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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Max Rushden

Football as a content machine: 18 Champions League games was fun but overstuffed

Benfica's goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin heads home in stoppage time against Real Madrid
Benfica's goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin heads home in stoppage time against Real Madrid to give his side a place in the Champions League playoffs. Photograph: Miguel A Lopes/EPA

It’s half an hour after attempting to watch 18 football matches at the same time on the final match day of the Champions League group stage, so it’s still a little early to tell whether I think it was a brilliant night of football or not.

The information overload from a TV, laptop and phone means I may need a couple of weeks to really process it – by which time of course this will all be forgotten and we’ll be wondering whether one point from three Premier League games is enough for Thomas Frank to keep his job.

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