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Quote from: cryptofrka on March 17, 2022, 05:16:49 AM

The draw for the quarterfinals is at noon tomorrow. According to the new system, the draw will be extended to the semifinal games as well.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I really hate the new rule. It takes away a lot of the mysticism - especially for the smaller teams.

Regarding Liverpool and my preferences - basically I'd like to avoid only City at this point. Villarreal or Benfica would be the best options, of course.

Man!! I was here to ask if the draws are out already.
I see they have to wait for the Europa league to finally come to an end this night.
So as they'll get both the Champions League draws and Europa league draws ready.

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The draw for the quarterfinals is at noon tomorrow. According to the new system, the draw will be extended to the semifinal games as well.

Don't know about the rest of you, but I really hate the new rule. It takes away a lot of the mysticism - especially for the smaller teams.

Regarding Liverpool and my preferences - basically I'd like to avoid only City at this point. Villarreal or Benfica would be the best options, of course.

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Quote from: babo on March 17, 2022, 04:45:00 AM

I didn't understand what happened to Juventus, losing the game could happen
but losing with 3 goals to 0 is a big humiliation in my opinion

I don't understand, I was also very surprised by this disappointing performance

I think they lost faith immediately after the first goal. They realized they weren't going to score with the team they have. They had some good scoring chances and shots from Vlahovic in the first half, but the second one was just wasteful. Juventus is lucky there are only two goals on a football field, otherwise they wouldn't know which one to turn their back to. Disappointing. Arthur, De Sciglio, Cuadrado, and Danilo just passing the ball along. This is the 4th or 5th year in a row where they are knocked out in the 1/8 finals. Unless they bring in midfielders who know how to play football and create chances, I don't expect any improvements next season either. You can't have the likes of Rabiot and Arthur running your midfield, no matter what the injury situation is.

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Quote from: swogerino on March 17, 2022, 02:24:04 AM

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

I do not know
I didn't understand what happened to Juventus, losing the game could happen
but losing with 3 goals to 0 is a big humiliation in my opinion

I don't understand, I was also very surprised by this disappointing performance

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Quote from: swogerino on March 17, 2022, 02:24:04 AM

This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

Juventus were not lucky, none of their attacks resulted in a goal, even though the Juventus players released many kicks. It can't be helped that Juventus
attack was ineffective, too easy to read by the Villarreal defense who played very disciplined. Geronimo Rulli's performance was absolutely outstanding
in that match, at least Rulli managed to make 5 important saves that prevented the Villarreal from conceding a goal. Even though Juventus had controlled
the match, even the accuracy of the Juventus players passes reaches 90%, but Villarreal's defense was indeed very solid. Villarreal's luck occurred in
the 78th minute, after Villarreal scored a goal, Juventus players panicked and Villarreal took advantage of that to score two more goals. Juventus must
learn from their mistakes, which do not focus too much on attacking, because sometimes counter attacks from the opposing team are very dangerous.
For Villarreal an excellent result, they managed to surprise by winning when playing away.

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Quote from: LTU_btc on March 16, 2022, 05:00:30 PM

Another Chelsea win against Lille. Lille scored first, but in 2nd half they were so dull and Chelsea achieved well deserved win.

The equalizer at the first half demoralized the Lille players. They came out for the second half trying the shake off that disappoinment with their impressive performance but lost all after Chelsea scored the second goal. Assuming the first half had ended in the favor of Lille then Maybe the story now would had been different. Nevertheless Lille give Chelsea a fight but at the end the better team won. I could easily see Chelsea progress to the next stage of the tournament.

We aren't playing Bayern Munich, Manchester City or Liverpool in this quarter final so for the other teams we can give them a fight that they won't come out successful. Last season we won both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Doing it again won't be easy but it's achievable.

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Quote from: cryptofrka on March 17, 2022, 02:47:22 AM

Villarreal showed once again just how efficient they can be. They patiently waited for their chance, scored from their first shot on target and eventually finished the game with 100% scoring efficiency - 3 shots and 3 goals.

They showed last year in the EL final just how tactical they can be, and even if they will be one of the weakest teams in the QF-s they can still be really dangerous in the knockout phase.

Villarreal played very patiently in this match and took advantage of the mistakes of Juventus players to score, this result was really unexpected, not many predicted they would be able to win with a big score. besides that Juventus have really been really bad this season both in this match and in the Domestic league matches, they are not able to be consistent in giving their best game.
Villarreal can be a dangerous team in the UCL this season, it can't be underestimated they played very patiently and neatly. maybe on the next trip they will return a surprise.

