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With a 6th consecutive qualification to a tournament, Belgium set their record one step higher (second is 4 qualifications from 1980 to 1986). Not the sexiest win in Austria but job was done without the best playmaker (Kevin De Bruyne) and the best goalkeeper (Thibaut Courtois). I still can't figure...

3 matches, 3 wins for Belgian clubs. This is how you farm points, with many more to come thanks to next 2 matchdays :

Gent - Breidablik
Genk - Ferencváros
FC Lugano - Club Brugge

Can aim for up to 5 wins or +2.000 for country ranking.

Crazy how each half time can be so different. Like a movie. Antwerp scored fast in the game and controlled it 2-0 at half-time. Against what is said to be a "handicapped" Shakhtar, there was no way one could foresee what would be happening. Well, Shakhtar played like they were playing for ...

Brugge was underdog in Champions League. They were expected to not win any match, yet they won 3 against all odds. Besiktas was supposed to be "equal" to Brugge, but they were walked over for 90 minutes. Everyone likes an underdog winning, but fewer go for the "self-proclamed favorit...

Funny to see people saying how unfair Club Brugge's result is because of xG. Last season Club Brugge's results and respective xG 1-0 win vs Leverkusen (0.6-1.0 xG) 4-0 win vs Porto (3.0-1.5 xG) 2-0 win vs Atlético (1.2-2.3 xG) 0-0 draw vs Atlético (0.6-2.0 xG) 0-4 defeat vs Porto (1.3-3.1 xG) 0-0 d...

Brugge showed they were the best team of the group, but they simply could not score against Besiktas. Should have been 4-0, could have been 2-1 last second, but it's 1-1. One of the great mysteries of football. https://i.ibb.co/ryQ9S1c/Screenshot-20230922-065322-X.jpg On target : 9-3 Off target : 3-...

bugylibicska wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 23:59
That was MEN's job! Very rare, can't even recall suddenly when and where happened from 0:3 to 4:3!

EL-GS in 2011 :



CL-GS in 1993 :

It would be hilarious if the Antwerp players that impress you were Lammens, Ekkelenkamp, Keita and Balikwisha, that competed at the same 2023 under 21 Euro that the 9 Shakhtar players mentioned before did, but unlike them couldn't even progress from the group stages or win a single match. Taking ON...

And I don't know in what world you see Besiktas with better CL or EL results than Brugge ? Besiktas made it once to CL-R2, just as Brugge. Besiktas made it once to EL-QF, just as Brugge. And last time they met, Brugge won twice. Last time Besiktas met a Belgian club (Genk), they could only take 1 p...

I think that by "Turkish way" he means importing leftovers from big teams like Chamberlain and Rebic that then after a while leave for free. While the "Belgian way" would be importing from smaller teams like Bodo/Glimt (Vetlesen), Lech Poznan (Skoras) or Ludogorets (Igor Thiago)...

Backa Topola seems like a serious candidate for 0/18.

What's not so encouraging is their manager Deila. This is the manager that in charge of Celtic spent 11 EL matches without winning between 2014 and 2015, including two defeats against Norwegian opposition Molde. If in charge of Celtic he lost twice against Molde, perhaps now in charge of Club Brugg...

Besiktas here isn't playing against Ajax, Dortmund and Sporting anymore, it's just Club Brugge, Brugge played 5 CL-GS in a row, finishing 3rd thrice and 2nd once. And they just eliminated the only Spanish club of the competition. Even a Turkish fan would have to place Brugge favorite for first plac...

Group B : Gent - Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Zorya Luhansk - Breidablik If Gent cannot win this group, or at the very least be second, they should just stop playing football. I think they will win easy. They could even do 18/18 if they are that serious. Group D : Club Brugge - Bodø/Glimt - Besiktas - FC Lug...

Group A : Lille - Slovan Bratislava - Olimpija Ljubljana - KI Klaksvik Group B : Gent - Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Zorya Luhansk - Breidablik Group C : Dinamo Zagreb - Viktoria Plzen - FK Astana - FC Ballkani Group D : Club Brugge - Bodø/Glimt - Besiktas - FC Lugano Group E : AZ Alkmaar - Aston Villa - Legi...