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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 20:54 - Feb 6 with 3163 viewswessex_exile

With the first Round of 16 matches coming up next week, it's time to get our annual U'sual Champions League competition underway. First off, congratulations to BFG (as holder) sevebalo, noah4x4, Colukev, Sector4, basher2010, thrillseeker, oxfcolu, blueeagle, ghughes11, mfb_cufc, and eagledares for qualifying.

Using a random number generator, you have been drawn into the following 4 groups of 3 (Groups A, B, C, D), and will play off against each other predicting all of the Round of 16 matches.

Group A
sevebalo
Sector4
oxfcolu

Group B
noah4x4
thrillseeker
mfb_cufc

Group C
basher2010
eagledares
BFG

Group D
Colukev
blueeagle
ghughes11

As always, there will be no first-to-post tie-break decider this round, only most spot-ons. However, remember you are only allowed one exact match prediction with each one of your group members for this entire round (1st and 2nd legs together), so first to post may be a factor in this regard. If I spot too many exact matches I will do my best to give advance warning, but please don't rely on me to do this - you must watch this one yourselves too.

Top two from each Group go through, to then form 2 mini-leagues of 4, and play off against each other predicting all of the Quarter-final matches. The mini-leagues will be formed as follows: Winner A, Runner-Up B, Winner C, Runner-up D and Runner-up A, Winner B, Runner-up C and Winner D.

The top two from each mini-league will then be drawn from a hat to play off in head-to-head matches, all predicting the semi-final matches. The finalists will play-off predicting the Champions League Final, this will include predicting different aspects of the game, not just the score - and will be submitted as concealed bids (via PM to me).

If a tie-break is required at any stage, it will always be predicting the attendance of the next U's game.

The Round of 16 fixtures to predict are as follows:
First Legs
12/02/2019 Man U v PSG
12/02/2019 Roma v FC Porto
13/02/2019 Ajax v Real Madrid
13/02/2019 Spurs v Borussia Dortmund
19/02/2019 Liverpool v Bayern Munich
19/02/2019 Lyon v Barcelona
20/02/2019 Atletico Madrid v Juventus
20/02/2019 FC Shalke 04 v Man City

Second Legs
05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs
05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax
06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma
06/03/2019 PSG v Man U
12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid
12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04
13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon
13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool

Deadline for any prediction is kick-off for that match, and do bear in mind that this season all matches are scheduled to start at 8pm.

Good luck everyone!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:46 - Mar 8 with 640 viewsBFG

12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-0
12/03/2019 Man City v FC Schalke 04 4-0
13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-1
13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 1-2
[Post edited 11 Mar 2019 20:18]
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:30 - Mar 8 with 633 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:46 - Mar 8 by BFG

12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-0
12/03/2019 Man City v FC Schalke 04 4-0
13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-1
13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 1-2
[Post edited 11 Mar 2019 20:18]


Cheers BFG

Your Man City 3 FC Shalke 0 and Bayern Munich 1 Liverpool 1 predictions are your second and third exact matches with basher2010, so I'm afraid these will have to be amended. Bearing in mind you have already used your permitted exact match with eagledares, these can't be changed to Man City 2 FC Shalke 0 and Bayern Munich 2 Liverpool 1.

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:18 - Mar 11 with 596 viewsBFG

just edited 11/3
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:34 - Mar 11 with 593 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:18 - Mar 11 by BFG

just edited 11/3


All sorted, all good

So here we go, all on board for the final week of the Group of 16 - good luck everyone!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:34 - Mar 12 with 585 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:34 - Mar 11 by wessex_exile

All sorted, all good

So here we go, all on board for the final week of the Group of 16 - good luck everyone!


Incidentally, Im online preparing to watch the Us on iFollow, so any updates can wait until our match has finished.

Up the Us!!!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:17 - Mar 12 with 574 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:34 - Mar 12 by wessex_exile

Incidentally, Im online preparing to watch the Us on iFollow, so any updates can wait until our match has finished.

Up the Us!!!


Well that was definitely a damp squib - never underestimate our ability to f'ck things up!

I will reserve a full U'sual Champions League update until tomorrow, but suffice to say with two quite remarkable results in the matches tonight, Juventus pulling it back to qualify with a Ronaldo hat-trick, and Man City absolutely thrashing Shalke 7-0, there are no spot-ons to report on. In fact, there is an almost universal 2pts for everyone with two home wins, apart from thrillseeker who fancied Juve to draw with Atletico Madrid.

Group A is wide open, with Sector4 top on 7pts, but oxfcolu and sevebalo are level and just one point behind on 6pts. In Group B Noah is surely home and hosed with 10pts, but thrillseeker and mfb_cufc are fighting it out for the 2nd qualifying spot, both on 6pts. In Group C, BFG is also surely safe with 10pts at the top of the group, with eagledares and basher2010 battling for qualification, both with 5pts. Group D has blueeagle top on 7pts, with ghughes11 one point behind on 6pts. Colukev brings up the rear on 3pts, but as the only competitor in all groups predicting tomorrow's Barca v Lyon as a 1-1 draw, could make a challenge if he hits that one spot-on.

