Football 2017 Discussion Thread

[VolleyRuller96 264]

Olympique Lyon and Besiktas JK excluded from European Cup Competitions - however the penalty is suspended for 2 years.

[Henry_Leon 1,397]

Dramatic night in Europa League, where three of the four quarter-finals went to extra time.(one to penalties).

 

Celta Vigo   reach semi-final for the first time.

Manchester United   won after extra time, but lost Ibrahimovic and Rojo, suffer suspected knee injuries

Ajax come back from 0-3 in extra time.

Lyon   won only at penalties

 

The EUL draw starts at 13:00 CEST on Friday 21 April, an hour after the Champions league draw (12:00 CEST)

 

 

[heywoodu 15,141]

Haha Ajax 

 

How they were playing so horribly for 105 or so minutes, including getting a red card, and then managed to come back in the dying minutes, nobody knows  

[Henry_Leon 1,397]

Europa League SF draw

 

Ajax   vs Olympique Lyon

Celta Vigo   vs   Manchester United  

Edited April 21, 2017 by Henry_Leon

[heywoodu 15,141]

Just now, Henry_Leon said:

Europa League SF draw

 

Ajax   vs Olympique Lyon

 

Meaning we've got a problem. The first match is scheduled to be played in Amsterdam on 4 May, but the mayor of Amsterdam already said this week that he won't let Ajax play at home on that day because it's the national 'Death Remembrance Day'. There are basically two possible solutions:

 

- UEFA changes the order and let's the first match be played in Lyon, which would be unfair because then you're giving Ajax the advantage of playing at home in the 2nd match

- UEFA changes the date and let's the match be played on 3 March

[crovitlaci 177]

38 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

- UEFA changes the date and let's the match be played on 3 March

 

You mean May?  Champions league will be played on that date, so I clearly doubt it, maybe if they put it in 18:00 CET or something like that.

[heywoodu 15,141]

5 minutes ago, crovitlaci said:

 

You mean May?  Champions league will be played on that date, so I clearly doubt it, maybe if they put it in 18:00 CET or something like that.

Yes, I mean May  

 

I'm 99% sure 18:00 isn't gonna be an option, since 20:00 is the main moment of 4 May here and no way they'll let a match start only two hours before that  

[bestmen 2,818]

the injure of Ibrahimovich

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2017 by bestmen

[Henry_Leon 1,397]

On 21/4/2017 at 13:21, heywoodu said:

Meaning we've got a problem. The first match is scheduled to be played in Amsterdam on 4 May, but the mayor of Amsterdam already said this week that he won't let Ajax play at home on that day because it's the national 'Death Remembrance Day'. There are basically two possible solutions:

 

- UEFA changes the order and let's the first match be played in Lyon, which would be unfair because then you're giving Ajax the advantage of playing at home in the 2nd match

- UEFA changes the date and let's the match be played on 3 March

 

The first leg SF Ajax Vs Lyon will be played Wednesday 3 May, at 18:45 CEST

[Henry_Leon 1,397]

The FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 qualifying group stage draw has been made , The seven group winners will qualify to join France in the finals.

The playoff  between the four runners-up with the best records will decide the Europe's last qualifier.

 

The draw
Group 1: England, Russia, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kazakhstan

Group 2: Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Belarus, Albania

Group 3: Norway, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland

Group 4: Sweden, Denmark, Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia

Group 5: Germany, Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Faroe Islands

Group 6: Italy, Belgium, Romania, Portugal, Moldova

Group 7: Spain, Austria, Finland, Serbia, Israel

 

We will have a lot of "derby" in these qualifying.......  Not bad  Italy group, but also, won't be easy. Win the group is the our target !!