European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[Orion1871]

Barcelona charged with fraud in the Negreira case.

[Stranded]

Barcelona charged with fraud in the Negreira case.

I assume if found guilty that absolutely nothing will happen to them.

[Winston Biscuit]

Harry Kane is 50% of the way to equaling his best ever goalscoring season with Bayern, and its still October.

[Stranded]

Harry Kane is 50% of the way to equaling his best ever goalscoring season with Bayern, and its still October.

Bayern are so much better than everyone this season, that whilst it is incredibly unlikely, I am half tempted to stick some money on them having a 100% record at the end of the season.

[Winston Biscuit]

Palemeiras come back from a 3-0 defeat in the first leg to win 4-0 in the 2nd leg against LDU Quito in the Copa Libertadores semi finals

They play Flamengo in the final. The 2 of them are 1st and 2nd in Brazilian Serie A right now.

It means Brazils recent dominance of South American football continues with a guaranteed Brazilian Copa Libertadores champion for the 7th year in a row, and 5 of those finals have been all Brazilain affairs.

Final is in Lima at the end of November

[Winston Biscuit]

If you are looking for people you may know that are in the final

Flamengo:
Jorginho (Arsenal, Chelsea)
Emerson Royal (Spurs)
Alex Sandro (Juventus)
Matias Vina (Bournemouth)
Danilo (Man City, Real Madrid, Juventus)
Saul Niguez (Ateltico, Chelsea)
Guillermo Varela (Man Utd)

Palemeiras:
Jefté (Rangers)
Felipe Anderson (West Ham, Lazio)
Andreas Pereira (Man Utd, Fulham)
Ramon Sosa (Forest)

Flamengo manager is former Atletico Madrid (and briefly Chelsea) midfielder Felipe Luis in his first managerial job

[Sanguine]

Bayern's 16-match winning run (all competitions) to start the season is a new record for a club in Europe's top five leagues, eclipsing the 13 consecutive victories with which Milan started the 1992/93 season.

16 wins the most consecutive victories by a club in Europe's top five leagues at any point in the season since Manchester City won 21 in a row in 2020-21. Bayern set the German record of 23 consecutive wins earlier in the same season.

[Winston Biscuit]

1/3 of the way through the season and PSG very much not running away with it right now.

IMO the top looks interesting because there are 6 teams all within 4 points, but also because PSG are not the top scorers and don't have the best goal difference which are another indicator that they have not been their usual selves in Ligue 1 so far. Most likely thing is they pull away of course, but you never know. certainly one to keep an eye on i recks (Marseille have been hugely praised for how they play too)

[Winston Biscuit]

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Serie A, which has specialised in recent years in not having the same winners 2 years in a row, offering the same levels of excitement

Really hope Roma can do it. Gasperini, outside of Italy, has to be the most underrated manager in Europe.