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If eg Atalanta wins EL and finish 5th under previous format Italy would have 5-1-1 at competitions. With EPS applying first it would have become 5-2-1 so again Italy has an extra club but not at CL. If Atalanta had finished 4th under previous format they would have 4-2-1 with EPS 5-2-1 so the final...

There are written rules, rule 18, discretion, common practice, game management, and instructions to referees. You are 100% right that other than after a PK was awarded and before it was taken, the CR can end the game whenever they choose. This is the reason the reasons we expect and demand that CR ...

@Polak close to two minutes were wasted in VAR and celebrations so i personally dont have a problem when the match ended. For the record it ended in 90+15. In Valencia the problem with the whistle was that it was during an attack not the time itself. There is no rule saying that the referee can onl...

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bert.kassies , would it be possible to show the points that a team which qualified for European Football but not to a specific competition has? Right now, the qualifications page identify the team (e.g., “Aston Villa qualified for European football”) but doesn’t list the points it has like the team...

I am not defending their results, quite the opposite. I am just pointing that statistical models are based on, well, statistics about past results + random events (like draws). You are 100% right. Think about it, every day around the world, loto winning numbers are picked. The odds of picking the w...

However, according regulations which were already quoted, eps is given to the best ranked team which has not qualified "based on domestic championship". So, that means, eps would be given to atalanta no matter that they already qualified by the virtue of europa league winner. But obviousl...

I really don't get this. Let's assume atalanta wins europa league. Now it is clear that top 5 from serie a qualify for champions league. if atalanta finish 4th in serie a, italy will keep those 5 teams. But if atalanta finish 5th, then italy will earn an extra spot! Keep in mind that last matchday ...

Absolutely. From what I have seen of both clubs this season, the final is reasonably balanced and I expect a competitive game. As a footnote, Real Madrid have never been crowned European champions in England. They also haven't lost a final since the competition officially became the CL. I find it i...

If my understanding is correct the access list will be rebalanced in every competition based on the access list without taking account the EPS. Then the highest ranked club in of a top2 league that is not at CL-LP will get the EPS, the spot of that club that won EPS will be given to the next highes...

What will happen if Fiorentina wins ECL and finish 8th? Previously they moved two clubs from ECL Q2 to Q3 but since this season no clubs are starting in CoLQ3 could they move 8 clubs from Q1 to Q2? If my understanding is correct the access list will be rebalanced in every competition based on the a...

Before anyone cries about the ref take in mind that: 1 Real got a goal disallowed rightfully so 2 Neuer got Real back into the game 3 its not clear that there was no offside 4 Real stopped playing Lunin didnt even dive for crying out loud Of course there will always be crying when Real wins mainly ...

Bayern robbed. Nowadays sometimes the play goes on even when there's a ridicolously clear offside, he should not have raised the flag for sure in this case. This was actually a double error. Per the instructions: 1) the AR should have waited with raising the flag. 2) the CR, seeing that the AR rais...

amenina wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 03:43 …

Assuming the Gold Cup is 16 teams, that leaves 1 spot most likely for an invited team.

Wild guess…. A random choice between all countries whose name begins with the letter Q

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