2013 UEFA Champions League

[Addick]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

Has UEFA ruled Inter has to play in front of an empty stadium yet?

Nope but Spurs have been fined for playing dark-skinned players as it was insensitive to the social struggles occurring in the host team's country. Shameful tolerant Spurs…

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by Addick

Nope but Spurs have been fined for playing dark-skinned players as it was insensitive to the social struggles occurring in the host team's country. Shameful tolerant Spurs…

[rubecube]

UEFA's stance on racism: "It's cool the first time."

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/13...-abuse?cc=5901

UEFA is expected to charge Inter but, given that it is their first offence in Europe, FARE's executive director, Piara Powar, feels they are likely to face a relatively light punishment.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Locke

Those would be the obvious outcomes, but Juve have been stellar this season as well.

If that happens though does the semi-final look like:

Real/Barca
Bayern/Dortmund

So that one team from each country is in the final, or would they split them at the semi stage? Real/Bayern and Barca/Dortmund?

They will have another draw on April 15. Anyone can play anyone.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by rubecube

UEFA's stance on racism: "It's cool the first time."

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/13...-abuse?cc=5901

I guess I was slightly off, they are only showing a fair deal of compassion to the offenders rather than just blaming the victim.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

They will have another draw on April 15. Anyone can play anyone.

Oh yes, and I am thoroughly convinced of the integrity in the randomness of that draw as well.

[d_phaneuf]

no one has mentioned the GLORIOUS Europa league draw

semi-finals here we come

[d_phaneuf]

a Barca/Madrid final would be great if only to see Ronaldo doing this on the highest stage possible when he trolls all of Catalonia



I don't think Barca want anything to do with Madrid though at this point, tide has turned in that fixture

[d_phaneuf]

Chelsea v Rubin Kazan
Tottenham v FC Basel
Fenerbache v Lazio
Benfica v Newcastle


Lazio's home game is with no crowd

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Chelsea v Rubin Kazan
Tottenham v FC Basel
Fenerbache v Lazio
Benfica v Newcastle


Lazio's home game is with no crowd

Thats a pretty good draw, fairly even. I'd think Spurs shouldnt have too much trouble with Basel, nor should Chelsea be too worried about Rubin, but the other two draws seem fairly even to me.

[d_phaneuf]

Lucky for Chelsea as well that the away leg is likely in Moscow because of pitch conditions

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by rubecube

UEFA's stance on racism: "It's cool the first time."

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/13...-abuse?cc=5901

Much more serious issues to deal with like advertising on underpants and coming out late for the second half.

In Uefa's sad world a pair of marketed underpants is worse than racism ...
In some of the cases Bendtner's "crime" has been judged by Uefa to be about 10 times as bad as racist chanting. How can anyone possibly justify that? Uefa needs to come out and say why it has decided to fine a player £80,000 for breaking a rule he said "he wasn't aware of" while punishing racist abuse less severely.


The absurdity of Uefa's fining system was there to be seen earlier this season after the above-mentioned fine handed out to Porto for the racial abuse of Balotelli (£16,700) was followed by a higher fine (£24,740) for Manchester City – for returning to the field less than a minute late after half-time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...er-fine-racism

[M*A*S*H 4077]

Match day bump!

Go Bayern!

[The Familia]

Forza Juve!

[wpgflamesfan]

Go Bayern!

[GirlySports]

Beckham is starting SQueeEalLl!

Twitter going nuts.

[wpgflamesfan]

What in gods name is Barcelona wearing?

Also Bayern 1-0, 27 seconds in.

[d_phaneuf]

oh Gigi

what was that

[The Familia]

Anywhere to watch the Juve-Bayern game on TV? Stupid Sportsnet, why can't they show both games (one on sportsnet, one on sportsnet1).

[wpgflamesfan]

Barcelona looks like a 90s roller hockey team in those uniforms