Topic: BitcoinNews.com's UEFA Champions League Football Preditor Pool Discussion thread - page 2. (Read 32732 times)

If Benzema doesn't get it after season like this and lifting a CL trophy then I don't know what else he can do to win that particular reward. Seems like it should be a done deal already.

Surprised he wasn't the one scoring the only goal in the final. Sort of expected it of him. Though night for Liverpool.

Haha great then now you know it is a pool worth joining. Nicely done on winning first without even being aware you were competing for cash

Will send you the prize in a few hours soon as am home. And do join next season... Plenty of other pools too... Interested in Nations League and the Italian, English, Spanish leagues next season? Small fees for all of those, and Sportsbet even gives you back half the fee as a freebet so it really only is half an mBTC as an entry fee.

And yes, at least someone deserving wins Ballon. It will be a scandal otherwise!

I joined the second league without knowing that there was a reward (I just received the invitation without really understanding)

Thank you buwaytress, you can use the address in my profile.

Disappointing final, but at least Benzema should get the Ballon d'Or now.


Don't hesitate to ping me for the next season, I don't read the gambling section too much and I might miss it.

I just want to confirm here that I've received the prize from @buwaytress 
Thanks and catch y'all next season ✌🏾

Sorry to you Liverpool guys for last night. I personally thought you deserved it, but on the other hand Real Madrid knocked out the holders and two of the best teams in Europe, City and Liverpool, so they also deserved it.

They don't play Champions League finals, they win it, and so the adage proved.

Great of you to pay off the winners also buway, you really like making things nice for us gamblers, too bad I haven't won anything from your sponsorships

I really don't think Liverpool could have done anything better to be honest, I'm more opined that it was just one of those days where you really just can't get things to go your way regardless of how well you try, the result if fair enough should have been nothing less than a 3 or 4 goals lead for Liverpool even at the break, Courtois seemed more like a superhero last (way more above his usual standards), and the strikers couldn't have done anything to prevent those saves tbh. Real Madrid played like shit almost all night long, and only had a couple of chances with Liverpool playing more out of desperation. Klopp couldn't have started the game with better line up imo, Diaz while not being clinical enough was very efficient in creating plays and making runs, starting with Jota would have had Salah and Mane become the only one making the dribbles or generate attacks, and Firmino looked really rusty (Klopp should probably try and get all his players on in a heavy rotation policies to keep them match fit) because none of the substitutions seemed to have made them a better team imo.


Congratulations to Halab and cryptofrka as well...

I happened to finish as the winner of the initial pool by hilarious (for the 2nd time in a row), I look forward to and hope there will be a better competition next season.

Urgh, shitty way to end the season really, and I feel like we should have found one goal, think Wenger blamed Mane and Salah last night but they did take their chances -- I love Diaz but he's not so good a finisher and when Jota came on his touches weren't as good, Bobby should have started with Mane and Salah like the good old days but anyway, no use to look back and cry.

Sorry about our multibet Trofo, Liverpool let me down.

Halab, Harkorede, cryptofrka, you have won the prize spots! Please leave your addresses here (or PM me if you prefer privacy) and I'll sort you out today.

it is hard to say, but that Real performance is hardly football
saw that Ancelotti mentioned that Everton fans were not satisfied when he left the club, but they were certainly satisfied last night
nevertheless, I was neutral in the final, but leaned to Liverpool, since they were better side, and actually played football in the end

as Salah said before the match, we have to score to settle trophy, they did not, and all other is history

Liverpool had some chances and Courtois was there every time to deny those attempts. I feel like Liverpool had to do more and take even more risk towards the of the game. It is stupid to say something bad about the team that just won CL but Real defense is not so good and any team can find opportunities against them.

Trent played a realy bad game by his standards even before falling asleep in the goal action.

Don't really know what to say about the final. First thought - Thibaut Courtois is the wall and main reason why Real won final. 9 saves in his account. Liverpool dominated game and had so many chances, but at least for me, there were no such feeling that they are going to score. Don't know exactly why, but there was lack of something. Especially last minutes when they had to go all in, but all their attempts to make something dangerous were meh.
Real proves gain that Champions league is their tournament. No team feels so good in elimination tournament like Real. And Liverpool - from potential quadruple, just in one week they end with just FA and Carabao Cup.

