With a little improvement Hammers will give Euro teams plenty of trouble in the CL.

Champions league is fine. I would make one change, two at most.

1. Get rid of country protection in second round. I think it made sense when you had two clubs. But when you have 4 clubs per country in an already economically asymmetric system, it leads to ever more consolidation of power in the big 3-4 leagues. Additionally, it means that very often the same match-ups are generated each year because a number of potential match-ups are excluded. It's no coincidence that we constantly play the same teams each year

2. Consider removing the away goals rule. Europe is a tiny continent. This only becomes relevant if you have a tie in the Urals. Otherwise, it's a short private jet or commercial flight. You spend as much time traveling as if you took the bus to a domestic affair. It also kills a lot of ties far too quickly. You led 1-0 at home and then make it 1-0 away. All of a sudden your opponent goes from needing one goal to needing three. Piss off.

Making the groups bigger makes no sense. The 4 team group works because at most only the last round is irrelevant. And typically, there is something at stake up until the 6th round of games of 2 or more teams. You put 8 teams in a group, and then you end up with 2 or 3 teams with nothing to play for in the last two to three rounds.

Agree with that. I would keep the current format and get rid of away goals. Often kills the tie and make it impossible for another club to overturn a deficit once an away goal is scored.

I think the country protection make sense to a certain extent. Otherwise, QFs and SFs has a high possibility of seeing very weak matchups.

I agree with all that Claudius said. Especially away goal rule needs to go. Kills ties too early, plus we dont get as much OT drama as we could. Kills excitement.

TerStegen
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--Messi--Suarez--Neymar

Come on Barca. Atleti will be a tough opposition but I feel Barca can do it. NEED to win here. They'll be better defensively at the Vincente Calderon.

Predicting Barca 2-1.

Could we beat Atleti over two legs? Only 15 goals conceded in La Liga.

We're a team that have been struggling for goals, I'm saying no. We can't beat Monaco let alone a top 5 side in the world.

Bayern 1-0.

2 minutes gone.

Torres 1-0 fuck.

MASSIVE goal for Atleti. Even if it finished 3-1, Atletic need 1 at home.

Such a crucial goal.

Koke and Griezman are top players in their respective positions. Koke in particular could be huge for us in CM.

Barca are frustrated and the game is turning feisty with a few niggly fouls.

Torres is an idiot.

Ter Stegen makes a great save from Griezmann after Torres sent it towards the Frenchman who slid in to connect, and the keeper pushes it past the post.

Barca need to score.

Torres off!

Savz, your stream is behind