Champions League 2018-2019

[sidis 9,713]

Also known as the Real Madrid inevitability experiment.  Hopefully the departure of ronaldo to Juve will make this slightly more interesting.  Juve now carries the burden of being the presumptive favorite i assume.

Draw is tomorrow, pots below:

Pot 1
Real Madrid (holders)
Atlético Madrid (UEFA Europa League winners)
Barcelona
Bayern München
Manchester City
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Lokomotiv Moskva

Pot 2
Borussia Dortmund 89.000
Porto 86.000
Manchester United 82.000
Shakhtar Donetsk 81.000
Napoli 78.000
Tottenham Hotspur 67.000
Roma 64.000

Pot 3
Schalke 62.000
Lyon 59.500
Monaco 57.000
Ajax 53.500
CSKA Moskva 45.000

Pot 4
Club Brugge 29.500
Galatasaray 29.500
Young Boys 20.500
Internazionale Milano 16.000
Hoffenheim 14.285
AEK Athens 10.000

TBD
Liverpool 62.000
Valencia 36.000
Viktoria Plzeň 33.000

3 more play-off winners:
Crvena zvezda 10.750 or Salzburg 55.500
BATE Borisov 20.500 or PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Benfica 80.000 or PAOK 29.500

[Jograves 357]

City and Barcelona at 6/1 were the odds-makers favorites the last time I checked. Juve was up there though.  

[Captain Ron 12,789]

The easy break down on pots from today's games:

Benfica wins they are in Pot 2
Salzburg with a win is in Pot 3
PSV Eindhoven with a win is in Pot 3
Crvena zvezda wins they are in Pot 4
BATE Borisov wins they are in Pot 4
PAOK is in Pot 3 if they win AND Benfica and Salzburg lose, otherwise they are in Pot 4 with a win.

Liverpool is in Pot 2 if Benfica loses otherwise in Pot 3
Valencia is in Pot 3 if at least one of Benfica, Salzburg or PSV Eindhoven drop their matchups
Viktoria Plzen is in Pot 3 if two of Benfica, Salzburg or PSV Eindhoven drop their matchups

 

[shnsajax 3,589]

Its been too long

https://youtu.be/jadtArNB13w

 

 

 

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

Link to the draw Thursday 11AM CST-

 

https://live.bleacherreport.com/soccer/soccer-tournament/events/ucl-group-stage-draw/50775

[Captain Ron 12,789]

[WBT 20,397]

What is Lokomotiv and how did it get in Pot 1?

[TexArcher 37,455]

FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

And I have no earthly idea what they're doing in Pot 1.

[Schulz2.0 28,752]

32 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

And I have no earthly idea what they're doing in Pot 1.

If you win your league you go in pot 1 IIRC.

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

At least Valencia didn’t drop to Pot 4.  I think they have turned the corner even though they lost to Espanyol last weekend.

A group with Liverpool as the 3 and them as 4 would be fucking rough.

[406W30th 1,111]

1 hour ago, Schulz2.0 said:

If you win your league you go in pot 1 IIRC.

Porto won the Primeira last year and are in pot 2, so it must have to do with the Russian league's coefficient, which also makes no sense since the Russian league is pretty trash.

 

[Firemans4Horn 17,792]

Russia’s coefficient is closer to france than Portugal’s is to Russia.  

[Captain Ron 12,789]

Pot 1 is the defending champ, the Europa League champ and the champions of the top 6 countries top leagues:

#		country	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	ranking	teams
1		Spain	23.000	20.214	23.928	20.142	19.714	106.998	7
2		England	16.785	13.571	14.250	14.928	20.071	79.605	7
3		Italy	14.166	19.000	11.500	14.250	17.333	76.249	6
4		Germany	14.714	15.857	16.428	14.571	9.857	71.427	7
5		France	8.500	10.916	11.083	14.416	11.500	56.415	6
6		Russia	10.416	9.666	11.500	9.200	12.600	53.382	5
7		Portugal	9.916	9.083	10.500	8.083	9.666	47.248	6
8		Ukraine	7.833	10.000	9.800	5.500	8.000	41.133	5
9		Belgium	6.400	9.600	7.400	12.500	2.600	38.500	5
10		Turkey	6.700	6.000	6.600	9.700	6.800	35.800	5

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,437]

For all those who've never watched the draw, it's brutal. Think "first round of the NFL draft" brutal. Pomp, circumstance, bullshit, awards, etc.

[Captain Ron 12,789]

If you want to simulate it

https://draw.inker.fun/#/cl/gs

(minus the Pomp and Circumstance).

Edited August 30, 2018 by Captain Ron

[sidis 9,713]

21 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

For all those who've never watched the draw, it's brutal. Think "first round of the NFL draft" brutal. Pomp, circumstance, bullshit, awards, etc.

eurotrash like uefa is unbelievably effective at being horrible at this kind of stuff.  like the pregame show for the champions league final.  it is so remarkably bad that one simply cannot look away.

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

27 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

For all those who've never watched the draw, it's brutal. Think "first round of the NFL draft" brutal. Pomp, circumstance, bullshit, awards, etc.