It's been overwhelmingly Liverpool for majority of the first half and Courtois is the reason why Real Madrid is still in the game, he's been very brilliant tonight, but a very crucial decision for Real Madrid late in the half, it's almost reminiscent of how most of their games have gone this season, play not so well and then get a single chance which they get to build on.

So, kick-off has been delayed by 30 minutes. As I understand many LFC fans got into stadium without tickets and police used tear gas against them. Can't remember such things in such big events like CLBfinal. What is obvious, such delays isn't good for players before most important game of season.
Yeah, I myself lost interest after group stage or 1/8 finals and no doubts that EPL pool always will be more popular because nature of tournament. But I'm sure that we can have better things than we have now.

I've no idea what will happen nor do I really care who wins - I'd just like to see a great game. Hoping for lots of goals, cards, and drama. Hopefully Bale off the bench to score another all time CL classic over-head kick  . Gone for 2-2 cos I can't really decide on a winner and am just hoping there's a lot of goals and action. Probably will stick a quid on my classic both teams to score in both halves, 2 cards and corners in each half etc.

There's never been as much interest in the CL pools as in the PL ones but I'll set it up earlier for the next one.

+1
Champions League really deserves better treatment. It is after all a club competition which clubs themselves value higher than anything else.

Only problem with CL is that due to the nature of competition, group stages and then knockout rounds, person in lead after first knock out round will almost always take the title.

I also will support Liverpool. Not because I'm Barcelona fan and I hate Real. I just want that team which played better football would win. As said above, Real played shit against City, but like it's usual for them they managed to go through loophole and reach final. And it also happened in previous seasons few times when they won Champions League.

Agree about it. We shouldn't wait until final minute to set up pool. I really want to play in proper Champions league pool with 20+ participants and significant prize pot.

^ Actually HT win is even better value, you can get it around 2.8/9 at boost on Sportsbet, but I took a fairly good range at 2.7+.

Trofo agreed: Liverpool regular time win is not certain because Real always find a way in the last 15 minutes, but always give up early leads, so I actually think a HT win is far more guaranteed than FT -- and bookies got that wrong IMO.

Anyway Top 5, don't forget your final picks. Points are tight so Top 3 is actually still undecided haha. I still will award the prizes as stated when we created the late season pool:
1st place: 2 mbtc
2nd place: 1.5 mbtc
3rd place: 1 mbtc

And I know we've got plenty of time, but @hilariousandco @hilariousetc shall we plan the next season a bit early and collect fees earlier? I know sponsorship matters but as usual, I wouldn't mind putting a slightly more generous amount if there are no offers, let's say at least 12 mbtc (roughly $350 now), possibly more if Liverpool win this as I had a not-so-tiny amount on a Liverpool outright when odds were close to 9/1.

I'm definitely going to change the sponsor name as I had to give up BitcoinNews.com over a year ago =D

Totally agree with above conditions. If Real plays like shit for 70 minutes but Liverpool only lead by 1 goal or even draw, then it's time to switch to live betting and put a lot on Real.

Anyone who did that in last 3 games gets no less than 30x money back.

Liverpool 2x+++ now is the best deal I can find in our very dry week though

I am rooting for reds in this one simply because Real should have been out of this competition long ago. They were worse side on the pitch in last 3 knockout stages against PSG, Chelsea amd City.

But if the game stays equal or Liverpool has just one goal advantage in 75th minute. I am placing a shit load of bet on Real to lift the trophy. 3 times in a row is not a coincidence 

I really don't support either team tbh, and other than being a Barcelona fan I'd love Benzema to win the trophy for how incredible he's being for Real Madrid all season long, it's the least he deserves and that'd surely increase his shot at the Balon D'or this season, imo, but we all know football isn't always fair something, and everything is got be earned or given (as in the case of Man City in the semi finals).

I think Liverpool might triumph though, but it's just all going to be a guessing game as far as I'm concerned, there's no clear favorite.

it was hard to find this topic, but bump eventually

Final is here, and I will support Liverpool, although do think that Benzema is a man to watch, if he plays his 15 minutes in the end, Real will take the trophy in Madrid
but, I assume Klopp knows that as well, and he will do whatever he can to stop that to happen