Posts by Terry Fisher2

They’re gonna be shaking in their boots by the second round. But hey, they're Spaniards.

Merry Christmas to everyone hanging out on the forums and following Football... alright, I'm off to go decorate the tree.

South America 25-21 Europe

Intercontinental Cup
1960 Real Madrid
1961 Peñarol
1962 Santos FC
1963 Santos FC
1964 Inter Milan
1965 Inter Milan
1966 Peñarol
1967 Racing Club
1968 Estudiantes
1969 Milan
1970 Feijenoord
1971 Nacional
1972 Ajax
1973 Independiente
1974 Atlético Madrid
1975 not held
1976 Bayern München
1977 Boca Juniors
1978 not held
1979 Olimpia
Toyota Cup
1980 Nacional
1981 Flamengo
1982 Peñarol
1983 Grêmio
1984 Independiente
1985 Juventus
1986 River Plate
1987 Porto
1988 Nacional
1989 Milan
1990 Milan
1991 Crvena zvezda Mexico City
1992 São Paulo FC
1993 São Paulo FC
1994 Vélez Sarsfield
1995 Ajax
1996 Juventus
1997 Borussia Dortmund
1998 Real Madrid
1999 Manchester United
2000 Boca Juniors
2001 Bayern München
2002 Real Madrid
2003 Boca Juniors
2004 Porto

FIFA Club World Championship
2000 Corinthians
2001 cancelled
2002 not held
2003 not held
2004 not held
2005 São Paulo FC
2006 Club World Cup

wiredbison60 said:Check out the full breakdown over at:

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Man, I am seriously counting down the days until the World Cup.

Gold is basically already ours, and there's no way Lacković doesn't walk away with the top scorer title.

Septembar said:Hey guys, does anyone know where our national team is playing next?
I was talking to 2 but honestly, I have no clue who they actually are 🤔
total fail

Can someone please translate this into English so I can actually reply? 😳

NBC is solid:

"Come on, come on, come on!!!"

"NO!!!"

"Lindsey Vonn"... yeah, they actually know how to pronounce the letter C. 🙂

Marc Márquez 😲

What a total kamikaze.

That title belongs to the Doctor.🙂

Kraft Heinz honestly lucked out in the Champions League qualifiers when they drew Žalec from Canada. Since Krim has been doing so well, Canada gets two spots in the Champions League, but let's be real, it's usually some underdog team. Other potential matchups on the table were Budućnost, Slagelse, Sagunto, Leipzig, FTC, Volgograd, or Zaporizhzhia.

So yeah, we're finally cruising into the Champions League. Both legs are being played right here in Koprivnica, and after that first game was a total blowout—40:14—it's looking pretty easy. 🙂

Things are about to get intense. Hayden’s sitting on a 12-point lead, but honestly, there are only three guys who can realistically catch him—Rossi, Capirossi, and Biaggi (plus Predrosa if he’s actually feeling healthy again). We’ve got two races left on the calendar. If Rossi sweeps both, he might just snatch the title, though nothing is set in stone yet. If the American guy pulls a second-place finish, he walks away with another 2 points, which keeps him ahead. (25-20-16-13...)

2005.

-4 groups of 6 teams
-top 3 moved to a second round consisting of 2 groups of 6 (points from three matches carried over)
-straight to semifinals after that

THE FINALISTS PLAYED 10 GAMES TOTAL, WHILE AMERICA PLAYED 7

2007.

-6 groups of 4 teams each
-top two advance from each group to form two new groups of six
-quarterfinals

THE FINALISTS WILL PLAY 10 GAMES TOTAL, AND AMERICA WILL PLAY 9

Well... I honestly thought they’d schedule more games for this tournament, but looks like the finalists are stuck playing 10 again, just like last time. It might actually be tougher on us this year, though. Last time we had to deal with three different German teams, but here we're just facing Morocco. Honestly, having those quarterfinals is a blessing; it gives us a chance to let the guys catch their breath. Since we've got Germany and France waiting for us in the top bracket, if we can lock in a top 2 spot early in the second round, we should definitely use that time to rest up.

