Like it's impossible. The more worrying stats is for example that Africa are now watching 85% Premier League. 10 years ago it was 55% PL and 47% La Liga .
The sponsors are going to leave soon and concentrate on PL
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10409843/Premier-League-dominates-Bundesliga-Ligue-1-La-Liga-Serie-attracting-3-2-billion-TV-viewers.html#article-10409843
With Atalanta's qualification, it is confirmed that no team outside of the top 5 leagues as per UEFA ranking (Spain, England, Italy, Germany, France) will be taking part in the knockout rounds.
This is the first time this has happened in the history of the Champions League (or European Cup).
During his career Jokic assisted on 30.2 percent of his teamsโ baskets while on the court โ an outrageous number for a true center, and the highest mark among centers in league history. Alvan Adams is a distant second, he assisted on 21.4 percent of hoops.
Alex Ovechkin has shattered the 2 year McDrai dynasty. When McDavid/Draisaitl has played at least 10 games, prior to tonight no other player has had more points than both of them since November 7th 2019. Can you guess what player it was back then that had more points?
Nov 7th 2019 league lead:
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>! David Pastrnak !< 15GP 30P
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Leon Draisaitl 17GP 29P
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Brad Marchand 16GP 28P
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Connor McDavid 17GP 26P
Piggy-backing a bit off of u/ShapersB 's post from earlier, here's a summary of all the outcomes following a red card being given in Champions League games over the past two seasons.
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Card Affected Teams: 34*
Record post card: W6, D8, L20
Key takeaways:
- No team has won after going down to 10 men away from home in the last 2 years
- Most of the wins (not all) are cards late in games where the carded team was already well in front
*36 games, but 2 games ended at 10 v 10 players, and the score was unchanged in both during the 10 v 11 phase so I have excluded them from the counts.
I won't be editorializing about the style of play pre-/post-card or any of the criticisms directed at the coach or players, warranted or otherwise. The point of this post is to show how rare it is that a team with one less player on the field wins, let alone does so away from home in Europe.
EDIT: Forgot to state the total sample size was 244 games (Two seasons of Champions League competition from group stage onwards - incl. single leg quarter and semi-finals in 2020)
Saliba has been named as he is 18 and if we name him for the next 3 seasons that means he will have been registered for 3+ years before 21 making him a โhomegrownโ player
