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General Football Thread
Because there isn't one. So there.
Does this even go here?
Does this even go here?
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Re: General Football Thread
After all, you, Pal and Al will need some other footbally thing to discuss after the WC is over xD
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Re: General Football Thread
Now watch resident Americans comically miss the point and talk Super Bowl or whatever it is they have over there :D
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I petition the renaming of the thread to "The European General Football Thread" xP
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I petition renaming it to the General Soccer thread. XD
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ΝΑW. EUROPE. FTW.
let's keep it football. for now. xD
let's keep it football. for now. xD
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Agreed.
I also want to translate and post an article about "Why Russian football sucks ass"
But I'm only gonna do it if anyone'll read it
I also want to translate and post an article about "Why Russian football sucks ass"
But I'm only gonna do it if anyone'll read it
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Agreed too.
I would read it.
I would read it.
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That's settled, then.
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You know what?
Just for the heck of it, I'll try and predict the Euro 2016 qualification results :D
Gimme 10 minutes
Just for the heck of it, I'll try and predict the Euro 2016 qualification results :D
Gimme 10 minutes
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There
Now that the World Cup is gone, European competitions are the only relevant thing here
As the UCL 3rd qualification round draw is only to be concluded on Friday, and in wake of the World Cup final I feel an urge to predict shit, I will predict the only thing that can be predicted atm: the Euro 2016 qualification
Group A
Netherlands
Turkey
Latvia
Group B
Belgium
Bosnia
Israel
Group C
Spain
Slovakia
Ukraine
Group D
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Group E
Switzerland
England
Lithuania
Group F
Greece
Romania
Finland
Group G
Montenegro
Sweden
Russia
Group H
Croatia
Italy
Bulgaria
Group I
Denmark
Portugal
Armenia
Now that the World Cup is gone, European competitions are the only relevant thing here
As the UCL 3rd qualification round draw is only to be concluded on Friday, and in wake of the World Cup final I feel an urge to predict shit, I will predict the only thing that can be predicted atm: the Euro 2016 qualification
Group A
Netherlands
Turkey
Latvia
Group B
Belgium
Bosnia
Israel
Group C
Spain
Slovakia
Ukraine
Group D
Germany
Ireland
Poland
Group E
Switzerland
England
Lithuania
Group F
Greece
Romania
Finland
Group G
Montenegro
Sweden
Russia
Group H
Croatia
Italy
Bulgaria
Group I
Denmark
Portugal
Armenia
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Legia Warsaw (Poland) 1-1 St. Patrick's Athletic (Republic of Ireland)
The LoI teams all doing well in Europe so far. The three teams in the Europa League all into Round 2 and St. Pat's taking an away goal into the second leg which is good.
Also I'm on holiday on the other side of the country atm
The LoI teams all doing well in Europe so far. The three teams in the Europa League all into Round 2 and St. Pat's taking an away goal into the second leg which is good.
Also I'm on holiday on the other side of the country atm
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FC Krasnodar successfully defeated the mighty Estonian opposition in their debut European match
Nothing really to add there
All other Russian teams begin the Europe with third qualifying rounds or group stages
Nothing really to add there
All other Russian teams begin the Europe with third qualifying rounds or group stages
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UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round (29/30 July and 5/6 August)
UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (31 July & 7 August)
and that's why I love copy pasting
- Spoiler:
- Champions route
Valletta FC (MLT)/Qarabağ FK (AZE) v FC Salzburg (AUT)
Cliftonville FC (NIR)/Debreceni VSC (HUN) v FC BATE Borisov (BLR)/KS Skënderbeu (ALB)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/The New Saints FC (WAL) v FC Sheriff (MDA)/FK Sutjeska (MNE)
Aalborg BK (DEN) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)/VMFD Žalgiris (LTU)
Legia Warszawa (POL)/Saint Patrick's Athletic (IRL) v KR Reykjavík (ISL)/Celtic FC (SCO)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)/FK Aktobe (KAZ) v Strømsgodset IF (NOR)/FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH)/NK Maribor (SVN) v FC Santa Coloma (AND)/ Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD)/HJK Helsinki (FIN) v APOEL FC (CYP)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)/FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) v Malmö FF (SWE)/FK Ventspils (LVA)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)/F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Partizan (SRB)/HB Tórshavn (FRO)
League route
AEL Limassol FC (CYP) v FC Zenit (RUS)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) v FC København (DEN)
