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The Dragon
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The Champions League starts back tomorrow and it will be adopting a new format.

The Champions League will be expanding from 32 to 36 teams from this season, with all teams contained in a single table.

That means there will have more rounds of fixtures than before with 17 in total, including eight rounds of group games - running from 17 September until 29 January - and then an extra round before the last 16.

The top eight will go through to the last 16, while teams from ninth to 24th go into a new play-off round.
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Report The Dragon October 22, 2024 7:16 PM BST
super boost with 365 at even money imp123
Report impossible123 October 22, 2024 8:07 PM BST
'The Dragon', I saw that, but unable to "manage" elsewhere.
Report SlippyBlue October 22, 2024 9:49 PM BST
Real Madrid come from 2 down to lead Dortmund 4-2 with a couple of minutes left.
A cracking game this has been.
Report mecca October 22, 2024 9:51 PM BST
GET IN!! That Stuttgart goal just landed me a nice 8.43/1 acca
Report mecca October 22, 2024 9:52 PM BST
Had them to score ... missed a pen earlier but get a 92nd minute goal
Report SlippyBlue October 22, 2024 9:55 PM BST
Well done Mecca, nice when a late goal does the businesses for you.
Report SlippyBlue October 22, 2024 9:56 PM BST
5-2 in the end, Dortmund completely folded in the second half.
Report themightymac October 22, 2024 10:29 PM BST
Matched at a high of 10.0 in running.
Report SirNorbertClarke October 22, 2024 11:01 PM BST
Great game.

Can totally see why so many players run down their contracts to join them.
Report The Dragon October 25, 2024 1:54 PM BST
good to see top english teams going so well to date
Report MJK October 25, 2024 3:16 PM BST

Oct 25, 2024 -- 1:54PM, The Dragon wrote:


good to see top english teams going so well to date


At this stage it looks as though only Real Madrid stand in the way of an EPL team winning it

Report The Dragon November 5, 2024 5:22 PM GMT
some big games tonight. hoping liverpool can win but look a tad short
Report The Dragon November 5, 2024 5:26 PM GMT
4 teams are odds on PSV, Real Madrid, Liverpool and Dortmund

city away at sporting are 2.1 on here
Report elise November 5, 2024 5:55 PM GMT
have to think sporting are in with a good chance tonight
Report impossible123 November 5, 2024 6:17 PM GMT
Why is Real Madrid playing? I thought they may show some respect to the dead in the recent flood that ravaged Spain.
Report SirNorbertClarke November 5, 2024 6:52 PM GMT
Sporting Lisbon v Man City

We will get to see how the new United manager fairs against the top premiership side Excited
Report The Dragon November 5, 2024 7:55 PM GMT
psv won
Report The Dragon November 5, 2024 8:10 PM GMT
city 1 up
Report The Dragon November 5, 2024 8:14 PM GMT
madrid losing
Report SlippyBlue November 5, 2024 8:37 PM GMT
Sporting's keeper has kept them in it.

City should be 2 or 3 up by now.
Report SlippyBlue November 5, 2024 8:39 PM GMT
Bang on cue they equalise.

Laugh

1-1.
Report mesmerised November 5, 2024 8:44 PM GMT
1-2 Milan, didn't see this coming
Report mesmerised November 5, 2024 8:45 PM GMT
Bellingham has looked average for ages
Report TameTheTiger November 5, 2024 9:00 PM GMT
another uninspiring first half by Liverpool Sad
Report TameTheTiger November 5, 2024 9:02 PM GMT
TAA seems to have his mind elsewhere the last couple of gamesCrazy
Report mesmerised November 5, 2024 9:07 PM GMT
damn city being spanked
Report Des Pond November 5, 2024 9:10 PM GMT
I think we will see the lowest winning points total in the EPL this season for years. None of the top 3 or 4 playing particularly well imo.
Report SlippyBlue November 5, 2024 9:25 PM GMT
Terrible decision to give that penalty.
Absolutely absurd.
Report SlippyBlue November 5, 2024 9:27 PM GMT
Justice prevails.
Haaland hits the crossbar.
Report mecca November 5, 2024 9:32 PM GMT
Is that Paul Scoles on co-comms in the Sporting-City match?

He keeps referring to City as "we ... us.."  etc
Report mesmerised November 5, 2024 9:40 PM GMT
This is humiliating for Pep, 4-1.

Could be 1 CL title in 9 years, which is a failure.
Report SlippyBlue November 5, 2024 9:41 PM GMT
4-1, AOHW touched 200.0.

