Matchday 1 has been and gone with a fairly poor showing for all British teams involved. Liverpool were really the only team to come out of Matchday 1 with any kind of "decent" result as a 1-1 in Porto isn't too much of a tragedy, especially with Jermaine Pennant being sent off. Chelsea were held by Rosenborg at home after a lackluster performance. The only real plus point they could take from the game was that Andriy Schevchenko scored. Last..and definitely least of the British sides, Celtic lost 2-0 away to Shaktar. Shaktar, having spent 40m on their team in the summer, ripped Celtic apart in the opening 10minutes and from then on there was only ever going to be one winner, due to Celtics lack of penetration.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
AC Milan 2-1 Benfia
Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg
Porto 1-1 Liverpool
Schalke 0-1 Valencia
Shaktar 2-0 Celtic
Marsielle 2-0 Besiktas
Real Madrid 2-1 Werder Bremen
Olympiakos 1-1 Lazio
Results elsewhere and probably the most suprising win of the night was Valencia's 1-0 win away to Schalke. Other than that and the Chelsea match, no real shocks, though Real Madrid made hard work of their opponents Werder Bremen.
Tommorow, we see most importantly () Rangers, Arsenal and Manchester United play.
Wednesday, 19 September 2007
Arsenal v Sevilla, H, 19:45
Barcelona v Lyon, E, 19:45
Fenerbahce v Inter Milan, G, 19:45
PSV v CSKA Moscow, G, 19:45
Rangers v VfB Stuttgart, E, 19:45
Roma v Dynamo Kiev, F, 19:45
Slavia Prague v Steaua Bucuresti, H, 19:45
Sporting v Man Utd, F, 19:45
Matchday 1 has been and gone with a fairly poor showing for all British teams involved. Liverpool were really the only team to come out of Matchday 1 with any kind of "decent" result as a 1-1 in Porto isn't too much of a tragedy, especially with Jermaine Pennant being sent off. Chelsea were held by Rosenborg at home after a lackluster performance. The only real plus point they could take from the game was that Andriy Schevchenko scored. Last..and definitely least of the British sides, Celtic lost 2-0 away to Shaktar. Shaktar, having spent 40m on their team in the summer, ripped Celtic apart in the opening 10minutes and from then on there was only ever going to be one winner, due to Celtics lack of penetration.Tuesday, 18 September 2007 AC Milan 2-1 BenfiaChelsea 1-1 RosenborgPorto 1-1 LiverpoolSchalke 0-1 ValenciaShaktar 2-0 CelticMarsielle 2-0 BesiktasReal Madrid 2-1 Werder BremenOlympiakos 1-1 LazioResults elsewhere and probably the most suprising win of the night was Valencia's 1-0 win away to Schalke. Other than that and the Chelsea match, no real shocks, though Real Madrid made hard work of their opponents Werder Bremen.Tommorow, we see most importantly () Rangers, Arsenal and Manchester United play.Wednesday, 19 September 2007 Arsenal v Sevilla, H, 19:45Barcelona v Lyon, E, 19:45 Fenerbahce v Inter Milan, G, 19:45 PSV v CSKA Moscow, G, 19:45 Rangers v VfB Stuttgart, E, 19:45 Roma v Dynamo Kiev, F, 19:45 Slavia Prague v Steaua Bucuresti, H, 19:45 Sporting v Man Utd, F, 19:45
Liverpool would've been champions once again last year, had it not been for a couple rare tactical errors on Benitez's part.
This year, there will be no such mental blunders. I'm holding our for putting Chelsea down in the final, this time round.
Come on the mighty Arsenal, everyones writing them off this year in everything but i think they gonna supprize alot of people now le sulk has left. 2-0 to the arse
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Some multi-billionaire's ant farm.
Ants shouldn't cost £100,000 a week to rent.
Don't get me started.
Liverpool, away.
I really don't think Chelsea will win anything this season. I also got money on Mourinho to go if he doesn't win a thing.TH
I know who they are, mate. It was a joke.You know, who the *CENSORED* are Chelsea?
