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UEFA Champions League 2019-2020

Discussion in 'Uefa Champions League & Europa League' started by The only Greek here, Jun 12, 2019.

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  1. Leivapool

    Leivapool Arrogantly inferior.

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    Frustrating performance for us more than anything, forgetting the things that went wrong at the end even, it wasn't necessarily a bad performance (certainly better than last year) but absolutely nothing was clicking going forward. We had more than enough half chances that couldn't properly turn into really good ones. Ah well, 5 other group games to win :pray...
     
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  2. miss_lfc

    miss_lfc Registered User

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    The standard of Ligue 1 is overall poor, it doesn’t matter what random result you throw up against an English side either .. it’s still poor.
     
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  3. The only Greek here

    The only Greek here Registered User

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    These are the top leagues of Europe and the COMBINED market value of their players.

    We can see that Premier League tops the ranking by a fine margin, in fact their players are worth 3 times more, despite Ligue 1 having more players...
     
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  4. The only Greek here

    The only Greek here Registered User

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    Here is the ranking in full, Ligue 1 ranks 5th.

    Premier League's 500 players are worth around 9b...
     
    #504 The only Greek here, Sep 20, 2019
  5. The only Greek here

    The only Greek here Registered User

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    Superleague Greece ranks 12th, it's actually not that suprising, as our confederation is ranked 16th in the UEFA Rankings anyways!
     
    #505 The only Greek here, Sep 20, 2019
  6. Philip The Frog

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    Nice mature reply.

    It isn't; it's defensive. If you'd watch, you'd know.

    Anyway, english fans not watching continental football. News, history and all that.
     
    #506 Philip The Frog, Sep 21, 2019
  7. Kirby

    Kirby Wilf, Andros, Meyer Your defence is terrified

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    Lighten up toadie.
     
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    Artem Registered User

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    Yes, League 1 us a pub league as well as Russian one.
    If we'd remove PSG from League 1 it will be equal to Russian Premier League

    French vs Russian last results:

    17/18: CSKA beated Lyon in 1/8 Europa League (0:1 3:2)
    17/18: Lokomotiv beated Nice in 1/16 Europa League (3:2 1:0)
    18/19: Zenit took 4 points in 2 games against Bordeaux in a League Europa group stage (2:1 1:1)
    19/20: Zenit got a draw against Lyon (1:1) in away match of Champions League

    So French got to overwhelm russian before being able to opponent against English
     
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  9. The only Greek here

    The only Greek here Registered User

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    That tables divides the money each club has spent for having this squad by their number of victories...

    Norwich is ranked first, they have won 2 games and it has cost them only 15m per game.

    A Number of top rankings are being shared by midtable clubs...Liverpool, despite 5/5 is ranked 7th

    Manchester Clubs find themselves at the bottom...
     
    #509 The only Greek here, Sep 21, 2019
  10. miss_lfc

    miss_lfc Registered User

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    I watch all European football. The standard of ligue 1 is poor.
     
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  11. Philip The Frog

    Philip The Frog Registered User

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    I'm not sure I understand.

    Had a conversation along the same lines with a Serie A fan and the stats do back it up: we're not good in Europe generally speaking. PSG has given better standards to our overall European results but we still struggle to beat average sides. Still, Marseille did make the EL final in 17/18 beating some decent sides (Bilbao, Leipzig).

    I can easily understand how you come to that conclusion but I disagree. It's a defensive league and most games are boring to watch but that doesn't make it poor (why else would loads of Premiership clubs buy our defenders?).

    Still there's quite a difference between finding a league poor and labelling it a sunday league...
     
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  12. DeadlyDemon

    DeadlyDemon ENIC out!

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    Just seen how cheap tickets for the City game are. You can still pick up £20 tickets for tomorrow. Lucky b*stards :laugh:
     
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  13. The only Greek here

    The only Greek here Registered User

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    Fiercest fans in Europe clash tomorrow...

    I am of course talking about Red Star VS Olympiacos...If the two teams were not supposedly ''brother'' clubs, you could have expected a massacre...
     
    #513 The only Greek here, Sep 30, 2019
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    njmcfc1894 Registered User

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    Chinese CL fans will be all over this
     
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  15. Dirk

    Dirk HA-ES-VAU

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    Still available? They "love" their Champions-League :laugh:

    Tottenham vs Bayern. This will be interesting.
    Kovac was full of praise about Spurs in the press conference, I heard. He said "Tottenham ist ein sehr positives Licht im europäischen Fußball" (Tottenham is a shining light (very positive light) in european football" and that he has a lot of respect about the work of Mauricio Pocchettino. Yes, I know coaches often do these "praising of the opponent" before a match but Kovac isn't normally one for "hollow words", he means what he says.

    Coutinho was in a very good form the last 2 matches. And maybe Lewandowski can show his Bundesliga form (10 goals in 6 matches, never matched before in Bundesliga, not even by Gerd Müller) also in the Champions League. It will be necessary to get a good result.

    2nd match today with a german club is: Juve vs Bayer Leverkusen . I don't expect much from Bayer but they must deliver after their loss at home against Moscow.
     
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  16. DeadlyDemon

    DeadlyDemon ENIC out!

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    Can't wait for tonight, finishing work a little early so should get down to London at a reasonable time.

    Tough game but I'd like to think we can win. Coutinho always seems to have a blinder against us though :(
     
    #516 DeadlyDemon, Oct 1, 2019
  17. Muller

    Muller I like using gifs

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    Watched Bayern the last couple of games and they look pretty damn good tbf think they will get something at least. Defensively they look like they can be got at though but I reckon they will iron that out soon as it’s mainly because Kimmich has moved into midfield to accommodate Pavard at RB.
     
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    This in a nutshell is why I doubt City will ever win this competition.
     
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  19. Super_horns

    Super_horns WATFORD Till I Die
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    There was a suggestion the other night on Talksport (yes I know..) he might not start and Bayern will go with 2 wide players.
     
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    Dirk HA-ES-VAU

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    He's in the expected starting line-up, though. If Lucas Hernandez can't play then Boateng will replace him.

    btw: A bit statistics:
    Bayern didn't lose any of their last 9 away matches in the Champions League (6W-3D) and if they can stay unbeaten for another game then this will match their previous record of 10 unbeaten away matches from 2012-2014.
    And they weren't beaten in their last 11 group matches in the Champions League (9W-2D) and since 2012 they got more points than any other Champions League team, 102 (Barcelona as 2nd got 99)
     
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