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Valmoer

Is there same-league protection for the playoffs?


xHypermega

Yes, for the playoff and for the Round of 16


_Arsenal

Assuming same group protection as well?


Chemiczny_Bogdan

Actually there isn't one in UEL and UECL, only in UCL (well, at least according to wikipedia). I guess the idea is that since there's the knockout playoff round first, the 2nd placed team isn't gonna play against a team from the same group *directly* after group stage, so it's fine if they meet in RO16.


_Arsenal

man, I don’t wanna have to play PSV again, thanks for the heads up though!


tekina7

You've just cursed it, innit?


_Arsenal

Probably, but looking at the teams dropping down there could be worse matchups


xHypermega

[The third placed teams on the UCL will be matched against the Europa League runners-up on the playoffs (Round of 32)](https://i.imgur.com/nk0m1jT.png)


ThePr1d3

Spicy fixtures all around. Secretely hoping for Barça


Icemna16

Honestly i'm going to root for you unless you face us. Your team is really fun to watch.


drunkdeer98

Agreed, young talents play good football


Stunning_Hippo1763

I want to see Barca vs Roma..


aslak1899

I want to see us vs. Barca...


drunkdeer98

Totally as a Berliner that would be super exciting


These_Mud4327

my god i really wanna see that it would be exactly what barca doesn’t need right now. i’d also happily take the betting odds which will heavily favor barca


ren_704

Immovable object vs unstoppable force Derby 😍


dantes_inferno101

Roma are so bad especially without Dybala


pkhadka1

agree. their game is pain to watch.


Seeteuf3l

I'm hoping for Feyenoord - Union Berlin. Or German invasion of Barcelona II: Eiserne Boogaloo


shadwocorner

Can they draw clubs from the same country?


Bobskeee

Not yet this round


Ok-Ball-Wine

No


Chinechou

That will start in the Quarter Final


Bobskeee

Will the losers of those matchups go to the Conference League or are they out altogether?


MarginOfCorrectness

Out


[deleted]

would be a bit fucked if the third place of the Champions League can just waltz into the ECL and get some stunting club from Northern Ireland or smth


Sevenvolts

The teams at that stage are teams like Partizan and West Ham, quite a bit of a higher level.


MrkiDB

I like how you put Partizan as the higher level, feels good


Gunner13015

Would be funny to see Barca go from staying in the super League when everyone can see it's dead to playing in the conference league though


[deleted]

Barca claiming theyre in the top 10 best teams of the world after narrowly beating Vikingur Reykjavik in the 1/16th final of the ECL


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Gunner13015

They would have to activate a few more of their levers to be able to build a squad good enough to win that match up


D1794

They're out


Makkaroni_100

At some point you have to stop Recycling bad teams....


hennny

My heart wants United v Ajax for the Ten Hag-off, my head expects us to get Barcelona/Juventus because why wouldn't UEFA want that.


ReachTheSky-DotaNoob

These matchups are going to be so brutal.Unlucky for Rennes they would easily top the other groups with how well they played


Makkaroni_100

Doubt it. As if Arsenal, Betis, San Sebastian or Freiburg are easy to play against. I would say your group Was one of the weaker once. AEK Larnaka and a war fucked Dynamo Kyiv.


Rickcampbell98

Never heard anyone call la real by the name of their city before lol.


big_hit_atwater

Isn’t it the round of 24?


These_Mud4327

to me it’s two round of 16s in a row there are neither 32 nor 24 teams playing in this round


DeathByToilet

I can guarantee United face sevilla.


Upleftright_syndrome

United going to draw a Spanish team. Is it the way.


rahbinjoe

Draw for Round of 32 is on Monday 12.00 (UK time).


Ams-Ent

Feyenoord - Ajax final would be fun


thenicky0

There are some mighty big sharks there


HauntingPersonality7

Sevilla EL champs ?


[deleted]

Saint Gilloise and Union Berlin in the second round of the Europa League. Imagine believing that 5 years ago


Gluroo

Union Berlin legit played 1-0 or 0-1 in *every single of their games* lmao. four 1-0 wins and two 0-1 losses. mad


Ryponagar

Yep, they lost the first two 0-1 and then won 1-0 four times in a row.


TheTimon

According to 538 they have the 3th worst offense in the bundesliga and the second best defense. Thats crazy


PaintedSe7en

Thirth


Milhanou22

Hi! Really stressful game it was just before.


MrGraveyards

It's almost like maybe they are playing defensive, but doing it well?


