teams full of Division 1 team owners meet in the RTG final!

[Trofo]

btw what's happening to Cromorra ? the Sheriff is even doing better than all of you on an individual scale, and the team performance is also terrible...

We are giving the "peasants" a bit of time to be happy Competition format is such that even last place in the group can mean 1st spot at the end. We are optimizing our form when it really matters. I thought it was obvious 

You know how it is, if we won everything from Round 1, everyone would yell "fixed" and who know what. Like this we end up heroes rising from the bottom. Same like we did with BSFL. Started in last Division by design and now we are topping Div 1. Cream always rises to the top 

Kidding aside, it really is the time to start winning some duels here.

[slaman29]

Damn I thought next questions is soon but we have another break YUCK.

Yup, who doesn't love internationals, eh?
This one is shorter though, just 2 weeks. We're back on the 22nd already.

OK thats nice and I'm too lazy to really understand but supposedly after this one we only have one more next year though so I guess I can live with it if it means we have like 4 months of nonstop club football after this one

Indeed, I always see BSFL as a lucky draw in all reality between first 2 divisions. In 3rd and 4th ok you have terrible players and teams who don't show up but everyone else is a good betting person and knowledgeable sports person, and sometimes you just get lucky or unlucky. Win 2-1 and lose 6-7 type of things

But we don't look back, we look forward, and we can pass on the league phase freebets for the REAL prize

Just look how City added insult to injury
They are currently crap and barely win any matches but Leipzig made them look great!

A City win and Haaland goal could easily have been prevented if Leipzig didn't decide to trade blows with them after their unfortunate own goal.
Typical Bundesliga team mindset...once in attack mode they just can't stop.
Like I said no need to look back, but post-match analysis isn't wrong either

That's the problem with average teams who are capable of scoring, they don't have Plan B and don't understand when to manage the game.

And in all honesty, even with Barca's win I think it was a close game and separated by brilliance. Problem with relying on moments of brilliance is there are blips and Champions League football is not kind to blips. So I'm really less confident of our chances there.

Let's give these guys a break now and return on 22! Sending my players to home to be with their family now, no dumb international break for them!!

[goodpunt]

That's the problem with average teams who are capable of scoring, they don't have Plan B and don't understand when to manage the game.

And in all honesty, even with Barca's win I think it was a close game and separated by brilliance. Problem with relying on moments of brilliance is there are blips and Champions League football is not kind to blips. So I'm really less confident of our chances there.

Let's give these guys a break now and return on 22! Sending my players to home to be with their family now, no dumb international break for them!!

But on the other side I can understand why some German teams behave like this.
Unfortunately I never attended any Champions League matches but many Bundesliga matches in Germany.
The atmosphere in German stadiums is on another level when one team suddenly gains momentum or during clutch time.....I absolutely miss this lol

Please don't get me wrong I think Flick does a fantastic job in Barcelona, but sometimes it looks like he is a bit predictable especially in Champions League matches.
In any case, my players will get a rest too