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Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
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Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
Arsenal will be forced to pay £44,000 to Benfica after the Portuguese club were required to move their Europa League tie to Italy as a result of UK Government travel restrictions. [@MailSport]
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Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
As there's no fans no tickets are being sold so there's no revenue from that side why don't they suspend these European competitions until things get back to normal?mcdowell42 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:30 pmArsenal will be forced to pay £44,000 to Benfica after the Portuguese club were required to move their Europa League tie to Italy as a result of UK Government travel restrictions. [@MailSport]
Just concentrate on domestic leagues for now.
I dunno if TV rights dictate that they must play these games but it all seems a little pointless to me.
Who's gonna remember their team winning a cup in an empty stadium? The atmosphere just isn't there.
Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
Why are we having to pay anything? We haven't put any travel restrictions in place.
Load of cobblers.
Load of cobblers.
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Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
I was really looking forward to this game up until the last few days but this is absolute fucking bollocks, a "home" leg of a European tie in Athens where away goals will count - get fucked.
If this is the way the competition is to proceed with home and away legs being played in random locations it should just be put on hold until it can be completed properly. They're making an absolute shit show out of it and there's bound to be some team knocked out this round on away goals playing a home tie in a country thousands of miles from their own. Farce!
If this is the way the competition is to proceed with home and away legs being played in random locations it should just be put on hold until it can be completed properly. They're making an absolute shit show out of it and there's bound to be some team knocked out this round on away goals playing a home tie in a country thousands of miles from their own. Farce!
Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
Yep, it's hardly a level playing field across the competition is it. Regardless of no fans, a home tie in your own stadium is still an advantage.rodders999 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:49 amI was really looking forward to this game up until the last few days but this is absolute fucking bollocks, a "home" leg of a European tie in Athens where away goals will count - get fucked.
If this is the way the competition is to proceed with home and away legs being played in random locations it should just be put on hold until it can be completed properly. They're making an absolute shit show out of it and there's bound to be some team knocked out this round on away goals playing a home tie in a country thousands of miles from their own. Farce!
Complete it with all ties played in a neutral country as they did with the latter stages last season or scrap the whole thing completely.
Yet another nail in the coffin of enjoyment for a game I used to be so invested in and passionate about.
I'm now close to not giving a toss at all.
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If it was a one off game in a neutral venue you could probably get behind it, it wouldn't be the same but it would be fairer.
But home and away legs in random stadiums with away goal counting? That's just pure bullshit from UEFA. Hopefully it's just for this round and it can be run off as normal for the the rest of the tournament.
But home and away legs in random stadiums with away goal counting? That's just pure bullshit from UEFA. Hopefully it's just for this round and it can be run off as normal for the the rest of the tournament.
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Scrap this competition and you might as well end the season as far as I'm concerned - how fucking exciting watching a load of mid-table shite between now and May. This is literally all that's left of any interest
Not ideal with this silly two legs both on neutral grounds, but that's the deal and we have to live with it. I'm sure it's just in response to Portugal being a 'red country' and should be back to normal from the next round - lets make sure we are in it
Not ideal with this silly two legs both on neutral grounds, but that's the deal and we have to live with it. I'm sure it's just in response to Portugal being a 'red country' and should be back to normal from the next round - lets make sure we are in it
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Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
All the English teams in the CL and EL will play their games in neutral grounds so it must be something from the UK side rather than anything to do with Portugal.
Porto will play Juve in the CL in Portugal midweek as normal.
Porto will play Juve in the CL in Portugal midweek as normal.
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Re: Benfica Bulbeyes A Europa lge last chance saloon Thurs Feb 18th KO 8PM
I'm sure I read some where Greece was on the brink of another lockdown, what happens then?