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Belgium is strong at position 8th, nothing would be a disaster fir them. Yes but... When a great 2016-2017 season (12.500) vanished from ranking and entered a catastrophic 2017-2018 (2.600) Belgium fell at 13th place and lost direct CL entrant (luckily Antwerp managed to eliminate AEK Athens in CL-...

I mostly disagree with you both for the top 3. With the pots being "useless" now, seeding only matters in qualifying rounds. So the 2nd EL spot and the ECL spot need to be taken by teams who will survive in the qualfiers. For me, the best would be Gent and Brugge, but I doubt Brugge will ...

Real is the McGyver of Champions League. They always find a way.

berntie wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 22:04 I didn't realize that the 2nd leg of this semi-final was today. Does anybody know why this wasn't played tomorrow (on a thursday) as always?

Major​ religious event in Brugge tomorrow (expecting over 10k people I believe). Security not available for both events.

Bulgarian wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 21:12 Whats the record for most participants from one country? 8? A bit of off-topic.

I believe France had up to 10 clubs during Intertoto days.

Useless fault. Knee to face. Penalty.

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Brugge is eliminated. They will not recover from that.

Brugge can't keep the ball more than 10 seconds. They are going to suffer if it goes extra time.

Third bar for Fiorentina. They are being PSGed.

Brugge can't keep the ball and when they have the opportunity to create something, they lose the ball or give the ball to supporters.

Brugge keeps doing silly mistakes like Vetlessen (yellowed) who gives a free-kick to Fiorentina although the ball was currently in Brugge's feet.

I never fancied PSG because Paris and Parisians are too full of themselves. When Qatar arrived it made things worse, they thought they'd be the new kings/emperors of France and walk on Europe. On one side you have Manchester City, also financed by a state, but at least they have been building someth...

Bayern and Real would be favorites against any of the others, but on 1 match I don't want PSG to have a chance of taking the trophy. Dortmund has to win for the greater good of football.

Fiorentina scores in extra time. 3-2 is not disastrous for Brugge, a win at home looks more than doable based on what I saw tonight. Festival of mistakes by Brugge today. From goalkeeper playing volley-ball leading to 2-1. Goalkeeper giving a free corner. Onyedika getting 2 yellows within minutes. ...

Unbelieveable how Brugge is giving away the match.

From goalkeeper giving a free corner, defenders putting said goalkeeper in danger with hazardous passes, missing a 2-2 in front of open goal and 10 seconds later being down to 10 with a stupid useless fault in Fiorentina side.

Clear penalty for Brugge.

Vanaken finally has the courage to take it.

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Do clubs like Hacken, Sheriff or Bačka Topola deserve to play GS EL this season? Or clubs like Bredablik, Čukarički or Trnava in GS ECL? They absolutely do not deserve GS with their quality, they serve as cannon fodder there. :mol: How do they get to GS? A privileged path for champions or a privile...