You'd usually expect the games at this stage, first leg, to be cagey affairs. But both of these were absolute BANGERS.
Have UEFA finally made a decent decision in binning off the away goals rule ? It would appear so. The fear-factor has been removed, leading to more of a straight shootout...
I'll add Channel 4 to this during their England coverage, regularly having the commentator interrupt to plug Gogglebox and other such gubbins IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUFFING GAME ffs.
That can get RIGHT in the sea, that can.
I was reading about the format for next seasons Champions League earlier today.
36 clubs go into one big League table (no groups).
Everyone plays 8 games against 8 different clubs
16 teams progress to the knockout stage - the top 8 automatically, with 9th-24th in a 2-legged playoff for the...