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Ugh. What a shitty way to end the game. I mean, great goal by Chelsea -- that patience was spectacular rather than floating it into the box.

I thought Atletico was outplayed for most of the match. I give Simeone a ton of credit for trusting new players: he played Lucas at CB over Savic or Gimenez, and Thomas in the middle instead of Gabi.
 

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Ugh. What a shitty way to end the game. I mean, great goal by Chelsea -- that patience was spectacular rather than floating it into the box.

I thought Atletico was outplayed for most of the match. I give Simeone a ton of credit for trusting new players: he played Lucas at CB over Savic or Gimenez, and Thomas in the middle instead of Gabi.
Simeone is also playing Correa alongside Griezmann. Correa has been playing his best football since arriving at Atletico, but Costa and/or Vitolo (both eligible to play in January) would greatly improve the team.
 

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Just bragging rights, mostly.


Technically, there is a small benefit. The country UEFA coefficient, which dictates the number of clubs that qualify for Europe and the competition and round they enter, also contributes a bit to the individual club coefficient, which is used for seeding. However, the marginal value of having a #1 ranked coefficient instead of a #4 ranked coefficient is rather small. If you want your clubs to have good seeding, it's far, far more important that the same clubs qualify for Europe every single year than anything else.

(see: Hoffenheim drawing Liverpool in the QR, RB Leipzig having a lower coefficient than a club from Azerbaijan.)

As of today, Italy just edged ahead of Germany in the UEFA coefficients. If they weren't switching up the access list format for the UEFA competitions next year, this would be a really interesting storyline. England isn't that much further ahead at #2, but EPL clubs have been doing really well in the CL group stage and if that continues the gap will widen.
 

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Match Day 3.

Trying to get my desk clear in next hour or so...
 

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So, instead of showing a Champions League game, FS1 is showing a special about the Pine Tar game and an hour of Yankees-Astros pregame.
 

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So, instead of showing a Champions League game, FS1 is showing a special about the Pine Tar game and an hour of Yankees-Astros pregame.
This indeed sucks, but I just found out NESN will syndicate the regional sports network game: Manchester City vs. Napoli. Hopefully, they'll keep doing this going forward (and maybe even pick up the Big 12 RSN game).
 

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Llorente getting the start today; also don't particularly care for Sissoko over Son.

Seriously fuck Real Madrid and fuck their obnoxious, front running fans. Fuck em up real good Spurs!
 

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Ronaldo bangs in a PK to tie it at 1-1. It was definitely a penalty (by Aurier) but he didn't need to as he had help closing down on shooter I think.
 

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Danny Rose coming in? Whoa.

EDIT: Dortmund still in a 1-1 deadlock...

If these games end like that, Spurs will be 6 points clear of Dortmund.
 

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Big point for Spurs. They very much looked like they belonged against RM. Lloris came up with some huge saves, but so did Navas. Why no Alli today?
 

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Obviously three points is the dream, but getting a hard-earned draw at Bernabeu is a real accomplishment and Spurs showed that they can compete with any team in Europe at this point. Dortmund tying with Apoel Nicosia gives Spurs a huge edge in advancing; suffice to say they look way better than they did this time last year.
 

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Obviously three points is the dream, but getting a hard-earned draw at Bernabeu is a real accomplishment and Spurs showed that they can compete with any team in Europe at this point. Dortmund tying with Apoel Nicosia gives Spurs a huge edge in advancing; suffice to say they look way better than they did this time last year.
Yeah--if my math is right, a Spurs win at home over Apoel Nicosia means Dortmund has to win out.
 

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That Spurs game was a lot of fun- RM always dangerous, but I thought Spurs could have stolen the win. If Eriksen was his usually deft self, I could have seen them potting another goal or two. Of course Lloris was massive to hold RM to 1...impressive game by Spurs back 3 too.
 

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Yeah--if my math is right, a Spurs win at home over Apoel Nicosia means Dortmund has to win out.
Even winning out might not do it. If Spurs beat Apoel at home, Dortmund would have to win out while beating Tottenham by at least two goals. A one-goal loss in Dortmund would give Spurs the tiebreaker on H2H goal difference, since Spurs beat Dortmund 3-1 at Wembley.
 

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Of course the Spurs-Apoel game is the final one. Dortmund gets them again next at home in a few weeks. Which means we can make this all very Spursy--Madrid will be tough even in London, then what might be a do or die game for Dortmund at their place.

But if Spurs nick a point at Wembley against Madrid, it's likely over.
 

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Let's not forget, that was not Spurs top 11. No Dele, and I would argue no Davies, who will be a player in most CL games, and Rose in his first game back. Getting a point while playing Llorente in a central role was huge.
 

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Let's not forget, that was not Spurs top 11. No Dele, and I would argue no Davies, who will be a player in most CL games, and Rose in his first game back. Getting a point while playing Llorente in a central role was huge.
Also no Dembele and no Wanyama, who were the first-choice central midfield pairing last year. If you had told me in August that Spurs would get a point at the Bernabeu while playing a Winks-Sissoko midfield duo, I would not have believed you.
 

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7 minutes in, Bayern twice screwed by the ref.
1st time, Lewandowski laid a ball across the goal and THiago smashed it into the net, only for the assistant to say it crossed the goal line before Lewandowski crossed it. Replay showed that the ball still touched the ball easily, so it was not out.
A few touches later, Lewandowski was past his defender and was held back on his shirt, that was a penalty. It was an easy pull, but he pulled him and it was a foul. No call. You could at least say it was too soft, but you could see the back of the shirt and the number being pulled, so he had to make a call. Still 0-0, Celtic found their feet and at least are running some counters now.

1-0 PSG, Mbappé.
1-0 CHelsea, Bob Ross´ brother.
 

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1-0 Bayern. Couple of counter chances for Celtic but nothing threatening

2-0 Bayern. Fantastic dribble by Coman beats Gamboa easily, he floats in a cross that Kimmich deftly heads over Gordon from near the edge of the penalty area.
 
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Pique draws a second yellow for an intentional handball play, trying to score Barcelona's second against Olympiakos


Barca down to 10 for the second half