* UEFA Champions League 2022-23 Thread *

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Texaggie7nine
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This one was fun

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Dre_00 said:

Ter Stegen made two absurd saves in added time. That game got intense QUICKLY.

Barca are still in a pretty horrible position. First tie breaker is head-to-head which Inter owns. Means that all Inter has to do is beat Pilzen and they are through.


Maybe they can switch out their logo for those two games and power their way through. Surely saint Drake will carry them to victory.

Dre_00
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Juventus

akm91
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Allegri is gone after this. I can't imagine him being on the sidelines this weekend.
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Oh my god. Shaktar what have you done?

https://imgur.com/a/Sgv0QUg
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McKennie just scored a banger.

Ok, I don't know if it was or not. Just in my head it is.

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I guess the two recent wins bought him some time but I'm surprised he's lasted this long
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Not a banger, but the nutmeg does add extra points and make it a nice goal.
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deadbq03 said:

Not a banger, but the nutmeg does add extra points and make it a nice goal.


I called it a banger before I saw it.
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Been wanting to get into soccer for a while but need a team to root for. How should I decide?
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texasaggie2015 said:

Been wanting to get into soccer for a while but need a team to root for. How should I decide?


I have been following soccer for 10 years and closely for the last 5.

My team is USA. I root for Americans and watch as many of their matches as possible. So some days I'm rooting for Chelsea and other days agaisnt Chelsea when Pulisic isn't playing. I'm rooting for Norwich wjen Sargent is playing. Rooting for Juventus. Rooting for Lille. I root for Bourssia Dortmund.

It's not for everyone, but it's better than picking a team and city as an adult.

Manchester City is most like A&M and Bayern Munchen for the Bundesliga. And Real Madrid in La Liga.
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Considerations:
A) Watch lots of games and just have fun. You'll eventually gravitate towards a team.
B) Travel - pick a team that's near/in a city you'd like to travel to.
C) Heritage - pick a team based on family heritage.
D) Americans - pick a team with an American presence. Over the summer I'd have suggested Leeds, but that's looking like a bad idea.

As an adult convert to the sport, I went with a combo of C and B and got lucky that for awhile they also had D.
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Xavi is making his team watch their elimination in the dressing room too!
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Club Brugge / Porto is drunk

(Michael Oliver is the ref)
Dre_00
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Seems that all those financial levers Barca pulled were to a trap door to the Europa League.
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T&P to their players' paychecks.
Dre_00
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Frenkie de Jong: "I want to stay at Barca to play in the Champions League"

Also Frenkie de Jong: "What is a Ludogorets?"
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Leverkusen doing the Lord's work. Hope they can hold on.

And Group D is bananas.
Rudyjax
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Why do they hate me so much? See it's LP and Ajax and see a team in green score. Thinking Red is LP.

SIgh.
Dre_00
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Um...the end of the Atleti-Leverkusen match was WILD. Watch it. You must. Holy crap.
deadbq03
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Between that and Spurs-Sporting, the Golazo show was high drama.
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Group D is going to be must-watch TV today. Tottenham leads the group with 8pts and Marseille is in last on 6pts. Every team has a chance to get to the knockout stages.

3pm CST
Tottenham v Marseille
Sporting v Eintracht Frankfurt
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OregonAggie said:

Group D is going to be must-watch TV today. Tottenham leads the group with 8pts and Marseille is in last on 6pts. Every team has a chance to get to the knockout stages.

3pm CST
Tottenham v Marseille
Sporting v Eintracht Frankfurt
Thank you!
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Group B playing now is also pretty fun, but in a schadenfreude way… if these results hold, Atletico is staying home.
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This Schick guy on Leverkusen is diving around like Neymar…guy should be ashamed of himself.
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This brings back PTSD from living in Harris county.

Rudyjax
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It's like a bonfire in the middle of the street. Crazy stuff.

Marseille scares me. Anyone see Stillwater?
akm91
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So the Spurs are getting CONCACAAF'ed?
"And liberals, being liberals, will double down on failure." - dedgod
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akm91 said:

So the Spurs are getting CONCACAAF'ed?


That is one place I would not want to visit.
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Couple of crucial head-to-head matchups today in E and F, and both involve the Red Bull teams. In both matchups, the winner advances. Leipzig could potentially get the top seed if Celtic pull off a miracle win over RM. Chelsea's top seed is safe. Salzburg could fall out of Europa with a loss and Zagreb win, so it kinda sucks for them that Chelsea have nothing to play for.

PSG and Benfica are fighting for that top seed, and Juve has a not insignificant risk of getting bounced from Europe entirely if they lose and Maccabi can scrape out a draw or win.

Group G is only going to be interesting for fans of those teams… as far as I can tell, no movement is possible in that table due to head-to-head tiebreakers.
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Oh sheet. Benfica make up for a 4 goal difference today with a late stoppage time goal. Tiebreaker falls all the way to away goals and they edge PSG for top seed.
texagbeliever
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EPL had a strong showing in the group stage. Liverpool only team to fail to top their group despite scoring the 3rd most points of any team.

Looks like LaLiga is going to look to continue their Europa league dominance with Baca and Sevillia dropping down.
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Yeah, Napoli is a team to be avoided at all cost (at least right now).

Crazy that we don't get knockout games until Feb. 2023.
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Really hoping this transfer window is kind to us.

We really need a pro wing back like Persic

Royal and Sessegnon are just not good enough for what we want to do.
 
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