AFC U23 Asian Cup, quarter-finalists and knockout stage bracket Quarter-final ties: https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... s___2.html Besides the coveted trophy, the top three teams will qualify for the Paris Olympics with the fourth-placed side to face African side Guinea in a playoff for a possible fourth slot at the 2024 Games. Thursday Qatar v Japan Venue: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium (Doha) Kick-off: 17:00 (UTC+3) Korea Republic v Indonesia Venue: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium (Doha) Kick-off: 20:30 (UTC+3) Friday Uzbekistan v Saudi Arabia Venue: Khalifa International Stadium ..read more

AFC Cup, result 23 April West Zone Final (2nd Leg): Al Nahda (OMA) 2-2 Al Ahed FC (LBN) Al Ahed FC (LBN) won 3-2 on aggregate and advanced to the final. https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cup ... final.html Statistics: Posted by amenina — Tue Apr 23, 2024 18:13 ..read more

Olympiacos feat: 2023/24 UEFA Youth League at a glance https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/ne ... -a-glance/ Olympiacos won the tenth edition of the UEFA Youth League, defeating AC Milan 3-0 in Nyon thanks to a burst of three goals in seven minutes just past the hour. The victory was the first by a Greek club in any UEFA competition, and followed a run that had began with a domestic champions path first-round defeat of Leece and also encompassed the elimination of Inter as well as Bayern München. In the semi-finals, Olympiacos edged out a Nantes team who had won four penalty shoot-outs in ..read more

AFC U23 Asian Cup, matchday 3 results, 23 April Group D: Uzbekistan 3-0 Vietnam https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... etnam.html Group D: Kuwait 2-1 Malaysia https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/afc ... sia_2.html In Group D, Uzbekistan won the group and will play Group C runners-up Saudi Arabia in the quarter-finals, while Vietnam finished second and will play Group C winners Iraq. Statistics: Posted by amenina — Tue Apr 23, 2024 17:50 ..read more

Emery contract extension to 2027: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... pyddj6z8ro Statistics: Posted by Lorric — Tue Apr 23, 2024 17:01 ..read more

Bologna are very close to Champions League! They are now only two points away from third placed Juventus! So, Bologna could end the season on the podium of Serie A, something really unexpected at the beginning of the season. If I am not wrong, the final position matters a bit for the Pool Market revenue distribution Statistics: Posted by fabiomh — Tue Apr 23, 2024 16:58 ..read more

I'll be off for some days, and come back after the deadline. It's better I post my predictions now: Game Date Time (CEST) Home team v Away Team Country 1 27/4/24 15:30 RB Leipzig v Borussia Dortmund GER 2-1 2 27/4/24 18:00 Juventus v AC Milan ITA 1-0 3 27/4/24 21:00 Atletico Madrid v Athletic Bilbao ESP 1-0 4 28/4/24 12:15 NEC v AZ NED 1-2 5 28/4/24 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal ENG 1-2 6 28/4/24 17:00 Salzburg v Sturm Graz AUT 1-0 7 28/4/24 18:30 PAOK v AEK Athens GRE 1-0 8 28/4/24 18:30 Union St Gilloise v Antwerp BEL 1-0 9 28/4/24 21:00 Marseille v Lens FRA 1-0 10 28/4/24 21:30 Porto v ..read more

U18 ice hockey team crushed the Dutch 9-1. They really grew into this tournament, perhaps things might have been different if we hadn't played Poland first. It is what it is, but very encouraging tournament overall. Statistics: Posted by Lorric — Tue Apr 23, 2024 16:47 ..read more

ESPN has a decent analysis of VAR calls in England over the weekend. Statistics: Posted by Sagy — Tue Apr 23, 2024 16:16 ..read more

All right except in this case Vasquez moves his right leg to the right to make contact with defender leg. Its not a natural path. If he kept his natural path he could or not have missed the leg, but since he moved his leg in a unnatural way, fault shouldn't be given. Agreed, some CRs would not have called it a PK. I even stated “Could the CR gone with a no call? Possibly”. I think that the majority of CR would call a PK in such a case, but for sure some wouldn’t, it’s all ITOOTR. My objection was to “absurd decision” and “dive”, neither of these is true in this case. As I said previou ..read more