August 31, 20232 yr This is the 69th edition of the Champions League. NICE!!! This year's final will be played in Wembley. The Group Stage teams are all decided, with 78 teams whittled down to 32. The last 6 spots were punched in the last two days. Matchdays for the Group Stage are: Matchday 1: 19–20 September 2023 Matchday 2: 3–4 October 2023 Matchday 3: 24–25 October 2023 Matchday 4: 7–8 November 2023 Matchday 5: 28–29 November 2023 Matchday 6: 12–13 December 2023 The draw is tomorrow - Noon Eastern. Teams are potted as follows (in Club Coefficient order) Pot 1 Manchester City (England) Sevilla (Spain) Barcelona (Spain) Napoli (Italy) Bayern Munich (Germany) Paris Saint-Germain (France) Benfica (Portugal) Feyenoord (Netherlands) Pot 2 Real Madrid (Spain) Manchester United (England) Inter Milan (Italy) Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Atlético Madrid (Spain) RB Leipzig (Germany) Porto (Portugal) Arsenal (England) Pot 3 Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) AC Milan (Italy) Braga (Portugal) PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) Lazio (Italy) Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) FC Copenhagen (Denmark) Pot 4 Young Boys (Switzerland) Real Sociedad (Spain) Galatasaray (Turkey) Celtic (Scotland) Newcastle United (England) Union Berlin (Germany) Antwerp (Belgium) Lens (France)
August 31, 20232 yr Americans are on: PSV, AC Milan, Union Berlin, Dortmund, Antwerp, Celtic? Missing anyone?
August 31, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said: Americans are on: PSV, AC Milan, Union Berlin, Dortmund, Antwerp, Celtic? Missing anyone? Knew you were missing at least one. Had to dig a bit. Caden Clark - Salzburg. He of course has yet to see the pitch for them but should get some minutes this season. Edited August 31, 20232 yr by ztejas
August 31, 20232 yr Oooft group F [emoji3062]F & B look to be violent groups.Depending on which version of Galatasary and Shaktar show up to UCL, A & H could also be rough, it’ll probably be the lamb versions this year.G & D for soft groups
August 31, 20232 yr Bonmati isn't that short (she's 5'4") but holy hell, she looks like a toddler next to Haaland.
August 31, 20232 yr Oooft group F [emoji3062]That’s one of the toughest groups I’ve seen in a while. All four of them could finish first or last and wouldn’t be a real surprise.
August 31, 20232 yr Damn - y'all weren't kidding. Four giants (well - three historical giants plus a huge club that has newfound Saudi money) PSG seems down this year. I like Castle and Milan of those four - but like y'all said it could be any combination. Edited August 31, 20232 yr by ztejas
August 31, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, ztejas said: I like Castle and Milan of those four Mbappe is going to run around Botman and Schar for fun
August 31, 20232 yr Found it interesting that Newcastle hasn’t ever played any of AC Milan, Dortmund or PSG. That is an insane group though.
August 31, 20232 yr Group of Death has to be F, right? As noted above, I wouldn't be surprised if any of the four got through. Or didn't make it through.
August 31, 20232 yr Pretty wild fucking draw. There isn't one other group that's even particularly difficult. I mean maybe C or D if you squint a bit?
August 31, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: Damn - y'all weren't kidding. Four giants (well - three historical giants plus a huge club that has newfound Saudi money) PSG seems down this year. I like Castle and Milan of those four - but like y'all said it could be any combination. This group looks tough, but only one club has… THE EYE OF THE TIGER!
September 19, 20232 yr Milan better in that half - should be up 1-0. Castle is giving them way too much space in the buildup.
September 19, 20232 yr Did you know Tonali played for Milan and now plays for New Castle? CBS: Well let me remind you every 2 minutes.
September 19, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said: That Lewandowski guy seems good. Jewish people and dudes named João
September 19, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said: Lazio's keeper ties it up at 90+5 with a great header. That was incredible
September 19, 20232 yr Pulisic's corners has been so bad, I don't remember it being better in the WC either.
September 20, 20232 yr If you don’t have it, Paramount+ is offering a 1/2 price annual subscription right now for new accounts - $30.
September 20, 20232 yr United replaced a goalie that was bad with his feet with one that is bad with his hands. Not sure that’s an upgrade.
September 20, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said: CL handball rules are wank. that’s a handball for me no matter the tournament.
September 20, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said: that’s a handball for me no matter the tournament. Because it's Yanited, I agree. If it was Liverpool, I'd be pissed. Way too close to the kick.
September 20, 20232 yr Jude is a midfielder that plays like a poacher.Man he has far exceeded what I was expecting when we signed him.
September 21, 20232 yr Author On 9/19/2023 at 6:02 PM, Chapo said: Pulisic's corners has been so bad, I don't remember it being better in the WC either. He's very inconsistent with his delivery from corners, with more bad than good. He just shouldn't be a teams primary corner taker. I don't watch a lot of AC Milan, but they have to have a better taker than Pulisic.
September 21, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, Captain Ron said: He's very inconsistent with his delivery from corners, with more bad than good. He just shouldn't be a teams primary corner taker. I don't watch a lot of AC Milan, but they have to have a better taker than Pulisic. He strangely had a really strong run of games delivering on corners & free kicks in March (I think) and June. There was a whole lot of “Where in the fuck did that come from?” In those windows (I believe… or start of his time with AC) and I didn’t know what the fuck had gotten into the guy. I guess that he is returning to his natural state of sucking ass on set piece deliveries. All is right in the world.
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