CL 2014/15

[beats1]

Its about that time again

So far Dnipro and Celtic have been knocked in the qualifiers. The play off rounds will also consist of these teams

Seeded teams
Arsenal
Porto
Zenit St Petersburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Napoli

Unseeded teams
Athletic Bilboa
Lille
Copenhagen
Standard Liege
Besiktas

 

[Armstrong_11]

Celtic miss having a really competitve match, Hopefully arse gets Bilboa.

 

[CornerPinDreamer]

As long as l'arse and Zenit go out it will be all tickety boo

 

[fridgemagnet]

So have i understood right, Celtic may squeak through because Liega may have fielded an ineligible player for the final two minutes of their tie, which has no bearing on them beating them 6-1 on aggregate.

Be a bit of a farce that.

 

[beats1]

So have i understood right, Celtic may squeak through because Liega may have fielded an ineligible player for the final two minutes of their tie, which has no bearing on them beating them 6-1 on aggregate.

Be a bit of a farce that.

Nah considering some similar happened in 2010, and that was in a match where the winner was leading 3-1, this is highly unlikely

Probably be a fine and no disqualification

 

[nidge]

Talkshite are reporting that Celtic have been reinstated.

 

[THFCSPURS19]

Celtic reinstated because a player came on for 2 fucking minutes when they were already destroyed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28701951

 

[nightgoat]

So who replaces Celtic in the EL or does one team get a bye into the group stage?

 

[nidge]

So who replaces Celtic in the EL or does one team get a bye into the group stage?

No idea (Legia I would guess) but imagine if Legia Warsaw had scored the pens in the first leg it wouldn't have mattered.

As a result Celtic were handed a 3-0 'walkover' win for the second leg, taking them through on away goals.

 

[mike_l]

Absolute joke that.

 

[Mattspur]

Didn't something similar happen with Celtic last season?

 

[nidge]

Didn't something similar happen with Celtic last season?

Two season ago I think and that time the team in question fielded 5 ineligible players.

 

[panoma]

What a joke! Gutted for Legia, their fans and their manager Henning Berg.

 

[quackers]

Ridiculous decision

 

[thinktank]

Yeah, but guys, they should have been more diligent and thorough in their prep. for a CL game considering the importance of it. No one to blame but themselves.

 

[bubble07]

that player must feel like shit right now!

 

[Lufti]

So we need to hope for Arse to get Bilbao I guess?

 

[nidge]

that player must feel like shit right now!

It's not the players fault. The fault lies with the club secretary (or whoever manages squad registration for Legia.)

 

[ajspurs]

Yeah, but guys, they should have been more diligent and thorough in their prep. for a CL game considering the importance of it. No one to blame but themselves.

Of course. It's harsh but if I was a fan I'd be pissed off with the club to be honest.

 

[thinktank]

Of course. It's harsh but if I was a fan I'd be pissed off with the club to be honest.

Exactly. Absolutely no excuse to send out a player still on a ban in any game, let alone a crucial CL qual. Madness. The fans should demand sackings.