CLGS matchday 5

[Dragonite]

Genk wants to win at home but they can't. The opponents want to win in Genk but are failing most of times.
The only result which remains logical for tonight is a simple DRAW. Just a common Salzburg draw of say 3:3 with at least two serious mistakes in defence would satisfy both teams

The draw is bad for both: Genk will surely be last, and FC Salzburg won't be able to catch Napoli or Liverpool anymore. Both teams must win.

[Dragonite]

I actually have a question to nikola_belgrade about Red Star's 2-1-8 CL record.

If you could, would you trade these 2 wins for 6 draws? Would you rather have a 0-7-4?

Personally, I wouldn't. Wining a Champions league game is something special. Especially in our case where one of our wins is against Liverpool, who won CL that year. No one would trade that kind of win for no matter how many draws.

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know.

I totally agree with you, 2-1-8 is much better than 0-7-4, and it should be the Brugges and Galatasarays and Olympiakos and Genks and Lilles that should be envious of Red Star's results, not the opposite.

[Lorric]

I actually have a question to nikola_belgrade about Red Star's 2-1-8 CL record.

If you could, would you trade these 2 wins for 6 draws? Would you rather have a 0-7-4?

Personally, I wouldn't. Wining a Champions league game is something special. Especially in our case where one of our wins is against Liverpool, who won CL that year. No one would trade that kind of win for no matter how many draws.

Thank you, that's what I wanted to know.

I totally agree with you, 2-1-8 is much better than 0-7-4, and it should be the Brugges and Galatasarays and Olympiakos and Genks and Lilles that should be envious of Red Star's results, not the opposite.

I'd take the draws. More coefficient points, more money.

[Dragonite]

That's not true, Lorric.
1 win = 2.7M€
1 draw = 0.9M€
So just like real points, in prize money too 1 win = 3 draws.

In coefficient you're right unfortunately.

[Lorric]

That's not true, Lorric.
1 win = 2.7M€
1 draw = 0.9M€
So just like real points, in prize money too 1 win = 3 draws.

In coefficient you're right unfortunately.

Oh, they changed that? It used to be half the money for a draw, didn't it?

[Lyonnais]

I am very confused now! no penalty?

I sure couldn't figure that one out From penalty and red card, it went to no penalty and yellow card. Stream I'm watching isn't helping--very poor. Probably has to do with jammed internet.

OK--VAR took it back to the foul against Marcelo by Gueye before the gallop to the area. Not sure why Courtois got the yellow--he said something or

The least that can be said is that was very confusing. Poor refeering overall I think.

Coming back to the game, Real was undoubtely the better team in the first .. 80 minutes but allowed Paris to come back to the game because of a lack of concentration. The midfield of Real who was so much in trouble in the first game this time totally outclassed the one from PSG. Without a good Keylor Navas it could have been much worse for Paris.
Otherwise, great goal of Sarabia who is a not really a starter when everybody is fit, but I presume that many are happy for him as his integration within the squad and his determination when he plays are unblamable.

[Juliusz]

That's not true, Lorric.
1 win = 2.7M€
1 draw = 0.9M€
So just like real points, in prize money too 1 win = 3 draws.

In coefficient you're right unfortunately.

Oh, they changed that? It used to be half the money for a draw, didn't it?

They changed that from 2015/16 season onwards, so it has been working like that for five seasons (including the current one).

[Lorric]

That's not true, Lorric.
1 win = 2.7M€
1 draw = 0.9M€
So just like real points, in prize money too 1 win = 3 draws.

In coefficient you're right unfortunately.

Oh, they changed that? It used to be half the money for a draw, didn't it?

They changed that from 2015/16 season onwards, so it has been working like that for five seasons (including the current one).

Wow, that's a long time. Thanks. I don't like it though. I liked it before, winner take all or split it between. Now, it's winner take all, but if it's a draw, UEFA gets a third of the money.

[quelhar]

but if it's a draw, UEFA gets a third of the money.

That is not true, the remaining money gets redistributed to the teams proportionally to number of wins in their group stage matches.
So in fact if there is nonzero number of draws in a season, win = more than 2.7M Eur in the end.

[Juliusz]

Oh, they changed that? It used to be half the money for a draw, didn't it?

They changed that from 2015/16 season onwards, so it has been working like that for five seasons (including the current one).

Wow, that's a long time. Thanks. I don't like it though. I liked it before, winner take all or split it between. Now, it's winner take all, but if it's a draw, UEFA gets a third of the money.

That third part is not taken by UEFA but redistributed to the clubs playing in GS, proportionate to their number of wins. It's €900,000 per draw, last season there were 24 draws in GS, so a total amount of €21.6m should have been redistributed. So the winners take even more and the draws are worth even less.

@quelhar was first with that

[Lorric]

Thanks you two. That's actually really good and surprising.

[Lusankya]

I just checked the current prize money allocation and am glad to see the market pool got so much smaller. This was always the most unfair part of the whole money distribution.

[AlanK]

As and Sport both give the following possible lineup for Barça--Piqué is suspended, and Alba and Semedo are injured, so

Ter Stegen; Firpo, Lenglet, Umtiti, Sergi Roberto; De Jong, Busquets, Arthur; Messi, Suárez, Griezmann

[babaluj1]

Early odds in relevant games (Will Hill):

Shakhtar - Atalanta 2.45 3.6 2.7
Dinamo Z. - ManCity 3.7 4.2 1.83

Olympiakos - Red Star 1.65 3.75 5.25

Atletico ₋ Lokomotive 1.18 6.5 17.0
Leverkusen ₋ Juventus 2.1 3.6 3.25

Neither Dinamo nor Atalanta draw brings anything. I don’t think there will be a draw because it brings them nothing. Also, I think Juventus is the favorite against Bayer Leverkusen.
 

[Forza AZ]

How come the Valencia vs Chelsea match starts so early? Is it just to 'avoid' the Barcelona and Liverpool matches?

Every matchday there are 2 matches at 18.55 CET. First choise is for countries which have CET+2 or more. And if that are less then 2, then just some other matches are selected for 18.55.