Champions League 25/26
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Fati_Future_BallonDor
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same, often return legs are way ore interesting in these qualification matches
Maradona37
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Was surprised mate. Sturm graz are a respectable European team yet bodo hammering them
ThwiX
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Yeah, B/G have one of the strongest home advantages I have seen in football. Mix of that artificial grass and very harsh weather conditions. They have beaten many top teams there in the last couple of years. Mou’s Roma 6-1 one of the most memorable ones. They deserve to finally get some CL football again. Will be the first Norwegian team to be in the group stage since 2007.
Maradona37
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True will be good to watch them there. I am pleased for you and them.
Maradona37
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As for the Celtic game, please blow the final whistle, game is awful.
Maradona37
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@ThwiX
Just looked up your home mate. Your town is about the same population (bit smaller) as the town I live in on the outskirts of Glasgow in Scotland.
Bodø (pronounced [ˈbûːdøː] ⓘ,[4][5] Lule Sami: Bådåddjo)[6] is a town[1] in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both the Bodø Municipality and Nordland county. It is located on the Bodø peninsula between the Vestfjorden and the Saltfjorden. Bodø is located just north of the Arctic Circle. It is the largest urban area and town in Nordland county and the second-largest town in Northern Norway.[7]
The 14.91-square-kilometre (3,680-acre) town has a population (2023) of 42,831 and a population density of 2,873 inhabitants per square kilometre (7,440/sq mi).[2]
Just looked up your home mate. Your town is about the same population (bit smaller) as the town I live in on the outskirts of Glasgow in Scotland.
Bodø (pronounced [ˈbûːdøː] ⓘ,[4][5] Lule Sami: Bådåddjo)[6] is a town[1] in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both the Bodø Municipality and Nordland county. It is located on the Bodø peninsula between the Vestfjorden and the Saltfjorden. Bodø is located just north of the Arctic Circle. It is the largest urban area and town in Nordland county and the second-largest town in Northern Norway.[7]
The 14.91-square-kilometre (3,680-acre) town has a population (2023) of 42,831 and a population density of 2,873 inhabitants per square kilometre (7,440/sq mi).[2]
Maradona37
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7000 miles Celtic need to travel next week. Almost to China..wow
Birdy
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Projected CL league phase draw pots are clear after the 1st legs
Despite the coefficient system being not bad in determining relative strength of teams, it still messes up several pots.
For instance, Arsenal should def. be in pot1 among the 9 strongest teams, and BvB has no business there.
Bilbao and Newcastle have no business in pot 4, they should be at least in pot 2, while Napoli and Spurs should be higher than pot 3.
Hope this will be fixed in the future with more sophisticated calculation of a team's strength
Despite the coefficient system being not bad in determining relative strength of teams, it still messes up several pots.
For instance, Arsenal should def. be in pot1 among the 9 strongest teams, and BvB has no business there.
Bilbao and Newcastle have no business in pot 4, they should be at least in pot 2, while Napoli and Spurs should be higher than pot 3.
Hope this will be fixed in the future with more sophisticated calculation of a team's strength
Maradona37
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It doesn't make as much difference now that every team gets two teams from each pot anyway, including their own - as compared to the previous system - but yes, I see your point.
Seems harsh a team can do well in EL and another struggle in CL, but the EL team is rewarded more when they make CL.
Whole of Europe will be supporting Celtic next week.
There's actually a Guinness world record for farthest distance travelled in UCL.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Farthest distance travelled between competitors in the football (soccer) UEFA Champions League
The farthest distance travelled between two clubs in the UEFA Champions League is 3,830.39 miles (6164.42miles) for the matches between Benfica (Portugal) and Astana (Kazakhstan) during the 2015 group stages, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal on 15 September 2015 and Astana, Kazakhstan on 25 November 2015.
www.guinnessworldrecords.com
Fati_Future_BallonDor
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Just saw highlights, Celtic was even more boring than the Fener match.
Maradona37
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Meant to say that's a round trip by the way. It's about 3000 to 4000 miles each way
Maradona37
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That makes sense as Portugal is the furthest west European country and I believe Kazakhstan is as far East as any of these technically Asian but play in uefa nations are.There's actually a Guinness world record for farthest distance travelled in UCL.
Farthest distance travelled between competitors in the football (soccer) UEFA Champions League
The farthest distance travelled between two clubs in the UEFA Champions League is 3,830.39 miles (6164.42miles) for the matches between Benfica (Portugal) and Astana (Kazakhstan) during the 2015 group stages, hosted in Lisbon, Portugal on 15 September 2015 and Astana, Kazakhstan on 25 November 2015.
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