Funny old game this football malarky.
Report swiftynifty November 5, 2024 9:52 PM GMT
it's Noel Gallagher.
Report SirNorbertClarke November 5, 2024 9:52 PM GMT
Noel must commentate more often.
Report SirNorbertClarke November 5, 2024 9:55 PM GMT

We will get to see how the new United manager fairs against the top premiership side


Interesting
Report MJK November 5, 2024 9:58 PM GMT
Absolutely Magic tonight Celtic
Report SirNorbertClarke November 6, 2024 9:40 PM GMT
Arsenal look tired. Especially Saka
Report ImSoLuckyLucky! November 6, 2024 10:04 PM GMT
LaughLaughLaugh
Report olddesperado November 6, 2024 10:26 PM GMT
Tbh the whole thing is a pile of dung.
Absolutely zero chance of any top team not making the playoffs which basically renders this whole league thing pointless.

Despite some big shocks so far just look at the table.

Only PSG outside the top 24.
Report SirNorbertClarke November 7, 2024 4:51 PM GMT
been some very soft penalties this week. Always good to have 50p on your team's penalty taker to score  Happy
Report The Dragon November 26, 2024 3:25 PM GMT
and so the next round of fixtures starts tonight - to me its becoming overload and getting to the point of saturation-  here we go again

arsenal at sporting and city at home to feyenoord
Report The Dragon November 27, 2024 5:50 PM GMT
liverpool v real madrid tonight

backed pool at 2.08 earlier in the week    they are now 1.83.

amazing result for the gooners last night

villa v juventus an celtic v bruges

should be good
Report The Dragon November 27, 2024 5:51 PM GMT
amazing result at city wow
Report The Dragon December 10, 2024 4:42 PM GMT
and on we go..

Atalanta 2.74 look big v a Real Madrid size who are struggling we shall see
Report The Dragon December 10, 2024 4:43 PM GMT
celtic look short at Dinimo Zagreb at 1.84 - lay material ?
Report TameTheTiger December 10, 2024 5:14 PM GMT
no sign of SLOT easing up in europe. full steam ahead !

celtic should never be odds on to win away in europe. lay them all night !

Surely Real will kick in soon, but Atalanta are a tough nut to crack. back the draw, trade out ht or later.
Report SirNorbertClarke December 10, 2024 6:42 PM GMT
Atlanta v Real looks the tie of the night
Report SontaranStratagem December 10, 2024 6:50 PM GMT
Since Amorim left Sporting have struggled badly

They were very good under him it's a shame
Report TameTheTiger December 10, 2024 8:41 PM GMT
landed the celtic lay, and happy to have been able to trade out of my atalanta/madrid draw bet for no loss, despite madrid taking the lead.
Report TameTheTiger December 10, 2024 8:48 PM GMT
obviously not so happy nowCry
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 6:25 PM GMT
i think odds on shoyts look good tonight
Report SirNorbertClarke December 11, 2024 6:30 PM GMT
Will Haaland score against Juve? @ 2.46

Will he get a shot on target? @ 1.23
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 7:03 PM GMT
city are bit of a lottery at the mo .watched them at palace at the weekend and they were poor esp midfield haaland got no service but still scored
Report SirNorbertClarke December 11, 2024 7:28 PM GMT
And Haaland takes the pens and is never subbed early
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 7:31 PM GMT
1.29 is short
Report SirNorbertClarke December 11, 2024 7:34 PM GMT
Juve will defend deep so De Bruyne & Gvardiol may take potshots
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 7:46 PM GMT
db was awful v palace ..legs have gone invho
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:04 PM GMT
benfica 1 up first min
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:08 PM GMT
young boys winningSad

what a strange name for a football clubCrazy
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:09 PM GMT
feyonord 1 up
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:27 PM GMT
stutgart 1-1
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:35 PM GMT
gooners 1 up
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 8:42 PM GMT
ac milan 1 up
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 9:11 PM GMT
city losing
Report The Dragon December 11, 2024 9:12 PM GMT
barcelona winning --yes
Report SirNorbertClarke December 11, 2024 9:36 PM GMT
Juve 2 Laugh
Report SirNorbertClarke December 11, 2024 9:40 PM GMT
City have next to no end product. Painful to watch.
Report The Dragon December 12, 2024 1:37 PM GMT
city let me down for a 6 timerCry

barca was my saving grace
Report The Dragon January 22, 2025 9:46 AM GMT
ttt

getting to the end of the changed format with another good win for Liverpool last night who remain unbeaten and ave qualified.

Big games for the gooners and Citeh tonight but i reckon both shd be ok
Report The Dragon January 22, 2025 9:47 AM GMT
4-5 Barca wtf?
Report elise January 22, 2025 2:45 PM GMT
that barca game was a good watch

i feel like city will struggle at psg, might be a draw but they feel like they will concede once under pressure
Report SirNorbertClarke January 22, 2025 3:30 PM GMT
City have been extremely vulnerable down their left
Report SirNorbertClarke January 22, 2025 3:52 PM GMT
City need to win tonight.

This is UAE v Qatar so there is a massive amount of Arab face at stake. Massive. I

'd be amazed if the Ref hadn't been approached.

As it's UEFA rules, penalties for any ball/arm contact in the box and penalties whenever the Ref feels like it, my money is going to be on Haaland to have a shot on target and to score at least 1 goal.

