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				The Official 15/16 UEFA Champion's League and International Club News Thread
			 
			 
			
		
		
		
			
			Time for this thread to pop up as the new season is nearly upon us! 
PSG is looking to buy Di Maria but Bayern are also in the mix.
 
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				Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc has reiterated his side's interest in signing Angel Di Maria, but hinted that they will face competition from other clubs if the Argentina winger decides to leave Manchester United. 
 
Bayern Munich are also rumoured to be tracking Di Maria's uncertain situation at United, with Blanc predicting there would be plenty of potential suitors if the 27-year-old opts to move on this summer.
			
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			07-22-2015, 10:32 AM
			
			
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			Anyone here apply for Euro 2016 tickets? 
 
My friends and I have 40.... There's 10 of us.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-22-2015, 10:42 AM
			
			
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			Was going to but then my best friend scheduled his wedding right in the middle of the tourney and I became trigger shy   
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-22-2015, 10:59 AM
			
			
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				Anyone here apply for Euro 2016 tickets? 
 
My friends and I have 40.... There's 10 of us. 
			
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Is that 40 match tickets or the rights to buy tickets?
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			07-22-2015, 11:14 AM
			
			
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				Is that 40 match tickets or the rights to buy tickets? 
			
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40 match tickets. If you apply for them and win, you automatically get charged.
 
We all applied for 4 tickets to 3 matches to maximize our chances of getting enough for all of us and we obviously over estimated how hard it would be to get the tickets. 
 
Now we have a #### ton. 
 
We will be waiting to see what teams we end up seeing and decide our plan from there. It'd be crazy if we got Poland.
 
We're only going to one match as this is part of a bigger trip (also a wedding).
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-22-2015, 12:02 PM
			
			
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			Final tally is in. We have 48 freaking tickets. $6000 EUR worth. 
Spoiler for size
 
So if you know anyone that wants to go... lol.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
				  
				
					
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			07-25-2015, 12:32 PM
			
			
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			2018 UEFA qualifying, group winners advance, then 8 best 2nd place teams go in a playoff draw 
 
Group A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg 
Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra 
Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino 
Group D: Wales, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia 
Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan 
Group F: England, Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta 
Group G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, FYR Macedonia, Liechtenstein 
Group H: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus 
Group I: Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 03:01 PM
			
			
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			Still can't fathom how Wales were a #1 seed. Group D is pretty average.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 06:42 PM
			
			
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			Austria finally with a bit of luck in those draws. Wales, Serbia and Ireland are decent teams, but under normal circumstances that's a very doable group for us to win.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 07:44 PM
			
			
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				Still can't fathom how Wales were a #1 seed. Group D is pretty average. 
			
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it's because the FIFA rankings really favor recent matches and in the past year they have beaten Belgium (ranked 2) and tied Bosnia (were 14th I think at the time) and Belgium (ranked 5 at the time)
 http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranki...men/index.html
that shows it, they gained 818 points last year the most of anyone
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 09:00 PM
			
			
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			Those Scotland England games are going to be nuts
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 10:43 PM
			
			
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				Austria finally with a bit of luck in those draws. Wales, Serbia and Ireland are decent teams, but under normal circumstances that's a very doable group for us to win. 
			
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Was thinking the same thing from an Irish pov.  That group is probably the weakest and most open.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
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			07-25-2015, 11:04 PM
			
			
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			I think its a great group 
 
any of those 4 teams could finish 1st or 2nd 
 
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			07-27-2015, 12:04 PM
			
			
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				Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan 
			
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If Poland plays like they have been this Euro qualifying they could realistically win this group. No clear cut favorite, that's for sure.
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-27-2015, 02:33 PM
			
			
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			Looking forward to France-Netherlands. Two countries that surprisingly don't play each other very often.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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			07-27-2015, 11:08 PM
			
			
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should take about 30 seconds to offer more excitement than that game in June
		  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			07-29-2015, 01:02 PM
			
			
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			07-29-2015, 01:32 PM
			
			
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			Dont know if this was posted anywhere: 
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				Manchester United have reportedly had a record bid turned down by Bayern Munich for their 25-year-old, do-it-all forward, Thomas Muller. 
 
The paper is claiming that Louis van Gaal and Co. have offered €100 million (£69.5 million) for Muller but the Bavarian giants have already rejected that bid.
			
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			07-29-2015, 01:43 PM
			
			
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			it's BS on many levels. 
 
1) Sport1 isn't a paper, it's a German TV channel 
2) Bayern will obviously not sell another player to United 
3) Rummenigge already denied that United made the bid and said the reports were nonsense
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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