2013-05-24, 13:08 | Link #4401 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
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* nope, not bitter at all. xD
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2013-05-25, 15:42 | Link #4402 |
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Bayern won, the match was pretty similar to the Europa League final, underdog team was better in the first half, the other team scored the winning goal in the last minute.
And Robben finally scores in an one versus one situation against the keeper during a final, after ten tries or so.
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2013-05-25, 15:59 | Link #4403 |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
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Both teams played beautifully though. It was one of the best, if not the best, football match I saw this season. Fantastic game.
Watching the suffering on the face of the Borussia players after the final whistle was heartbreaking. They played a superb game but Bayern was just slightly better in the end. I just hope I can get tickets for next years final (since it'll be played at my teams stadium). I don't particularly matter who plays, just hope that it's a game with the same quality as this one.
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2013-05-28, 00:23 | Link #4413 |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 35
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Dortmund really made fans across Europe or even the world with this year's CL campaign. Hopefully they recover from the loss and the Bayern transfers to continue their challenge -- which isn't unlikely, they did successfully replace Kagawa and Sahin to continue their meteoric rise.
I'm not exactly a Bayern fan, but I admit I'm happy for Robben too. |
2013-05-29, 23:38 | Link #4415 |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
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For watchers in Canada: the Montreal Impact tied the Vancouver Whitecaps in the second leg of the Canadian Championship final on a 2-2 score. Because of away goals rule, Montreal won and will be the lone Canadian team in the next edition of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Vancouver went ahead twice and looked to run away at times. Also, kudos to the Impact for showing a good mentality to come back from 2 deficits. |
2013-05-30, 10:50 | Link #4416 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 44
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Now to see who the Impact get drawn against in the CCL group stage. While the American and Mexican CCL entrants are kept apart from each other in this round, the Canadian participant isn't so lucky. So there'll be either one team from the US, or one from Mexico, for Montréal to contend with when the time comes. (The Impact will be in Pot B, along with other teams shown here.) From what I can tell, the draw should be on the 3rd of June.
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2013-06-04, 10:26 | Link #4418 |
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 44
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The draw has been made for the 2013-14 CONCACAF Champions League... after a bit of a flub during the actual draw itself.
Recently-crowned Canadian champions, the Montréal Impact, are in with the San Jose Earthquakes, as well as whichever team qualifies as Guatemala's second CCL-bound club. The other MLS sides in the tournament have keen kept apart from each other for the time being, as well as from the Mexican sides. (Under the current CCL format, only one team from the US or Mexico can go into the same group. With eight groups of three, only one side can advance from each group to the knockout stage.)
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2013-06-09, 06:30 | Link #4419 |
渡辺曜のお兄さん
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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I'm interested to hear how the CCL is received/perceived over in the States. Over here, the AFC Champions League still hasn't gained the foothold in the Australian market as we would hope, but it's slowly growing in stature.
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2013-06-09, 12:11 | Link #4420 |
NePoi!
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 44
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Actually, I recall seeing somewhere or other the idea (which may or may not have some weight to it) of splitting the AFC itself along an east/west axis, and then combining the remnants of the OFC into the eastern group.
So, New Zealand and the Pacific islands would be put in the same "Asia-Pacific" confederation as Australia, but the central and western Asian states would be in a separate route to World Cup qualification (not counting inter-confederation qualifiers, such as the one NZ will play to get in for 2014). From what I recall, the AFC itself has a number of regional sub-groups, but I don't know if this idea would split one or more of those regions into one "new" confederation or another. Is there any traction for that sort of idea, or was that just fan speculation?
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