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:36 - Mar 13 with 555 viewswessex_exile

Here we go then, a little under half an hour until the final two matches kick off. A reminder to all, if a tie-break is required anywhere, it will be predicting the attendance of Saturday's Exeter City v Colchester United fixture.

Good luck everyone!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:49 - Mar 13 with 533 viewseagledares

4,151. if needed
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:00 - Mar 13 with 532 viewswessex_exile

This evenings games have finished Barcelona 5 Lyon 1, and as the fourth English team to get through to next round, Bayern Munich 1 Liverpool 3. This leaves the Round of 16 for the 2019 U'sual Champions League as follows.

Group A
1} Sector4.......0/8.....8pts
2} sevebalo.....1/4.....7pts
3} oxfcolu........0/7.....7pts
Everyone in the group predicted the Barca home win, and no one expected Liverpool to triumph at Bayern Munich. Sector4 finishes top with an impressive 8 outcomes from the 16 matches. Credit to oxfcolu for a very creditable 7 outcomes, to finish on 7pts, but he is outdone by sevebalo, who was the only one in the group to get a spot-on in this round (FC Porto 2 Roma 1), and finishes also on 7pts but second because of it. Considering he missed the first four fixtures, that's a very impressive performance from sevebalo. Congratulations to Sector4 and sevebalo, commiserations to oxfcolu.

Group B
1} noah4x4.........2/5.....11pts
2} mfb_cufc........0/8.....8pts
3} thrillseeker.....0/7.....7pts
Noah was always odds-on to finish top, with two spot-on results, both 2-1's for the Roma v FC Porto matches (at the end of normal time), with a very impressive 11pts. Credit also to mfb_cufc, as the only competitor in this group to predict Liverpool's away victory tonight, and as a result claims the second qualifying place on 8pts, just a solitary point ahead of thrillseeker. Congratulations to noah4x4 and mfb_cufc, commiserations to thrillseeker.

Group C
1} BFG...................1/9.....12pts
=3} basher2010.....0/6.....6pts
=3} eagledares.......0/6.....6pts
BFG is not only finishing comfortably top of this group on 12pts, with both outcomes tonight, but also qualifies as the highest point-scorer of this round. Basher2010 and eagledares went nip and tuck throughout, and with both getting the Barca home win tonight, finish level on 6pts, and both go into the attendance prediction tie-break on Saturday. Congratulations to BFG, good luck basher2010 and eagledares in the tie-break.

Group D
1} blueeagle.......1/5.....8pts
2} ghughes11.....0/7.....7pts
3} Colukev..........0/3.....3pts
Blueeagle holds on to top spot in Group D, with the Barca home win tonight, to finish on 8pts, thanks mostly to his spot-on prediction for Roma 2 FC Porto 1 in the first leg. Ghughes11 comfortably retains the second qualifying place with the same outcome tonight, to finish on 7pts. Colukev needed a huge slice of good fortune tonight to make up for the missed matches, but it didn't happen, and finishes on 3pts. Congratulations to blueeagle and ghughes11, and commiserations to Colukev.

My thanks to everyone who has participated in this round. I will post details for the next round once the tie-break is decided.

Basher2010 and eagledares, a reminder that I need your predictions for the attendance at Saturday's Exeter v Colchester United game. You may post them here if you wish, or PM me if you'd rather keep yours as a tactical closed bid. Btw - this isn't The Price is Right, don't worry if you're over or under, closest to the actual attendance wins. In the highly unlikely event (it's never happened yet) that you're equidistant from the right attendance, I'll come up with a second tie-break question (somehow).

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:16 - Mar 13 with 526 viewseagledares

exeter attendence 4,151
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:16 - Mar 13 with 525 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:49 - Mar 13 by eagledares

4,151. if needed


Definitely needed eagledares, so thanks for that.

A reminder to both players in the tie-break, I will accept the last prediction from either of you, whether that be posted here or PM'd, so if you choose to go in for a bit of horse-trading between now and Saturday, that's your call.

Good luck chaps!
[Post edited 13 Mar 2019 23:20]

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:42 - Mar 14 with 494 viewsbasher2010

I’ll go for 4050 attending the game!
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:45 - Mar 14 with 493 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:42 - Mar 14 by basher2010

I’ll go for 4050 attending the game!


Got it - thanks!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 09:55 - Mar 15 with 487 viewseagledares

3,812 final answer
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:40 - Mar 15 with 475 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 09:55 - Mar 15 by eagledares

3,812 final answer


Done!

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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:31 - Mar 16 with 445 viewseagledares

Well played Basher, good luck in the next round. Thanks Wessex good comp.
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:28 - Mar 17 with 435 viewswessex_exile

U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:31 - Mar 16 by eagledares

Well played Basher, good luck in the next round. Thanks Wessex good comp.


Cheers eagledares, and indeed well done basher2010, whose prediction of 4,050 was just 99 off the actual attendance of 3,951. Both predictions were actually very good, with eagledares's prediction of 3,812 second by only 40, and 139 off the actual attendance.

So the two groups going through are as follows:

Group 1
Sector4
mfb_cufc
BFG
ghughes11

Group 2
sevebalo
noah4x4
basher2010
blueeagle

Congratulations to the qualifiers, and commiserations to all who leave the competition at this stage. I will start a new thread for the Quarter-finals, with fixtures kicking off on Tuesday 9th April 2019.

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