Frankfurt is a very strong team. id put that tie at 55-45 in favour of Chelsea. But losing to frankfurt would hardly be fucking up. They are one of the most inform teams of 2019 in all of Europe

haitike

Spain2716 Posts

April 19 2019 11:01 GMT

#3763

Valencia is looking good right now too. The first half of the season they weren't able to score goals, so they drew most matches, it is almost a draw record in la Liga.

But these last months in addition to defending well they are scoring again. They are fighting for the #4 spot with Sevilla and Getafe after being in the bottom half of the table in the first half of the season.

I still think probably Chelsea is the favourite but the other three teams have a chance too.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

April 19 2019 11:02 GMT

#3764

Chelsea are a bit of a weird team this year. Very hot or cold. I think Frankfurt can definitely come out on top.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

April 19 2019 11:05 GMT

#3765

If we do get a Chelsea vs Arsenal Europa final I hope both teams fail to make top 4 just to add that extra bit of spice to the game. That's pretty unlikely though.

aseq

Netherlands3983 Posts

April 19 2019 13:23 GMT

#3766

On April 19 2019 13:22 Dante08 wrote:
Europa league shaping up to be a Chelsea Arsenal finals which is exiciting!

As a United fan I have a brilliant idea, Chlesea finish 6th and wins Europa, Spurs finish 5th and wins CL, Arsenal finish 3rd and 4th respectively. Everyone wins

Sounds great, but only 5 teams from 1 country can enter the CL in a year. So in that case, either Arsenal or United will play EL.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 19 2019 13:56 GMT

#3767

That would mean 4th place would not get its champions league spot xd

Bacillus

Finland1973 Posts

April 19 2019 15:22 GMT

#3768

On April 19 2019 22:56 Pandemona wrote:

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That would mean 4th place would not get its champions league spot xd

Wasn't something like this the case when Chelsea won the UCL while finishing somewhere below top 4? If I remember correctly, Spurs ended up finishing 4th and got the worst end of that mess.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 19 2019 15:28 GMT

#3769

Not sure if that actually happened though, when we won it i think it was 5 teams into the champs league fine, not sure though i forget

I just know that now they said maximum of 5 teams from one league in the competition with Europa Winners and Champs Winners getting pref treatment.

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

April 19 2019 15:30 GMT

#3770

Yeh there was, when Chelsea won and failed to qualify they introduced the direct berth for winners and because they had to fuck over spurs they increased max teams from one country to five. However they didn't increase this to six when they added the direct berth for the EL winner, intentionally.
Is it would be
CL winner
El winner
PL winner
PL 2nd
PL 3rd

And 4th would get left out, it would actually be hilarious to have pande rant about the supremacy of english footy and then get fucked over as 4th xD

e:

On April 20 2019 00:28 Pandemona wrote:
Not sure if that actually happened though, when we won it i think it was 5 teams into the champs league fine, not sure though i forget

I just know that now they said maximum of 5 teams from one league in the competition with Europa Winners and Champs Winners getting pref treatment.

Nah it was 4 teams per country when you won, because no one expected the winning team to fail this badly and it was too late to change the general seedings. So they just decided to fuck over spurs because no one cares anyway, they changed it to 5 the year after.

Bacillus

Finland1973 Posts

April 20 2019 04:42 GMT

#3771

City - Spurs round 3 should be interesting today. By all rules of professionalism, City should have recovered and shows up determined to retain the lead in PL title race, but the mental stuff can be weird sometimes. I guess it's a bit of a leadership test to Guardiola to stop the bleeding and get back on track right away.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 20 2019 12:29 GMT

#3772

As expected this City and Spurs game is very poor quality and lacks spark due to both sets of players very tired. For once its hot in England to we have a "heatwave" of 22 ish degrees which for us is hot

Faruko

Chile34171 Posts

April 20 2019 12:47 GMT

#3773

Sane needs to escape City like tomorrow, he is never used

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

April 20 2019 14:46 GMT

#3774

On April 20 2019 21:47 Faruko wrote:
Sane needs to escape City like tomorrow, he is never used

There must be something wrong with his attitude for him to be benching so much.

Dante08

Singapore4128 Posts

April 20 2019 15:13 GMT

#3775

On April 19 2019 22:56 Pandemona wrote:

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That would mean 4th place would not get its champions league spot xd

Oops xD

Anyway this is going to be the weirdest Manchester Derby ever. I wouldn't mind United winning or losing, a draw would be the worst result though.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 20 2019 15:33 GMT

#3776

That City game was awful no way it should have been played so quickly afterwards, oh well. City have won the league then, gz to them!

Rebs

Pakistan10726 Posts

April 20 2019 15:57 GMT

#3777

On April 21 2019 00:33 Pandemona wrote:
That City game was awful no way it should have been played so quickly afterwards, oh well. City have won the league then, gz to them!

You dont think they have a chance of dropping points the rest of their run ?

Edit: To elaborate

City have:

United - Not that good, but have quality to hurt good teams. Have done it also - Chasing 4th

Burnley - nothing to play for but a dangerous team, also been a bit of a bogey for City recently

Leicester - Another one with nothing to play for but good enough to steal points against anyone

Brighton - In a relegation battle have shown the ability to steal points

Watford - Same as above

Liverpool have:

Cardiff- Also playing to stay alive but they are just so bad. Unlike Brighton they are terrible against big teams.

Huddersfield - Rock bottom they are as good as gone.

Newcastle - nothing to play for, have quality to hurt.

Wolves - Nothing to play for probably either but have quality. Do well against big teams.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 20 2019 16:06 GMT

#3778

Nope, all comfortable games for City now with good amount of breaks in between. Yanited are shot and look worst than under Mourinho because they don't even bother to defend now lol. Then they have Leicester, Burnely & Brighton after that which is easy pickings for them.

Rebs

Pakistan10726 Posts

April 20 2019 16:09 GMT

#3779

I wouldnt call any of those games "easy pickings" all of those would be relatively hard earned wins.

The only "gimmes" that I can see for either team are the 2 games for Liverpool against Cardiff and Huddersfield.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

April 20 2019 16:16 GMT

#3780

How is Cardiff a gimme over Burnley and Leicester who have nothing to play for? Cardiff are only 3 points from safety with one game less than Southampton but the same amount as Brighton. However it is also in the same breath not over for Brighton but City just do not look like losing to those kinda teams, but in fairness nor do Liverpool but if Cardiff go 1-0 down they will fight more than if West Ham or Leicester do as those players are all in holiday mode.