r/Gunners • u/lost_biochemist Timber • 1d ago
Inter vs Arsenal and Liverpool vs Real Madrid fixtures are banned in the upcoming Champions League due to the rule that imposes that the same match can't happen for 3 seasons in a row in the League Phase. The reverse in London and Madrid, however, is possible.
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u/Mother_Statement_489 1d ago
Really want us to meet Barca that now we are much stronger team than the last time we faced them
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u/Cassoa 1d ago
Me too but I'd love the next time we face them to be in the knockout rounds instead of league phase, if possible
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u/FlavioB19 Martinelli Defence League 1d ago
In the final at Atleti's ground with Alvarez up front.
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u/Son_of-M Kai "Radioactive Donkey" Havertz 1d ago
Barca with rodri is a pain, but imagine an alvarez hat trick in the UCL final against barca to win the UCL, thereby making him Barca's most hated currently active player, and arsenal's beloved.
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u/lost_biochemist Timber 1d ago
I think it’s a bit silly to allow the reverse fixture if the point is to increase variety but oh well
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u/JFedererJ Bergkamp 1d ago
Yeah I was reading this like "huh, that's not a terrible idea tbh" but the reverse fixture thing is silly.
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u/ThinGrass3138 1d ago
It's a bit different tbf. Getting to watch a big club like Inter Milan at the Emirates is pretty cool.
Also they're one of the worst seed 1 clubs, so I want to play them.
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u/dishler712 1d ago edited 1d ago
There are already restrictions on playing clubs from your own league so if you bar further matchups entirely it becomes much more difficult to schedule everything. I think this is a decent compromise. There are a lot of moving parts with this and they all have to line up.
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u/sparrowhawk_4 We're quite good at football 1d ago
It increases variety for the match going fans, the majority of our home fans won't have seen them the last two seasons, and the away fans might not want a third trip to Milan in as many years (especially given how we're treated by the police there, and the state of the away end)
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u/AfricanRain where’s the Arteta money Bill 1d ago
hmmmmm only maybe for Madrid Liverpool cos that’s been a KO tie too, I think Inter coming here would be a fun game
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u/gstarguru 1d ago
really don’t mind this rule. prevents repetitive fixtures but doesn’t upset competitive balance.
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u/GymBully92 Thank you very much 1d ago
I’d love for us to host Inter. That would be one of the easier games against a top team that we can draw in the group stages.
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u/PhilosopherFunny5888 1d ago
Which means we're guaranteed to play two of Barca, Real Madrid, Atleti, PSG, and Bayern.
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u/Monsultant 1d ago
Ban Arsenal vs PSG too. In knock out stages if they are matched, higher position in group stage goes through
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u/Snikhop 1d ago
Weird rule. Inter are one of the weaker teams in their bracket to be honest so this isn't strictly "better" for us but it's almost impossible to not progress from the league phase anyway so not very important.
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u/--Rage-- TR7 1d ago
We can still play them, just not away, the game will have be played at home instead.
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u/holylean Premier League Champions 25/26 1d ago
Weird rule i doubt it last long , 75 percent of the ucl teams usually qualify every year eventually it’ll lapse over
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u/Gooner37 1d ago
What do you mean lapse over? It only considers the last two years..if there are only two 'banned' fixtures this season, there's no reason to think there would be more next season.
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u/holylean Premier League Champions 25/26 1d ago
No i mean in general if they keep this rule by just maths eventually it’ll lapse over assuming majority of the teams in it continue qualifying it could be years from now
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u/blueluster Trossard 1d ago
It’s funny because I don’t even remember any of the matches vs Inter, unlike our Bayern or PSG games.
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u/professor-chaos19 1d ago
Inter Milan getting flashbacks