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2024-25 UEFA Champions League

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  • #202
    y0ssar1an22
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,750 ✭✭✭✭y0ssar1an22


    something needs to be done about the cynical timewasting. great save, but taking the piss now



  • #203
    thebaz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,741 ✭✭✭✭thebaz


    Delighted for Villa , they deserved it , Martinez superb, as were the team but Barkley looked off it once again



  • #204
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,484 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Match Day 2 Results
    FC Salzburg (AUT) 0 V 4 Stade Brestois 29 (FRA)
    VfB Stuttgart (GER) 1 V 1 AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
    Arsenal FC (ENG) 2 V 0 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
    Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 1 V 0 AC Milan (ITA)
    Borussia Dortmund (GER) 7 V 1 Celtic FC (SCO)
    FC Barcelona (ESP) 5 V 0 BSC Young Boys (SUI)
    FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) 4 V 0 FK Crvena zvezda (SRB)
    PSV Eindhoven (NED) 1 V 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
    ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 0 V 4 Manchester City FC (ENG)
    FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 V 3 Atalanta BC (ITA)
    Girona FC (ESP) 2 V 3 Feyenoord (NED)
    Aston Villa FC (ENG) 1 V 0 FC Bayern München (GER)
    GNK Dinamo (CRO) 2 V 2 AS Monaco (FRA)
    Liverpool FC (ENG) 2 V 0 Bologna FC 1909 (ITA)
    LOSC Lille (FRA) 1 V 0 Real Madrid C.F. (ESP)
    RB Leipzig (GER) 2 V 3 Juventus (ITA)
    SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 0 V 1 Club Brugge KV (BEL)
    SL Benfica (POR) 4 V 0 Atlético de Madrid (ESP)

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  • #205
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,484 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Table

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  • #206
    Vicxas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,449 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


    Villa. Take a bow.



  • #207
    Ottoman_1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    Great result for Villa....fair play.



  • #208
    kowloonkev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,660 ✭✭✭kowloonkev


    Worrying times for Bayern and Madrid. Lose another four games and they might not make the next round.



  • #209
    jacool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,233 ✭✭✭jacool


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122678710#Comment_122678710

    The OPTA prediction machine, that did some 10000 combinations, didn't have either losing any games!

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  • #210
    circadian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,221 ✭✭✭circadian


    Just looking at the fixtures and Dortmond are definitely topping the league stage. They have Real Madrid who in all honesty, don't look amazing at the back. Everything else is fairly easy.



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  • #211
    randd1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭randd1


    Anyone else find the first two round to be a bit meh? Hopefully it picks up. The knockouts will obviously take care of themselves.

    Is there too many teams? Would a reduced competition for the Champions League/Europa League be better?



  • #212
    theoneeyedman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,789 ✭✭✭theoneeyedman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122679786#Comment_122679786

    The whole point is more games, more games = more money. Precursor to the European League in effect, build up a routine with more games.



  • #213
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,681 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122679997#Comment_122679997

    This journo isn't too happy about the new format, and to be fair, he makes plenty of good points

    https://www.footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/uk-premier-league/2024/10/uefa-new-champions-league-format-joke



  • #214
    Pauliedragon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,159 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680370#Comment_122680370

    He doesn't hold back does he. I'm on the fence with this new format. It's too early to make judgement I think I'll wait until the end of the monstrous group stage to decide. One thing I don't like is the 9-24 teams having to play 2 extra games to get to the last 16. The counter to that I suppose it rewards teams who do better in the group stage.



  • #215
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,204 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122684243#Comment_122684243

    Worse is that there just isn't 24 teams good enough to bother with that round. There wasn't even 16 good teams a lot of the time.