PSG don't have a designated penalty taker. Before each game one of Hakimi, Marquinhos, Asensio, Barcola, Dembele, Doue, Vitinha or Muani gets told it's them.
Report SirNorbertClarke January 22, 2025 7:05 PM GMT
PSG: Donnarumma, Hakimi, Marquinhos, Pacho, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Neves, Fabian, Lee, Doue, Barcola.

Subs: Safonov, Tenas, Kimpembe, Goncalo Ramos, Dembele, Asensio, Hernandez, Mayulu, Zaire Emery, Lucas Beraldo, Zague, Tape.


Manchester City: Ederson, Matheus Nunes, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Silva, Kovacic, Foden, De Bruyne, Savio, Haaland.

Subs: Ortega, Carson, Stones, Grealish, Gundogan, Wright, Alleyne, O’Reilly, Lewis, McAtee.
Report TCat January 22, 2025 8:47 PM GMT
Apologies to Celtic fans as I've put them in my multiples. Already 3 disallowed and an awful missed penalty. They couldn't could they ?
Report SirNorbertClarke January 22, 2025 9:14 PM GMT
Kerching Laugh
Report The Dragon January 24, 2025 3:06 PM GMT
some massive last games coming up
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 8:26 AM GMT
should be some cracking games tonight as the last qualifying matches take place.

Liverpool having already qualified by winning every match shd feel a waekened team v PSV I reckon
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 1:57 PM GMT
atalanta at 4.3 v barca is an interesting one
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 8:34 PM GMT
villa and liverpool winning
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 8:44 PM GMT
arsenal 1-2 upto third

villa 2-2

pool winning 1-2

city 0-0

interesting stuff
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 8:49 PM GMT
city losing -wow 0-1 ht
Report The Dragon January 29, 2025 8:50 PM GMT
2-2 pool ht
Report The Dragon January 31, 2025 3:23 PM GMT
Draw for ko stage- wow city get Real

Brest v Paris St-Germain

Club Brugge v Atalanta

Manchester City v Real Madrid

Juventus v PSV Eindhoven

Monaco v Benfica

Sporting v Borussia Dortmund

Celtic v Bayern Munich

Feyenoord v AC Milan
Report The Dragon January 31, 2025 3:24 PM GMT
i think atalanta may be dark horses in this comp
Report The Dragon January 31, 2025 3:26 PM GMT
decent bet to beat brugge at around evens
Report The Dragon January 31, 2025 3:29 PM GMT
play lille or villa if they get through 34.00 in the outright on here might look big in time

decent trading posi i reckon
Report The Dragon February 11, 2025 4:53 PM GMT
some cracking games tonight at the KO stage.

Fancy Madrid to get something at Citeh
Report The Dragon February 12, 2025 3:38 PM GMT
atalanta is my bet this evening. i fancy them to do well in the comp- bit under the radar imvho
Report The Dragon February 12, 2025 5:50 PM GMT
atlalanta early ko 5 mins gone
Report The Dragon February 12, 2025 7:36 PM GMT
well that didnt go well 94 th min goal from bruggeCry
Report The Dragon February 18, 2025 5:00 PM GMT
second play off legs tonight hoping atalanta can qualify v brugge
Report The Dragon February 19, 2025 4:21 PM GMT
some fascinating final games tonight

RM v City cd be a great game. City big at 5/2? got to win or they are out.

psv v juve - juve 2/1

dortmund to beat lisbon at 4/5 looks the safest bet?
Report The Dragon February 20, 2025 4:10 PM GMT
so when do we know who plays who in the next round?
Report kingscrewed February 20, 2025 6:29 PM GMT
Draw tomorrow Dragon not sure what time. Believe Real play either atletico or Leverkusen. Teams who qualified automatically i.e. top 8 are at home for second leg.
Report The Dragon February 20, 2025 6:45 PM GMT
thanks kings will lookout for it
Report The Dragon February 21, 2025 2:05 PM GMT
Last-16 draw in full

Paris St-Germain v Liverpool

Real Madrid v Atletico Madrid

Feyenoord v Inter Milan

Borussia Dortmund v Lille

Club Brugge v Aston Villa

PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal

Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen

Benfica v Barcelona
Report The Dragon March 11, 2025 6:49 PM GMT
Liverpool team confirmed - Slot makes three changes
Liverpool starting XI vs PSG: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Diaz; Jota.

Subs: Kelleher, Jaros, Endo, Nunez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, McConnell, Quansah.
Report The Dragon March 11, 2025 6:49 PM GMT
barca 3-1 up at ht
Report G Hall March 12, 2025 10:34 PM GMT
Good competition this year, a good spread in last eight.
2 English.
2 German.
2 Spanish.
1 Italian.
1 French.

No surprise in the above, only surprise is the 2 English teams, being villa and arsenal.
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