2008-2009 Champions' League Poll: Teams With Byes To Group Stage

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  1. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    http://concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4218

    How many out of 8 teams that had a bye to the group stage do you think will advance to the quarterfinals and how many do you think will be eliminated in the group stage? You can list the teams (if any) that got a bye to the group stage that you don't think will advance.
     
  2. MoRado

    MoRado New Member

    Feb 6, 2004
    San José. Costa Rica
    Club:
    Deportivo Saprissa
    Nat'l Team:
    Costa Rica
    4 teams, the 2 mexican temas, saprissa and dynamo
     
  3. SJJ

    SJJ Member

    Sep 20, 1999
    Royal Oak, MI, USA
    Club:
    Michigan Bucks
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Isn't it odd to ask this question now, given that the eight seeded teams aren't all known yet?
     
  4. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It looks like only 3 or 4 of the teams with byes to the group stage will advance to the quarterfinals. CD Luis Angel Firpo and Houston Dynamo both got byes, and exactly one of them will advance. Atlante and Santos Laguna advanced to the quarterfinals. CD Olimpia, CSD Municipal, one of CD Luis Angel Firpo or Houston Dynamo, and D.C. United did not advance. The question is if Deportivo Saprissa will advance. If only 3 teams with byes advance, everybody who voted in the poll will be wrong.
     
  5. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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    Deportivo Saprissa lost, so only three teams with byes to the group stage advanced to the quarterfinals and all 16 poll voters voted for too high a number.
     
  6. fdp

    fdp Red Card

    Oct 24, 2001
    MLS teams shouldn't be given bye's to the group stage.
     

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