Skau13 21 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Everyone says this every year. And they always get tough games but still sneak through.Not sure I would want Arsenal to only focus on the league either. Be good for them to tire from CL football and finish fourth like they always do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Full Champions League play-off draw:League route:Besiktas v ArsenalStandard Liege v Zenit St. PetersburgFC Copenhagen v Bayer LeverkusenLille v FC PortoNapoli v Athletic BilbaoChampions route:NK Maribor v CelticRB Salzburg v MalmoAalborg v APOELSteaua Bucharest v Ludogorets RazgradSlovan Bratislava v Bate BorisovMatches to be played on 19/20 and 26/27 August.And ICYMI, Celtic have been reinstated into the competition after a blunder by Legia in the last round - http://www.espnfc.com.sg/uefa-champions-league/story/1977326/legia-warsaw-out-of-champions-league-for-fielding-ineligible-player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Malmo got Salzburg, worst possible draw.... xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Napoli and Bilbao ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Besiktas vs ArsenalHmm... The same team we're playing today. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Mario 638 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Full Champions League play-off draw:League route:Besiktas v ArsenalStandard Liege v Zenit St. PetersburgFC Copenhagen v Bayer LeverkusenLille v FC PortoNapoli v Athletic BilbaoChampions route:NK Maribor v CelticRB Salzburg v MalmoAalborg v APOELSteaua Bucharest v Ludogorets RazgradSlovan Bratislava v Bate BorisovMatches to be played on 19/20 and 26/27 August.And ICYMI, Celtic have been reinstated into the competition after a blunder by Legia in the last round - http://www.espnfc.com.sg/uefa-champions-league/story/1977326/legia-warsaw-out-of-champions-league-for-fielding-ineligible-playerafter 1-6 agg? and they did blunder for fielding ineligible player who was playing for 2 minutes?they won in 178 minutes match, but UEFA only need 2 minutes to rob Legia right to fight in play off.bunch of twits! The Chels and xPetrCechx 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 after 1-6 agg? and they did blunder for fielding ineligible player who was playing for 2 minutes?they won in 178 minutes match, but UEFA only need 2 minutes to rob Legia right to fight in play off.bunch of twits! Rules are rules though. It's a simple black and white rule in this case and it's nonsensical how clubs can make such silly mistake really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 after 1-6 agg? and they did blunder for fielding ineligible player who was playing for 2 minutes?they won in 178 minutes match, but UEFA only need 2 minutes to rob Legia right to fight in play off.bunch of twits!Defender Bartosz Bereszynski came on for the final four minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 If the play-off results go accordingly, we could potentially be drawn into the same group with Zenit and Napoli. Mourinho v Benitez v AVB... xPetrCechx and sdrcfc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,571 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why Celtic didn't play at Celtic Park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Why Celtic didn't play at Celtic Park?The stadium was used for the Commonwealth Games in Scotland.. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinAshburner 1,270 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Champions League play-off draw:Besiktas v ArsenalI would actually piss myself laughing if Besiktas could actually beat and knockout Arsenal from the UEFA Champions League Season. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Do the losers get kicked out of Europe completely or do they go to the Europa League? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted August 8, 2014 Author Share Posted August 8, 2014 Do the losers get kicked out of Europe completely or do they go to the Europa League?Champions RouteThe first qualifying round sees the champions of the countries ranked 50 to 53 in UEFA competition play two two-legged ties. The two winners of those ties progress to the second qualifying round where they are joined by the champions of the 32 countries ranked 17 to 49 (except Liechtenstein).The victorious sides from those 17 ties join the champions from the countries ranked 14 to 16 in the third qualifying round. The winners of these 10 ties go through to the play-off round. The winners of these five ties, which take place on a home and away basis, reach the group stages of the Champions LeagueLeague RouteThe third-placed team from the sixth-ranked member association starts in the third qualifying round alongside the runners-up from the associations ranked 7 to 15.The winners of these five ties go through to the play-off round where they are joined by the fourth-placed teams from the member associations ranked 1 to 3, and the third-placed sides from the associations ranked 4 and 5. The teams that emerge victorious from these five ties go through to the group stages of the Champions League.Teams in the Champions Route cannot meet those in the League route.Teams who lose in the third qualifying round go into the Europa League play-offs.The five teams who lose in the Champions League play-off round enter the Europa League group stages.Teams who finish third in each of the Champions League groups go into the Europa League round of 32. The Skipper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skau13 21 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Silly mistake by Legia. Shoulf know better.Not great draws for the Scandinavians. Hoping Aalborg pulls through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chels 2,502 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Rules are rules though. It's a simple black and white rule in this case and it's nonsensical how clubs can make such silly mistake really.Uefa are hardly consistent though. This seems completely unjust to me.However, in 2010, Uefa fined Debrecen £15,000 but rejected a protest from opponents Litex Lovech, who wanted the Hungarian side kicked out of the tournament for fielding an ineligible player.Debrecen argued that they fielded Peter Mate in good faith as a substitute in Bulgaria when they were leading 4-1 on aggregate.Uefa ruled that Debrecen had "no interest in fielding this player for the three last minutes of additional time, when the score was so clearly in its favour".http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855 Ze Mario, zolayes and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Uefa are hardly consistent though. This seems completely unjust to me.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855Celtic got fucking lucky The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Uefa are hardly consistent though. This seems completely unjust to me.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28693855Well true but think that is another issue if we want to talk about the way UEFA handles such matter, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrcfc 461 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Can't blame Celtic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Looking forward to Napoli v Athletic Bilbao tonight. Should be a really good game.And I'll be updating the results of the UCL play-off ties in the first post of this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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