Other euro (and league cup) games thread 16 - 18 Sept

[MomoWASright]

First up, Amazon dweebs up for their coverage.

Amazon Prime Video will give Champions League viewers a new kind of match coverage this season, dripping in data and taking its inspiration from video games.

Prime Vision will offer a version of broadcast coverage in which datapoints will be overlaid on to live play, enabling fans to see a player’s name, their running speed, the distance of a pass and even the passing options as part of the extra information. The service will be unveiled in the UK on Tuesday night for the Tottenham v Villarreal league-phase game and will run alongside traditional coverage.

Further data points captured by Prime Vision include shot speed, jump height and the position of all 22 players on the pitch (displayed in a graphic at the bottom of the screen). The xG of each goalscoring opportunity will also be captured and displayed, putting a metric new to the game a decade ago at the heart of coverage.

Tuesday

European cup

Athletic Bilbao - Arsenal
PSV - Union St Gilloise
Benfica - Quadraspaz
Juve - Dortmund
Madrid - Marseille
Spurs - Villarreal

Coca Cola cup

Sheff Wed - Scum Slayers
Brentford - Villa
Palace - Milwall

Wednesday

European Cup

Olympiacos - Pafos
Salvia Prague - Bodo Glimt
Ajax - Inter
Bayern - Chavs
PSG - Atalanta

Worthington Cup

Swanse - Forest

Thursday

European Cup

Brugge - Monaco
Copenhagen- Leverkusen
Frankfurt - Galatasary
115 - Napoli
Newcastle - Barcelona
Sporting - Kairat Almaty

 

[Frogfish]

Some really good matches there !

 

[dee]

It's the fucking Milk Cup and that's it!

 

[MomoWASright]

It's the fucking Milk Cup and that's it!

I think this debate could Rumbelows on and on and on.

 

[jan]

The Amazon coverage thing sounds like the stupidest thing I've heard since "blue cards" for dissent

 

[tombrown]

It'll go the same way as Sky's player cam or fan commentary, back in the day

 

[dee]

It'll go the same way as Sky's player cam or fan commentary, back in the day

Dunno think it might have legs with the latest generation who are utterly stat obsessed

 

[MomoWASright]

Dunno think it might have legs with the latest generation who are utterly stat obsessed

F1 has gone the same way, with overlays on the driver camera views. They overlay speed, gears, G forces and distances to driver in front.

 

[MomoWASright]

Athletic Arsenal has been interesting. Athletic not dogging it out but having a go.

Gyokeres currently getting treatment for a gash on the back of his head.

 

[dogboy]

Athletic Arsenal has been interesting. Athletic not dogging it out but having a go.

Gyokeres currently getting treatment for a gash on the back of his head.

Was he giving Arteta a piggy back?

 

[peterhague]

Eze is a great player but only an average left winger. I'm not really sure why they didn't just buy a player they actually need.

 

[MomoWASright]

It’s been even but Athletic push their line too high and Martinelli gets through and scores. 30 seconds after coming in.

 

[dogboy]

Bilbao not only look like but are playing like Sheffield Utd.

 

[dee]

F1 has gone the same way, with overlays on the driver camera views. They overlay speed, gears, G forces and distances to driver in front.

I don't mind that TBF

 

[MomoWASright]

Villarreal go all spursy after 3 minutes.

 

[Farkmaster]

Trent has done his hammy.

He is having the career trajectory of a teen star.

 

[Farkmaster]

Trent has done his hammy.

He is having the career trajectory of a teen star.

I'm becoming a softy or something, because I actually feel bad for him.

I wouldn't feel good for him if he was doing well though. Then I'd wish he was doing badly.

I'm not sure how that works.