Champs Lg Champions League 2024/25 (League Phase) - On Stan

[moomba]

Some cracking goals for us. Haalands first was brilliant. His second was a great team goal
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[Bradesmaen]

Trophy dodger got a goal but Bayern are sinking without a trace

 

[RPCB]

Raphinha scoring a hattrick against Bayern Munich wasn’t on my bingo card.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Yeah that's another problem. There is almost no jeopardy, particularly for big clubs. They are just protecting the big clubs to make sure they all get through and then have big fixtures for the knockouts.

In the old format, there was always one or two groups where a big club was in trouble, and they might not make it out of the group because of a shock result here and there.

This 36 team table where 24 of them make it through. Zero jeopardy and you already know who is going out. In the old format, it was less games and more chances that a couple of good results can force a crazy upset, now each team is playing 8 games instead of 6, so the chances of a big team falling over are almost zero.

The "Champions League" has become a strange chimera. Of course, you don't have be a champion to be in it these days. And it's mostly a cup rather than a league.

At first there's a home and away knockout phase, then a league with no home and away, then home and away play-offs from that league, then another home and away knockout phase, then a one-off final.

But there is still some jeopardy. Only the top 8 in this league stage are guaranteed to go through. The next 16 have to play off against each other. At the moment Bayern and PSG are in the unseeded positions.

 

[moomba]

 

[jod23]

Job done. Sitting nicely in 2nd spot.