| Champions Leageu Playoff; Draw on August 9th | |
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| rw_mlite2 | Aug 9 2013, 02:00 AM Post #11 |
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Except that they changed it TO this setup a few years back to try and give the champions of lesser leagues a fairer shake rather than making the group stage a who's who of the big 4 leagues. |
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| santry_gooner | Aug 9 2013, 02:15 AM Post #12 |
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And quite right too. The competition needs to keep a semblance of its origin as the European Cup. There's nothing stupid about treating fourth and first place finishers differently in that context. |
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| rw_mlite2 | Aug 9 2013, 05:03 AM Post #13 |
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And it's Fenerbahce. They wouldn't have been my first choice. Or second...or third. Oh well. Finish third in the league and you don't have to worry about it. |
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| rw_mlite2 | Aug 9 2013, 05:07 AM Post #14 |
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Per https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/365774957650784257 : * The participation of Fenerbahçe SK and FC Metalist Kharkiv in the competition is subject to pending disciplinary and CAS proceedings. Edited by rw_mlite2, Aug 9 2013, 05:07 AM.
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| jays712 | Aug 9 2013, 06:32 AM Post #15 |
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I thought Fenerbache already got the boot from the CL? |
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| jays712 | Aug 9 2013, 06:42 AM Post #16 |
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Apparently Fenerbache are appealing their 2 year ban to the CAS. They need to come up with a ruling soon cuz we play them on the 20th. I imagine if they lose thier appeal that Bestikas who finished 3rd would take that spot.
Edited by jays712, Aug 9 2013, 06:43 AM.
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| rw_mlite2 | Aug 9 2013, 07:15 AM Post #17 |
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From what I saw on Twitter, they're allowed to play with the ruling coming after the tie. I have no idea what that means if they win and are subsequently banned. Maybe Salzburg (the team they beat in the last round) moves on? |
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| rw_mlite2 | Aug 9 2013, 07:21 AM Post #18 |
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Hmmm...what I wrote doesn't make that much sense. Don't know why Salzburg would move on in place of us. I think the most likely option would be Besiktas, as you said, Jays. |
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| jays712 | Aug 9 2013, 07:43 AM Post #19 |
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What makes no sense is why are they waiting until after they play us to rule on this? |
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| ArsenalgoonerinVA | Aug 9 2013, 08:21 AM Post #20 |
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Regardless of the ruling this is a very very tricky tie for Arsenal.. Istanbul is a hostile place to play away especially for the 1st leg.. to make matters worse on top of that Koscielney and Cazorla 2 of our better players are suspended. who is Wenger suppose to start now with BFG... Sagna? this is no walk over i'll be happy with a scoring draw in Turkey coming back to London.. but seriously wenger needs to buy some CB depth... |
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