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Ralf Rangnick gab den Lederhosen einen Korb! :) After Uli Hoeneß described him only as third choice, the Lederhosen fanboys didn't want him either and life in Vienna and work for Austrian NT seems for him more pleasant and appealing than in Munich he decided for Austria despite a severe financial cu...

Dragonite wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 20:34
I expect the following teams to reach the quarterfinals: AZ Alkmaar, Braga, Real Madrid, Zilina, Salzburg, Lens, Feyenoord and Mainz.

Forecasts are difficult especially when they concern the future!
Porto, Žilina, Mainz, Olympiacos, Milan, Salzburg, Bayern, Real

I beat you 6:2

It is completly ridiculous watching Portugal with an anual coeficcient of 9.833, with still 1 team in UCL and 2 teams in EL, and then seeing Belgium with 2 teams in ECL with 12.400. Almost all years it has been like this. Portugal only played 2 games in ECL in 3 years, all their points were in UCL ...

this is the lower table of Champions League with the categories 5 and 6 beginning with "elite" "very strong" "strong" "decent" in the first table and at the end the grey category including clubs with min 5 defeats in their CL history over the last 5 years. Onl...

@babaluj1 - don't underestimate Leipzig they got enough good lessons already to cope with Real. Frankfurt still favourite against USG they are no more strong but still enough for their home league to lead clearly. I could watch them twice vs LASK. 1st match in Brussls suburb 2:1 both goals at the ve...

There were no bonus points for GS in EL and ECL, only minimum points, which were irrelevant for top leagues anyway. My point was that the elimination of the “league stage” bonus points for auto qualifying will ensure that a country that gets extra spots in the CL due to success in ECL or EL will qu...

But on the other hand Salzburg failed countless times in CL qualifiers (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) whereas Belgian clubs tend to do well in the same section Salzburg failed so often (champions path). I'd say however that the Brugge of today could compete with Salzbu...

@ overgame. Your arguments are slowly running out, so you just dig deeper and deeper into your bag of tricks to get out of this situation.
Have a nice Saturday and get some fresh air, cheers!

@overgame no more much left than some word picking from you I expected better from you!

I only wanted to give a bit more years in the overview than the past 10 because it shows clearly that, if you want to underline an argument, it does matter where you draw the line. In my book, in the 'recent past' Belgium and Austria in European matches are in the balance, and the numbers just don'...

@overgame Going to the ECJ? European Court of justice. Btw make a comparison of clubs between Belgium with Austria say the last about 10 years. Austria will beat Belgium clearly in direct confrontations. Lol. Of course when your teams not called FC Salzburg have issues passing a round, we only face...

European matches between Belgian and Austrian clubs: 2024 EL g1 Union Saint-Gilloise Bel LASK Linz Aut 2-1 0-3 2022 EL g1 Rapid Wien Aut Racing Genk Bel 0-1 1-0 2021 EL g1 Royal Antwerp Bel LASK Linz Aut 0-1 2-0 2021 CL q3 AA Gent Bel Rapid Wien Aut 2-1 - (single leg because of COVID-19) 2020 CL g1...

@overgame Going to the ECJ? What's that? one more lower league for Belgium to climb finally above Portugal? well, that's not the point I meant. The fact simply is that a few nations get an advantage to collect their points in 'lower leagues' and finally overtake them with much less effort. It's like...

If Fiorentina had defeated Ferencvaroš, Belgium 11.600 would have had as many as 4 representatives in the ECL and a great opportunity to get involved in the fight for the Top 2 places in the Country ranking with a good draw. Brugge in the round of 16, and Genk, Gent and Royale Union in the knock ou...