Champions League Quarterfinals, Match One

TODAY (Wednesday, Feb 23) the first leg of Champions League Quarterfinals is taking place. The second round of matches is scheduled on this coming Saturday, Feb 26.

Let's have a look at the players:

Quarterfinals

QF1: (1G_1) @matthew1 vs @flaxz (2G_4)

@matthew1 has just won the January edition of @poprzeczka with a result that will be in the chronicles for some time. Will this spectacular triumph motivate him for even more? Or will he take a rest? @flaxz is probably the most solid performer, almost every day doing about 20k steps.

QF2: (1G_2) @browery vs @grecki-bazar-ewy (2G_3)

@browery lost to @matthew1 in @poprzeczka with the second best result in the game ever. I am wondering if he finds motivation for the quarterfinals? @grecki-bazar-ewy has announced quitting from @actifit posting. She will however finish Season 6. Will she end in the quarterfinals? Or perhaps she aims at a trophy to crown her career?

QF3: (1G_3) @merthin vs @ziabutt3836 (2G_2)

@merthin is the veteran of the game, always aiming high. @ziabutt3836 is a novice who entered the game with a big impact. He denied @masoom, another veteran, place in the QFs. Is he now going to stop the Defending Champion?

QF4: (1G_4) @manuvert vs @bucipuci (2G_1)

imho the most exciting pair. @bucipuci will roll over @manuvert today. The latter, however, will not be put away by the defeat and will bounce back on Saturday. I'd expect results in the range of 30:50 today and 30:10 on Sat.

Schedule - Leg 2

Saturday, Feb 23

Semifinals

In past seasons the brackets used to be set up front. From this season, it's more dynamic. The winners of the QFs will be sorted in descending order of their total score and paired 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd.

Total score = accumulated score from 6 group games + (2 * aggregate score in QFs).

Therefore, players who did well in the group phase, may have a bit of handicap in the seeding.

Schedule

Leg 1: Wednesday, Mar 2
Leg 2: Saturday, Mar 5