nicely bottled by Udinese, in typical fashion 
that means more moneys for the other italian teams in the CL, I guess
that means more moneys for the other italian teams in the CL, I guess
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[CL] Champions League 2012/13 (167 Viewers)
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How much more?
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Only 5 teams left to qualify.
Celtic and Dinamo Kiev are almost qualified after winning their away games 3:1 and 2:0 respectively. Now they only need to finish the job at home. CFR Cluj are also close to qualifying after beating Basel 2:1 in Switzerland.
The other two matches are harder to predict: Fenerbahce hosts Spartak Moscow (first match in Moscow finished 2:1 for Spartak) and Lille play at home against Kobenhavn after losing 1:0 in Denmark. In any case, no matter who qualifies, all 4 of Kobenhavn, Spartak, Fenerbahce and Lille have enough coefficient pts to be in pot 3 and they can't be placed in any other pot.
If Celtic, Kiev and Cluj qualify, as expected, then these are the 4 pots:
POT 1: Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern, Real Madrid, Porto, Arsenal, Milan
POT 2: Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar, Zenit, Schalke 04, Manchester City, Braga, Kiev
POT 3: Olympiakos, Ajax, Anderlecht, Juventus, the winner of Kobenhavn-Lille, the winner of Spartak-Fenerbahce, PSG, Galatasaray
POT 4: Celtic, Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, CFR Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, Nordsjælland
Celtic and Dinamo Kiev are almost qualified after winning their away games 3:1 and 2:0 respectively. Now they only need to finish the job at home. CFR Cluj are also close to qualifying after beating Basel 2:1 in Switzerland.
The other two matches are harder to predict: Fenerbahce hosts Spartak Moscow (first match in Moscow finished 2:1 for Spartak) and Lille play at home against Kobenhavn after losing 1:0 in Denmark. In any case, no matter who qualifies, all 4 of Kobenhavn, Spartak, Fenerbahce and Lille have enough coefficient pts to be in pot 3 and they can't be placed in any other pot.
If Celtic, Kiev and Cluj qualify, as expected, then these are the 4 pots:
POT 1: Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern, Real Madrid, Porto, Arsenal, Milan
POT 2: Valencia, Benfica, Shakhtar, Zenit, Schalke 04, Manchester City, Braga, Kiev
POT 3: Olympiakos, Ajax, Anderlecht, Juventus, the winner of Kobenhavn-Lille, the winner of Spartak-Fenerbahce, PSG, Galatasaray
POT 4: Celtic, Dortmund, BATE Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, CFR Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, Nordsjælland
in the 4th CL qual round, you can't exactly expect to play bad opponents. Braga was as easy an opponent as Udinese was likely to get at this stage and they still proved to be too much for them.
anyways, my point is that it's Udinese pedestrian, provincial mentality that is their biggest enemy, not whether anyone single player is present or not.
anyways, my point is that it's Udinese pedestrian, provincial mentality that is their biggest enemy, not whether anyone single player is present or not.
well they will still need a bit of luck 
i still hope they qualify , i know that many people here are against of the good of serie a , but there hadn't been 2 teams in CL from serie a for 14 years . The spanich and french league are too close in points and i think italy definetly needs to reach germany again .
With udinese gone and serie a teams snobing europa legaue things don't seem really bright
I think that starting from next season serie a will perform better considering that there are some nice teams who are bulding a good squad , but this year seems like a lifetime low
i still hope they qualify , i know that many people here are against of the good of serie a , but there hadn't been 2 teams in CL from serie a for 14 years . The spanich and french league are too close in points and i think italy definetly needs to reach germany again .
With udinese gone and serie a teams snobing europa legaue things don't seem really bright
I think that starting from next season serie a will perform better considering that there are some nice teams who are bulding a good squad , but this year seems like a lifetime low
