Champions League 2020/21

[cptaidan88]

Its not looking likely we'll be allowed to travel anywhere as it stands, but in positive news, we can't play Shakhtar in the group stages next season. We are both definitely in Pot 2.

I look forward to them beating us in the quarter finals.

I'll have another go at the probable groups on Sunday night after the finals.

 

[cptaidan88]

Pot 1 finalised now, and Pot 2 almost the same, only whether its Benfica or Ajax. Pots as it stands on the assumption the highest ranked teams progress through qualifiers.

Pot 1
Bayern
Real
Juventus
PSG
Sevilla
Liverpool
Porto
Zenit

Pot 2
Barcelona
Atletico Madrid
Manchester City
Manchester United
Dortmund
Shakhtar
Chelsea
Benfica

Pot 3
Ajax
Dynamo Kyiv
RB Salzburg
RB Leipzig
Inter
Olympiacos
Lazio
Celtic

Pot 4
Dinamo Zagreb
Atalanta
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Club Brugge
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Istanbul Basaksehir
Rennes

Teams in black have qualified. Teams in blue have to qualify through the league route. Teams in green have to qualify through the Champions Route.

 

[cptaidan88]

4 teams will qualify from the remaining teams in the Champions Route of Qualifiers

RB Salzburg	Olympiacos	Celtic	Dinamo Zagreb	Slavia Praha	Ludogorets
Young Boys	Red Star Belgrade	Qarabag	Legia Warsaw	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Molde
Midtjylland	Sheriff Tiraspol	CFR Cluj	Ferencvaros	Slovan Bratislava	Suduva
Omonia Nicosia	FK Sarajevo	Dynamo Brest	KI Klaksvik	Celje	Tirana

 

[cptaidan88]

2 teams will qualify from the remaining teams in the League Route of Qualifiers (ie they were not the domestic champions)

Benfica	Dynamo Kyiv	Besiktas	Gent	Krasnodar
Viktoria Plzen	Rapid Wien	PAOK	AZ	Lokomotiv Zagreb

 

[Corky]

Not again now, it is like the punishment of Sisyphus.

 

[cptaidan88]

Not again now, it is like the punishment of Sisyphus.

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

At least we can can't get Shakhtar in the group stages. They'll beat us in the Quarter Finals instead.

 

[cleavers]

At least we can can't get Shakhtar in the group stages.

I'll miss Shaktar, but Karkhov is a top place to visit (without covid obviously).

 

[mat]

German Rags
Us
Kyiv
Locomotive


UEFA love getting us bonus air miles

:)

 

[cptaidan88]

I'll miss Shaktar, but Karkhov is a top place to visit (without covid obviously).

I did the first two trips, but didn't fancy it again this year, and as it transpires I wouldn't have been able to go anyway due to a funeral. First one I've missed in a few years until Covid got involved.

Porto, Olympiacos and Istanbul Basaksehir or Brugges for me please. St Petersburg is a phenomenal place but not sure I fancy a potential trip in December.

 

[cleavers]

St Petersburg is a phenomenal place but not sure I fancy a potential trip in December.

No worse than Kharkiv, it could just be wet and windy like Manchester.

I suspect we won't be visiting any of them though, and even if we can, it will involve a 14 day holiday from life.