The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

5th spot for CL is not certain. 

 

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1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

5th spot for CL is not certain. 

 

Yup it’s quite tight. Didn’t expect it tbf. Newcastle and Manure really fked the PL with their lazy performances in CL going out altogether when it would have been easier to at least get into EL. Both don’t belong into CL but EL is their level.

anyway it won’t matter, we will not get fifth this season… or next

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Edited December 18, 2023 by KEVINAA

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

Most matchups are absolutely lame . 
 

will get even worse the next year with the reform. 

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Yep, I don't feel buzz about CL anymore like before. 

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▪️ Porto vs. Arsenal 
▪️ Napoli vs. Barcelona 
▪️ PSG vs. Real Sociedad 
▪️ Inter vs. Atlético 
▪️ PSV vs. Dortmund 
▪️ Lazio vs. Bayern 
▪️ Copenhagen vs. Man City 
▪️ RB Leipzig vs. Real Madrid 

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Insane numbers for PSV in the league

16 games

16 wins

50 goals for

SIX goals allowed

+50 GD already

madness

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

City:Fluminense final.

[KEVINAA 97]

The European Court of Justice has ruled that UEFA and FIFA acted against competition law by blocking the formation of the Super League in 2021.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by KEVINAA

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Livestream to a22 sports management who are promoters that run ESL.

https://www.youtube.com/@A22SportsManagement

 

Edited December 21, 2023 by KEVINAA

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So a bunch of broke Italian and Spanish teams, together with some Dutch and red star. What s super league. 

No premier league, bundesliga or psg seems pretty set. 

[NikkiCFC 7,953]

Not into this war but as a fan I would prefer league system with best 10-12 teams in Europe. Group stage is pointless and even last 16 look at the draw. Nothing interesting there. With a Super League you would have best teams playing each other and as a consumer of football I would have more joy. 

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This does not mean a European Super League is coming. For the English clubs in particular a lot of bad blood was created by the ill-fated launch of the project in 2021. Unpicking that, certainly in the short-term, will not be easy.

However, those who have pushed the project now know they can go away and speak to who they want, when they want, about a vision for European football that suits them, and Uefa and Fifa will have to work with them or risk losing their power.

No-one, including Uefa and Fifa, expected this judgement to be so powerful.

The ramifications will be felt for a long time to come.

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FC Barcelona may be kicked off the UEFA Champions League over financial fairplay

https://www.marca.com/en/football/barcelona/2023/12/23/65861793e2704e850c8b45c1.html

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Xavi to quit 'cruel, unpleasant' job as Barcelona coach at end of season

Barcelona (AFP) – Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said he will quit his "cruel and unpleasant" job at the end of the season after his struggling team were beaten 5-3 by Villarreal on Saturday in La Liga.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240127-xavi-to-quit-cruel-unpleasant-job-as-barcelona-coach-at-end-of-season

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1 hour ago, NikkiCFC said:

 

Olympique Marseille, Benfica, Porto, Sporting, Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, Anderlecht, Club Brugge and all Spanish clubs except Atlético Madrid

 

lol

such powerhouses... not

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Luigi Riva obituary

 

One of Italy’s greatest forwards and the star of the Sardinian side Cagliari when it won the 1970 league title

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/08/luigi-riva-obituary

 

Luigi Riva, right, in a World Cup semi-final in Mexico, 1970. He was one of the scorers when Italy beat Germany 4-3. Photograph: Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images

The Italian footballer Luigi Riva, who has died aged 79, was his country’s all-time leading scorer with 35 goals in 42 international appearances between 1965 and 1974. A swift and deadly forward, he established his reputation by making the most of the limited opportunities offered to attackers confronting the stern defensive tactics espoused by coaches in Italy’s domestic league.

 

Just under six feet tall, with a saturnine visage, a lean build and a devastating mixture of speed and shooting power, “Gigi” Riva scored the first of two goals in the final of the 1968 European championships, giving Italy victory over a highly rated Yugoslavia team in Rome. Two years later in Mexico City he scored in Italy’s enthralling 4-3 victory in extra time over West Germany in a World Cup semi-final, before making much less impression as he and his teammates were humbled 4-1 in the final by Pelé’s resplendent Brazil.

 

But Riva is most fondly remembered as the star of a club team from Sardinia who, under the coach Manlio Scopigno, known as “the philosopher”, won the Italian first division championship in 1969-70. Only six years after leading Cagliari to promotion from the second tier, Riva unlocked catenaccio (doorbolt formation) defences to score the goals with which they captured the Serie A title from the northern giants of Turin and Milan.

The depth of that Sardinian affection could be seen at his funeral, held in the city where he had seen out his playing career despite lucrative offers from Juventus and other clubs, and where he lived for the rest of his life. An estimated 30,000 people – almost twice the current capacity of the club’s stadium – congregated in [link:https://www.theguardian.com/football/cagliari|Cagliari] outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria, waving flags, banners and scarves in the dark red and blue club colours he had worn with such distinction.

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