Wednesday, November 23, 2016

UCL: Picks Will Come Down to Final Matchdays

UEFA Champions League group stage ends on December 6 and 7.

Through 5 group stage matchdays, Mike and Tim are tied with their picks with 11 correct picks each.

As a reminder: our picks are based on who advances to the knockout phase, with third place finish (UEFA Europa League knockout phase) as a tiebreaker.

Correct Picks for Both Correct Picks for Mike Correct Picks for Tim Incorrect Picks
Arsenal
Atletico Madrid
Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen
Bayern Munich
Juventus
Leicester City
Manchester City
Paris Saint-Germain
Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund Monaco CSKA Moscow (Mike)
Dinamo Zagreb (Tim)
Dynamo Kyiv (both)
Sporting Portugal (Tim)

Teams still in it:

Picks for Both Picks for Mike Picks for Tim Neither Picked
Benfica
Porto
Sevilla none Besiktas
Copenhagen
Lyon
Napoli

Mike can potentially win the picks if Sevilla advance.  Otherwise, we go to the third-place tiebreaker, which Mike currently leads 4 to 1.

Both of the "batsu" teams - Arsenal for Tim, Barcelona for Mike - have advanced to the knockout phase.

We will see you on December 7 with the final results.