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THFC 0-1 RBL
https://www.dailymai...gue-16-tie.html
RBL fans stage a protest:
https://www.dailymai...APER-pitch.html

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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CL is back! Europa too!
https://www.bbc.com/...otball/53567259

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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Some upsets in the Round of 16: Juve & RM out!
https://sports.yahoo...-211256305.html
Chelsea need to score 4 away goals today. 😄

We are good enough to beat the best teams, and bad enough to lose to the worst teams. 


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The bracket from here on:

 

https://gaming.uefa....lfinalsbracket/

 

Nobody expects RBL to get by Athletico Madrid, but it also clear that the upper half of the bracket seems to be much weaker than the bottom half. The bottom half has 3 juggernauts: Barca, Bayern, and Man City. The upper half has only 1, PSG, and they are hurting because M'Bappe has an ankle injury and might not play, or not play well.

 

FWIW, I would like to see RBL kick  Man City's grass in the final.



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I'm all in with Atleti. Bayern is the team that scares me the most, so I'm hoping they lay an egg and get knocked out before the finals. 



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I'm all in with Atleti. Bayern is the team that scares me the most, so I'm hoping they lay an egg and get knocked out before the finals. 

 

I really think City wins it, which pains me to say. 



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I really think City wins it, which pains me to say. 

it took two U-10 level mistakes by Madrid for City to beat them.  I wasn't super impressed with them without Aguero.



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Champions League pay-off:

Quarter-finals: €10,500,000. Semi-finals: €12,000,000. Losing finalist: €15,000,000. Winning the Final: €19,000,000.

Add 18% to convert to $.

 

From here on, it is single-elimination on a neutral site in Portugal.

The 2019/20 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be played as a straight knockout tournament in Lisbon, Portugal in August.

All these ties will be single-leg fixtures. The games will be split between Benfica's Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica (which will host the final) and Sporting CP's Estádio José Alvalade.

 

TV in the USA will be on some of the Univision stations at 3PM. Check this site to get the TV schedule and other providers.

https://www.livesoccertv.com/

 

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, Aug. 12
Atalanta vs. Paris Saint-Germain, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio do Sport, Lisbon

Thursday, Aug. 13
RB Leipzig vs. Atletico Madrid, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

 

Friday, Aug. 14
Barcelona vs. Bayern Munich, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio do Sport, Lisbon

Saturday. Aug. 15
Manchester City vs. Lyon, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Semifinals

Tuesday, Aug. 18
TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio do Sport, Lisbon

 

Wednesday, Aug. 19
TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access -- Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Final

Sunday, Aug. 23
TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m. on CBS All Access and CBS Sports Network -- Estádio do Sport, Lisbon



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my 4 game parlay for this round:

 

Atalanta win (Mbappe will start on bench due to injury, Di Maria suspended, Veratti out, Cavani no longer on team)

Atletico win (Leipzig has struggled of late, and now they are without Werner since he's moved on to Chelsea)

Man City win

Barca/Bayern draw(this one gave me the most trouble. Barca hasn't really been setting the world on fire lately and Bayern is probably the most in-form team in the world. But I think Messi will pull one out of his ass and force PKs).



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Biggest question is who will be out due to Covid-19.



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Atalanta choking harder than Metro on a cold day in October. 



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Big day for RB Leipzig. 3pm on a couple of Univision channels.

 

https://www.actionne...rsday-august-13



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Big day for RB Leipzig. 3pm on a couple of Univision channels.

 

https://www.actionne...rsday-august-13

It will also be shown at 9:00 pm on CBS Sports Network.



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So glad we get to watch a Champions League knockout game live on a channel in a foreign language so CBSSN can simulcast a radio show.

 

SMH.



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So glad we get to watch a Champions League knockout game live on a channel in a foreign language so CBSSN can simulcast a radio show.
 
SMH.

Thought that was ridiculous, too. Their ploy to get people to sign up for CBS All Access worked on me, I guess (I got a free 1-month trial), but I don't see the point?

Sure, a few hundred (or dozen) people will forget to cancel and will get charged $6 each for a month before canceling in anger, but surely CBSSN ads would be worth more?




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