Posted July 11, 20186 yr Ok so the 1st round of the Champions League started this week - QUALIFYING PRELIMINARY ROUND FC Astana 1 Sutjeska Niksic 0 FT Spartak Trnava 1 Zrinjski Mostar 0 FT Spartaks Jurmala 0 Red Star Belgrade 0 FT Suduva 3 Apoel Nicosia 1 FT Kukesi 0 Valletta FC 0 FT Ludogorets 7 Crusaders 0 FT Olimpija Ljubljana 0 FK Qarabag 1 FT Valur Reykjavík 1 Rosenborg
July 11, 20186 yr I think Real Madrid's stranglehold on this competition will be broken at last now that both Zidane and Ronaldo have left Madrid. It will be hard to predict a winner but I think Ronaldo's new team Juventus will have the best chance in many years to win it this time and they would be my very early tip. Hopefully Man United wont embarrass themselves like they did last season! A Quarter Final at least would be decent because I cant see us winning it.
July 12, 20186 yr Author Think it's fairly close tbh if united get a good mentality Jose could lead them to it but the other sides will be stronger too. Liverpool could never have thought they'd be finalists this time last year so anything can happen in football.
July 12, 20186 yr As usual, I'll be rooting for the underdogs who have to qualify from the start, who will no doubt be thrashed in the second round of qualifying :P Come on Drita, beat Malmo 4-0 in the second leg!
July 15, 20186 yr Author This is actually the best part f the tournament these days imo! The fact teams that had established themselves in the group stages now play in the 1st round qualifiers against NI teams says it all about the control the so called big leagues have over the competition now and it'll just mean more boring and monopolised tournaments with the same teams in the last 16!
July 17, 20186 yr Watched the TNS match on the BBC Sport website before, they were 5-0 down from the first leg but were so close to doing it tonight. They won 4-0.
July 18, 20186 yr Author SEen that, was an admirable effort!! Here's the other scores tonight. QUALIFYING FIRST ROUND FK Qarabag 0 Olimpija Ljubljana 0 (Agg 1-0) FT Sheriff Tiraspol 3 Torpedo Kutaisi 0 (Agg 4-2) FT Zrinjski Mostar 1 Spartak Trnava 1 (Agg 1-2) FT Rosenborg 3 Valur Reykjavík 1 (Agg 3-2) FT Sutjeska Niksic 0 FC Astana 2 (Agg 0-3) FT Celtic 3 Alashkert 0 (Agg 6-0) FT
July 18, 20186 yr Author And lastnyts second legs - TUESDAY 17TH JULY QUALIFYING FIRST ROUND HJK Helsinki 3 Víkingur Gøta 1 (Agg 5-2) FT Valletta FC 1 Kukesi 1 (Agg 1-1) FT Kukesi win on away goals Apoel Nicosia 1 Suduva 0 (Agg 2-3) FT Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 Flora 1 (Agg 7-2) FT Malmö FF 2 Drita Gjilan 0 (Agg 5-0) FT New Saints 4 Shkendija 0 (Agg 4-5) FT MOL Vidi 2 F91 Dudelange 1 (Agg 3-2) FT Red Star Belgrade 2 Spartaks Jurmala 0 (Agg 2-0) FT Crusaders 0 Ludogorets 2 (Agg 0-9) FT Legia Warsaw 3 Cork City 0 (Agg 4-0) FT
August 2, 20186 yr Third Qualifying Round: Celtic v AEK Athens Red Bull Salzburg v Shkendija Red Star Belgrade v Spartak Trnava Qarabag v BATE Astana v Dinamo Zagreb Malmo v MOL Vidi Standard Liege v Ajax Benfica v Fenerbahce Slavia Prague v Dynamo Kiev PAOK v Spartak Moscow
August 15, 20186 yr Out of the Champions League went Celtic as they lost 3-2 on aggregate to AEK Athens.
August 15, 20186 yr At least they have their customary domestic treble to look forward to... That might be at risk this year, they're a very average side. Think a couple of the other teams might run them close.
August 30, 20186 yr The following teams all through from the play-off round: Red Star Belgrade PSV Young Boys AEK Athens Benfica Ajax
August 30, 20186 yr The pots for today's group stage draw: Pot 1: Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Juventus, PSG, Lokomotiv Moscow Pot 2: Borussia Dortmund, Porto, Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Napoli, Tottenham, Roma Pot 3: Liverpool, Schalke, Lyon, Monaco, Ajax, CSKA Moscow, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia Pot 4: Viktoria Plzen, Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Young Boys, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, Red Star Belgrade, AEK Athens
August 30, 20186 yr I’ve seen quite a lot of crying about Liverpool being pot 3 because they were runners up last year. Bitches you didn’t have to qualify this year despite finishing 4th again and the UEFA pots were allocated the same way last year and before that and before that and no other runner up has gone greeting so haud yer wheesht
August 30, 20186 yr City get a relatively easy draw and the other English teams have difficult draws.
August 30, 20186 yr Group A: Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, Monaco, Club Brugge Group B: Barcelona, Tottenham, PSV, Inter Milan Group C: PSG, Napoli, Liverpool, Red Star Belgrade Group D: Lokomotiv Moscow, Porto, Schalke, Galatasararay Group E: Bayern Munich, Benfica, Ajax, AEK Athens Group F: Manchester City Shakhtar, Lyon, Hoffenheim Group G: Real Madrid, Roma, CSKA Moscow, Viktoria Plzen Group H: Juventus, Manchester United, Valencia, Young Boys
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