Champions League 2017/2018 (64 Viewers)
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That was a very interesting question and i had to analyze the draw very precisely, not knowing what caused that felt pretty uncomfortable. 
So basically this was the table before Real got picked:
Now we have to place Real somewhere, it seems pretty obvious that both groups should be avaiable, but let's look at pot 2:
And here is the important part: seems that UEFA's regulations state that 2 best teams from same country must play on different days (so one must be in A-D and one in E-H) and the other rule is that teams from same country must be evenly distributed over days (so if there are 4, 2 in A-D and 2 in E-H).
Now let's assume Real gets assigned to group D. Let's see where this takes us:
-Barca must be assigned to groups E-H since Real is in A-D
-Dortmund also E-H, because of Bayern
-City also E-H, because of Chelsea
-Porto also E-H, because of Benfica
so now we see that E-H groups are full, so the rest must go to A-D and we have PSG, United, Atleti and Sevilla = 2 Spanish teams while Real is already there. This makes 3 out of 4 Spanish teams competing in CL in A-D. That's why Real had to go to H, so there would be 2 Spanish teams in A-D and 2 in E-H.
So basically this was the table before Real got picked:
Now we have to place Real somewhere, it seems pretty obvious that both groups should be avaiable, but let's look at pot 2:
And here is the important part: seems that UEFA's regulations state that 2 best teams from same country must play on different days (so one must be in A-D and one in E-H) and the other rule is that teams from same country must be evenly distributed over days (so if there are 4, 2 in A-D and 2 in E-H).
Now let's assume Real gets assigned to group D. Let's see where this takes us:
-Barca must be assigned to groups E-H since Real is in A-D
-Dortmund also E-H, because of Bayern
-City also E-H, because of Chelsea
-Porto also E-H, because of Benfica
so now we see that E-H groups are full, so the rest must go to A-D and we have PSG, United, Atleti and Sevilla = 2 Spanish teams while Real is already there. This makes 3 out of 4 Spanish teams competing in CL in A-D. That's why Real had to go to H, so there would be 2 Spanish teams in A-D and 2 in E-H.
Barca doesn't have money to sign both Coutinho and Dembele.
if only we didn't sell Bonucci, with Mautidi and new wingers, Barca wouldn't have any chance vs us.
Dembele to Neymar is a big downgrade on the left wing. he is Dormund's biggest star, but he won't have that status at Barca, his game depends on dribbling too much.
if only we didn't sell Bonucci, with Mautidi and new wingers, Barca wouldn't have any chance vs us.
Dembele to Neymar is a big downgrade on the left wing. he is Dormund's biggest star, but he won't have that status at Barca, his game depends on dribbling too much.
