It wasn't a penalty but I'm surprised it was overturned - didn't think it was going to meet the clear and obvious threshold, whatever that is these days.
It wasn't a penalty but I'm surprised it was overturned - didn't think it was going to meet the clear and obvious threshold, whatever that is these days.
Exactly where I was, thought it was really soft but didn't think it would get overturned.
Glad it bad, from a discouraging diving point of view!
How do they decide who your 8 games are against? Are the teams seeded? Seems mad that one team could have 8 easier games compared to someone have 8 hard ones.
"UEFA is expected to create four pots of nine teams, almost certainly based upon the five-year club coefficient. Each team will play two teams from each pot (one home, one away) to create an eight-match fixture list of roughly equal strength.
More "big matches" are created by the teams in the top pots being drawn against each other, which wasn't possible under the current system.
Teams in Pot 1 would draw two other clubs from Pot 1, 2, 3 and 4. Teams from the same association still cannot play each other in the group stage."
Also with the increase from 32 to 36 clubs, they obviously need to find 4 extra teams.
2 of those spots will apparently be given to teams from the countries whose teams performed best in the 3 European competitions that season. Which is usually England and Spain, but this season would definitely include Italy.
Moving forward it means if English teams do well that season, then the CL spots will go to the top 5.
Seems like a really convoluted way to get almost the same result of 16 teams in a knockout comp. Also surprised the bigger teams, already moaning about fixture lists and congestion, have ok'd this. We have 2 domestic cup competitions and a top league with 20 teams instead of 18 like the Bundesliga
Seems like a really convoluted way to get almost the same result of 16 teams in a knockout comp. Also surprised the bigger teams, already moaning about fixture lists and congestion, have ok'd this. We have 2 domestic cup competitions and a top league with 20 teams instead of 18 like the Bundesliga
One reason. Money.
The money that will get shared between the competing clubs is increasing by quite a lot, as the new format means 64 extra matches.
Also helps that the 2 countries who perform the best each season will get another spot for the following year. So as well as the extra money, the Premier league and La Liga (who usually do the best) probably signed off on it based on a strong chance that 5th place in their leagues will get a CL place.
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Glad it bad, from a discouraging diving point of view!
First half a tiny touch-100% penalty
Second half a punch to the ribs- na don't want to see penalties given for that sort of thing
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Great away performance by Inter 😄
More "big matches" are created by the teams in the top pots being drawn against each other, which wasn't possible under the current system.
Teams in Pot 1 would draw two other clubs from Pot 1, 2, 3 and 4. Teams from the same association still cannot play each other in the group stage."
2 of those spots will apparently be given to teams from the countries whose teams performed best in the 3 European competitions that season. Which is usually England and Spain, but this season would definitely include Italy.
Moving forward it means if English teams do well that season, then the CL spots will go to the top 5.
The money that will get shared between the competing clubs is increasing by quite a lot, as the new format means 64 extra matches.
Also helps that the 2 countries who perform the best each season will get another spot for the following year. So as well as the extra money, the Premier league and La Liga (who usually do the best) probably signed off on it based on a strong chance that 5th place in their leagues will get a CL place.
what a save tho.