The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[Fernando 6,502]

Barcelona need to spend a lot of money on defense. 

[LAM09 6,840]

Barcelona need to spend a lot of money on defense. 

Their attack and defence is all over the place, not to mention the lack of depth in midfield.

[Vesper 29,196]

Inter just coughed up a goal, so 1 1 against a near bottom of the table Empoli (who if they lose they are probably relegated)

Icardi missed a pen and was pulled to massive booing and jeers

If it ends in a draw or Inter lose, they are out of of the CL (Atalanta and AC Milan in)

here is a stream

probably 16 minutes left including stoppage time

https://www.vipleague.bz/inter-milan-vs-empoli-streaming-link-1

[Vesper 29,196]

2 1 Inter

Nainggolan just scored

as it stand AC Milan is now out of the CL

Atalanta is up 3 1, so they are in and Sassuolo are down to 9 men

[Vesper 29,196]

this is one of the craziest last 10 minutes of a game I have seen all year

Empoli have hit the post twice and failed on another sitter

Inter have missed two

[Vesper 29,196]

3 1 Inter, Brozovic scored on an empty goal from the middle of the field

down goes Empoli

and AC Milan is out of the CL

[Vesper 29,196]

the craziness is back

goal pulled back and inter got a red card for Keita Balde pulling a shirt

still 2 1

[Vesper 29,196]

holy fuck Inter almost blew it

Empoli missed two more sitters at the death

 

FT

2 1

If anyone gets a chance to watch the last 15, 20 minutes I so advise it

pure madness

 

 

[Vesper 29,196]

65'

Goal! Atalanta 3, Sassuolo 1. Mario Pasalic (Atalanta) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gómez with a cross following a corner.

Mario Pasalic

I sooo think we should recall him if the bans remain

8 goals, 7 assists in only 2000 minutes, and played every position in the MF

That said, I am positive he will try everything to stay perm at Atalanta as they now have CL

[LAM09 6,840]

I believe he should be recalled regardless. Offers twice as much as his fellow countryman.

[Vesper 29,196]

Of the 11 highest, 8 were Pep teams, one was Conte (top spot), one was Mancini (10th), and one was ZZ (tied for 5th). Mo also had the 13th highest.

CIES Football Observatory

n°264 - 27/05/2019

Highlights

More and more points needed to be champions

What is the percentage of points needed to win the title in the five major European leagues? Issue number 264 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post answers this question for the last twenty seasons. The analysis reveals a progressive increase in the percentage of points achieved by champions.

On average, big-5 league champions obtained 69.9% of points for the five-season period between 1999/2000 and 2003/2004. This percentage went up to 73.9% during the following lustrum, to 77.7% between 2010 and 2014, and again up to 80.5% for the last five seasons. This reflects an ongoing trend towards competitive imbalance.

The record figure overall was registered for Juventus in 2013/14: 89.5% of points. At the other extreme is Olympique Lyonnais in 2002/03: 59.6%. All 2018/19 big-5 league champions achieved at least three quarters of points: from 86.0% for Manchester City (second highest score in the English Premier League history) to 76.3% for Barcelona.

Highest % of points achieved by big-5 league champions, since 2000

 

[Fulham Broadway 16,975]

Massive game in Spain tomorrow.

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.Alcorcon v Gimnastic

[Special Juan 27,528]

I won't be watching a second of that game in Madrid tomorrow night, not a chance.

[DDA 9,726]

16 hours ago, Special Juan said:

I won't be watching a second of that game in Madrid tomorrow night, not a chance.

You can run but you can't hide from it mate. Whoever wins, you're never going to hear the end of it. 

[Special Juan 27,528]

2 hours ago, DDA said:

You can run but you can't hide from it mate. Whoever wins, you're never going to hear the end of it. 

I'm on a no news channels or sport channels ban for 1 week, twitter either.

[Laylabelle 9,406]

Bored of it already and hasn't been played yet. Seems to be so one sided as well.. Here's klopp. Here's so and so.. Oh look this is what happened with Barcalona.. Blahhh blah blah blah blah blahhhhh

Spurs definitely aren't the media darlings. 

[Johnnyeye 7,457]

1 hour ago, Laylabelle said:

Bored of it already and hasn't been played yet. Seems to be so one sided as well.. Here's klopp. Here's so and so.. Oh look this is what happened with Barcalona.. Blahhh blah blah blah blah blahhhhh

Spurs definitely aren't the media darlings. 

now imagine if Spurs win, it will be a media meltdown

[Johnnyeye 7,457]

20 hours ago, Special Juan said:

I won't be watching a second of that game in Madrid tomorrow night, not a chance.

Fuck Barca and Ajax for bottling this so hard