The 2018/2019 UEFA Champion's League and International Club News Thread

[d_phaneuf]

Arsenal
Chelsea
Napoli
Frankfurt
Valencia
Villareal
Benfica
Sevilla - as long as they dont concede in 5 minutes

I wonder at what point arsenal and chelsea start to focus a bit more on this as a means to CL instead of top 4

[d_phaneuf]

Its certain not likely

But there is a scenario where lets say, spurs and arsenal finish 3rd and 4th, united win the cl, and chelsea win the el, and we see 6 english teams in the group stages next year

[Senator Clay Davis]

Sevilla is out lol.

[d_phaneuf]

Above I wrote sevilla were through if they didn't concede in the next 5 minutes... well

Your welcome slavia Prague fans

[agulati]

Both Chelsea and Arsenal moving on to the Quarter-Finals. Probably two of the favourites to win the Europa league this year.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Emery is like the Ronaldo of coaches in UEL, he just dominates and keeps winning it every time he's in it. Still gotta think Napoli are the favorites if they put forth their best squad.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Emery is like the Ronaldo of coaches in UEL, he just dominates and keeps winning it every time he's in it. Still gotta think Napoli are the favorites if they put forth their best squad.

Right now its chelsea, these will surely change on draw tomorrow but I am seeing

Chelsea +275
Arsenal and napoli +400
Valencia +800
Next highest +1400

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by d_phaneuf

Its certain not likely

But there is a scenario where lets say, spurs and arsenal finish 3rd and 4th, united win the cl, and chelsea win the el, and we see 6 english teams in the group stages next year

I think if the champions league winner is not in the top 4, the 4th place team doesnt get in.

[Bagor]

England have a maximum of a potential 5 places next year.
Only way that a 4th place team gets eliminated is if both the CL and EL winners are outside the top 4.

[nik-]

The draw had potentially leaked



Liverpool - Ajax
Juventus - Porto
United - Tottenham
Barcelona - City

[J79]

Originally Posted by nik-

The draw had potentially leaked


Liverpool - Ajax
Juventus - Porto
United - Tottenham
Barcelona - City

I'll take that!
Can't see this leak being legit though.

My prefered order for Ajax:

1. Spurs
2. United
3. Porto
4. Liverpool
5. City
6. Barca
7. Juventus

[J79]

of course...

Ajax - Juventus
Liverpool - FC Porto
Spurs - City
United - Barca

Semi finals:

Winner QF 3 - Winner QF 1
Winner QF 4 - Winner QF 2

Final:
Winner of SF 1 = Home team, winner of SF 2 = away team

[Senator Clay Davis]

Congrats to Liverpool on the bye to the semis, should be a big boost in the league since they can rest players for their tie. Ajax-Juventus should be fun.

[Senator Clay Davis]

As far as the JV draw goes...

Napoli-Arsenal
Villareal-Valencia
Benfica-Frankfurt
Chelsea-Slavia

[Slava]

I didn’t really want City because we play them three times in the coming weeks now. I don’t expect that will be easy, but hopefully we can pull through. I would have loved Ajax, but we can meet next round.

[Locke]

I was hoping for Ajax because that would have been a great matchup.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by Bagor

England have a maximum of a potential 5 places next year.
Only way that a 4th place team gets eliminated is if both the CL and EL winners are outside the top 4.

Didnt they change the rule that both winners get in and it doesnt effect the league places?

[d_phaneuf]

In terms of the draw

Juve
City - after the first leg they will call it, no need to play 2nd

Barca
Liverpool


Juve
Barca


Juve

[J79]

Originally Posted by Locke

I was hoping for Ajax because that would have been a great matchup.

It really would've

- 50/50 chance
- 2 teams that play an attacking style
- Ajax and Spurs fans have a friendly history together
- The homecoming of Christian, Jan, Toby and Davinson would be an awesome moment
- It would be a great away game to go to

Perhaps if Ronaldo is injured we might have a chance against Juve, otherwise I don't see us beating them.
Our track record against Italian teams isn't great either.

Like Johan Cruyff once said about Italian teams: 'They can't beat you, but you can lose to them'

[Senator Clay Davis]

Ajax definitely have a chance, gonna need Tadic to continue playing out of his mind and maybe a touch of luck, but that De Ligt/De Jong spine is so good they can definitely pip this one I think.