 

I agree but I also understand why they make such a big production out of it. Take out all the shit and the actual draw takes 5 minutes.

 

I also think it's more comparable to the NCAA tourney selection show vs. 1st round of the NFL draft.  

[Cheeseweasel 26,437]

8 minutes ago, JimmyHoffa said:

 Take out all the shit and the actual draw takes 5 minutes.

Sold!

8 minutes ago, JimmyHoffa said:

I also think it's more comparable to the NCAA tourney selection show vs. 1st round of the NFL draft.  

Better analogy, for sure.

[Captain Ron 12,789]

WTF!?!?!

TNT isn't bothering to show this.

[Cheeseweasel 26,437]

1 minute ago, Captain Ron said:

WTF!?!?!

TNT isn't bothering to show this.

You'd think that someone would invent a network that showed SPORTS and SPORTING EVENTS. Like a Network for "Entertainment and Sports Programming". 

We can dream.

 

[Jograves 357]

10 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

WTF!?!?!

TNT isn't bothering to show this.

Not even on that new subscription crap they offer?

[kingkoopa6 8,305]

thought it was on FS1?

 

oh well reddit soccer streams has a good line up

http://lewstream.live/soccer-live.html

 

and what zep has vvvvv

Edited August 30, 2018 by kingkoopa6
zep

[Zepol87 9,163]

Youtube seems to have a stream for it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBlL_mEQi5k

 

[midtown 3,341]

 

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

Thanks I was just coming to post that after searching youtube for 10 minutes trying to find the ACTUAL live feed. 

[midtown 3,341]

The one I posted seems to be EPL focused.

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

I understand if you don't want to support traffic on their site, but you can stream it on the UEFA site as well.

Link

 

Edited August 30, 2018 by Kringelbert Fishtybuns

[Cheeseweasel 26,437]

Fuck you Sergio you fucking cunt.

[midtown 3,341]

ManU vs Juventus in H

[kingkoopa6 8,305]

Just now, midtown said:

ManU vs Juventus in H

Ronaldo time to shine

[midtown 3,341]

Atletico v Dortmund in A

[midtown 3,341]

ManCity v Donestsk in F

Bayern v Beifica in E

PSG v Napoli in C

Barca vs Tottenham B

Edited August 30, 2018 by midtown

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

Barca and Spurs

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2019/draws/round=2000980/

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

[Zepol87 9,163]

Eindhoven group B

[mdmost 42,775]

Liverpool gets PSG and Napoli

[JimmyHoffa 1,188]

GROUP A

•  

  Atlético (ESP)
•  

  Dortmund (GER)
•  

  Monaco (FRA)
•  

GROUP B

•  

  Barcelona (ESP)
•  

  Tottenham (ENG)
•  

  PSV (NED)
•  

GROUP C

•  

  Paris (FRA)
•  

  Napoli (ITA)
•  

  Liverpool (ENG)
•  

GROUP D

•  

  Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)
•  

  Porto (POR)
•  

  Schalke (GER)
•  

GROUP E

•  

  Bayern (GER)
•  

  Benfica (POR)
•  

  Ajax (NED)
•  

GROUP F

•  

  Man. City (ENG)
•  

  Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
•  

  Lyon (FRA)
•  

GROUP G

•  

  Real Madrid (ESP)
•  

  Roma (ITA)
•  

  CSKA Moskva (RUS)
•  

GROUP H

•  

  Juventus (ITA)
•  

  Man. United (ENG)
•  

  Valencia (ESP)

[midtown 3,341]

Hoffenheim....mmmm Wurstfest

Edited August 30, 2018 by midtown

[Zepol87 9,163]

Fucking City... Group of cupcakes

[midtown 3,341]

As a newbie looks like D is the easiest.  Is Young Boys out of State College?

Edited August 30, 2018 by midtown

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

The Galatassaray people look pretty fucking happy for a Pot 4 squad.  I don't think they could have drawn a better group if they tried.

[Zepol87 9,163]

They pronounced Club Brugge 4 different ways lol

[Zepol87 9,163]

Group B pretty damn tough. Damnit

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

Fuck man.  Spurs, Inter and the Dutch champion.  

[WBT 20,397]

1 minute ago, Zepol87 said:

Group B pretty damn tough. Damnit

 

1 minute ago, Kringelbert Fishtybuns said:

Fuck man.  Spurs, Inter and the Dutch champion.  

How were Inter in Pot 4?

Group D is ass my dude

[kingkoopa6 8,305]

group d is garbage haha

 

group b gonna be badass tho

[JNip 131]

Barcelona's group is no joke. Love it. 

Real Madrid finally gets a cupcake group. 

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

How were Inter in Pot 4?

They have only been in Europa Leauge a couple of times in the last 5 years or so.  

[Ghost of LL 15,348]

Yeah--Inter is Italy's version of Arsenal.  They've got the name, but they haven't done shit in awhile.  I'm pretty ok with having them in B.

Eindhoven, on the other hand, is going to be tough.