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Champions League 2018-2019


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Also known as the Real Madrid inevitability experiment.  Hopefully the departure of ronaldo to Juve will make this slightly more interesting.  Juve now carries the burden of being the presumptive favorite i assume.

Draw is tomorrow, pots below:

Pot 1
Real Madrid (holders)
Atlético Madrid (UEFA Europa League winners)
Barcelona
Bayern München
Manchester City
Juventus
Paris Saint-Germain
Lokomotiv Moskva

Pot 2
Borussia Dortmund 89.000
Porto 86.000
Manchester United 82.000
Shakhtar Donetsk 81.000
Napoli 78.000
Tottenham Hotspur 67.000
Roma 64.000

Pot 3
Schalke 62.000
Lyon 59.500
Monaco 57.000
Ajax 53.500
CSKA Moskva 45.000

Pot 4
Club Brugge 29.500
Galatasaray 29.500
Young Boys 20.500
Internazionale Milano 16.000
Hoffenheim 14.285
AEK Athens 10.000

TBD
Liverpool 62.000
Valencia 36.000
Viktoria Plzeň 33.000

3 more play-off winners:
Crvena zvezda 10.750 or Salzburg 55.500
BATE Borisov 20.500 or PSV Eindhoven 36.000
Benfica 80.000 or PAOK 29.500

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The easy break down on pots from today's games:

Benfica wins they are in Pot 2
Salzburg with a win is in Pot 3
PSV Eindhoven with a win is in Pot 3
Crvena zvezda wins they are in Pot 4
BATE Borisov wins they are in Pot 4
PAOK is in Pot 3 if they win AND Benfica and Salzburg lose, otherwise they are in Pot 4 with a win.

Liverpool is in Pot 2 if Benfica loses otherwise in Pot 3
Valencia is in Pot 3 if at least one of Benfica, Salzburg or PSV Eindhoven drop their matchups
Viktoria Plzen is in Pot 3 if two of Benfica, Salzburg or PSV Eindhoven drop their matchups

 

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Pot 1 is the defending champ, the Europa League champ and the champions of the top 6 countries top leagues:

#   country 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 ranking teams
1   Spain 23.000 20.214 23.928 20.142 19.714 106.998 7
2   England 16.785 13.571 14.250 14.928 20.071 79.605 7
3   Italy 14.166 19.000 11.500 14.250 17.333 76.249 6
4   Germany 14.714 15.857 16.428 14.571 9.857 71.427 7
5   France 8.500 10.916 11.083 14.416 11.500 56.415 6
6   Russia 10.416 9.666 11.500 9.200 12.600 53.382 5
7   Portugal 9.916 9.083 10.500 8.083 9.666 47.248 6
8   Ukraine 7.833 10.000 9.800 5.500 8.000 41.133 5
9   Belgium 6.400 9.600 7.400 12.500 2.600 38.500 5
10   Turkey 6.700 6.000 6.600 9.700 6.800 35.800 5

 

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21 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

For all those who've never watched the draw, it's brutal. Think "first round of the NFL draft" brutal. Pomp, circumstance, bullshit, awards, etc.

eurotrash like uefa is unbelievably effective at being horrible at this kind of stuff.  like the pregame show for the champions league final.  it is so remarkably bad that one simply cannot look away.

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27 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

For all those who've never watched the draw, it's brutal. Think "first round of the NFL draft" brutal. Pomp, circumstance, bullshit, awards, etc.

 

I agree but I also understand why they make such a big production out of it. Take out all the shit and the actual draw takes 5 minutes.

 

I also think it's more comparable to the NCAA tourney selection show vs. 1st round of the NFL draft.  

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