European Leagues.

[Clinker]

Ha! Dundalk FM playing 'I Shot the Sheriff' after the penalty shoot out finish.

[Clinker]

Great scenes in Seria A. Benevento got their 1st ever point in the top league with a last minute equaliser against ac milan, it was scored by their goalkeeper from a header. After 14 consecutive defeats they're finally off the mark.

Back again and managed to come back from 2 - 0 down early on to win first match 2 - 3 away from home.

[Clinker]

Rapidly back down to earth after half an hour at home v Inter Milan at the moment. 0 - 3

[Clinker]

2 - 5 at the finish.

7 shots on goal v 12 shots on goal. Plenty of potential so far.

[Captain Obvious]

Champions league group draw.

Group A: Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Salzburg, Lokomotiv Moscow

Group B: Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Inter Milan, Borussia Monchengladbach

Group C: Porto, Manchester City, Olympiakos, Marseille

Group D: Liverpool, Ajax, Atalanta, Midtjylland

Group E: Sevilla, Chelsea, FK Krasnodar, Rennes

Group F: Zenit St Petersburg, Borussia Dortmund, Lazio, Bruges

Group G: Juventus, Barcelona, Dynamo Kyiv, Ferencvaros

Group H: Paris St-Germain, Manchester United, RB Leipzig, Istanbul Basaksehir

Following Thursday's draw it was announced that fans could make a partial return to Uefa matches for the first time since March - where local laws permit.

Starting during the October international break, fans will be capped at 30% of a stadium's capacity but away supporters will not be able to attend.

Social distancing will be mandatory and additional precautionary measures such as mask wearing must be implemented in accordance with local rules.

[Jeepers Creepers]

England and Wales players murdering their respective national anthems with no crowd. Lolz (those that knew the words anyway)

[From the Bunker]

Summer transfer window 2020: Top ten biggest-spending leagues

from football365




1) Premier League – £1.26billion
Most expensive purchases: Kai Havertz (£72m, Chelsea), Ruben Dias (£61.2m, Manchester City), Timo Werner (£47.7m, Chelsea)
Despite spending almost double the amount on players than any other league in Europe, the Premier League's £1.26million outlay was the lowest of any summer since 2015. Indeed, this year's spend is down £350million compared to last summer. But it was still around equal to Ligue 1, La Liga, Bundesliga, Liga NOS and Russian Premier Liga combined.



2) Serie A – £686.47million
Most expensive purchases: Arthur (£64.8m, Juventus), Victor Osimhen (£63m, Napoli), Achraf Hakimi (£36m, Inter Milan)
Spending in Italy dropped by almost half a billion pounds, though some of the fees still look extremely generous. Juve and Barcelona concocted a part-exchange deal which valued Arthur at around £65million, which is more of an indication of some creative accounting rather than insightful scouting. The same can be said of Napoli's purchase of Osimhen for, on the face of it, an extortionate amount but the accountants have used their imagination here too.



3) Ligue 1 – £385.67million


Most expensive purchases: Mauro Icardi (£45m, PSG), Kevin Volland (£13.95m, Monaco), Jonathan David (£24.3m, Lille)
Clubs in France also cut their spending roughly in half compared to last summer, with even PSG feeling the pinch. However, transfer income among Ligue 1 clubs was down even further, putting them £47million in red, compared to a £75million collective profit last summer.



4) La Liga – £365.94million

Most expensive purchases: Miralem Pjanic (£54m, Barcelona), Alvaro Morata (£50.4m, Atletico), Trincao (£27.9m)
Spanish clubs collectively turned a profit in the transfer window thanks largely to a huge reduction in spending. According to investment company Carteret Analytics, quoted by the BBC, spending in La Liga was down 46 per cent on the five-year average. Real Madrid failed to spend in the summer market for the first time in 40 years.

5) Bundesliga – £290.43million


Most expensive purchases: Leroy Sane (£40.5m, Bayern Munich), Patrick Schick £23.85m, Bayer Leverkusen), Emre Can (£22.5m, Borussia Dortmund)
Top-tier clubs in Germany lived within their means this summer, even turning a small profit, the equivalent of £10,000 per club.


6) Portuguese Liga NOS – £131.61million


Most expensive purchases: Darwin Nunez (£21.6m, Benfica), Everton (£18m, Benfica), Pedrinho (£16.2m, Benfica)
You have to go down to the 13th most expensive transaction to find one that did not involve a Portuguese club not named Benfica. Indeed, the five most expensive signings were all made by Jorge Jesus's team. Collectively, Liga NOS clubs made a profit of almost £96million – the biggest of any top-tier competition.

7) Russian Premier Liga – £106.02million


Most expensive purchases: Wendel (£18.27m, Zenit), Dejan Lovren (£10.8m, Zenit), Chidera Ejuke (£10.35m, CSKA Moscow)
Beyond the Premier League, no top-tier competition in Europe had a bigger transfer deficit than Russia, with a £56million difference between their transfer outlay and revenue.



Eredivisie – £65.93million


Most expensive purchases: Anthony (£14.18m, Ajax), Davy Klaassen (£10.8m, Ajax), Ibrahim Sangare (£8.1m, PSV).
Dutch clubs reined in their recruitment, with their spending 58 per cent down on last year. Still, they made a tidy £75million profit, though even that figure is 72 per cent down on last summer.


9) Jupiler Pro League – £54.46million


Most expensive purchases: Nurio Fortuna (£5.4m, Gent), Daniel Munoz (£4.05m, Genk), Cyriel Dessers (£3.6m, Genk)
Gent and Genk account for the seven most expensive signings this summer, with Belgian clubs spending around £100million less compared to last summer.

10) Turkish Super Lig – £29.92million


Most expensive purchases: Marcel Tisserand (£3.6m, Fenerbahce), Vitor Hugo (£2.88m, Trabzonspor), Berkay Ozcan (£2.25m, Istanbul Basaksehir)
Spending in Turkey was 56 per cent down year-on-year, with Super Lig clubs spending £2.2million more than they made in the transfer market this summer.

[laoislad]

Big enough crowd at the Zenith game tonight.

[sid waddell]

Big enough crowd at the Zenith game tonight.

Data Systems Cup?

[ziggy90]

Big enough crowd at the Zenith game tonight.

Data Systems Cup?

[Milltown Row2]

Be some come back for Real, 3 nil down half time!

City to win and Liverpool should  have more than enough firepower

Bayern won't get it easy

Atlanta surprise packet last year could get a result!

That's my fiver bet!

[Captain Obvious]

Be some come back for Real, 3 nil down half time!

VAR ruled out a 3-3 draw.

[Milltown Row2]

Be some come back for Real, 3 nil down half time!

VAR ruled out a 3-3 draw.

Seen that thank feck! I'd backed the other team at 2 nil at 5/4 !

Tight call

[Main Street]

Be some come back for Real, 3 nil down half time!

VAR ruled out a 3-3 draw.

Seen that thank feck! I'd backed the other team at 2 nil at 5/4 !

Tight call

I thought it was a clear hindrance from an offside player and the ref didn't dawdle too long  looking at the replays,
I think he must have missed it in real time  therefore VAR asked him to look for himself.

Strange days for Madrid, though they did look lethal when they had their dander up, mixed with the lackadaisical.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

a sticky situation in Holland today

https://twitter.com/ESPNnl/status/1355534216533069824