Champions League 2020/21

[cptaidan88]

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UEFA love getting us bonus air miles

:)

Can't have Ukrainian and Russian teams in the same group due to the ongoing war :(

There is a qualifier next week with a Serbian side (Red Star Belgrade) playing an Albanian side (Tirana). That's just as bad.

 

[mat]

Can't have Ukrainian and Russian teams in the same group due to the ongoing war :(

There is a qualifier next week with a Serbian side (Red Star Belgrade) playing an Albanian side (Tirana). That's just as bad.

Forgot about that.

Red star instead then...

 

[cptaidan88]

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.

Yeah true, that first trip was freezing!

Fortunately I can work from home so could do the quarantine if necessary. I suppose the bigger issue is we are unlikely to be allowed in, but I'd consider going to some of them anyway, see if I can get in the home end.

Thinking about it, the games are in 2 lots of 3 consecutive weeks this year, so doing a trip on the 1st week would mean you probably couldn't go to either of the other two if you're quarantining for 2 weeks when you get back....

 

[King KdB of Belgium]

To make this fair for all clubs in the Champions League. All group games that have to be played behind closed doors. The corresponding fixture has to be the same.

 

[RegMuffin]

Yeah true, that first trip was freezing!

Fortunately I can work from home so could do the quarantine if necessary. I suppose the bigger issue is we are unlikely to be allowed in, but I'd consider going to some of them anyway, see if I can get in the home end.

Thinking about it, the games are in 2 lots of 3 consecutive weeks this year, so doing a trip on the 1st week would mean you probably couldn't go to either of the other two if you're quarantining for 2 weeks when you get back....

Just can't see Away fans being allowed in any of the group games at least. Might change come February but not for for the groups.

 

[cptaidan88]

Some surprising results tonight in the qualifiers. Celtic beaten by Ferencvaros (Hungary) will get the headlines, Dinamo Zagreb sneaking through on pens, Legia Warsaw out, Besiktas out yesterday.

Remaining sides in qualifiers:

• Champions Route (4 teams qualify for group stage)

RB Salzburg	Olympiacos	Dinamo Zagreb	Slavia Praha	Young Boys
Red Star Belgrade	Qarabag	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Molde	Midtjylland
CFR Cluj	Ferencvaros	Omonia Nicosia	Dynamo Brest

• League Route (2 teams qualify for group stage)

Benfica	Dynamo Kyiv	Gent	Krasnodar
Rapid Wien	PAOK	AZ

Updated pots below (assumes highest co-efficient progresses).

Pot 1
Bayern
Real Madrid
Juventus
PSG
Sevilla
Liverpool
Porto
Zenit

Pot 2
Barcelona
Atleti
City
United
Dortmund
Shakhtar
Chelsea
Benfica

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

Pot 4
Dinamo Zagreb
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Club Brugge
Slavia Praha
Mönchengladbach
Istanbul Basaksehir
Rennes

 

[Gray]

Some surprising results tonight in the qualifiers. Celtic beaten by Ferencvaros (Hungary) will get the headlines, Dinamo Zagreb sneaking through on pens, Legia Warsaw out, Besiktas out yesterday.

Remaining sides in qualifiers:

• Champions Route (4 teams qualify for group stage)

RB Salzburg	Olympiacos	Dinamo Zagreb	Slavia Praha	Young Boys
Red Star Belgrade	Qarabag	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Molde	Midtjylland
CFR Cluj	Ferencvaros	Omonia Nicosia	Dynamo Brest

• League Route (2 teams qualify for group stage)

Benfica	Dynamo Kyiv	Gent	Krasnodar
Rapid Wien	PAOK	AZ

Updated pots below (assumes highest co-efficient progresses).

Pot 1
Bayern
Real Madrid
Juventus
PSG
Sevilla
Porto
Zenit

Pot 2
Barcelona
Atleti
City
United
Dortmund
Shakhtar
Benfica

Pot 3
Ajax
Dynamo Kyiv
RB Salzburg
RB Leipzig
Inter
Olympiacos
Lazio
Dinamo Zagreb

Pot 4
Atalanta
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Club Brugge
Slavia Praha
Mönchengladbach
Istanbul Basaksehir
Rennes

Porto, Olympiakos and Club Brugge for me.

 

[cptaidan88]

Porto, Olympiakos and Club Brugge for me.

Would be very happy with that

 

[Gray]

Some surprising results tonight in the qualifiers. Celtic beaten by Ferencvaros (Hungary) will get the headlines, Dinamo Zagreb sneaking through on pens, Legia Warsaw out, Besiktas out yesterday.

Remaining sides in qualifiers:

• Champions Route (4 teams qualify for group stage)

RB Salzburg	Olympiacos	Dinamo Zagreb	Slavia Praha	Young Boys
Red Star Belgrade	Qarabag	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Molde	Midtjylland
CFR Cluj	Ferencvaros	Omonia Nicosia	Dynamo Brest

• League Route (2 teams qualify for group stage)

Benfica	Dynamo Kyiv	Gent	Krasnodar
Rapid Wien	PAOK	AZ

Updated pots below (assumes highest co-efficient progresses).

Pot 1
Bayern
Real Madrid
Juventus
PSG
Sevilla
Liverpool
Porto
Zenit

Pot 2
Barcelona
Atleti
City
United
Dortmund
Shakhtar
Chelsea
Benfica

Pot 3
Ajax
Dynamo Kyiv
RB Salzburg
RB Leipzig
Inter
Olympiacos
Lazio
Dinamo Zagreb

Pot 4
Atalanta
Lokomotiv Moscow
Marseille
Club Brugge
Slavia Praha
Mönchengladbach
Istanbul Basaksehir
Rennes

Cluj went out last night I think?

 

[cptaidan88]

Cluj went out last night I think?

You're right, sorry - I started the update whilst they were taking penalties against Dinamo Zagreb. Forgot to take them out.

Worth looking for the final Cluj penalty. One of the worst I've seen for a while.