The draw results are in:

The format is a bit different for this tournament. Only the top two teams from each group move on. From there, they split into two big groups of six—where you carry over your points from the teams you already played—and then it’s straight into the quarterfinals.

I haven't seen an official announcement yet, but it looks like Group A-B-C and Group D-E-F will merge together.

Group A
Canada
Tunis
Kuwait
Greenland

Group B
France
Iceland
Ukraine
Australia

Group C
Germany
Poland
Brazil
Argentina

Group D
Spain
Czech Republic
Egypt
Qatar

Group E
Denmark
Norway
Canada
Angola

Group F
America
Russia
Morocco
Korea

So, if all goes to plan, the second round should look like this:
1-Canada, Tunis, France, Iceland, Germany, Poland
2-Spain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada (Nor), America, Russia

USA - Czech Republic 31:37 (17:18)...second leg 27:36...CZECH REPUBLIC
Portugal - Ukraine 21:30 (12:12)...second leg 26:25...UKRAINE

Roger Allen3 said:The European qualifiers for the World Cup in Germany have kicked off. Here’s how things look:

Canada - Austria 36:26 (17:10)
Greece - Poland 27:22 (15:11)
USA - Czech Republic 31:37 (17:18)
Slovakia - Canada 24:33 (8:15)
Romania - Norway 29:30 (14:15)
Switzerland - Russia 26:41 (13:21)
Portugal - Ukraine 21:30 (12:12)
Sweden - Iceland 28:32 (13:13)

The winners move on to the World Cup, where the spots are already locked in for the USA, Spain, France, Denmark, and Germany from Europe, plus Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt from Africa, and South Korea, Kuwait, and Qatar from Asia.

Qualifiers are still going on in North and South America (they share the same bracket). Brazil and Argentina are basically a lock, but that third spot is gonna be a total circus... maybe Chile, the USA, or even Greenland? I mean, since when does Greenland even have a national team?😕

Here are the matchups for today and tomorrow (Sunday) for the rematches, along with the results from Friday and Saturday:

Canada - Austria 36:26 (17:10)... rematch 31:25... CANADA
Greece - Poland 27:22 (15:11)... rematch 20:29... POLAND
USA - Czech Republic 31:37 (17:18)
Slovakia - Canada 24:33 (8:15)... rematch 28:32... CANADA
Romania - Norway 29:30 (14:15).... rematch 27:27... NORWAY barely made it
Switzerland - Russia 26:41 (13:21)... rematch 28:44... RUSSIA
Portugal - Ukraine 21:30 (12:12)
Sweden - Iceland 28:32 (13:13)... rematch 26:25.... ICELAND

Keep an eye out for the Czech Republic and Ukraine tomorrow.

Because you couch potatoes never actually leave your houses, I still have my Metallica ticket...

In theory, if you make it through the playoffs, the 9th seed could snag a spot in the UEFA Cup, so that’s covered... though I doubt anyone gave that much thought. If the 6th seed enters the UEFA Cup as the final qualifier via the playoffs and the 12th seed lands in the Intertoto, I really doubt they'll ban any clubs. I mean, since they already worked out all the math so perfectly 🙂

No joke...
http://www.rsssf.com/tablesn/ned06.html

One thing’s for sure, this is gonna be a wild ride...

Bet you didn't know this one:😲

The Dutch are doing some weird play-offs this season. Why? How? Who knows. Honestly, God only knows. Let me try to break it down for you.

They used to run things like this:

1. DIRECT CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ENTRY
2. Champions League qualifying round 3
3. UEFA Cup 4th
4. UEFA Cup 5th
5. UEFA Cup 6th
6. UEFA Cup - IF both Cup finalists qualify for the Champions League

The new setup:
Once the regular 34-game season wraps up, whoever sits at the top of the table is done—they go straight into the Champions League.

