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[Phil C. McNasty]

It gets crazier, up until tonight Declan Rice had never scored a free kick in his entire professional career

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/dont-think-going-hit-rice-224546713.html

 

[Insidious Von]

Italy's crushing bureaucracy has reduced Serie A to the sick man of UEFA. Co-hosting the 2032 Euro may spark a turnaround. The domestic game has been thrilling to watch, Inter can't afford to choke against Bayern. The unheralded Carlos Augusto is turning into a superstar for the club. Man of the match.

Juve is attempting to bring Sandro Tonali back to Italy.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Italy's crushing bureaucracy has reduced Serie A to the sick man of UEFA. Co-hosting the 2032 Euro may spark a turnaround

It will be a sad day if Italy don't qualify for a 3rd World Cup in a row

 

[Conil]

Interesting stat

Declan Rice is the FIRST player ever to score 2 goals from direct free kicks in a Champions League knockout stage match

Both great goals

 

[Conil]

Today more games at 3

 

[jalimon]

It will be a sad day if Italy don't qualify for a 3rd World Cup in a row

With the number of countries now at 48, that's almost impossible, no?

 

[jalimon]

So today I am up for PSG and Dortmund.

But in all honesty, Barca plays quite well and should win easily.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

With the number of countries now at 48, that's almost impossible, no?

With UEFA qualifying only teams that win their group will automatically qualify.
Then you have the 2nd place teams that go into a pot, and winners of those games will qualify.

So if Italy doesn't win the group, they have to play a 2nd round and hope they don't get a tough team.

I think at the end of the day they will qualify though

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

So today I am up for PSG and Dortmund.

But in all honesty, Barca plays quite well and should win easily

I'm picking PSG and Barca

 

[Calcio]

It will be a sad day if Italy don't qualify for a 3rd World Cup in a row

That would be a disaster.

I'm picking PSG and Barca

I'm feeling upset on this game

 

[Insidious Von]

Ferrari and Juve are kaka.

The tables have turned, England is promoting home grown talent while Italy sells or loans their's. Juve got stung by players they loaned out, Fagioli (Fiorentina) and Rovella (Lazio), costing Motta his job. Even when Calafiori returns from injury, he'll sit on the bench as Lewis-Skelly has taken his place. Casadei is barely an echo at Chelsea and Gnonto is yelling REY in the Championship.

Igor Tudor spent eight years as a Juve player, then helped several provincial clubs gain promotion to Serie A. If Juve dump him in the summer, they'll become a pucurone club.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Looks like SF will be:

Barca-Inter
Arsenal-PSG

I'd love to see a Barca-Arsenal final

 

[Conil]

Watching the games to day, I think Barca is going to take it all. PSG is good, but Barca is back in there. Inter is not going to be a challenge, maybe Arsenal.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

The UEFA WC2026 qualifying is more complicated then I thought.
The group winners automatically qualify. Thats 12 spots.
Then only 4 more Europeans countries can qualify. So in total 16 countries will qualify.
Here's the playoff system they have to go through

How many slots are there for each confederation in FIFA World Cup 2026?

The qualification will decide the 45 teams that will join hosts Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

sportstar.thehindu.com

12 groups of four or five teams to play home and away matches. The group winners will qualify directly for the World Cup.
The final four places at the World Cup final will be determined via the UEFA playoffs.

The UEFA playoff involves 16 teams: the 12 runners-up plus the four best-ranked group winners from the UEFA Nations League, who did not finish in the top two in World Cup qualifying. This creates four routes, each with four teams featuring a semifinal and a final for a place at the World Cup.

 

[Conil]

In todays gay Milan Udinese. Maignan smashed his head against Jimenez, they need a stretcher to take him out.

In a Peru game a kid died from the same thing.

Young soccer player dies after sickening mid-game collision with goalkeeper
21-year-old reportedly suffered a ruptured artery in his head that stemmed from blunt force trauma.

Young soccer player dies after sickening mid-game collision with goalkeeper

Helar Gonzales Altamirano was battling for a ball lobbed into the box when Defensor Nueva Cajamarca’s goalkeeper collided with.

torontosun.com

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

They're calling Onana the worst keeper United has ever had.
It's strange because he was really good at Ajax and Inter

Fail compilation: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBV4hvfb/

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

PSG are undefeated this season in Ligue 1

Ligue 1 Standings - Football/France

Follow Ligue 1 standings, overall, home/away and form (last 5 games) Ligue 1 2025 standings.

www.flashscore.com

 

[Insidious Von]

They're calling Onana the worst keeper United has ever had.
It's strange because he was really good at Ajax and Inter

Fail compilation: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBV4hvfb/

Ajax and Inter had better defenses in front of Onana than he does with Manchester Disunited. At Inter, he used to piss off his defenders with his forays outside the box. Back in 2021 they had two Italians and two Dutchmen in front of him. Today Denzel plays as a winger opposite De Marco. David De Gea is leading Fiorentina back into Europe.

 

[Conil]

Derby day Lazio -Roma

 

[Conil]

They're calling Onana the worst keeper United has ever had.
It's strange because he was really good at Ajax and Inter

Fail compilation: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBV4hvfb/

I agree he was doing good with inter. People complained he moved on.