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World Soccer XXVII: The REAL Football

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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Who here has tried to get tickets to soccer matches in Europe, specifically in Italy? Mrs. EoDS and I are thinking of trying to see a game at Napoli (the UCL match against Dynamo Kiev) when we visit there later this year, and even after a cursory google search, I'm not sure about the best way to go about doing that.

Anyone here with experience buying tickets for stuff like that?
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When I was in Florence we just bought tickets at the match. It was easy and not too expensive (even with it being more expensive than usual; it was somewhat of a desired fixture from what I recall).

That was a Serie A game not Champions League, and a different club...so no idea what ticket availability is likely to be in Naples. But I would say if you want seating in a specific area, or at a specific price point, finding an outlet in advance would be clever. From what I recall the cheap seats and the "good" seats were unavailable, so we were left with mid-tier seating (although we bought our tickets about 10min to kick-off so that probably played a role).
 
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I see the new Coach of England resigned after what two months on the job.
As far as the EPL....I've been a Liverpool fan for a while but honestly recently it's hard to cheer for them. It's not the same since they traded Suarez.
I love the Liverpudlians though.
 
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On July 24th the Seattle Sounders lost to Sporting KC 3-0, were in 9th place in the Western Conference (17th overall) and were 10 points out of the playoffs.

This week they win 3 games in 8 days, are now 5th in the West, 3 points above the redline, and have a shot at 4th and 3rd in the West.

This is insane.
 
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New FIFA prez wants to expand World Cup to 48 teams, with 16 automatically in the group stage and then other 32 doing a first round play in game before advancing to the normal group stage.
 
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ExileOnDaytonStreet said:
Bob Bradley named manager of Swansea City. First American to helm a PL club.
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Last I heard Swansea (they're the green and yellow guys, right? (edit: no, that's Norwich)) was celebrated for exciting, up-tempo successful play. Did their coach leave for a bigger club?
 
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Jimjamesak said:
He's either on the first big step to a grand European coaching career or 6 months away from being a mid season replacement for the Galaxy.
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Swansea is in relegation territory(I know the season has just started)so I'm guessing the latter.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
If you want to root for Arsenal, fine. But the rest of them are intolerable.
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Welp, since I adopted them they're 3-0-0, 6 GF 0 GA. Next four matches are hosting Swansea, Ludogorets (who I had never heard of before; Bulgarian team in the Champions League), Middlesborough, and Reading (League Cup) and hey that gets me to hockey season.
 
Kepler said:
Maybe the play-in would be at home field?

Seems to me if you were going to do that make it a champions league home and home.
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Lol you are naive in soccer Kep! It'll be in the host country, in their stadiums with all the lovely approved advertising and television audiences.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
New FIFA prez wants to expand World Cup to 48 teams, with 16 automatically in the group stage and then other 32 doing a first round play in game before advancing to the normal group stage.
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12 pools of 4 teams. Top team in each pool get an automatic spot into the Round of 16. The second best teams in each pool have a playoff to get the final four slots into the Round of 16. Maybe have it be double elimination as some teams there would have to play at least 2 games while 4 teams would only get one game in a single elimination tournament.
 
bigmrg74 said:
12 pools of 4 teams. Top team in each pool get an automatic spot into the Round of 16. The second best teams in each pool have a playoff to get the final four slots into the Round of 16. Maybe have it be double elimination as some teams there would have to play at least 2 games while 4 teams would only get one game in a single elimination tournament.
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Or 8 pools of 6 with 5 pool games.
 
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