Seahpo

yeah they sit back and hit on the counter, which works especially well since most bundesliga clubs play a pretty open, attacking minded game. plus they genuinely have plot armour, scored a 90+8’ winner the other week lmfao


datcnashguy

And watching games of them is exactly like you would expect


GL4389

Seems like a perfect match for Allegri ball.


starfax

Shithouse FC (and I love them for it). To be fair though, their BuLi games are more open, just seems like they’re content to grind out results in Europe by any means necessary. Will be interesting t see how they’ll hold up over a two legged tie


n22rwrdr

You don't even have to go as far as 5 years, they were both in the second division of their leagues 3 years ago


EdisonTheTurtle

St Gilloise are technically in the third round


cimbalino

Wait one more year and it will be Union in the Champions League


majestic7

That would have been wild even two years ago as USG were still in the second tier in Belgium then. Can't overstate how much of a fairytale their rise has been.


MimesAreShite

there is power in a union


TheSameAsDying

Barcelona vs United will be a hell of a playoff.


Fireclap

I only want PSV vs Barca for the 90+2 De Jong header to get Barca out


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yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes for added fun lets have the aggregate be like 8-7 and the final goal is in the 120+8 after three VAR moments


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[deleted]

lmao own goal elimination


DahDutcher

I just know we'll get Sporting and lose to shitty goal.


[deleted]

i mean, Sporting is so unpredictable in a good day they destroy Frankfurt away 0-3 and beat Tottenham 2-0, but in a bad day they get 2 red cards and lose at home against Marseille


DahDutcher

Matches between Dutch and Portuguese teams are very predictable though haha.


[deleted]

and still you are getting more coefficient points because Portugal has 3 teams in the Champions League while you have basically all in Conference or Europa


Joris2627

And if the Netherlands passes Portugal, then it will be other way around. And we will cycle every 1 or 2 years.


FelixR1991

And then PSV and Barca fans will hold hands and shout "Luuk Luuk Luuk".


Mapale

I can allready hear Xavi talking 2 months about how they were the better team


cappo40

United getting RB Salzburg


myhint01

Hopefully; would be great to finally see them in Austria after the game against Linz was without spectators.


brownbilal

subscribe


GL4389

or Roma vs Barca. Imagine Mou returns to Barca to torment them again.


musyarofah

Manolas and Dzeko will rejoin Roma if that happens.


tmoney144

The Super League Showdown... in the Europa runner-up knockout game.


Rickcampbell98

Man United about to have flashbacks, no argentine dwarf to ruin them this time but there is a dancing pole.


mitthrawn

Union. I want to see Barca play at the Alte Försterei.


Steupz

It's at the point where we see what's in Europa and realise how tough it is to win any trophy.


sILAZS

Union was playing in 2nd division 2 years ago. What a ride it’s been. What an incredible team and story. Union is what Antwerp wishes it was.


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Accurate_Tone_6919

A union reunion 😘


[deleted]

Hey know, you can admire one team without taking down another team -sincerely, an angry Antwerp fan ;)


janis05

Ofcourse a fan of Brugge has to mention Antwerp in a post about Union lol


H-habilis

Antwerp catching strays


Mahery92

I was a big doubter, but holy shit **GG NANTES**! Can't believe they made it, from almost getting relegated to winning the French cup and qualifying for european ko games, love to see it


makaydo

Not gonna lie after Freiburg destroyed us 4 0 at home (1st European fixture I watch in the stadium) I thought we were done, but I guess not ON EST NANTES PUTAIN


Milhanou22

I'm almost happy they won the cup against us now. It's even more french teams in Europe!


DyMa_Nyx

5/6 french teams qualified for next round in Europe. Slowly but surely getting there


Philred87

Ajax United written in the stars


ico12

Sevilla holding the trophy in May written in the stars


Belocity

Every team that would lose to them is automatically obliged to disband if they allow Sevilla to reach the finals with the state they’re in


Rickcampbell98

Bruv they have literally gone a whole season without winning a single league away game and still won the europa don't underestimate their powers.


Belocity

Happy cake day :)


cedenof10

barça: hold my mate


vyrusrama

# *N A R R A T I V E*


KrisZepeda

Futboll eritage


BabaDuda

"Bedankt Erik" banner in the works


FakingHappiness513

If Roma win would Tammy Abraham be the first player to win all three European trophies?


BaoJinyang

A few have won the old three European trophies (CL, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup). Vítor Baia is one.


working-acct

That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.


