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[JGibson]

This thread is a general soccer thread for all competitions, whether domestic or international. 

 

What are your favorite soccer leagues and teams? 

[JGibson]

UCL Semis (aka Last Four):

Villarreal v. Liverpool, Manchester City v. Real Madrid 

[Cloröx]

When will my fav MU will come on top, tired of flopping 

[JGibson]

UEL Semis

RB Leipzig v. Rangers, West Ham v. Eintracht Frankfurt

 

UECL Semis

Leicester City v. Roma, Feyenoord v. Marseille

 

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

 

They make a good case for Dallas

 

But New Jersey stadium seems to be the top pick so far

 

[JGibson]

Arsenal's faint top 4 hopes are fading fast, and possibly their European hopes as well, as they lost again for the 3rd match in a row, this time 1-nil to Southampton.

If we get no European football for two years in a row, then Arteta should be sacked.

[McNulty]

If Arsenal had managed to beat the 3 mid table teams they've bottled it to, they'd be third. Instead they probably are going to EL

[JGibson]

Arsenal's Top 4 hopes are back up and running, as they beat Chelsea 4-2. An epic clash with Manchester United waits on Saturday, with the winner likely favored to have a shot at usurping Sp*rs out of Top 4.

[JGibson]

Combined with Arsenal's 3-1 win over Manchester United and Tottenham drawing nil-nil against Brentford, the Gunners are back in 4th.

In the Bundesliga, Bayern won their 10th title in a row.

[JGibson]

Real Madrid won the La Liga title.

 

Premier League has lots of races to be decided still: Title race between Liverpool and Man City, Top 4 between Arsenal, Chelsea, and Tottenham, European places between Wolverhampton, Manchester United, and West Ham, and the relegation/survival race between Leeds, Everton, and Burnley. 

[JGibson]

Bournemouth makes its return to the Premier League, as it clinched the other automatic promotion place in the Championship with a 1-nil win over Nottingham Forest.

Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town have locked up playoff places for the right to be the final team promoted into the Premier League. Two of Sheffield United, Luton Town, Middlesbrough, and Millwall have a chance to clinch playoff spots.

 

Fulham already got promoted, and won the league. 

[LookinAssHittas]

OMGGGGG WHAT THE FUCKKDKKDKDJD

 

Who watched?!?? Real Madrid are going to the final after trailing 3-4 on aggregate to Manchester City in the 90th minute  one of the greatest comebacks in recent years 

[Cz!]

Real Madrid did it again.

 

[JGibson]

UCL Final: Liverpool v. Real Madrid.

 

 

[JGibson]

UEL Final (winner gets UCL berth if not already qualified through league table) : Eintracht Frankfurt [GER] v. Rangers [SCO]

UECL Final (winner gets UEL berth if not already qualified through league table): Roma [ITA] v. Feyenoord [NED]

 

 

It's official. Watford are relegated to the Championship with their 1-nil loss to Crystal Palace. One relegation place is left to be decided, and one of Burnley, Leeds, or Everton will join Watford and Norwich.

The Championship Playoffs to nab the final promotion place to join the Premier League alongside Bournemouth and Fulham is now all set:
#3 Huddersfield Town v. #6 Luton Town, #4 Nottingham Forest v. #5 Sheffield United

[JGibson]

Effective with the 2024-25 season, the UCL will have a new format that'll feature 36 teams in a Swiss style format. The same also applies to the UEL and UECL. 

 

Two of the 4 extra slots in the UCL will come through past European performance.

 

UEFA: 

 

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Following an exhaustive consultation with stakeholders in the game, the UEFA Executive Committee has today in Vienna approved the final format and access list for European club competitions as of the 2024/25 season further to its decision of 19 April 2021 to introduce the so-called “Swiss system”.

The key amendments relate to the reduction from 10 matches to 8 in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League and the change of criteria for the allocation of two of the four additional places in the UEFA Champions League, removing access based on club coefficient. This confirms UEFA’s strong commitment to the principle of open competitions and sporting merit, while recognising the need to protect domestic leagues.

 

The eight matches of the UEFA Champions League will be played over the ten European weeks foreseen by the decision made in April 2021. The UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Conference League will all enjoy one week of calendar exclusivity.

 

The four additional places created by the increase from 32 to 36 teams in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League will be allocated as follows:

• One place will go to the club ranked third in the championship of the association in fifth position in the UEFA national association ranking.

• One place will be awarded to a domestic champion by extending from four to five the number of clubs qualifying via the so-called “Champions Path”.

• The final two places will go to the associations with the best collective performance by their clubs in the previous season (total number of points obtained divided by the number of participating clubs). Those two associations will earn one place for the club best ranked in the domestic league behind the UEFA Champions League positions. For example, at the end of the current season the two associations adding one club to the Champions League, based on the collective performance of their clubs would be England and the Netherlands.

 

[...]

 

The top eight sides in the league will qualify automatically for the knockout stage, while the teams finishing in ninth to 24th place will compete in a two-legged play-off to secure their path to the last 16 of the competition.

Similar format changes will also be applied to the UEFA Europa League (8 matches in the league stage) and UEFA Europa Conference League (6 matches in the league stage) and both will also include 36 teams in the league phase.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JGibson]

The FIFA series in EA Sports is no more, as of July 2023. FIFA 23 will be the last game under the FIFA license with EA Sports. Effective July 2023, the series will become EA Sports FC.

 

 

 

 

[JGibson]

Sp*rs manage to cut the Top 4 deficit to 1, as Tottenham thrash a 10-men Arsenal 3-nil. Arsenal will be at least one and likely two CBs down, as Rob Holding got sent off for getting two yellows and Gabriel went off injured. 

Hope and pray Burnley and Norwich beat Tottenham, and Arsenal win against Newcastle and Everton. 

[Bloodflowers.]

 

King, he is so brave and inspiring for coming out

 

[JGibson]

5 days ago, Arsenal had a 4-point lead in the table for 4th place. Now, they are behind Sp*rs by 2 points as we head to the 38th and final matchweek, as Newcastle beat the Gunners 2-nil.

 

 

For Arsenal to get Top 4, Sp*rs have to lose to already relegated Norwich and Arsenal have to beat Everton on Sunday.

[JGibson]

Eintracht Frankfurt won the 2022 UEL Final in penalties 1-1 (5-4 on penalties). As a result of Eintracht's win and placement outside the Top 7 of the Bundesliga table, Germany gets 5 UCL places (Bayern, Dortmund, Leverkusen, RB Leipzig, and the aforementioned Eintracht) and 8 UEFA places (5 UCL + 2 UEL + 1 UECL) next year. 

 

Everton came back from a 2-nil halftime hole to win 3-2 over Crystal Palace to clinch safety for another season in the Premier League and Burnley drew Aston Villa 1-1, leaving Burnley and Leeds level on points but Burnley is out of the drop zone due to better goal differential. 

 

The title race between Liverpool and Manchester City will come down to Sunday. 

[tbhmatt]

City losing to Villa atm 

[JGibson]

2021-22 PL in review: 

Manchester City win title, Burnley get relegated, West Ham head to the UECL, Arsenal and Manchester United head to the UEL, and Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham head to the UCL.

 

 

[Reflektor_Creep]

Mbappe rejecting Real Madrid 

[Green]

Let's Go Liverpool