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Villarreal showed once again just how efficient they can be. They patiently waited for their chance, scored from their first shot on target and eventually finished the game with 100% scoring efficiency - 3 shots and 3 goals.

They showed last year in the EL final just how tactical they can be, and even if they will be one of the weakest teams in the QF-s they can still be really dangerous in the knockout phase.

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Quote from: Bitinity on March 17, 2022, 02:16:36 AM

What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round.

Wow! That's some accurate and notable prediction. I just got curious after finding that on your comment and the pattern is exactly as you said. All away teams winning there games this week and qualifying for the next round but, what is also more surprising is that last week, all home teams although not all of them scored or won in the second leg but, the teams got to qualify for the next round. Interestingly it seems to be a home against away side on consecutive weeks, lol... I think this could be an option in sports betting of the book markers takes note of this events and your sure bettors will bet and its going to come with a lot of money too.

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This week bad luck or better the worst luck has been seen in the game of yesterday between Juventus vs Villareal.Juventus did a lot of attacking and dominated the game until that 78th minute that completely turned things around.The real hero of Villareal was the goalkeeper and not any midfielder or attacker,they just took profit of a great counter attack which was turned into a goal and that was all.I say worse luck because there is a non written saying in football which is "if you don't score,you will concede no matter how good you play" and that is exactly what happened yesterday night.

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What I'm worried happen eventually, the pattern goes as what the previous 2 CL matches where away team go the the next round. This week all 4 teams that played as away team are those who win the match and eligible for the next round. I was watching the match and I predicted that Juve will lose after the shoot from Vlahovic hit the bar. It is a well known myth in my country where there is a shot on goal but it hit the bar then it will be hard for the team to win. Juventus played well in the first half, but everything changed after the penalty by Gerard Moreno. Juventus were so frustrated because they tried hard but failed to score goal. Villareal's goalkeeper deserve to be man of the match obviously as he made many significant saves.

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With this victory, England is confirmed to send three of their representatives in the last 8 of the Champions League this season. Liverpool, Manchester City and now Chelsea get one ticket. Yes indeed Chelsea are favorites in this match and they managed to answer that belief.
On the other hand, the unfavorable result was experienced by the Italian representative, Juventus. They must admit defeat to Villarreal and at the same time stop their steps in the Champions League.

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Quote from: skarais on March 17, 2022, 01:22:20 AM

Quote from: bitzizzix on March 17, 2022, 12:44:00 AM

and hopefully representatives from England become UCL champions this season and I want Liverpool. Grin

Yes, it doesn't matter. But I think we also have to consider Manchester City this season as title contenders besides Liverpool, Bayern Munchen and Real Madrid. A good performance from them so far can be expected to finish the season for their first Champions League title and I hope they can achieve it after their massive investment with Guardiola.

Manchester City are considered to be the contenders for the Champions League title every season. But they disappoint the fans every time. Remember the previous season? The most deserving and consistent team for the title was Manchester City. But in the final they lost to Chelsea. I think we'll see the same thing this season. Manchester City will leave the semi-finals or finals.

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I didn't expect Juventus to get knocked out in the Champions League by Villarreal. At first I predicted that Juventus would win and qualify from the last 16, but that didn't happen at all. And even they had to admit defeat by conceding quite a distance too. But this is what happened, I had to lose this match.

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Quote from: bounceback on March 17, 2022, 01:12:23 AM

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I lost my bet for Juventus that seems previous statistics and experience means nothing for Juventus that although in the first half Juventus dominated the match but they cannot scoring goals because Villareal defence was very solid and second half clearly belongs to Villareal because they were playing more effective than Juventus and my worries came true that Juventus players made some mistakes which can be utilized to Villareal to makes goals

Juventus had a chance to come out victorious in that match and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but unfortunately they couldn't take the opportunity, when the match was played Juventus team dominated because they had more chances than Villarreal, the Juventus players were very dominating and were able to make five shots were on target on target but none of those shots resulted in a goal while Villarreal had just three shots on target and all three of their shots managed to find the net against Juventus and score.

Poor finishing from juventus lead them to defeat very surprising to see them lose at home with a big score

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Quote from: bitzizzix on March 17, 2022, 12:44:00 AM

This was an unexpected surprise because it was certain that many predicted Juventus would win, actually Juventus had many chances but was unlucky with 14 shots and five of them were on target.
and Villarreal were more dominant defensively who only took advantage of counter-attack opportunities and scored goals.

That's the thing, sometimes the outcome of the match is really unfair to the favourites.

