Emery is a genious at cups. Sevilla was last year very irregular in league, not winning an away match and out of European positions, but Sevilla won the Europa League to Liverpool in the final (His 3th in a row).

sharkie

Austria18443 Posts

February 15 2017 09:21 GMT

#2985

On February 15 2017 18:17 haitike wrote:
Emery is a genious at cups. Sevilla was last year very irregular in league, not winning an away match and out of European positions, but Sevilla won the Europa League to Liverpool in the final (His 3th in a row).

So kinda like Benitez?

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

February 15 2017 09:41 GMT

#2986

so from what I've seen yesterday, the force moved out from Messi, possibly to Cr7!
it means Napoli gonna be crashed today :|

So kinda like Benitez?

Benitez got no spells, Emery is a football witch-doctor

shell

Portugal2722 Posts

February 15 2017 10:45 GMT

#2987

Benfica was lucky, lets see if we can survive in Dortmund, i know we can score there, lets see if we make a better job

Barcelona was trampled..

imre

France9263 Posts

February 15 2017 11:14 GMT

#2988

On February 15 2017 18:21 sharkie wrote:

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So kinda like Benitez?

Kinda like the successful Benitez from his Valencia/Pool days.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

February 15 2017 12:30 GMT

#2989

I've lead the Benitez bashing brigade for a while now but he's actually doing a good job at Newcastle this year.

I lose touch with Champions League living in Asia it's just unwatchable at 3:00/4:00 in the morning. I need to find a new place to watch games I've missed as 'fullmatchesandshow.com' seems to have been spotted by authorities and now no longer lives up to the great promise it's name once represented.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts

February 15 2017 13:20 GMT

#2990

They lost 7 times in championship this season and only 1 point ahead of Brighton who keep drawing. It interesting but if that team get promoted they might be in a bit of trouble

SoSexy

Italy3725 Posts

February 15 2017 16:26 GMT

#2991

I saw an interesting question: can PSG just forfeit the return match? By the rules, this would assign a 3-0 to Barcelona but they would still be eliminated. Is this possible?

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

February 15 2017 16:38 GMT

#2992

On February 16 2017 01:26 SoSexy wrote:
I saw an interesting question: can PSG just forfeit the return match? By the rules, this would assign a 3-0 to Barcelona but they would still be eliminated. Is this possible?

Nah Uefa would just disqualify them. Teams aren't supposed to benefit from a forfeit.

SoSexy

Italy3725 Posts

February 15 2017 16:59 GMT

#2993

On February 16 2017 01:38 sneirac wrote:

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Nah Uefa would just disqualify them. Teams aren't supposed to benefit from a forfeit.

Even if they set it up well? I could easily imagine a bus transfer from Paris to Barcelona having many flat tires

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 15 2017 17:01 GMT

#2994

God I feel old.

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

February 15 2017 17:10 GMT

#2995

On February 16 2017 01:59 SoSexy wrote:

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Even if they set it up well? I could easily imagine a bus transfer from Paris to Barcelona having many flat tires

Remember what happened when players, I think it was when Mourinho was at Real, intentionally got 3rd yellow cards for the tactical ban. An actual forfeit would be 100 times that plus the TV rights holders would get annoyed, and they are the only people Ufea doesn't want to mess with.

e: it was Mourinho at Real in 2010 but it was intentional 2nd yellows so they would be banned in final group stage match and not face a possible 3rd yellow ban in the first quarter final.
Everyone was fined and Mourinho banned for a match

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

February 15 2017 17:25 GMT

#2996

Obviously (?), UEFA has thought of such scheming:
Article 24:
"The clubs undertake that their teams will arrive at the match venue by the evening before the match at the latest and that they will fulfil their media obligations the day before the match."
Article 27:
"If a club refuses to play or is responsible for a match not taking place or not being played in full, the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body declares the match forfeited and disqualifies the club concerned...."
For further creative ideas, please consult:
http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/35/87/89/2358789_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51490 Posts

February 15 2017 19:19 GMT

#2997

Ok, Bayern vs Arsenal impossible to call, way to many variables.

Both sides have been less than impressive this season, Arsenal if anything actually looked better in Champs league to their domestic selves where as Bayern have looked mediocre up till now, shadows of their former selves.

However with Ancelotti he is a big game man motivator, will he get Bayern of old back and will they breeze past a weary Wenger's side with the usual scoreline of 3-0. Or will it be the crap Bayern that shows up and Arsenal rip them up on the counters and 3-0 them!
Will both play great and we get a 2-2 draw or which i think is the most possibility, we get two crap sides missing chances and being very weary of eachother and a 0-0 :D