  • #216
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,484 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Match Day 3
    Tuesday 22nd October
    17:45 Kick-offs
    AC Milan (ITA) V Club Brugge KV (BEL) - Live on Virgin Media Two / TNT Sports 2
    AS Monaco (FRA) V FK Crvena zvezda (SRB) - Live on TNT Sports 4

    20:00 Kick-offs
    Arsenal FC (ENG) V FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - Live on Premier Sports Ireland / Amazon
    Aston Villa FC (ENG) V Bologna FC 1909 (ITA) - Live on TNT Sports 1
    Girona FC (ESP) V ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) - Live on TNT Sports 6
    Juventus (ITA) V VfB Stuttgart (GER) - Live on TNT Sports 4
    Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) V PSV Eindhoven (NED) - Live on TNT Sports 5
    Real Madrid C.F. (ESP) V Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Live on Virgin Media Two / TNT Sports 2
    SK Sturm Graz (AUT) V Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Live on TNT Sports 7

    Wednesday 23rd October
    17:45 Kick-offs
    Atalanta BC (ITA) V Celtic FC (SCO) - Live on Virgin Media Two / TNT Sports 4
    Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) V Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) - Live on TNT Sports 3

    20:00 Kick-offs
    Atlético de Madrid (ESP) V LOSC Lille (FRA) - Live on TNT Sports 6
    BSC Young Boys (SUI) V FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) - Live on TNT Sports 7
    FC Barcelona (ESP) V FC Bayern München (GER) - Live on Virgin Media Two / TNT Sports 4
    FC Salzburg (AUT) V GNK Dinamo (CRO) - Live on TNT Sports 9
    Manchester City FC (ENG) V AC Sparta Praha (CZE) - Live on TNT Sports 2
    RB Leipzig (GER) V Liverpool FC (ENG) - Live on RTE Two / TNT Sports 1
    SL Benfica (POR) V Feyenoord (NED) - Live on TNT Sports 8

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  • #217
    randd1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭randd1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122684252#Comment_122684252

    24 teams, 6 Groups of 4, no more than 3 teams from one country. Trims down the dross a bit. The 6 3rd placed teams are competing against each other as well as those in their group, forcing teams to really go out and win.

    Do the same with the Europa League. Improve the quality there too, make it more worth winning.

    Expand the Conference League to 12 groups of 4 (8 of the 12 3rd place teams to qualify for the last 32) to compensate for squeezing the top competitions.

    In an ideal world, that's be the European competition format.



  • #218
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,782 ✭✭✭Damien360


    I thought there would have been a few posts here for the Real game on Virgin 2. Some lovely football so far from Real. Passes that cut the midfield out of it. Going to be a good game.



  • #219
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    Dortmund are cutting Madrid apart, 2-0!

    Still get the impression it could be 2-2 in an instant.



  • #220
    fyfe79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭fyfe79


    What a mad last 10 mins!



  • #221
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    Unbelievable sequence there nearly ending in a great OG



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  • #222
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    Ray Hudson on commentary here genuinely doesn't seem to know the whole ball has to cross the whole line, he's baffled



  • #223
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122750848#Comment_122750848

    And they've scored 2 in as many minutes!



  • #224
    omega man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,997 ✭✭✭omega man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122751103#Comment_122751103

    Tactical disaster by Dortmund.



  • #225
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,782 ✭✭✭Damien360


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122751103#Comment_122751103

    Expected wasn't it. A team that just doesn't give up.



  • #226
    Osmosis Jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,130 ✭✭✭✭Osmosis Jones


    Dortmund had a huge chance to win it and now it's 3-2 Madrid



  • #227
    BenK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭BenK


    Vinicius is class. Poor Emre Can hadn't a prayer.



  • #228
    Damien360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,782 ✭✭✭Damien360


    Stunning goal by Vinicius



  • #229
    martingriff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,183 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    Dortmund total implosion



  • #230
    extra-ordinary_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,990 ✭✭✭extra-ordinary_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122751116#Comment_122751116

    They never came out ready for a second half and then keep giving the ball away, what do they expect.



  • #231
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Can't help but thinking Nuri Sahin messed this one up. It was always going to be a tough 2nd half but Gittens/Anton was a chicken move in the 55th minute IMO. It completely gave Madrid the initiative. The second mistake was Ryerson/Can. Yes Ryerson was up against it but who wouldnt be? Can has no chance against Vini. I think the Dortmund manager fkd this one up.



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  • #232
    CalamariFritti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    Wow! Some player in fairness. The athleticism in the 90th minute is unreal.



  • #233
    ollaetta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122751276#Comment_122751276

    Desperate tactics and subs by Sahin killed them. Taking a dangerous forward off on 55 mins and going 5 at the back was just crazy.



