Reply With QuoteI tuned in on YouTube and there appears to be a short film about Zlatan Ibrahimovic having come up with the new format.
It was excruciating enough for me to zonk out.
Might revisit in a bit.
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Teams placed in four pots according to seeding - each side will face two teams from each pot, one at home and one away.
The draw is on YouTube for anyone who wants to watch the not pre arranged draw. Who would you like us to draw?
Pot one
Paris St-Germain
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Liverpool
Inter Milan
Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund
Barcelona
Pot two
Arsenal
Bayer Leverkusen
Atletico Madrid
Benfica
Atalanta
Villarreal
Juventus
Eintracht Frankfurt
Club Brugge
Pot three
Tottenham
PSV Eindhoven
Ajax
Napoli
Sporting
Olympiacos
Slavia Prague
Bodo/Glimt
Marseille
Pot four
Copenhagen
Monaco
Galatasaray
Union SG
Qarabag
Athletic Bilbao
Newcastle
Pafos
Kairat Almaty
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I tuned in on YouTube and there appears to be a short film about Zlatan Ibrahimovic having come up with the new format.
It was excruciating enough for me to zonk out.
Might revisit in a bit.
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Am I misunderstanding something? If every team plays two teams from each pot, then there is no advantage of being seeded.
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I've still not come across anyone who actually watches all the nonsense that goes on before the actual draw takes place.Originally Posted by Insidious
Koala tea
Fuck Zlatan.. the new format is wank
Koala tea
If it wasn't seeded, there would be no "equality"
The seeding, allows for bigger teams to play each other before ko stages, unlike the old format.
And it ensures everyone gets the same levels of opponents as before.
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This new format supposedly makes for a more balanced set of fixtures. Who knows whether that's the case or not.
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I don't like the fact that the draw is 'automated'.
Koala tea
So, worst case ?
PSG, Real, Arsenal, Atletico, Napoli, Spurs, Newcastle & Galatasary away?
And best case ?
Dortmund, Barca!, Benfica, Brugge, S. Prague, Olympiacos, Pafos & Copenhagen ?
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Bayern get drawn. A button gets pressed, and their eight opponents are automatically selected. Yep that's all above board.
They are: Chelsea, Paris St-Germain, Club Brugge, Arsenal, Sporting, PSV, Union SG and Pafos.
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