Champions league last 8, are they kidding or is it just me?

Champions league last 8, are they kidding or is it just me?

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hornetrider

63,161 posts

206 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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What a goal from Saul for Atletico! eek

Black can man

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31,882 posts

169 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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hornetrider said:
What a goal from Saul for Atletico! eek
Bloody good'n too

Cie

18,814 posts

194 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Axionknight

8,505 posts

136 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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That was a superb bit of football, no doubt about it yes

Axionknight

8,505 posts

136 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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That was a fair dig by Alaba too.

Supersam83

649 posts

146 months

Thursday 9th May
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Didn’t find another thread for the Champions League.

Dortmund Vs Real Madrid - Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium.

If Dortmund wins the UCL, they will receive €20 million from UEFA.

But, if Bellingham wins the UCL, Dortmund will get €25 million from Real Madrid!

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Willo777

135 posts

11 months

Friday 10th May
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Supersam83 said:
Didn’t find another thread for the Champions League.

Dortmund Vs Real Madrid - Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium.

If Dortmund wins the UCL, they will receive €20 million from UEFA.

But, if Bellingham wins the UCL, Dortmund will get €25 million from Real Madrid!

laugh
Wow ! This is indeed a fabulous stat . Bravo

The knockout stages of the champions league have been absolutely top drawer in quality , desire , passion & sheer drama , I was trying to explain to my son that this was how it was from the very first round in the old days , I remember the nation being so upset that Forest had Drawn Liverpool in the first round in 1979 , back then before social media most English fans would want fellow English teams to do well . I'm pretty sure that was the Trevor Francis year when forest beat Malmö in the final , As the OP said a few years ago on this thread it's just a super league already & next years format will be even harder for the lesser teams to compete .I miss the old football days .

Radec

3,876 posts

48 months

Friday 10th May
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I heard this stat as well, haven't looked it up to see if true but Stoke have had a link to teams (guessing through ex-players) in the CL semi-finals for the past 9 years.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,599 posts

151 months

Friday 10th May
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Willo777 said:
back then before social media most English fans would want fellow English teams to do well .
What???

As a kid I absolutely supported whoever Liverpool were playing in the final. I hated seeing Liverpool win. I didn't care about Forest of Villa because no one in London supported them anyway. But loads of glory hunting saddo kids supported Liverpool and I didn't want to see them gloating.

franki68

10,453 posts

222 months

Friday 10th May
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As a spectacle it’s good fun , the old European cup especially in the 70s and 80s was incredibly boring due to the ability to pass the ball back and forward between the keeper and defenders .

It’s a much better spectacle now due purely to rule changes .

The last 3 years though I think the quality has been poor , with the exception of city who really should have been winning it the last 4 years .
Last season 3 mediocre Italian teams made the semi’s ,inter made the final with 3 players not good enough for the premier league .This season a poor Bayern , a very mediocre Dortmund and a crappy psg made the semi’s .Madrid are decent but you wouldn’t put this Madrid team anywhere near the level of previous versions and they also have some weird stuff going on that enables them to win the thing whilst being second best in most games .

TEKNOPUG

19,015 posts

206 months

Saturday 11th May
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The old European Cup only ever had 4/5 good teams in it and often none of those met until the final. The UEFA Cup was always a better spectacle with a dozen or more decent teams and 2 leg finals.