UEFA Champions' League Knockout stage

[Evilo]

Mbappe out for the first leg of the Bayern game.

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[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Shame. Given their form... you would think Munich takes it now.

 

[Power Man]

It's ok they have Ziyech

 

[cgf]

Shame. Given their form... you would think Munich takes it now.

Depends on if yesterday woke Bayern out of their hibernation or if that was more about Mainz just coming out flat in the first half, than it was about Bayern getting back into form.

When rolling this Bayern squad can be terrifying, but they've still been slumbering since the restart...securing just 3 pts after 3 straight draws in the BuLi.

And if Bayern bring that form against PSG, then even without Mbappe they'll get bounced.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Isn't it that time of the year when Neymar always get's injured too?

 

[luiginb]

Isn't it that time of the year when Neymar always get's injured too?

He's one step in front of you.

 

[East Coast Bias]

At least the excuse won’t be the referees this year when PSG crashes out. Mix it up a little.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Isn't it that time of the year when Neymar always get's injured too?

His sister's birthday is March 11.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

At least the excuse won’t be the referees this year when PSG crashes out. Mix it up a little.

You know better. If they lose, @Evilo WILL blame the referees.

 

[mmk786]

Cancelo in, Mbappe out. Coincidence?

 

[Evilo]

You know better. If they lose, @Evilo WILL blame the referees.

No I blame the draw. The one where PSG get a top 10 team 80% of the time when all the other top 10 team get between 15 and 30% over the last 10 years

 

[Scandale du Jour]

No I blame the draw. The one where PSG get a top 10 team 80% of the time when all the other top 10 team get between 15 and 30% over the last 10 years

I mean, if you cannot beat the good teams, you do not deserve to win the CL.

Last year we had to go through PSG, Chelsea, City and Liverpool. That's quite the gauntlet

 

[Spring in Fialta]

No I blame the draw. The one where PSG get a top 10 team 80% of the time when all the other top 10 team get between 15 and 30% over the last 10 years

Are you suggesting that the draw is rigged against PSG?

 

[bluesfan94]

Are you suggesting that the draw is rigged against PSG?

He and Savant should argue about which draw is more rigged.

 

[Evilo]

I mean, if you cannot beat the good teams, you do not deserve to win the CL.

Last year we had to go through PSG, Chelsea, City and Liverpool. That's quite the gauntlet

Makes up for all those insane draws where Real managed to get the best draw at every round.
Besides, you already have the reffing.

 

[Evilo]

Are you suggesting that the draw is rigged against PSG?

My sentence is quite clear.
A top 10 ranked european team has roughly between 15 and 30% of drawing another top 10 team over the last 12 years.
PSG is at 80%

Some would call it unlucky. Some even here managed to say it's normal. So you make your own opinion about that fact which is simply a fact. PSG has more than double the chance as any other team to draw a top 10 team.

I'll also point out that the ref whistled at 89:59 in the PSG-Haifa blowout while his colleague left 5 minutes of ET for Benfica to score the last goal they needed.
Again, those are just fact, and not deniable.

What one might interpret from these is what one wants. I'm just stating pure facts here.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Makes up for all those insane draws where Real managed to get the best draw at every round.
Besides, you already have the reffing.

You just cannot give Real Madrid any credit for anything.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

My sentence is quite clear.
A top 10 ranked european team has roughly between 15 and 30% of drawing another top 10 team over the last 12 years.
PSG is at 80%

Some would call it unlucky. Some even here managed to say it's normal. So you make your own opinion about that fact which is simply a fact. PSG has more than double the chance as any other team to draw a top 10 team.

I'll also point out that the ref whistled at 89:59 in the PSG-Haifa blowout while his colleague left 5 minutes of ET for Benfica to score the last goal they needed.
Again, those are just fact, and not deniable.

What one might interpret from these is what one wants. I'm just stating pure facts here.

So I'm interpreting your presenting of those facts as your insinuating that processes have been rigged against Paris Saint-Germain. Can you confirm whether I am correct in my interpretation or whether I am wrong?

 

[Evilo]

You make the interpretation you want.
I don't care one bit.

 

[hatterson]

I haven’t done the statistical analysis myself, but from what I recall PSGs percentage of top sides was a bit high but well within a normal distribution, especially considering they virtually never have a significant team eliminated in R16 due to being in the same league unlike most other teams.

 

[Evilo]

You just cannot give Real Madrid any credit for anything.

And you can't accept PSG got screwed over multiple times by reffing even though it's beyond obvious (Barca, Real, United, Real again...).
So yeah lol.

I haven’t done the statistical analysis myself, but from what I recall PSGs percentage of top sides was a bit high but well within a normal distribution, especially considering they virtually never have a significant team eliminated in R16 due to being in the same league unlike most other teams.

80% for PSG, 17% for Juve.
OK man, normal distribution.

 

[hatterson]

And you can't accept PSG got screwed over multiple times by reffing even though it's beyond obvious (Barca, Real, United, Real again...).
So yeah lol.


80% for PSG, 17% for Juve.
OK man, normal distribution.

Yea, big differences in rates happen over 10 iterations. That’s how stats work.

 

[Power Man]

Real Madrid beat Chelsea, PSG, City and Liverpool to win the CL

Winners find a way to win

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Utterly delusional to think that the UEFA is rigging against PSG

 

[robertmac43]

Feels like forever since the CL was one, I need to go back and remember what the heck is happening in this competition.