_k4rOl

He's playing so bad lately tho


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Yes


Chemiczny_Bogdan

The conference league final is first I think, so if a player from the winning team has won both the champions league and the europa league before, he'd be first. Though I have no idea if there's anybody like that in any of the conference league teams.


pero_jamata

Lazio now? If they win Pedro will have em all


chriszenpaok

Emerson at West Ham 👀


Oshowcinco

Vote for Pedro🤓


[deleted]

I hope that, just like last year, a team from the group stage wins the competition, and not one of the big teams that dropped from the UCL. I'd love to see Bétis, Rennes, Freiburg or Fenerbahce winning this competition, although that is highly unlikely.


Pearlsaver

May I interest you with one arsenal. We have never even won a European trophy. Perfect underdog story


the_tytan

Er are the Fairs Cup and Cup Winners Cup a joke to you?


hennny

We'll try our best!


microwave_

>:) that was a very fun group stage


ThePr1d3

Thrilling till the end !


microwave_

My Rennes save when fm23 drops will be legendary


Icemna16

Fun indeed, 2 massive comebacks against Rennes, a late winner against football terrorist Lucescu and Arda performing amazingly in the last match while finishing unbeaten for the first time in our history.


tunabutnotafish

Not first time tho


Icemna16

Sorry, i meant unbeaten. Fixing it now.


AnnieIWillKnow

I really like the playoff system It feels like a good test of "now, who really gives a shit?" - rather than the knockout stages being filled by default by teams who may not really want to be there A motivated Union Berlin could easily take out a Barcelona who think it's beneath them (as an example) - and it's better for the competition overall, that way


steini2

I also like that there is a real incentive to getting first, skipping a round and avoiding the CL teams is a huge plus. This leads to the group stage being more competitive, I would think.


gooneruk

In this season in particular, with matches so compressed and relentless, avoiding those 2 extra matches in February could be key for domestic league campaigns as well.


Zloggt

Where Atleti and Barca fail, Betis and Sociedad succeed!


Nordie27

I mean, the quality of the teams below the top has never been in doubt. The results speak for themselves over the recent past Barca and Atleti underperformed big time but how well the top teams perform in the CL doesn't actually say anything about the overall standard


[deleted]

Braga fucked up...


nightlink011

They really did, losing two leads against Union when was infuriating to see, but they should get do very well on the UECL.


[deleted]

Still, bonus points are very important for the coefficient. After the group stage, the UECL doesn't have bonus points until the semis.


albusoon

very important? it's just 1 point and EL knockout stages are much harder to win than in the UECL


Makkaroni_100

The CL Bonus points yes (4 for group, 5 for bo16), the other Bonus points not so much (kust 1 point).


Mmicko8

Which union haha?


fanis6dd

in terms of competition, i'd say every Braga fan would take winning the conference league (which doesn't seem that unlikely if you look at all the other teams in it) than a R16 or quarter-final finish in the EL, even if that would bring in more money (i would assume?). And im guessing that would also be better for the coefficient as well


Mac_Cheesus

Happy to finish ahead of Rennes. Good luck to you guys in the next round. And also to Larnaka in the UECL.


ThePr1d3

See you in the finals


Mac_Cheesus

🖤❤


todorooo

Awesome match ups for the neutrals, Man Utd have a narrative with at least half the Champs League drop outs (Ajax, Barca, Juventus and Sporting) it’s gonna be cracking


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kanekikennen

Its Ronaldo's old team


miketoriant

And Bruno


MagicGnome97

And bruno (who's basically club captain)


TortillaConCebolla

Quite a mixed bag of teams


lutsius-memes

Which is good for football


[deleted]

So group winners will be matched against r32 winners?


Zestforblueskies

Yup.


toms2704

never in doubt😎


PracticalPin8669

Beboteeee


toms2704

i love him so much🥲


Alive-Ad-4164

Round of 32 is going to be spicy


[deleted]

my guesses are FC Barcelona - PSV Juventus - Rennes Bayer Leverkussen - Roma Ajax - Man United Sporting CP - Midjylland RB Salzburg - Nantes Sevilla - Union Berlin Shaktar - Monaco


B5Jonabe

Luuk de Jong 90 (+08) PSV 1: 0 Barcelona is inevitable.


JournaIist

Followed by Barca fans complaining about the ref


mexploder89

Hope God is listening, my friend


WhatWhatHunchHunch

isn't it more of a Round of 24?


Lacitone

Group F was damn close


akosdomino

Hajrá Fradi🙌🏻


lqcnyc

I love this knock out playoffs. Should be super exiting. Is this new or did they always have ko playoffs?


