Not watching, but knew it was over when Røde Stjerne scored in Bodø
Champions League 24/25 | Matchday 2: October 1-2
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And that foul for the penalty to open the scoring… braindead
Loving being in this for first time since the early 80s but annoyed we missed out on the four team group stage, I really don't like the new format.
Follows the general trend of Football in last decade to play every more games and have less teams getting knocked out, at least they won't draw in the Europa competitions now.
Follows the general trend of Football in last decade to play every more games and have less teams getting knocked out, at least they won't draw in the Europa competitions now.
Welcome back Red Star Belgrade.
A little excited and curious to see what the next format brings.
Is it not a bit more exciting because you've a chance to play more big teams?
No part of this weird format is "more exciting".
Why do they still need a whole drawn out draw show on the tv when the new format is all decided by computer, why not just draw it behind closed doors then publish the fixtures on the UEFA website?
It does seem a bit daft going through all this "draw" when only teams in one pot are picked out and the rest is automated. Just treat it like league fixtures and just drop them on a date. Bring back the draw for the playoffs onwards.
Seems like a lot of potential for shenanigans with the automation of most of the draw.
They can give the UEFA awards its own ceremony then as well rather than handing them own during the Champions League draw
Still don’t understand the new format.
Not sure how to feel about the new format. Initially it did not excite me, but the last couple of years the group stages were pretty boring IMO.
They always milk these things. Do the draw and get it done with. Who needs all the bells and whistles.
Did Buffon just say 'soccer'?
well in Italian it's calcio, so why not?
Well, Ceferin may not have wanted to take an hour to talk about Ronaldo's career but he definitely would like to talk about himself for an hour.
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This is almost worse than the Olympic ceremonies
Can they start the fecking draw...?
That Zlatan video was corny as hell
Should have gottrn Cantona to do it
Should have gottrn Cantona to do it
Super League joke wasn’t too bad.
The only good thing about this format is that every team gets a similarly difficult schedule. Might get some more surprises now that pot 1 and 2 have to work just as hard than the lower-ranked teams to pull through.
Zlatan has been cringeworthy since 2012.
Of course City are the first team out.
The fecking state of those fixtures. This new format is wank.
2-3 good matches and the rest look Europa league level.
How are Leipzig pot 1? Genuinely don't remember them ever doing anything in any UEFA comp.
I have absolutely no idea what is going on.
The Youtube chat for this is weapons-grade brain rot.
Same i had no idea this would happen like that. Thought every push would give us a group and be done wth it.
It would be much better to use the Swiss format and only draw the first matchweek first.
I'm so confused
Why not just dump the full fixture list at once like the PL does? This is stupid.
Leipzig seems to have gotten the worst draw so far...
Liverpool, Inter, Juventus, Atletico, Sporting, Celtic, Aston Villa and Graz is pretty tough.
Liverpool, Inter, Juventus, Atletico, Sporting, Celtic, Aston Villa and Graz is pretty tough.
Ronaldo looks so bored
Endlessly pushing that same button
Endlessly pushing that same button
It would be the most sensible idea, but they love the tension, when it actually isn't tension, but confusion.
Brest playing Real Madrid & Barcelona Warm welcome this !
Warm welcome this ! Don't do that to yourself. Internet chats on popular/non-moderated websites are always pure vomit.