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Match Day 1

Arsenal winners

RMA up 2-1 but down to 10 men

RMA wins

Juventus and Dortmund draw 4-4

Benfica lose 3-2

Spuds also squeak by 1-0 on an own goal

Juventus-Dortmund was bonkers

Benfica lose to a Azerbaijani team. crazy after leading 2-0 early in the game too

ttt

Good lord. I figured Liverpool and Tottenham had some pride but apparently I was mistaken.

Uh, Bodo/Glimt...

Probably not enough to survive the return leg, but who knows?

And I'm a fool. I forgot it's still the League Phase.

I was open minded about this new format, but it feels like it's a lot harder to keep track of what's going on and if this thread is any indication - people aren't as into it.

The fight for the top 8 is about to get wild 🤯

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Absolute drama today, that was a lot of fun

Total meltdown from Madrid and amazing win for Benfica. ANd the goalie. My goalie daughter said 'That goalie is going to sleep good tonight'

Watching the Golazo show was a real treat. These final matchdays are really entertaining under the new format… much fewer games that mean nothing to either team's future in the tournament than the old group format. Not sure that makes the new format better overall but I do enjoy these last matchdays better.

And yeah that Benfica ending was so crazy… for so long they were playing as if they were happy to just sit on a win… like they didn't know they needed another goal for GD. Then that miracle happened.

The drama in Brugge was amazing too. Loved seeing Marseille get dumped like that. Trashy fans and club.

And heck of a result for Bodo Glimt again! Glad they made it through.