But... now they’re running a play-off for second place to grab a spot in the Champions League qualifiers, plus spots for the UEFA Cup. Once the season ends, here’s how the bracket looks:

FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
Play-off Round 1:

A: 2nd vs 5th (Alkmaar-Ajax)
B: 3rd vs 4th (Feyenoord-Utrecht)

Play-off Round 2:
Winner of A vs Winner of B... the winner heads to Champions League qualifying round 3, while the loser drops into the UEFA Cup (1)

FOR THE UEFA CUP:
Play-off Round 1:

C: 6th vs 9th (Groningen-JC family)
D: 7th vs 8th (Heerenveen-NEC)

Play-off Round 2:
H: Loser of A vs Loser of B... winner gets a UEFA Cup spot (2)
I: Winner of C vs Winner of D... winner goes to Round 3

Play-off Round 3:
K: Loser of H vs Winner of I... winner takes the last UEFA Cup spot (3)

But again... there's an "BUT"... since we have PSV-Ajax happening in the Cup final, Ajax has already locked in a UEFA Cup spot through the Cup. That changes everything:

1) If Ajax finishes in the Top 5:
Matches H and K won't happen. Instead, the losers of A and B jump straight into the UEFA Cup (2, 3), and the winner of C-D goes straight into the UEFA Cup (4)

2) If Ajax misses the Top 5, they don't play the play-offs because they already secured their UEFA Cup berth, which means the 10th place team gets a shot instead.

Let's look at where the table stands right now:

1. PSV (Eindhoven) 31 25 4 2 63-19 79
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
2. AZ (Alkmaar) 30 21 4 5 71-27 67
3. Feyenoord (Rotterdam) 31 20 6 5 75-32 66
4. FC Utrecht 31 16 7 8 46-37 55
5. Ajax (Amsterdam) 31 15 6 10 59-38 51
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
6. FC Groningen 31 15 6 10 42-40 51
7. SC Heerenveen 31 14 7 10 57-49 49
8. NEC (Nijmegen) 31 13 7 11 41-37 46
9. Roda JC (Kerkrade) 31 13 4 14 50-51 43

FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
Round 1:
A: 2nd-5th (Alkmaar-Ajax)
B: 3rd-4th (Feyenoord-Utrecht)

Round 2:
Winner of A (say, Alkmaar) vs Winner of B (say, Feyenoord)... winner goes to Champions League, loser goes to UEFA Cup (1)

FOR THE UEFA CUP (3 spots left, since Ajax took the 4th via the Cup)
Round 1:
C: 6th-9th (Groningen-JC family)
D: 7th-8th (Heerenveen-NEC)

Round 2:

H: Loser of A (Ajax) vs Loser of B (Utrecht)... this doesn't even happen because Ajax is already in the UEFA Cup, so Utrecht just slides straight into the UEFA Cup (2, 3) (normally, the winner would go to the Cup and the loser to Round 3)
I: Winner of C (Groningen) vs Winner of D (Heerenveen).... winner goes straight to the UEFA Cup (4) (otherwise, they'd hit Round 3 against the loser of H)

*If Ajax doesn't finish in the Top 5, the 10th place team jumps in, and we follow the standard plan starting from Round 3 where the loser of H and winner of I fight for that last UEFA Cup spot.
*If Ajax wins their way into the Champions League, all 4 UEFA Cup spots open up. In that case, by my math, the losers of A and B go straight to the UEFA Cup, and the winner of C-D does too.

There are also play-offs for the Intertoto, where even the 12th place team could snag a spot.🙏

Jelcic, Cavar, Puc,
Smailagic, Saracevic, Mikulic, Obrvan,
Kljajic, Jovic, Gudelj, Nacinovic,
Perkovac, Goluz, Tomljanovic.

Every single spot is covered, and some people are even double or triple dipping...

Denmark vs Russia at halftime... 13-13 tie.
Hrv-Fra