29 Jan 2025 22:09:13
So we've got PSG, Benfica, Monaco or Brest in R16.
If we get through that game (and we all know who the danger team is) then we will play either Sporting, Brugge, Atalanta, Dortmund Lille or Villa in the last 16.
Currently as clear as mud, but should be clearer after the next draw.
Does anyone know (Ed001?) if the draw on Friday (which is for the playoffs) also decides which side of the draw the automatic qualifiers go into?
29 Jan 2025 22:53:56
The draw on friday is only for the teams from 9th to 24th. We will know our path on february 21st.
29 Jan 2025 22:56:44
Don't worry. There's no way Barcelona ain't drawing PSG and we are playing Benfica.
Those draws are inevitable every year.
29 Jan 2025 23:14:06
We always draw the Portugal team.
29 Jan 2025 23:57:02
I wonder if we could sign another keeper before the window closes? I’d like to see Areola face Brest. No chance that could go tits up, right?
30 Jan 2025 05:29:21
I'm actually enjoying the new format and I think the level of unknown adds to the excitement for me.
Last night I found myself checking other scores and the live table throughout our game which I've never done in the past.
It's good for me that there's still a level of entertainment left in football and it's not always all about saving money on contracts and transfers.
30 Jan 2025 06:04:45
Hope we don’t get PSG tbh, awful draw if so despite finishing first.
30 Jan 2025 07:21:30
We are a much better team than psg, there’s nothing to fear.
30 Jan 2025 07:27:47
Zed the draw on Friday will determine everyone’s route to the final.
30 Jan 2025 10:25:14
@WYred what we will know on friday is which teams are facing in the playoffs, which will be divided into two sections of a bracket. We won't know which section we are going to be in until the draw on the 21st of february.
Hence, after friday we will know only the following:
- Possible opponents from teams that finished 9th to 24th.
- That we could only face Barcelona in the finals because they are going to be in the opposite section.
We won't know the exact opponents until the 21st of february. Additionally, on the draw from February 21st, we will know if we are playing at home or away the 2nd leg for the quaterfinals and semifinals (if we pass the round of 16).
In conclusion, and as an example, we won't know on friday if we are in the same section of real Madrid, which finished 11th, nor if we are playing Arsenal or Inter which finished in the top 8.
30 Jan 2025 10:30:28
Strange, I thought Zeddicus was older.
30 Jan 2025 12:30:37
There seems to be conflicting information, ESPN as an example have it as you describe whereas UEFA imply the brackets are completed on Friday.
In short I'll wait until Friday and work backwards from there, as I am trying to work it out but still non the wiser!
30 Jan 2025 13:38:11
WYred, you lied to me ?????.
30 Jan 2025 15:14:38
Or did you just trust the wrong guy ??.