Other European Games

[PeterParker]

Get in Sevilla.
1-0 with Wolves.

[Harry Dowd scored]

Haha Wolves out, now start planning for your ffp sanctions, Karma’s a fucking bitch isn’t it

[carolina-blue]

Haha Wolves out, now start planning for your ffp sanctions, Karma’s a fucking bitch isn’t it

And the Cunts missed a pen hahahaha

[BlueinBosnia]

The CL preliminary round final between Linfield and Drita (Kosovo) has been postponed after 2 Drita players tested positive for Coronavirus. This is after the 4-team preliminary competition was arranged by UEFA at a neutral venue in Switzerland, with UEFA being responsible for implementing all safety precautions.

Now it gets even more interesting. The winner is supposed to play Legia Warsaw next Tuesday in Warsaw. There is a zero-tolerance approach due to postponement of matches as a result of coronavirus, with the home team most likely to face punishment, unless the away team are unable to field a squad.

Fortunately for both teams (and UEFA), Poland is one of the countries that have guaranteed access for teams at risk of being banned from entering other countries. However, due to UEFA's mismanagement, were they to have been drawn against most other teams, Drita could *theoretically* win the game, but be banned from entering a country for the subsequent round, meaning their opposition would have been left with a couple of days (at most) to suggest an alternative venue, which is unrealistic, leading to them being disqualified due to circumstances for which UEFA would have been entirely responsible.

Incidentally, had UEFA not organized this round, Drita would have been disqualified already, from what I understand.

[PeterParker]

The CL preliminary round final between Linfield and Drita (Kosovo) has been postponed after 2 Drita players tested positive for Coronavirus. This is after the 4-team preliminary competition was arranged by UEFA at a neutral venue in Switzerland, with UEFA being responsible for implementing all safety precautions.

Now it gets even more interesting. The winner is supposed to play Legia Warsaw next Tuesday in Warsaw. There is a zero-tolerance approach due to postponement of matches as a result of coronavirus, with the home team most likely to face punishment, unless the away team are unable to field a squad.

Fortunately for both teams (and UEFA), Poland is one of the countries that have guaranteed access for teams at risk of being banned from entering other countries. However, due to UEFA's mismanagement, were they to have been drawn against most other teams, Drita could *theoretically* win the game, but be banned from entering a country for the subsequent round, meaning their opposition would have been left with a couple of days (at most) to suggest an alternative venue, which is unrealistic, leading to them being disqualified due to circumstances for which UEFA would have been entirely responsible.

Incidentally, had UEFA not organized this round, Drita would have been disqualified already, from what I understand.

The qualifiers will be full of this shit.

[PeterParker]

Come on Atalanta!

[johnny crossan]

BT commentary ahead of pictures - screaming goal when Atalanta were just passing around the edge of the box

Come on Atalanta!

[stevefromdonny]

Atlanta winning 1-0 but are they watching steam as said Atlanta had scored but it was 0-0 for about 10 seconds

[johnny crossan]

Atlanta winning 1-0 but are they watching steam as said Atlanta had scored but it was 0-0 for about 10 seconds

just blamed it on the weather

[salford city]

BT commentary ahead of pictures - screaming goal when Atalanta were just passing around the edge of the box

Come on Atalanta!

Come the fuck on Atalanta, they cannot defend for shit but love to attack - hmm sounds familiar. Enjoyed our two games against these before Ederson's brain-fart

[zuricity]

The rag ref let Atalanta off with a lot of petty ( Tactical ) fouls that he might see ( or be told in his earpiece to see ) in the PL.

[Saul Goodman]

I hate PSG so much

[PeterParker]

Have to feel for Atalanta.

[Sideshow Bob]

atalanta chokes at the death. sad.

[zuricity]

Second goal was offside. All part of the same move . No VAR , well, well, well.

[City64]

Both teams pretty shit to be fair and PSG loaded with diving cheating cunts .

[branny]

I only watched the last half hour but both teams hit the deck at the slightest contact and Psg looked like us on an off day. I'd be quite happy facing them in the final if we get through.

[Saul Goodman]

I only watched the last half hour but both teams hit the deck at the slightest contact and Psg looked like us on an off day. I'd be quite happy facing them in the final if we get through.

if PSG play like this vs. Atletico then they won't get to the final

[BlueinBosnia]

The CL preliminary round final between Linfield and Drita (Kosovo) has been postponed after 2 Drita players tested positive for Coronavirus. This is after the 4-team preliminary competition was arranged by UEFA at a neutral venue in Switzerland, with UEFA being responsible for implementing all safety precautions.

Now it gets even more interesting. The winner is supposed to play Legia Warsaw next Tuesday in Warsaw. There is a zero-tolerance approach due to postponement of matches as a result of coronavirus, with the home team most likely to face punishment, unless the away team are unable to field a squad.

Fortunately for both teams (and UEFA), Poland is one of the countries that have guaranteed access for teams at risk of being banned from entering other countries. However, due to UEFA's mismanagement, were they to have been drawn against most other teams, Drita could *theoretically* win the game, but be banned from entering a country for the subsequent round, meaning their opposition would have been left with a couple of days (at most) to suggest an alternative venue, which is unrealistic, leading to them being disqualified due to circumstances for which UEFA would have been entirely responsible.

Incidentally, had UEFA not organized this round, Drita would have been disqualified already, from what I understand.

The qualifiers will be full of this shit.

Update: Drita have been expelled from the competition. This is going to be mental: If UEFA cannot guarantee safety at a mini-tournament that they've organized for small and financially weak clubs and mete out punishments like this for their own failings, imagine the ways clubs from Russia and the like will try to 'influence' testing results.

Also, something like a quarter of a million euros rested on this tie, which isn't insignificant money to teams from small leagues. If too many qualifiers start being called off, I wonder what happens to UEFA's TV deals? This game got called off just over an hour before kick-off, and I guess broadcasters are going to be limited in their capacities for switching to screening another game at such short notice.

[branny]

I only watched the last half hour but both teams hit the deck at the slightest contact and Psg looked like us on an off day. I'd be quite happy facing them in the final if we get through.

if PSG play like this vs. Atletico then they won't get to the final

Strange things can happen in straight knock out football. We know that more than most.