  • #234
    BenK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭BenK


    Mad to think Carlo was ever Everton manager.



  • #235
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,681 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Now that was a game of football!



  • #236
    jacool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,233 ✭✭✭jacool


    A coupon buster (for me anyway!!) in Italy, as Celtic manage to get a 0-0 from this game.

    Retegui (4 goals in last 2) was hauled off at half-time, even though it was Pasilic who missed 4 big chances in that half.

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  • #237
    Royale with Cheese
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,211 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    The name on the back of City's jerseys looks like it was drawn on by a 10 year old, wtf.



  • #238
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,204 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755278#Comment_122755278

    Probably designed by the same guy who came up with all those hard to read fake sponsors



  • #239
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I am enjoying these early big gun clashes. Real v Dortmund was great yesterday, Barca v Bayern shaping up nicely as Barca go 2-1

    As a more casual CL watcher these draw me in. Normally would have to wait QF for this.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



  • #240
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,681 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Yeah agree.

    Last night's game was amazing.

    This one excellent too, 2 top sides.

    Not many teams at the real top level in Europe, but that's 4 of them.



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  • #241
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,973 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Yamal is bloody special. I know we know thay already but that pass to raphinha was stupidly good. And fair play to raphinha, he had a lot to do and he did it well. Great goal



  • #242
    Ottoman_1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    That peno award to Lille has to be the worst I've seen, and that's says something!



  • #243
    chalkitdown1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    I bloody hate that RTE will ALWAYS show a Liverpool game even on a night with far better ties happening.



  • #244
    hawaii501
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭hawaii501


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755855#Comment_122755855

    There is literally 1 game you'd pick ahead and it's been shown on virgin media anyway?

    It's actually been a good game as well.



  • #245
    fyfe79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,221 ✭✭✭fyfe79


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755855#Comment_122755855

    All about numbers. I'd be shocked if VM2 has higher ratings than RTE tonight.



  • #246
    Ottoman_1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,951 ✭✭✭Ottoman_1000


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755855#Comment_122755855

    1st place in the EPL vs 1st in Germany is hardly a horrible tie...



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  • #247
    chalkitdown1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭chalkitdown1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755874#Comment_122755874

    Shít! I didn't even check VM. I thought only RTE showed games on Tuesdays lol



  • #248
    IrishOwl...
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭IrishOwl...


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755855#Comment_122755855

    It's all about viewing figures, and if UTD or Liverpool are playing in Europe they will be shown. You can't argue with the bottom line.



  • #249
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,484 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Match Day 3 Results
    AC Milan (ITA) 3 V 1 Club Brugge KV (BEL)
    AS Monaco (FRA) 5 V 1 FK Crvena zvezda (SRB)
    Arsenal FC (ENG) 1 V 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
    Aston Villa FC (ENG) 2 V 0 Bologna FC 1909 (ITA)
    Girona FC (ESP) 2 V 0 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
    Juventus (ITA) 0 V 1 VfB Stuttgart (GER)
    Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 1 V 1 PSV Eindhoven (NED)
    Real Madrid C.F. (ESP) 5 V 2 Borussia Dortmund (GER)
    SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 0 V 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
    Atalanta BC (ITA) 0 V 0 Celtic FC (SCO)
    Stade Brestois 29 (FRA) 1 V 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
    Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 1 V 3 LOSC Lille (FRA)
    BSC Young Boys (SUI) 0 V 1 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
    FC Barcelona (ESP) 4 V 1 FC Bayern München (GER)
    FC Salzburg (AUT) 0 V 2 GNK Dinamo (CRO)
    Manchester City FC (ENG) 5 V 0 AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
    RB Leipzig (GER) 0 V 1 Liverpool FC (ENG)
    SL Benfica (POR) 1 V 3 Feyenoord (NED)

    ******



  • #250
    Fitz*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Fitz*


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122755855#Comment_122755855

    I'm fairly certain that the Milan v Liverpool game was not shown live on Irish TV. Real Madrid v Stuttgart was shown instead.

    Irish TV has actually been a lot better in recent years of not showing dead rubber games as their main game and instead will show a more attractive neutral game. Virgin Media usually put on the English club on their secondary channel in those situations. RTE don't.



  • #251
    citytillidie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,484 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Table

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    ******



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