The Soccer Thread (Version 10)

That was ridiculous. Had the parlay of both Bayern and Barca scoring 3 goals so a good +477 early evening on the patio.

CBS must be happy. No Messi would have been brutal after no CR7 and Real Madrid.

 

Hope this is an isolated case for Atletico Madrid

2 virus cases at Atletico ahead of UCL match

 

Will watch.

https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/08/11/ted-lasso-jason-sudeikis-apple-tv-series-nbc

 

The joke in the second NBC Sports installment to the girls soccer team that in order to be successful, they had to be sponsored by a Middle Eastern airline was genius.

 

Man U already qualified for CL and still going strong in Europa. Who's rooting for MUFC harder? Wolves or the Arsenal?

 

Aren’t Arsenal in the EL next year after winning the FA Cup?

 

Wolves losing means they are out of European competition. As an extra incentive to win, the Europa League champ gets a spot in the Champions League the following season if they have not otherwise qualified for that competition, as does the winner of the Champions League.

Since Man United had already qualified for the Big Cup, their winning the tournament doesn’t matter for that purpose and doesn’t impact any other EPL team. Wolves finished out of the Europa League spots based on their EPL results so they needed to win to play at all in Europe next year and Arsenal are in the Europa League regardless because they won the FA Cup.

 

So Europe is all set for EPL teams then? Gotcha.

 

4 afternoons in a row with Champions League QF games is pretty nice.

 

Hell of an exciting last few minutes.

 

This game has a last days of the Messi dynasty feel to it.

 

How was Coutinho eligible for Bayern? Isn't he on loan from Barca?