Feyenoord (NED) v Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
Grasshopper Club (SUI) v LOSC Lille (FRA)
R. Standard de Liège (BEL) v Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (31 July & 7 August)
- Spoiler:
- Kardemir Karabükspor (TUR) v Rosenborg BK (NOR)/Sligo Rovers FC (IRL)
FC Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) v RNK Split (CRO)/Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (ISR)
FC Luzern (SUI)/Saint Johnstone FC (SCO) v FC Zestafoni (GEO)/FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)
1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) v RoPS Rovaniemi (FIN)/Asteras Tripolis FC (GRE)
PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)/ Diósgyőri VTK (HUN) v JK Sillamäe Kalev (EST)/FC Krasnodar (RUS)
FK Mladá Boleslav (CZE)/NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
FK AS Trenčín (SVK)/FK Vojvodina (SRB) v Hull City (ENG)
FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)/AC Omonia (CYP) v FK Metalurg Skopje (MKD)/FK Željezničar (BIH)
Torino FC (ITA) v IF Brommapojkarna (SWE)/Crusaders FC (NIR)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) v PFC Botev Plovdiv (BUL)/SKN St Pölten (AUT)
Motherwell FC (SCO)/Stjarnan (ISL) v JK Nõmme Kalju (EST)/KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
KF Laçi (ALB)/FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR) v Molde FK (NOR)/ND Gorica (SVN)
FK Sarajevo (BIH)/FK Haugesund (NOR) v Atromitos FC (GRE)
Real Sociedad de Fútbol (ESP) v Aberdeen FC (SCO)/FC Groningen (NED)
FC Astana (KAZ)/Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v Linfield FC (NIR)/AIK Solna (SWE)
SV Zulte Waregem (BEL)/Zawisza Bydgoszcz (POL) v Derry City FC (IRL)/FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)
FK Čukarički (SRB)/SV Grödig (AUT) v PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)/FC Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)
FC Astra (ROU) v MFK Košice (SVK)/FC Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Ruch Chorzów (POL)/FC Vaduz (LIE) v FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ)/Esbjerg fB (DEN)
FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) v Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (ISR)
BSC Young Boys (SUI) v Ermis Aradippou FC (CYP)
IF Elfsborg (SWE)/İnter Bakı PİK (AZE) v FC Neman Grodno (BLR)/FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
FC Petrolul Ploieşti (ROU)/KS Flamurtari (ALB) v FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Víkingur (FRO)/Tromsø IL (NOR) v HNK Rijeka (CRO)/Ferencvárosi TC (HUN)
FC Dinamo Minsk (BLR)/Myllykosken Pallo-47 (FIN) v CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)/FK Jagodina (SRB)
Neftçi PFK (AZE)/FC Koper (SVN) v Bursaspor (TUR)/FC Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO)
Győri ETO FC (HUN)/IFK Göteborg (SWE) v Rio Ave FC (POR)
Club Brugge KV (BEL) v Brøndby IF (DEN)
FK Atlantas (LTU)/FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) v Dundalk FC (IRL)/HNK Hajduk Split (CRO)
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Re: General Football Thread
Besiktas just bought Demba BaAlexey wrote:
I have seen the draw itself (they always stream them on the UEFA site)
Zenit plays against AEL Limassol (although the match will be in Larnaka for some reason, idgaf why)
The draw sucks
Because our record against teams from Cyprus is APOEL in 2009/2010
And you know what APOEL did back then
Also, you're bound to have fun in Turkey :D
I think that your objective is to win at home by a bigger margin than you lose in Istanbul
We just sold our best striker (Pellè) and two of our defenders (Martins Indi and Janmaat) while a third defender (De Vrij) will probably be sold in this transfer window
I have little hope for us to advance to the next round
Re: General Football Thread
Never overestimate Turkish teams
Everybody always overestimates them just because they were good 5 years ago and buy some aging used-to-bes
Everybody always overestimates them just because they were good 5 years ago and buy some aging used-to-bes
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Interesting to note that St. Patrick's Athletic play Celtic in the third qualifying round of the CL if both teams go through
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Celtic barely went past a Kazakh team last year
I wouldn't expect much
And whichever will go through will be eliminated in the play-offs
I wouldn't expect much
And whichever will go through will be eliminated in the play-offs
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Celtic will probably get to the third round. Don't know if St. Pat's will
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More predictions, this time for the UCL qualification
- UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round:
Champions Route
Qarabağ v Red Bull Salzburg
Debrecen v BATE Borisov
Slovan Bratislava v Sheriff Tiraspol
AaB v Dinamo Zagreb
Legia Warsaw v Celtic
Aktobe v Steaua București
Maribor v Maccabi Tel Aviv
HJK v APOEL
Sparta Prague v Malmö FF
Ludogorets Razgrad v Partizan
League Route
AEL Limassol v Zenit Saint Petersburg
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v Copenhagen
Feyenoord v Beşiktaş
Grasshoppers v Lille
Standard Liège v Panathinaikos
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As expected, Russian pay channels are no longer allowed to show any kind of advertisement.
