International Champions Cup_2019

[angel_87]

I reopen the discussion, after having done it in 2017 ...i don't remember instead in 2018
Dates: from July 16 to August 10




Teams:
England - Arsenal
England - Manchester United
England - Tottenham Hotspur
Germany - Bayern Munich
Italy - Fiorentina
Italy - Inter
Italy - Juventus
Italy - Milan
Portugal - Benfica
Mexico - Guadalajara
Spain - Atlético Madrid
Spain - Real Madrid

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Inte ... mpions_Cup

Host countries:
China
England
Sweden
Singapore
United States
Wales

started in the night:
Fiorentina beat Chivas 2-1 --> https://www.internationalchampionscup.c ... ay-by-play

[Ricardo]

And the discussion is about if this interesting or not?
I say no, not interesting...

[angel_87]

And the discussion is about if this interesting or not?
I say no, not interesting...

in 2017 it collected about 40 messages from the ICC 2017 thread

if by chance this time fails, patience ... i think this competition is interesting because there are some of the best clubs in the world and some of the best footballers in the world

besides, there was already a pre-season friendly thread, I don't think it was more interesting than this ...

[EarlofBug]

Well, it is more or less a European cup plus Chivas
Although it's more interesting than 'regular' friendlies.

[Ricardo]

I remember a discussion about top teams friendlies and CL/EL qualifiers.
I prefer the qualifiers. Uefa sold the qualifiers out by giving too many top teams free entrance. I am not going to back that up by spending a single minute on these friendlies

[EarlofBug]

I remember a discussion about top teams friendlies and CL/EL qualifiers.
I prefer the qualifiers. Uefa sold the qualifiers out by giving too many top teams free entrance. I am not going to back that up by spending a single minute on these friendlies

Yeah, of course Cl (and El) qualifiers are more interesting.

[angel_87]

Arsenal beat Bayern 2-1

[angel_87]

Man Utd vs Inter 1-0 (76' Greenwood)

[Lorric]

Man Utd vs Inter 1-0 (76' Greenwood)

You go, girl!



Oh wait, it's this one.



As for the cup, I know you're limited in what you can do in pre-season, but the format is too unfair. There are two big three teams here and Arsenal have to play both. United and Tottenham play each other, why have teams from the same country play each other? They both play Italians in the other games, but Tottenham play Juventus and United don't.

Now imagine if they made this a two year thing. Year 1, group stage. Year 2, KO stage, while a new set of teams are playing group stage to play KO stage next year.

[angel_87]

Benfica vs Guadalajara 3-0 (4' De Tomás, 70' Rafa Silva, 73' Seferović)

Arsenal vs Fiorentina 3-0 (15', 65' Nketiah, 89' Willock)

Bayern vs Real Madrid 3-1 (15' Tolisso, 67' Lewandowski, 69' Gnabry - 84' Rodrygo)


Live now => 27' - Juventus vs Tottenham 0-0

[angel_87]

a very very super goal of HurriKane at 93' and Spurs beat Juventus 3-2



penalties seemed inevitable...

ENG vs ITA 3-0

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Inte ... mpions_Cup

[angel_87]

bad injury for Theo Hernandez on 43' of the first half ... own bad luck



today at 13.30 CEST derby Juventus vs Inter

[angel_87]

first ''gol'' italian for De Ligt

[angel_87]

Benfica beat Fiorentina 2-1 (Dušan Vlahović a great player)

[angel_87]