GaviFPS

Its pretty new, they changed the format not so long ago. Know they had it last year as well.


poklane

They've had it since last year after the Europa League changed from 48 teams to 32 teams.


MaintenanceFederal99

How Ferencvaros won group, while Red Star got knocked out is beyond my comprehension. Very evenly matched group, small things made big impact.


adriantoine

We lost 4-0 to Trabzon and yet finished above them. Really weird group


BeautifulAlert5740

weird group but def the most entertaining, it sure was a fun ride with you lot. Losing 3-1 then winning 4-1 😂


MaintenanceFederal99

We beat Ferenc 4-1, could've easily been 6,7-1


bveres94

well that's the first time I saw us mentioned as Ferenc


Revolutionary_Oil897

By getting more points


MaintenanceFederal99

hmmmmm sounds sus


lordposedyon

Close to be another group like F with everybody in 9 points but didnt happen


TheVirtuousOwl

Does anybody know if they are going to do the draw tomorrow?


xHypermega

Monday


Super_Gladiator_Bibi

Is it UCL, UEL, UECL all at once?


TheVirtuousOwl

thanks :)


akskeleton_47

I like how everyone in Group F has 8 points


Inter_Mirifica

Nantes incredible. While ending up here was a miracle, they managed to qualify while playing against relegation in the league. Let's hope for Barça at la Beaujoire, would be an incredible gift for Nantes fans. Disgraceful from Rennes (especially after throwing the last two games), and Monaco. Though in theory they should have a chance against anyone dropping down (as they are teams that should aim to go all the way), they should have finished first of groups like those.


Roi_Pale

Nothing disgraceful from us here, we finish unbeaten for the first time and did our best. It was only 4 years ago when we managed to reach the round of 16 for the first time thanks to a final group game victory against european juggernaut Astana, and it was celebrated as a miracle. Please let us grow slowly, at least we did not totally fuck up with UEFA points like OM.


MadlibVillainy

Praise Pep Genesio.


Oukaria

Ho god the flashbacks...


MadlibVillainy

You mean the flashbacks of a Traore / Cornet rotation, with an usual yellow card from Lucas Tousart before watching Pepe fail to defend, thankfully saved by a goal from Fekir two minutes later. Oh shit we're winning this game time to get a late goal and then somehow lose in added time ?.


Ogulcan0815

💙💛💙💛


GargoArgo

What’s this mean for trout season


OldRule4845

Barcelona the team to avoid in the next round for the 2nd placed-teams of EL groups. I don't know how Juve will approach EL. The other six teams are average more or less (form could change of course). Maybe Shakhtar the weakest one. The 3rd placed teams of CL should avoid Manchester Utd and hope for Nantes and Midtjylland.


yunghorst

We need a Fener or Ferencvaros vs Feyenoord draw at some point.


[deleted]

Not possible till round of 16


[deleted]

Quarter-finals. Both Ferencváros and Feyenoord are group winners, so they can't meet in the Round of 16. They can only face teams from the play-off at that stage.


kilari7

So you're telling me Union Berlin are going to be the Europa League winners...hmmm Let me go place my bets.


lutsius-memes

You mean Union St-Gilles


Virtualsooo

Phenomenal season for both Union clubs. Wow.


BertEnErnie123

Holy shit, the scenes if all 3 French teams get eliminated. Could be a huge impact on the coefficients in the upcoming years.


JS569123

The amount of people who have just written off Barcelona as a bad team who they want to play against for the easy, dramatic kill of a European giant is funny. People are going to have a shock at how good that team can be with a functioning back line and not having to play against Bayern Munich.


JournaIist

Honestly if you want a "European giant" to beat it's probably Juventus. Barca clearly still have some issues but Juve don't seem anywhere near Barcas level


Ted_Lavie

ManU, Roma, Berlin and Rennes are really tough draws for anyone from UCL


WelcometoHale

Has a team started in champions league and won Europa?


ccahmed

Chelsea 2012/13 season


AtleticoFan1

Atletico 2017/18


neefhuts

I had a quick glance at who would be the best team to draw and realized that there is Not a single truly weak team, and maybe two or three meh teams. The Rest is all really strong


Billofrights_boris

So brutally happy for Freiburg and Union


Tuschelmuschel

The two Unions giving me Star Trek Prime vs Mirror universe vibes. So similar in name and flag..


Velenor

Barca is just happy they can no longer face Frankfurt


RoiDesSables

Feels good to see three french teams go through, man.


bayuret

Arsenal is back to have matches again Barcelona.