European Leagues.

[Syferus]

That's Ronaldo's Messi-equalling fifth Ballon D'Or as good as confirmed.

The 2019 Ballon d'Or is going to be very interesting now.

[Captain Obvious]

Outstanding second half performance from Real Madrid. Hard to believe it's 27 years since a side retained the European cup feels like only yesterday when I watched a great AC Milan side achieve that.

[Milltown Row2]

Ronaldo never produces in the big games...... I couldn't be arsed looking for the clowns that said that but feck!!!

[Boycey]

https://twitter.com/janaagefjortoft/status/871118224636731393


Delighted for Ronaldo, an absolute superb pro

#onetrickpony 

[SHEEDY]

powerful image produced by legia warsaw fans tonight.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGP--VEXkAI2gHA.jpg:large

[Tony Baloney]

powerful image produced by legia warsaw fans tonight.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGP--VEXkAI2gHA.jpg:large

Class. They had a tifo a few years ago of a masked Ultra which I think got them in trouble.

[Boycey]

powerful image produced by legia warsaw fans tonight.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGP--VEXkAI2gHA.jpg:large

Class. They had a tifo a few years ago of a masked Ultra which I think got them in trouble.

On one level I quite like that on another it's just wrong..

[Ball Hopper]

Draw on Friday 4 Aug:  The top 5 seeds from the Champions route  are drawn against the bottom 5, ditto for League route.  Rankings are based on club coefficient, which is the number after each clubs name.

The ten winners go to Champions League group stage, ten losers go to Europa League.

Champions route:

Olympiacos (GRE) 64.580
Celtic (SCO) 42.785
København (DEN) 37.800
APOEL (CYP) 26.210
Maribor (SVN) 21.125

*****************
Qarabağ (AZE) 18.050
Astana (KAZ) 16.800
Rijeka (CRO) 15.550
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 10.875
Slavia Praha (CZE) 8.135

League route:

Sevilla (ESP) 112.999
Napoli (ITA) 88.666
Liverpool (ENG) 56.192
CSKA Moskva (RUS) 39.606
Sporting CP (POR) 36.866

******************
FCSB (ROU) 35.370
Young Boys (SUI) 28.915
Hoffenheim (GER) 15.899
Nice (FRA) 16.833
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) 10.340

[gallsman]

And it's done. Now, to see how Barca can manage to blow the windfall on a load of shite hawks.

The market is absolutely crazy at the minute.

[gawa316]

Sure he only scores against the shite teams. That hat trick streak could continue against the best defense in the world.

The man is a machine. Without doubt the best to ever play the game.

Ridiculous statement

[BennyHarp]

Ronaldo with a fairly hefty push on the ref after getting red carded. I wonder is the Spanish FA  as ruthless as the GAA in thes sort of incidents.

[gallsman]

Some match this evening. Two unreal goals from Ronaldo and Asensio.

Five game minimum you'd imagine for the push.

Barca look to be in trouble. They have to spend, and quickly.

[Applesisapples]

Some match this evening. Two unreal goals from Ronaldo and Asensio.

Five game minimum you'd imagine for the push.

Barca look to be in trouble. They have to spend, and quickly.

Spending isn't the issue, though it would help, they have good enough players, they need a manager who can enforce a defensive strategy. Although the fans won't like that.

[StGallsGAA]

The Champions League draw should throw up some immensely competitive groupings.    Real and Bayern aside Pot 2 has stronger teams than Pot 1, while Pot 3 has a fair few big hitters as well.  Some in Pot 4 will fancy their chances of the knock out stages if they get the right draw. 

[Captain Obvious]

Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA Moscow
Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic
Group C: Chelsea, Atlético Madrid, Roma, Qarabag
Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting Clube de Portugal
Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor
Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord
Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, Leipzig
Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, Apoel Nicosia