2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

[Suntan Superman]

A new year of Europa League(the best league) is upon us. The definitely lower on the totem pole 'Champions' League has also started, but rather than focus on the games that have/are occuring, we'll start this out by turning our focus to Italy.

AC Milan has been barred from UEFA Competitions for one year for breach of FFP rules. I assume that Milan will be contesting this in the Court of Arbitration, but it's interesting that we have the first big club consequences laid down.


EDIT: I originally said two years, but it is in fact one year.

[~LiverpoolRed~]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

I think Burnley were given a tough draw in the Europa League up against Aberdeen. That should be a good 2 legged affair.

[Suntan Superman]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

I think Burnley were given a tough draw in the Europa League up against Aberdeen. That should be a good 2 legged affair.

I'm completely indifferent towards Burnley itself, but I hope they fare better than the other non-top 6 clubs have in the very competitive and prestigious Europa League.

[Zac]

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Lets go Lincoln Red Imps!

[~LiverpoolRed~]

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I'm completely indifferent towards Burnley itself, but I hope they fare better than the other non-top 6 clubs have in the very competitive and prestigious Europa League.

Burnley need to get some depth if they want to go far. Their squad is pretty thin.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

I think Burnley were given a tough draw in the Europa League up against Aberdeen. That should be a good 2 legged affair.

We'll see. Outside of Celtic, it's pretty bleak up north.

[Suntan Superman]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

Milan has had their UEFA ban overturned.

[Suntan Superman]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

Living in the USA? Hoping for coverage of these events? Well for UCL teams yours might be featured on TNT(2 games per week in the group stage) For Europa League and teams not on TNT it'll be behind the B/R Live paywall($10/month, $80/year). Every Europa League game, sans the final, will be on B/R Live.

https://www.turner.com/pressroom/united-states/turner-sports/uefa/br-live-provide-direct-access-more-340-live-uefa

[Zac]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

What a bunch of horse****.

[ImTellinTim]

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The sweet deals we've gotten are going away little by little.

This really sucks for Europa League. How many fewer CL matches are we getting?

[redsox4evur]

Re: 2018-19 UEFA Competitions Thread

The sweet deals we've gotten are going away little by little.

This really sucks for Europa League. How many fewer CL matches are we getting?

We're getting 46 this year, 146 were shown on FOX per season.

[ImTellinTim]

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Yeah, missed the numbers the first time through the article. I'm totally going to pay $80 for that service.

Spoiler

[Suntan Superman]

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If they have a replay option I probably will. I don't have a high bar to pass.

[jvalverde88]

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Not many times I'll say "I wish Fox had the rights still." but by god you did it Turner Sports.

[Brahvocado]

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Really wish ESPN had gotten it.

Their news has definitely turned into a parody of itself, but their actual soccer coverage has always been good (to be fair to TNT, their sports coverage is usually pretty good). Also Bob Ley is just an absolutely delightful man.

NBC probably would have done the CL/EL very well, but their gold streaming service is somehow worse than their previous free streaming service, and you know the CL/EL would get rolled into that.