Yes, this is absurd as it sounds.
And yes, it means no European football on Russian pay channels.
Which means no European football at all, because public channels will only show one match a week at best.
Yes, this is absurd as it sounds.
And yes, it means no European football on Russian pay channels.
Which means no European football at all, because public channels will only show one match a week at best.
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37m: Shakhtyor Salihorsk 2-1 Derry City (3-1 agg)
Thank fuck for livestreams
Thank fuck for livestreams
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FT: Shakhtyor Salihorsk 5-1 Derry City (6-1 agg)
HT: Sligo Rovers 1-1 Rosenborg (3-2 agg)
34m: Hajduk Split 1-0 Dundalk (3-0 agg)
HT: Sligo Rovers 1-1 Rosenborg (3-2 agg)
34m: Hajduk Split 1-0 Dundalk (3-0 agg)
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Europa League predictions!
- Europa League:
- Karabükspor v Rosenborg
RNK Split v Chornomorets
St. Johnstone v Spartak Trnava
Mainz 05 v Asteras Tripoli
Diósgyőr v Krasnodar
Mladá Boleslav v Lyon
Trenčín v Hull City
Omonia v Metalurg Skopje
Brommapojkarna v Torino
PSV v St. Pölten
Stjarnan v Lech Poznań
Zorya Luhansk v Molde
Sarajevo v Atromitos
Real Sociedad v Aberdeen
Astana v AIK
Zulte Waregem v Shakhtyor Salihorsk
Grödig v Zimbru Chișinău
Astra Giurgiu v Slovan Liberec
Ruch Chorzów v Esbjerg
Dynamo Moscow v Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Young Boys v Ermis Aradippou
Elfsborg v FH
Petrolul Ploiești v Viktoria Plzeň
Víkingur v Rijeka
Dinamo Minsk v CFR Cluj
Neftchi Baku v Chikhura Sachkhere
IFK Göteborg v Rio Ave
Club Brugge v Brøndby
Shakhter Karagandy v Hajduk Split
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And yet again the Irish teams fuck up.
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Half time at AEL v Zenit
How the fuck we haven't scored is beyond me
AEL have had one attack during the whole 45 minute preiod
How the fuck we haven't scored is beyond me
AEL have had one attack during the whole 45 minute preiod
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Full time at AEL v Zenit. 1:0.
Here's a quick lifehack for all bad teams: just hit the opponents instead of the ball, hold your face whenever you jump, and the referee will eventually send one of them off.
Also, I must reiterate that whoever is against a Russian team has a fighting chance.
I expect us to smash these simulants in Saint Petersburg, and I will be attending the match
Now off to watch Feyenoord v Besiktas
Here's a quick lifehack for all bad teams: just hit the opponents instead of the ball, hold your face whenever you jump, and the referee will eventually send one of them off.
Also, I must reiterate that whoever is against a Russian team has a fighting chance.