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and hopefully representatives from England become UCL champions this season and I want Liverpool. Grin

Yes, it doesn't matter. But I think we also have to consider Manchester City this season as title contenders besides Liverpool, Bayern Munchen and Real Madrid. A good performance from them so far can be expected to finish the season for their first Champions League title and I hope they can achieve it after their massive investment with Guardiola.

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Quote from: bering on March 16, 2022, 10:25:38 PM

I lost my bet for Juventus that seems previous statistics and experience means nothing for Juventus that although in the first half Juventus dominated the match but they cannot scoring goals because Villareal defence was very solid and second half clearly belongs to Villareal because they were playing more effective than Juventus and my worries came true that Juventus players made some mistakes which can be utilized to Villareal to makes goals

Juventus had a chance to come out victorious in that match and advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but unfortunately they couldn't take the opportunity, when the match was played Juventus team dominated because they had more chances than Villarreal, the Juventus players were very dominating and were able to make five shots were on target on target but none of those shots resulted in a goal while Villarreal had just three shots on target and all three of their shots managed to find the net against Juventus and score.

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Quote from: skarais on March 17, 2022, 12:14:53 AM

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The loss of Juventus in the Champions League scene shocked all football fans, because before the match started Juventus was predicted to come out victorious after the match was over. Playing at Allianz Stadium, Juventus had to fall from the visitors with a landslide score of 0-3. Massimiliano Allegri's troops played quite well in the first half, Juventus players quite often spread threats against Villarreal but none of them scored a goal.
The elimination of Juventus In the last 16 of the Champions League in the 2021-2022 season not Italian representative has qualified for the quarter-finals. This fact must be accepted by Italian football fans, the team from their country failed to get a ticket to the quarter-finals after being eliminated in the round of 16.

I don't think 0-3 is a deserved end result for Villareal to win against Juventus because I think Juventus are the favorite team in the Champions League compared to Villareal. But fate said otherwise where Juventus with a lot of experience also had to lose by a big score after Villarreal got 2 penalties by the referee. Villareal's win was totally unexpected in my opinion.

In the end the quarter-finals were dominated by Spain and England where there were 3 teams from both leagues each getting tickets to the quarter-finals. This proves that Laliga and the Premier League are still the best leagues in Europe today, even without Barcelona or Sevilla. However I think the Champions League title this season will still belong to an English team, be it Liverpool or Manchester City (depending on who gets into the final).

It's too early to say that this season's Champions League title will belong to the English team, don't rule out German Bayern Munich and Spain's Real Madrid, the kings of the Champions League, there is still a long way to go to win the title.

really the results that juventus got were beyond the expectations of many people, juventus was able to hold villareal to a draw in the 1st leg even though at that time juventus was playing away, even when playing at home in front of their own supporters they lost by a landslide score, this is really surprising.
in this match in the early minutes Juventus played quite well even they could manage the tempo of the game well but disaster came in the 78th minute when Villarreal's Gerard Moreno scored from a penalty kick which made the Juventus players panic, wanting to reply immediately so concentration in defense was greatly reduced and Villarreal's players could take advantage of it well by scoring an additional 2 goals in the last minute of the game.
Overall, Villarrean's game was not very good but they were lucky because they got a very inconsistent opponent from Juventus this season, playing in the quarter-finals I think it will be very difficult for Villarreal to meet a team of above average quality. .

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Quote from: hahay on March 16, 2022, 11:34:32 PM

I'm sure no one thought Villarreal would win big with a clean sheet at the Allianz Stadium, if Villarreal are predicted to win 1-0 or 2-1 it looks like it's still possible to predict it. But for a score of 3-0 it seemed impossible, they and myself previously believed that Juventus had better quality, but in the end Juventus had to be eliminated. This is the reason I say that Villarreal are not a weak team and they could have made something very different, and in the end it did happen.

It was an unexpected result. I didn't even think Villarreal would win. I bet for Juventus to win. But Juventus' gameplay was not sorted. Juventus lost due to the failure of the defenders even though the players of the forwards played well. Although Villarreal are not a strong team, they have been able to win with the help of well-arranged gameplay and beautiful match tactics.

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Quote from: bering on March 16, 2022, 10:25:38 PM

I lost my bet for Juventus that seems previous statistics and experience means nothing for Juventus that although in the first half Juventus dominated the match but they cannot scoring goals because Villareal defence was very solid and second half clearly belongs to Villareal because they were playing more effective than Juventus and my worries came true that Juventus players made some mistakes which can be utilized to Villareal to makes goals

They have generated poor goals at home, perplexed at this ? Not a single bit.
Congratulations to Villarreal for progressing to the quarter finals.
They had good and better tactics, I see they are not competitive this season and it's bad to see.

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