UEFA watch 2017-18

"Just in case anyone fancies catching up on the other games.

CL ONLY. No EL highlights until the KO stages."

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Carrierbag 0 Atletico Madrid 0
Creditable draw for them.

 

If Roma had won tonight I reckon that
would have finished Atletico,

 

Highlights of last night's games, for anyone interested:

 

Chelsky in danger of finishing second in their group,

Benfica may not even drop into the EL.

Atletico on the brink ( to Qarabag) .

And Olympiakos resist the Barca onslaught.

 

More importantly, Roma gave the Chavs one hell of a humping while Brendan Rodgers is set for a trip to Thursday nights.

 

AFAIK Chelsky now have to finish above
Roma on points, since finishing equal
means they lose on the head to head games,

 

The **** was that?!

 

Getting significantly less column inches than Dier's missed header on Saturday, that's what it is...

 

Who wants to post this on the Goon board?

 

Good news for Patrice Evra: he'll be eligible to play in UEFA competitions on July 1st 2018.

:::UPDATE:::

...although he won't be playing for OM, as his contract's been terminated: https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Act...pendu-jusqu-au-30-juin-2018-par-l-uefa/849616

 

So if Napoli don't beat Shaktar tonight, they are out of the CL
with one group game still to go.

This is the "Napoli" that the pundits + Spurs haters had their
pants down for the Citeh game the other week, right ??

 

I wonder how many of those people thought Higuain still played for them?

 

I thought he signed for the Goons in 2014 (along with Suarez) .

< 40m ... + 1 >

 

They are top of Serie A, though.
Having said that, Benevento (who?) are bottom, having played 13 and lost every single one of them!
Scored 6, conceded 33! Quality Italian defending there.

 

Were they top when Shaktar beat them in September ??

Or does some other "special" set of conditions/events
have to be constructed to support why the Citeh result was
more significant than the Spurs result, earlier this month ...

 

They've won 11 and drawn 2 in Serie A. Shakhtar and City (twice) are the only clubs that they've lost against.
Not sure whether that says more about the clubs in their Champions League group or those in their domestic league, though.
The Ukrainians have only lost a couple in the league, but is their league any good? No idea.

 

Perhaps the Italian pundits, contrary to UK punditry, have stated
tis Napoli and not Spurs who are in the CL "group of death" .

 

The moment Pep Guardiola pronounced them the 'third best team in the world' was the moment God willed it so.

Because as we all know, Pep Guardiola eats a pot noodle and ****s loaves and fish.

 

Well, if they don't beat Shakhtar later, then they'll be right!
To be fair to the pundits, there were some bloody hard groups this year and a lot haven't turned out how anyone expected.
Atletico struggling against CarrierBag and Besiktas topping a group with Porto, Leipzig and Monaco in it stand out, to me.