Champions League

* me if Klaksvik manage to knock Molde out as well. I need this to happen.

Very impressive result from Klaksvik though. They've been doing everything right a couple of seasons now. Their former manager Mikkjal Thomassen moved to my local club last winter and Klaksvik replaced him with former Molde star Magne Hoseth. His only coaching experience was being the assistant at Kristiansund for three years before taking the Klaksvik job. Hoseth brought in former Brann captain, scam artist and coke snorter in the dressing room Vegard Forren to the club. A risky move that seems to have paid off as he scored the penalty that guaranteed Klaksvik a group stage spot.

 

Klaksvik 2-1 Molde what the * man.

 

How do they keep doing it

 

* knows mate, incredible.

 

Klaksvik beating Molde was no fluke. They're a decent mob and could very well knock Molde on their * and out of the qualifiers. Make us believe, Klaksvik.

That winger, Arni Frederiksberg, looks class. Got some pegs on him. Scored two great goals, one with the left, second one with the right.

 

Just had a look at who they’d play in the final qualifying round should they go through and it’s Galatasaray, shame that as there’s a few teams they could have got that you’d have fancied them to put up a fight against.

 

Night of mayhem: Stabbings, brawls and arrests mar Greece Croatia football game in Athens

Violent clashes between groups of ultras led to nearly 100 arrests.

A Greek supporter of the football club AEK Athens was stabbed to death overnight from Monday to Tuesday, according to local police.

Brawls broke out in the suburbs of the Greek capital between AEK fans and supporters of the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb.

Violent clashes left at least eight people injured, three Greeks and five Croats.

Trouble came ahead of the first leg of the Champions League, due to take place on Tuesday evening at the AEK stadium in Nea Filadelfia, an Athens suburb.

Large groups of supporters attacked one another near the stadium, throwing stun grenades, stones, incendiary devices and other objects. Some had bats.

"Serious incidents took place outside the Nea Filadelfia stadium. A young Greek man was stabbed to death," Greek police said.

The 22-year-old victim was hospitalised before succumbing to his injuries overnight, they added.

Among the injured was also a minor who was hit in the head with a rock, said the public television channel ERT. They were still in hospital, as of Tuesday afternoon.

Greek officers made 96 arrests throughout the night until the early hours of the morning.

The violence began about an hour and a half after the visiting side from Croatia left the pitch under police escort.

An investigation has been opened and those arrested are to be heard by the prosecutor on Tuesday, according to the Greek news agency Ana.

Around 100 hooligans from the Croatian club were present in the Greek capital, it added.

Greece's main left-wing opposition party strongly criticised the lack of police control over their presence in the city.

"Croatia hooligans - with a long history of far-right ties and violent attacks - crossed the country with one goal: to cause trouble... Were they being watched by the Greek authorities? Were there any preventive checks on their route?", asked Syriza in a press release.

Management at the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb said in a statement on Tuesday they "strongly" condemned the clashes.

They noted UEFA had made the decision that the two matches will be played without visiting club supporters and urged more Dinamo fans not to travel to Greece.

Deadly football violence has hit Greece before. In February 2022, a 19-year-old fan, Alkis Kampanos, was beaten and stabbed to death in the northeastern city of Thessaloniki, following a match between two rival Greek clubs, PAOK FC and Aris FC.

It was the third death in three years due to fan violence in Thessaloniki alone.

Last July, seven of the twelve defendants in the case were found guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced to life in prison.

The government raised the maximum jail term for violent fans from six months to five years after Kampanos's killing.

euronews.com/2023/08/08/night-of-mayhem-stabbings-brawls-and-arrests-mar-greece-croatia-football-game-in-athens

 

Really should be banning teams with fans acting like that.

 

I saw last night that apparently we want Sparta Prague to beat Copenhagen as they are the only team with a better 10 year co-efficient than Us so if they are out we will be at least one place higher when the payments come out for co-efficient.

 

ZAGREB going out gives us about £1m more in 10 year coefficient cash payment from uefa

 

And it might finally end the livakovic speculation one way or the other. He played well and had some good saves. Saved a penalty in the 100th minute but the rebound went to a AEK player for a tap in.

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Ukraine sitting 17 th in coeff year b4 14th year b4 that 12 so why the * last two years the been getting automatic qualification


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End of 21/22 they were 12th, Russia were 10th so their place went to 11th and Man City won the CL last season so 12th placed got it which was Ukraine. Next season they go straight to Play Off

 

Braga qualified for the CL group stage. Portugal with 3 teams (Benfica, Porto and Braga).

 

Have Sporting just faded away btw? Feel like Braga’s replaced them for a while now for the big Portuguese clubs.

 

Nah, they came 4th but were 20 points ahead of 5th and came 2nd the season prior and won the league the season before that. Braga have sort of grown more of a threat to the other 3 teams but haven't had a title. The big 3 have all one a title in the past 3 seasons.

 

Champions league,5 Spanish teams…the competition is just rigged to *.

Football needs a back to basics revolution.

 

If that was us playing Berlin we'd likely have had 2 sent off in first half, favouritism for madrid

 

last season there was 5 German teams.