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BATE lost again and is already clear that their chances for the title are close to zero. That much was obvious just looking at their squad. Terrible transfers + early Europe eliminations for few seasons in a row = no money for good squad even by local standards. It's gonna be a while before BATE ca...

If they just wanted to celebrate the anniversary then Paraguay should've not been chosen at all for this. For Comnebol-only bid? Sure. For this multi-continental monstrosity? They should have nothing to do with it. And maybe Argentina too, for that matter. They didn't host the first Cup and they did...

TommyChat wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 15:45

bugylibicska wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 15:30

fillow wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 15:25 An interesting rebranding happened in Albania with Dinamo Tirana.
Remind you of any particular top club?

Zagreb?

The circle is identical to Manchester City's

Bingo. The fonts, colors, placement of all the elements... The new name too.

An interesting rebranding happened in Albania with Dinamo Tirana.
Remind you of any particular top club?

I think UEFA license deadline is 31 May, so Minsk may still have time to apply for one. With their current squad, it's guaranteed defeat in both legs in the earliest round, but they will still try to get a license if only for UEFA money.

Big match fixing scandal is about to get exposed in Belarus. Word on the street is that Shakhtyor is gonna be stripped from their 2022 title and/or suffer severe points punishment for current season as well. Other teams will be affected too. In the other news (unrelated to the above), there's a list...

The biggest WTF moment in all this is why the format is still being debated as late as December 2022. Just make up your mind and go ahead with it, jfc. Th easiest and obvious thing to do would've been trying groups-of-3 format in less important tournaments (U20 WC or revived Confed Cup) to see how i...

krdel wrote: ↑Sun Nov 06, 2022 16:22 Šahter Petrikov will play in the play-offs (if they get a licence).

They can't get promoted as a farm club (of Shakhtyor Soligorsk). Rogachev will play in the playoffs.

We've never met before: EURO 2024 edition Rules: the only rule I had is for every team to have at least 1 new opponent they've never played in official matches (WC, WCQ, Euro, EQ, UNL, Confed. Cup) A Netherlands Israel Republic of Ireland Greece Belarus New pairs: NED v ISR, ISR v BLR, IRL v GRE, IR...

'We've never met before' mock draw Did it very quickly and mostly manually as I didn't know it was today (only learned this about two hours ago), so it's likely not perfect. Qualifiers, friendlies and Olympics not counted. A B C D Qatar Portugal Spain England Germany Netherlands Mexico Uruguay Seneg...

Scandalous decision from FIFA, Brazil v Argentina to be replayed and the 4 Argentina players who broke Covid rules got a 2 match ban. Brazil did not get a penalty (only a fine) for having people storming into the match to remove the Argentine players. Yeah, sorry, TV money is more important than so...

Are losing WCQ semifinalists going to play a friendly on the second date? Perhaps with each other?

I'm pretty sure there are no limits for any qualifying matches or NL matches (except final-4 round). The only limit is 11 starters + 12 subs (max) for each specific match, but that can be any 23 players eligible to play for NT.

Ricardo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 16, 2021 22:38 And why not invite Australia also and maybe Korea, Japan

By that you mean of course Qatar who are the first ones to get added everywhere these days

This embarrassment reminded me, was there any follow up to the incident a few years ago when the complete draw was supposedly leaked on twitter in the morning of the draw date? Or was it fake?