Bookmakers define their bets on the amount of bets. As for maths in football and CL in particular there are too many variables. Of course winning CL twice in a row is more likely than thrice. But the final is likely to be Madrid vs Pool, and Madrid are favourites for dozens of reasons, though based on your approach Pool are more likely to win it according to statictics. Flipping a coin can only yield two results. A football match has hundreds of variables for each game. Here is another example: say, I am travelling and have bought a ticket. During the last 10 years I took more international flights than domestic ones. Now I have another ticket. Am I travelling domestically or internationally? Give me some math solution.
Champions League Semi Finals (24th April - 2nd May)
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Too long a winter break obviously....
Boateng is top class though. Think the pool of quality CBs is much lower than 10 years ago but he's matured a lot since that one season at Man. City when he was played at RB.
Claiming the information comes from Scotland Yard. Roman police also claiming they gave Scotland Yard all the informations they needed about the dangerous elements traveling within the roma fans and that english police underestimated the threat
No, it isn't, you don't have the math right here
Every game in itself has its own odds, so when the team are assumed to be the same strength it's a coinflip, independently of what happened before (see my argument that events are independent - meaning that it doesn't matter if you won the CL already two times before, the odds for one particular game are independent of that - you could argue that there's a correlation between the amount of CL wins and the strength of the teams and thus one should be more likely to win the game, but I tried to keep things simple for the sake of the argument, but even in this case it follows the same logic). I talked about the overall event, winning the CL three times in a row.Well, if all teams competing in CL for 3 years in a row are to be assumed of the same strength (which is far from being a case for teams just in one group in one season), sure, then it is pure maths.No, it isn't, you don't have the math right here
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Some wonderful fake news doing the rounds in Rome.
Strange though isn't it ? There's not been one single Liverpool fan arrested in any of away games in this season's CL. Don't even recall there being too many problems when we got to the EL final a couple of years ago. So it must one of two things. A - The Liverpool hooligans are very good at getting away with crimes that somehow failed to get reported or recorded. Or B - It's all a load of bollocks geared towards giving the Italian police some justification in bringing out the batons & tear-gas should a Liverpool supporter even have the audacity to complain that his pasta is cold.
But we did in 2009 and played him out of position
Dunno, the hooligans claims showed up even before the first leg. Originally it was 600 then yesterday ballooned up to 1000. Rome's just generally bad with dealing with fans, it's a clusterfeck of a city in terms of logistics. None of this would be an issue if it were in Milan(then again, milan or inter fans wouldn't have gone around attacking liverpool fans either). The last time visiting away fans(ajax) tried to start up shit in milan the business owners took to the street and beat the feck out of them
beat them all the way to a demonstration that was going on(unrelated) and then the protesters got in on it too. Ajax ultras are unlikely to try it again in our city Anyways, seems like police are going to be escorting the liverpool fans all the way to keep them away from the ultras and there will be a 3 days ban on alcohol in the city. Word is scotland yard will try to keep as many of those dangerous elements as possible home too. The city will be under martial law. The ultras will still find a way to get at you guys though
So why isn't Zizou and this Real Madrid team as loved as Pep's Barca then? if they win the 3rd CL surely they deserve to be in the mix!?
Some perceive this Real Madrid side as a bit lucky I think. Anyone seen the Zidane GIF doing the rounds of him avoiding traffic by the hair of his neck? It’s hilarious.
They don’t have the ‘brand’ of football Barca had either.
as I've been saying since just before Christmas, the bloody dippers are going to win the CL
Out of interest what made you think it back then ?
Seen that. Ive also read Roma fans were attacked with chairs on thevway from town to Anfield and then retaliated at the ground. For those of you who have made that walk you know its not really a walk with cafes and bars as its a poor area. Liverpool hooligans must have got them from the few second hand shops on Breck Road and attacked these innocent Italians. Yeh right. Its bullshit and a story to blame us and stir up things for Wednesday.
Real calling on their 12th man.
Oh yeah, just what I needed.
This should be fun
Ah, cnuty Cuntface. Everyone's favourite ref.
He showed yellow for this one but thought Nani deserved a straight red for nearly the same situation. Fecked the tie (for Real's favour again) and Sir Alex's final CL campaign up.
He also fecks it up in the Turkish Super League. Loves to be in the center of attention i guess.
It's not like you'll need his help tomorrow, since our squad has fallen apart just in time.He did a great job against juventus. People barely even realized the fix was on
Anyways, seems like police are going to be escorting the liverpool fans all the way to keep them away from the ultras and there will be a 3 days ban on alcohol in the city. Word is scotland yard will try to keep as many of those dangerous elements as possible home too. The city will be under martial law. The ultras will still find a way to get at you guys though
Most probably with the help of the police. Some bellend on youtube is posting videos saying Liverpool hooligans are teaming up with Lazio. On one of his vids he shows footage from last week and slips in a still of a Liverpool fan fighting with a Seville fan in 2016. Its all bollocks and propaganda designed to stir things up for Wednesday and Ive got a bad feeling . We'll most probably get set up retaliate and blamed.
I really hope Bayern make a game of it tonight, but I expect an early(ish) goal from Real Madrid to totally kill my interest in the tie (which is kinda daft as Bayern would need 2 anyway).
I just want Madrid to lose badly. Whether it is tonight or against Liverpool
I was like, wow, that's a pretty outrageous thing for a United fan to say... Then I saw you support Barcelona, and it all made sense
I agree though. I'd not really mind if Bayern won it, but Real? Again? Meh to them.
A red against Ronaldo or Ramos would be tops but that's not going to happen now even if they knife a player.
Are they serious? You could just as well have Florentino Perez ref Madrid.
Would be fun if it was Barcelona and RM matching up in the CL semi, the ref would most likely contract some sort of syntax error since he couldn't compute who to give the most dodgy decisions.
Would be fun if it was Barcelona and RM matching up in the CL semi, the ref would most likely contract some sort of syntax error since he couldn't compute who to give the most dodgy decisions.
I just want Liverpool to lose badly, whether it is tomorrow night or against Madrid.
Salah missing a drug test would be hilariousLooking forward to this game, Bayern have to come out and have a go, obviously. Both teams have a few injuries, Real are planning to play Vazquez at right back according to the media. So hopefully will be an entertaining game with a few goals, although I would rather Real went on to the final for obvious reasons.
Does that mean he can't do the final as well? If so then everything really is falling in the scousers favour
Everyone knows how this is going to be. We‘ll play our minds out, get the lead, someone who shouldn’t be playing in the first team makes a mistake, Real score, we desperately chase the next goal, miss plenty good opportunities and then Real go for the kill. Yet I can’t help myself from being optimistic and hoping for the best.
Bayern don't have enough imo. To many injuries.
I lost all hope for Bayern the moment Robben got injured. Think he'd have roasted Marcelo last week.
The footballing gods seemingly want Real to win a third on the trot. The amount of luck they get is quite sickening.
The footballing gods seemingly want Real to win a third on the trot. The amount of luck they get is quite sickening.
Does that mean he can't do the final as well? If so then everything really is falling in the scousers favour
Thanks for cheering me up.
Robben‘s possible impact is very overrated on here. He’s a shadow of his former self. Has lost his pace and any bit of his efficiency. The problem wasn’t missing Robben. It was relying on him in the first place.
Since when does the opposition having injury-prone players count as luck?
Martinez is out as well
...or just benched? Kicker has a news article on that which seems to contradict itself.
...or just benched? Kicker has a news article on that which seems to contradict itself.
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