Sunday, September 10, 2017

Episode 243 - 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Picks

The group stage of the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League starts this Tuesday, and Mike has his picks in just in time.

Before we start with the picks, here's the fair use stuff used in today's episode:
- three chants that are anti-Man United, anti-Chelsea, and anti-Tottenham
- "Juve Storia de un Grande Amore," the official song of Juventus
- "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Gerry and the Pacemakers, in recognition of Liverpool
- "Lyudi Invalidy" by t.A.T.u. - a Russian group but we use it to talk about a Ukranian team (to demonstrate how similar the two countries' languages are)
- "Manchester United Can All F@#$ Off" - I'm sorry, I don't know who did the song but it is a parody of "No Matter What" by Boyzone

Here are the picks - as always, subject to batsu game:

Group First Place (Knockout phase) Second Place (Knockout phase) Third Place (Europa League) Fourth Place (They're done)
Group A Benfica Basel CSKA Moscow Manchester United
Group B Bayern Munich Paris Saint-Germain Celtic Anderlecht
Group C Atletico Madrid Roma Qarabag Chelsea
Group D Barcelona Juventus Sporting Portugal Olympiacos
Group E Liverpool Sevilla Spartak Moscow Maribor
Group F Manchester City Shakhtar Donetsk Feyenoord Napoli
Group G Besiktas Porto Monaco RB Leipzig
Group H Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid APOEL Tottenham

UCL Final: Barcelona over Manchester City



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