The Europa draw has been made, Jose Mourinho could have an interesting route to the final as he could face former clubs Roma and Man Utd before meeting another former club Spurs in the final.
The Europa draw has been made, Jose Mourinho could have an interesting route to the final as he could face former clubs Roma and Man Utd before meeting another former club Spurs in the final.
The AZ tie should be fun. Troy Parrott was entitled to feel hard done by at Spurs, and will be looking for payback.
Meanwhile, how lucky are Spain? Both Barcelona and the winner of the Madrid Derby have a beauty of a run to the Semis
The Europa draw has been made, Jose Mourinho could have an interesting route to the final as he could face former clubs Roma and Man Utd before meeting another former club Spurs in the final.
The AZ tie should be fun. Troy Parrott was entitled to feel hard done by at Spurs, and will be looking for payback.
Meanwhile, how lucky are Spain? Both Barcelona and the winner of the Madrid Derby have a beauty of a run to the Semis
You played them at home in the league format and squeezed a 1-0 win thanks to a penalty and them down to 10 men. AZ have played and beaten some fairly good teams so far so it might be a bit closer than people think.
The Europa draw has been made, Jose Mourinho could have an interesting route to the final as he could face former clubs Roma and Man Utd before meeting another former club Spurs in the final.
The AZ tie should be fun. Troy Parrott was entitled to feel hard done by at Spurs, and will be looking for payback.
Meanwhile, how lucky are Spain? Both Barcelona and the winner of the Madrid Derby have a beauty of a run to the Semis
You played them at home in the league format and squeezed a 1-0 win thanks to a penalty and them down to 10 men. AZ have played and beaten some fairly good teams so far so it might be a bit closer than people think.
Probably true.
If you took the 16 CL and 16 Europa teams, how many would make the Top 8 from the Europa League at the minute? Think the answer is 0. Which is why Spurs are favourites.
How many would make the Top 16? 4? 5?
One interesting thing is how well the Dutch teams are doing in both competitions
This sums the new format up quite well. Arsenal played Atalanta in the first game and they played us off the park it ended 0-0 but only because Raya made a double save from a penalty.
Was doon in London last week went to White Hart Lane it was quite impressive, went in to the shop, it's a biggie, had to go through airport like security with ma backpack and ma phone which ah found strange. This wee guy asked me if ah would like to book in to climb on the roof and abseil doon, ah think he knew by the look on ma face to walk away.
Semi-automated offside technology is about to be implemented in English football.
Having been delayed from its original planned introduction date in autumn, the system will now be adopted during this weekend's FA Cup fifth round.
The technology was first used in elite-level football at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and has since been used in leagues including Serie A and La Liga, as well as the Champions League.
It is designed to make the judgement of tight offside calls easier for officials by rendering key parts of the process automatic.
So how exactly does it work?
Semi-automated offside technology explained.
The system aims to remove some elements of human subjectivity by replacing decisions made by officials with automated ones taken by technology.
As things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked, where and at what angle the defender's body was when the ball was kicked, and where and what angle the attacker's body was.
All three of those decisions will now be automatically taken by the technology.
Bespoke cameras will monitor a variety of key elements involved in any tight offside decision have been installed beneath the roof at all 20 Premier League stadiums.
The cameras will track the exact movement of the ball as well as 10,000 surface mesh data points on the bodies of all 22 players, meaning it can be automatically determined whether or not an attacking player's body was beyond the last defender's at the exact time the ball was played.
Artificial intelligence manages the process, monitoring ball and player movement, before coming up with a decision as to whether the player was onside or offside.
VAR officials check the system has correctly determined the three key points it measures before confirming the decision. The on-field officials then inform the players.
A 3D animation of the decision produced by the artificial intelligence will then be played on television for viewers at home and on big screens in the stadium.
Mourinho's retaliation to Tottenham: He did not give Yusuf Akçiçek any time.
Tottenham scouts who came to watch Fenerbahçe's young star Yusuf Akçiçek returned empty-handed with Jose Mourinho's decision. This move by Mourinho, which was a message to his former club, had a great impact in the football world.
English Premier League team Tottenham, who has recently been interested in Fenerbahçe's young talent Yusuf Akçiçek, sent their scouts to the Fenerbahçe - Antalyaspor match to evaluate Yusuf during the match.
Experienced manager Jose Mourinho, who had previously worked with the English team, did not give the young player any time after learning of Tottenham's interest.
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Ha, very good.
It's who we are
Meanwhile, how lucky are Spain? Both Barcelona and the winner of the Madrid Derby have a beauty of a run to the Semis
If you took the 16 CL and 16 Europa teams, how many would make the Top 8 from the Europa League at the minute? Think the answer is 0. Which is why Spurs are favourites.
How many would make the Top 16? 4? 5?
One interesting thing is how well the Dutch teams are doing in both competitions
Probably worse for Champions League than the lesser competitions. More meaningless fixtures, more byes and rest days for the best-funded teams...
Mere fact that it seems to be benefitting both Spurs and Arsenal this season is not the point...
This wee guy asked me if ah would like to book in to climb on the roof and abseil doon, ah think he knew by the look on ma face to walk away.
Video is here.
https://x.com/paulwham500/status/1894533353048604942
Semi-automated offside technology is about to be implemented in English football.
Having been delayed from its original planned introduction date in autumn, the system will now be adopted during this weekend's FA Cup fifth round.
The technology was first used in elite-level football at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, and has since been used in leagues including Serie A and La Liga, as well as the Champions League.
It is designed to make the judgement of tight offside calls easier for officials by rendering key parts of the process automatic.
So how exactly does it work?
Semi-automated offside technology explained.
The system aims to remove some elements of human subjectivity by replacing decisions made by officials with automated ones taken by technology.
As things stand, when a player scores after a borderline offside situation, officials in the video assistant referee (VAR) room must decide on three key things - when the ball was kicked, where and at what angle the defender's body was when the ball was kicked, and where and what angle the attacker's body was.
All three of those decisions will now be automatically taken by the technology.
Bespoke cameras will monitor a variety of key elements involved in any tight offside decision have been installed beneath the roof at all 20 Premier League stadiums.
The cameras will track the exact movement of the ball as well as 10,000 surface mesh data points on the bodies of all 22 players, meaning it can be automatically determined whether or not an attacking player's body was beyond the last defender's at the exact time the ball was played.
Artificial intelligence manages the process, monitoring ball and player movement, before coming up with a decision as to whether the player was onside or offside.
VAR officials check the system has correctly determined the three key points it measures before confirming the decision. The on-field officials then inform the players.
A 3D animation of the decision produced by the artificial intelligence will then be played on television for viewers at home and on big screens in the stadium.
Mourinho's retaliation to Tottenham: He did not give Yusuf Akçiçek any time.
Tottenham scouts who came to watch Fenerbahçe's young star Yusuf Akçiçek returned empty-handed with Jose Mourinho's decision. This move by Mourinho, which was a message to his former club, had a great impact in the football world.
English Premier League team Tottenham, who has recently been interested in Fenerbahçe's young talent Yusuf Akçiçek, sent their scouts to the Fenerbahçe - Antalyaspor match to evaluate Yusuf during the match.
Experienced manager Jose Mourinho, who had previously worked with the English team, did not give the young player any time after learning of Tottenham's interest.
https://kisadalga.net/haber/spor/mourinhodan-tottenhama-misilleme-yusuf-akciceke-sure-vermedi-121379