The Football.....

[vickster]

They probably would have gone out before the main competition started in the old group format

 

[Pblakeney]

Well I've been to Paphos (Cyprus), so I had heard of them.

I must admit, I'm surprised that teams of that level don't have to go through qualifying matches before the league stage

Pafos played in 3 qualifying rounds before entry to the new league setup.
They knocked out Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kyiv and Crvena Zvezda.

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/2609532--pafos/

 

[Brandane]

Am I in the minority in saying I've never heard of either of these clubs playing in the Champions League? 🤔

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c78191we0ddt

Kairat are the team who dumped the famous Glasgow selic out of the CL in the qualifiers!

 

[ianrauk]

Chelsea ledge David Luiz plays for Pafos.

 

[BrumJim]

43 goals were scored yesterday in the Champions League.

Strangely, the only other day that more goals were scored in the Champions League was also on 21st October, but in 2014.

 

[Alex321]

Pafos played in 3 qualifying rounds before entry to the new league setup.
They knocked out Maccabi Tel Aviv, Dynamo Kyiv and Crvena Zvezda.

https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/clubs/2609532--pafos/

They must not count that as Champions league then

The BBC report says "Pafos' plans for their own first victory in the competition were dealt a huge blow when Joao Correia was sent off after just four minutes." so I assumed they hadn't played any qualifying rounds.

Two of those teams they knocked out are fairly well known too.

 

[Pblakeney]

They must not count that as Champions league then

The BBC report says "Pafos' plans for their own first victory in the competition were dealt a huge blow when Joao Correia was sent off after just four minutes." so I assumed they hadn't played any qualifying rounds.

Two of those teams they knocked out are fairly well known too.

Well, qualifying rounds are for entry to the Champions League so both cases are true.

 

[T4tomo]

Two of those teams they knocked out are fairly well known too.

One is a former winner, although their glory days are well behind them one would suspect!

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Arsenal ledge David Lolz plays for Pafos.

Corrected you there

 

[postman]

Well what a show that ref gave in the Barcelona game,hell it was strange,get a few quid on Barcelona winning the CL this year.