Qualifying
A Rough Quide to New CL Qualifying Plus the latest Draw
By: Rob |
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So we’re well and truely back. Except UEFA have decided to complicate Champions League qualifying in an attempt to improve TV viewership of the qualifying rounds make it more fair for the small teams who win their league but never qualify for this here Champions League. I think I just about get it, and shall [...]
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Tags: Arsenal, Atletico, Barça, Celtic, Champions League, Liverpool, Man United, Porto, Qualifying, Sporting, Steve McLarenChampions League Qualifying: This is It!
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So here it is comrades, the final hurdle before the Champions League gets underway properly. While some sides take big leads into the second legs and look all but through, it isn’t quite as easy for some of the other big names, and we might see at least one name fall at the first hurdle.
Full Third Qualifying Round Leg One Roundup!
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Yesterday we had the first legs in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, and some of Europe’s biggest names entered the fray. Here at the Champions League Offside we followed Liverpool’s game against Standard, but there was interest all across the board.
In the biggest match of the round, Schalke finished with a narrow [...]
Liverpool Vs Standard, Liveblog.
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Its been awful quiet round here recently. I’ve been on holiday, and have my shiny new EPL Blog to play with, and my co-bloggers are oddly silent. Tonight though, to make it up to you, I should be liveblogging the Third Qualifying Round First Leg Match between Standard Leige and Liverpool. I say should, because [...]
Liveblog: CL Qualifying 3 Draw. Enter the Superpowers!
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Well today some of the biggest names in Europe enter the Champions League, as the third Qualifying ROund is drawn. Internet Connection allowing, I’m going to be following the draw live on Uefa.com. Its due to start any minute, which if the history of draws means anything, it’ll start in about 15 minutes.
Big names in [...]
Tags: Arsenal, Athletico Madrid, Barcelona, Champions League, Draw, Draws, Fiorentina, Juventus, Liveblog, Liverpool, Qualifying, Rangers, SteauaSecond Quali Round, First Leg Results
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The first legs of the Second Qualifying round have been played, and some big guns have joined the frey, including UEFA Cup Finalists Rangers – who got a 0-0 to prove they aren’t changing tactics this term. Regular group stage sitters Dynamo Kiev kicked off thier campagin with a win, as did last years QF’s [...]
First Qualifying Round results, and Second Quali round Fixtures
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Some of the big-ish guns will know who they have to overcome to make it to the next round of Qualifying in the Champions League this season after the First Qualifying Round finished this evening. The big winners of the matchday were Ventspils, who overcame a 1-0 defeat in the first leg against Welsh Champions [...]
Champions League Qualifying Round Up
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So over the last couple of days, to the indifference of the world – and even it seems, my co-bloggers – the Champions League got back underway with the First Qualifying Round first legs. After the jump, you’ll find the results of the games. There weren’t any major shocks, and most of the bigger teams [...]
Champions League Qualifying Quiz!
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The Champions League officially restarts tomorrow, so in what will hopefully become a regular feature, you can get in the mood by testing your knowledge on this much unloved round of fixtures. Quiz after the jump. Post your answers in the comments, and i’ll post the actual answers in the comments in a couple of [...]
Steaua to rejoin Champions League
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This season it looked like UEFA was going crazy, banning teams from the Champions League, left right and centre. First Porto, then CSKA Sofia and then Steaua Bucharest. Porto have been let back into the Champions League in strange circumstance, and now Steaua will make it too, after a court cleared them of any wrongdoing. [...]
Tags: Ban, Champions League, Gigi Becali, Other News from Europe, Porto, Qualifying, Scandal, Steaua, UEFA
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