Matchday 2 was considerably better for all British teams involved, arguably the best result of the night for the three came for Rangers against German champions Stuttgart. Arsenal recorded a 3-0 victory over Sevilla which was very impressive, Cesc Febregas amongst the scorers keeping up his great vein of form. Last but not least, Manchester United beat Sporting Lisbon 1-0 with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring against his old side.
Rangers 2-1 VFB Stuttgart
Barcelona 3-0 Olympic Lyon
Sporting Lisbon 0-1 Manchester United
Roma 2-0 Dinamo Kiev
Arsenal 3-0 Sevilla
Slavia Prague 2-1 Steaua Bucaresti
PSV 2-1 CSKA Moscow
Fenerbache 1-0 Inter Milan
Elsewhere the only big shock of the night was Fenerbaches victory over Inter Milan, Turkish sides are always dangerous at home and Inter were lacking in several key players however, it was an impressive result none the less. CSKA Moscow should have picked up a point against PSV and Barcelona convincingly destroyed Lyon. Manchester United had Edwin Van Der Saar to thank for their victory, keeping Sporting at bay with two fantastic saves, Ronaldo scoring a terrific diving header and held a muted celebration at his former teams home ground in respect of their fans. Arsenal swamped past Sevilla with some clinical finishing, which they were accused of doing too little last year, though the first goal from Fabregas was deflected home they weren't in any real danger with Kanoute having some speculative efforts. Rangers came from behind against Stuttgart, after they were down to 10 men with Barry Ferguson having treatment on the sidelines and Gomez scoring the opener with a flick onto an inswinging cross. Rangers hit back after a superb run by full back Alan Hutton and a great curling effort from Charlie Adam. Hutton went on to win the penalty after a one-two with Steven Whittaker, and Darcheville converted from the spot.
Group Tables and Youtube links to the Goals/Highlights to follow...
The tables as they stand after the first round of fixtures:
Group A -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Marseille 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 Liverpool 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 FC Porto 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 Besiktas 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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Group B -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Valencia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 Rosenborg 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 Chelsea 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 Schalke 04 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Group C -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Real Madrid 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 Lazio 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 Olympiacos 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 Werder Bremen 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
Group D -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 AC Milan 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 Benfica 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 4 Celtic 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
Group E -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Barcelona 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 Rangers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 VfB Stuttgart 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 4 Lyon 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Group F -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Roma 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3 2 Man Utd 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 Sporting 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 4 Dynamo Kiev 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
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Group G -- P W D L F A GD PTS 1 PSV 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 2 Fenerbahce 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 CSKA Moscow 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 4 Inter Milan 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
Group F --P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 2 Slavia Prague 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3 3 Steaua Bucuresti 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0 4 Sevilla 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Not the best format, but hopefully it works.
Two weeks on Tuesday we see this Wednesdays teams play, with this Tuesdays teams playing two weeks on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 02 October 2007CSKA Moscow v Fenerbahce, G, 17:30Dynamo Kiev v Sporting, F, 19:45Inter Milan v PSV, G, 19:45Lyon v Rangers, E, 19:45Man Utd v Roma, F, 19:45Sevilla v Slavia Prague, H, 19:45Steaua Bucuresti v Arsenal, H, 19:45VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona, E, 19:45
Wednesday, 03 October 2007Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk, D, 19:45Besiktas v FC Porto, A, 19:45Celtic v AC Milan, D, 19:45Lazio v Real Madrid, C, 19:45Liverpool v Marseille, A, 19:45Rosenborg v Schalke 04, B, 19:45Valencia v Chelsea, B, 19:45Werder Bremen v Olympiacos, C, 19:45
ThHidden01 wrote:I really don't think Chelsea will win anything this season. I also got money on Mourinho to go if he doesn't win a thing.THHe's gotta go. He aint winning anything now. With the amount of stars in his squad, you'd think they would walk over teams. Just aint happening.