I expect us to smash these simulants in Saint Petersburg, and I will be attending the match
Now off to watch Feyenoord v Besiktas
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Never mind, I'm not watching Feyenoord v Besiktas, as my Internet decided to bork on me
As if a lack of legal broadcasts wasn't enough ><
As if a lack of legal broadcasts wasn't enough ><
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Richard Dunne announced his retirement from international football earlier.
Fuck sake.
Think he'll always be remembered for his performance in Moscow in 2011.
Fuck sake.
Think he'll always be remembered for his performance in Moscow in 2011.
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That was way too fucking close for comfort, but we nevertheless managed to get past the mighty Cypriots. Fuck.
Paleo, too bad, although you should do well in the UEL.
Now we can encounter Lille, Standard, Copenhagen, Besiktas, and Atletic. Copenhagen or Lille would be great
Paleo, too bad, although you should do well in the UEL.
Now we can encounter Lille, Standard, Copenhagen, Besiktas, and Atletic. Copenhagen or Lille would be great
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Celtic out to Legia, lol
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6 correct predictions (out of 10) for the Champions Route and 3 correct predictions (out of 5) for the League Route
Not too shabby
Not too shabby
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I know that at most 2 people barring me actually give any kind of shit about this, but I will still write it, for that is within my capabilities.
The final results for the League Route (let's be realistic, it's the only relevant part of the qualification for the UCL :D) are as follows:
AEL 1-3 Zenit
Dnipro 0-2 Copenhagen
Feyenoord 2-5 Besiktas
Grasshoppers 1-3 Lille
Standard 2-1 Panathinaikos
Dutch and Greek teams are relegated to the Europa League, and Zenit is in the next stage of the Champions League.
The draw for the League Route will take place on August, 8th. The seedings are as follows:
Seeded:
Arsenal (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Zenit (RUS)
Bayer (GER)
Napoli (ITA)
Unseeded
Athletic Bilbao (ESP)
Lille (FRA)
Copehnagen (DEN)
Standard (BEL)
Besiktas (TUR)
The matches involving Athletic and Lille will be the big matches, regardless of which seeded teams they will be drawn against
The final results for the League Route (let's be realistic, it's the only relevant part of the qualification for the UCL :D) are as follows:
AEL 1-3 Zenit
Dnipro 0-2 Copenhagen
Feyenoord 2-5 Besiktas
Grasshoppers 1-3 Lille
Standard 2-1 Panathinaikos
Dutch and Greek teams are relegated to the Europa League, and Zenit is in the next stage of the Champions League.
The draw for the League Route will take place on August, 8th. The seedings are as follows:
Seeded:
Arsenal (ENG)
Porto (POR)
Zenit (RUS)
Bayer (GER)
Napoli (ITA)
Unseeded
Athletic Bilbao (ESP)
Lille (FRA)
Copehnagen (DEN)
Standard (BEL)
Besiktas (TUR)
The matches involving Athletic and Lille will be the big matches, regardless of which seeded teams they will be drawn against
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Also, good thing we can't be drawn against Porto. Because if we could, that would've happened.
Really, Zenit always plays one of Porto or Anderlecht, wherever we play
Really, Zenit always plays one of Porto or Anderlecht, wherever we play
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Celtic don't deserve to be back in the CL.
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Absolutely
(neither does Malmö tho)
Let's see if we manage to get past Standard
(neither does Malmö tho)
Let's see if we manage to get past Standard
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Weird shit is happening in the Russian league
People are actually scoring goals there
Zenit, for example, won its first 2 matches 0-4 and 8-1
People are actually scoring goals there
Zenit, for example, won its first 2 matches 0-4 and 8-1
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Dinamo 7 - 3 Rostov, matchday 1
Now Dinamo drew with Omonia at home (and they were lucky to do that) and Rostov lost to Trabzonspor in an away match in the UEL, a true testament to their level, especially Dinamo's. They spend about as much money as Zenit does, but they are going nowhere so far XD
Also, holy shit, we scored 17 goals in 5 matches
That's a lot
Now Dinamo drew with Omonia at home (and they were lucky to do that) and Rostov lost to Trabzonspor in an away match in the UEL, a true testament to their level, especially Dinamo's. They spend about as much money as Zenit does, but they are going nowhere so far XD
Also, holy shit, we scored 17 goals in 5 matches
That's a lot
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