>literally nothing interesting or unexpected happened except this obviously rigged real madrid-benfica matchIt's shit. Bring the groups back
>>153192483You expected bodø to win?
serie ass containment breach...not a word about juventus rigging it with monaco
>>153192483What was so unexpected and interesting about the last 5-10 years of the CL pre-league format? the finals have been between 2 teams with lots of silverware, the semi-finals havent involved a non-champion team in forever, only Emery's Villarreal and MAYBE the Ajax that got beaten by Pochettino's Spurs have been real upsets.>>153193773They are by far the best "outsider" shot of the clubs that played this season, drew Spurs, beat City, beat Atlético, narrowly lost to Juventus, they put up a good fight in nearly all their CL fixtures.
>>153194202he's just an old good new bad mong
>>153194406Really the issue with the format is that a few too many teams are getting "in" and that there's just too much economical disparity between leagues and even between the Prem and the other top leagues. If other clubs had more funds or were managed better this wouldnt be an issue.
>>153192483Tonight was absolutely top drawer cinema, the format was worth it for this one night alone
>>153195093Only actually entertaining match was real madrid-benfica which was obviously rigged, especially at the end, to make you poorfags say OMG THIS NEW FORMAT IS LE EPIC KINOAll other matches were complete nothingburgers
>>153197903meds takey
UCL only starts at quarter finals, like always.
Nothing ever happens.
>>153194202>What was so unexpected and interesting about the last 5-10 years of the CL pre-league format?Barcelona fucked upp several times and missed the knockouts.>>153193773Maybe not this game, but that they would finish top 24 of 36 (after Qarabag btw)? Not that unexpected.
>>153192483The format doesn't do shit for the UCL but it actually worked wonders for UEL and UECL.
