CL, EL, Cups and non-EPL League discussion

PSV Eindhoven demolished Italian Champions Napoli yesterday.
USMNT’s Dest sat until the 84th minute, arrived late.

Three more matches off for LIV.

EPL have their SIX teams in the Top 12. All the even spots.

Such an actuarial observation! :+1:

TIL: there is a Canadian Premier League.

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A lot of planning goes into “El Clasico”!

Canadian men play Venezuela in a friendly in Fort Lauderdale tomorrow night. A bit surprised that is happening in the US given US-Venezuela relations.

You have any non-frozen grass fields?

Let’s just hope that the VEN team doesn’t try to arrive by boat.

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So there appear to be a few hundred fans in the stands. The Venezuela fans are staying away because of ICE and the Canadian fans are boycotting the US.

Would have been better to play it in Vancouver where they would have had a big crowd.

I love the FA Cup competition.

Macclesfield upset Crystal Palace in FA Cup third round

Macclesfield recorded one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history on Saturday as they eliminated holders Crystal Palace. Macclesfield, who play in the National League North, the sixth tier of English football, are the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition but secured a 2-1 win against the Premier League side at Moss Rose.

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Wrexham win in the FA Cup over NF.

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Happy for Wrexham. The club is pretty popular here because of the ownership connection.

Xabi Alonso out at Madrid. Curious what’s next.

Coaching RM is probably the most stressful manager role on the planet right now. Anything short of winning and you get the boot.

I think they went overboard a bit here. They should have given him another season but it looks like he just wasn’t able to gel with some of the players.

This article misses the important aspects:

  1. Amorim was the coach, the Team was created by the owners. If the Team didn’t look/play/feel like Man U, who’s fault is this?
  2. When fans complain that a Team is looking/playing/feeling like their Team, it is likely that they slow down their buying of scarves and jerseys and shit. THIS is the real reason why these coaches were dismissed. “Are You Not Entertained?” “No, we are not.”

Three fewer matches for Real Madrid.

FCB losing a kid with tons of potential?

One of the perks, for players, in this type of system is that the player can initiate this, not just the teams.
Guessing he and his agent think that FCB will not be able to pay him what he thinks he’s worth.

What a crazy final.