UEFA Champions League 2008-2009

Alex Del Piero, what a legend............
ACM vs Juve will be a special one

KAKA vs DEL PIERO

Anyone agrees it's a ****ed up Champions League?

Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter, and Real Madrid. I think all the football pundits were pretty agreed that the winner wouldn't be a team not mentioned in that list.

Manchester United/Chelsea: English Premier League, Champions League. One to win the former, the other to win the latter.

Inter: Once again the joke of Europe. I love to see them entertain us. A disgrace to Italy, -and South America -. The only thing the "Special One" has introduced to Inter is that lovely 4-2-4 formation!

Real Madrid: Disappointing. A defeat to Juventus. Then another one. I believe Madrid should send their players to Italy to teach them defending, then send them to Brazil to teach them attacking, then send them to Guatemala and buy a new team.

Originally Posted by Faяouk

Inter: Once again the joke of Europe.

They were, they are and they will always be ^^
Have no idea that they couldn't beat such a cute name like Anorthosis
Merda fans always moaning about our defense.. nah.. lets see their defense! Clumsy Burdisso, slow Materazzi and even the only one that I respect from Inter players, Zanetti could do the mistake. Everytime they against Milan defense anymore.. they have to remember this game too

Matchday 4 - 04 November 2008

A CFR Cluj 1-2 Bordeaux
A Roma 3-1 Chelsea
B Anorthosis 3-3 Internazionale
B Bremen 0-3 Panathinaikos
C Sporting 1-0 Shakhtar
C Barcelona 1-1 Basel
D Liverpool 1-1 Atlético
D Marseille 3-0 PSV

Matchday 4 - 05 November 2008

E AaB 2-2 Villarreal
E Celtic 1-1 Man. United
F Fiorentina 1-1 Bayern
F Lyon 2-0 Steaua
G Arsenal 0-0 Fenerbahçe
G Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 Porto
H BATE 0-2 Zenit
H Real Madrid 0-2 Juventus

How many slaps on the wrist will Celtic continue to receive from UEFA? Any English or Italian team would've had their home grounds shut down for a game had they let a fan run amok on the pitch.

Champions League - Group E
00:22 November 25
FT Aalborg BK 2 - 1 Celtic
FT Villarreal 0 - 0 Manchester U.

Champions League - Group F
00:22 November 25
FT Bayern Munich 3 - 0 Steaua Bucuresti
FT Fiorentina 1 - 2 Lyon

Champions League - Group G
00:22 November 25
FT Arsenal 1 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
FT Fenerbahce 1 - 2 FC Porto

Champions League - Group H
00:22 November 25
FT Zenit St. Petersburg 0 - 0 Juventus
FT BATE Borisov 0 - 1 Real Madrid


Didn't see any of the matches...any comments?

Originally Posted by Mystik

Champions League - Group E
00:22 November 25
FT Aalborg BK 2 - 1 Celtic
FT Villarreal 0 - 0 Manchester U.

Champions League - Group F
00:22 November 25
FT Bayern Munich 3 - 0 Steaua Bucuresti
FT Fiorentina 1 - 2 Lyon

Champions League - Group G
00:22 November 25
FT Arsenal 1 - 0 Dynamo Kyiv
FT Fenerbahce 1 - 2 FC Porto

Champions League - Group H
00:22 November 25
FT Zenit St. Petersburg 0 - 0 Juventus
FT BATE Borisov 0 - 1 Real Madrid


Didn't see any of the matches...any comments?

Glad to see Viola gets knocked out from CL. Ah.. that just my personal opinion that I hate them because they replaced us took the spot for CL this season.. even though I hate ourselves more because our stupidity for not reaching that spot ^^ Also glad to see Arsenal won the match and Manure is draw Just another record from Villareal boys that they unbeaten in La Liga and CL if I'm not mistaken (not so sure about this, havent check it yet ). And say what... in love with Sergio Ramos...

Champions League - Group A
November 26
FT Bordeaux 1 - 1 Chelsea
FT CFR Cluj 1 - 3 AS Roma

Champions League - Group B
November 26
FT Anorthosis 2 - 2 Werder Bremen
FT Inter Milan 0 - 1 Panathinaikos

Champions League - Group C
November 26
FT Shakhtar Donetsk 5 - 0 Basel
FT Sporting Lisbon 2 - 5 Barcelona

Champions League - Group D
November 26
FT Atletico Madrid 2 - 1 PSV Eindhoven
FT Liverpool 1 - 0 Marseille

Just a statistic to throw out there:

L. Messi in 5 CL games, has 5 goals and 3 assists. Let's not even go into his La Liga stats. Best player in the world? I think so. I just hope he can have a relatively injury free season. I don't miss a Barcelona game once I know this guy is playing.

Originally Posted by MLM

Villareal boys that they unbeaten in La Liga and CL if I'm not mistaken (not so sure about this, havent check it yet ). And say what... in love with Sergio Ramos...

Villareal lost last week in La liga, but hats off to them, they are really flying high.

You r probably the second most beautiful girl on MM, and you say you are in love with Sargio Ramos? Unbelievable , he is a good defender but pretty ordinary looking man (no disrespect). You should have picked some one like Farnendo Morientes, David Villa, Van Dar Vaart, Heinze, Cassilles, David Silva, Messi or even Xavi from Spain

Originally Posted by mzk57

Villareal lost last week in La liga, but hats off to them, they are really flying high.

You r probably the second most beautiful girl on MM, and you say you are in love with Sargio Ramos? Unbelievable , he is a good defender but pretty ordinary looking man (no disrespect). You should have picked some one like Farnendo Morientes, David Villa, Van Dar Vaart, Heinze, Cassilles, David Silva, Messi or even Xavi from Spain

there you have it folks..... the expert on romantic good looking boys has spoken

Originally Posted by mzk57

Villareal lost last week in La liga, but hats off to them, they are really flying high.

You r probably the second most beautiful girl on MM, and you say you are in love with Sargio Ramos? Unbelievable , he is a good defender but pretty ordinary looking man (no disrespect). You should have picked some one like Farnendo Morientes, David Villa, Van Dar Vaart, Heinze, Cassilles, David Silva, Messi or even Xavi from Spain

Ah.. well.. just put my name at the most bottom of your list (if you just have 2 names in your list then it's correct) ^^ More suit for the ordinary woman like me ^^
And about Sergio Ramos..it wasnt literally in love with him. But I love to have him as a CB in our squad.

Champions League - Group A
17:46 December 9
20:45 AS Roma - Bordeaux
20:45 Chelsea - CFR Cluj
Champions League - Group B
17:46 December 9
20:45 Panathinaikos - Anorthosis
20:45 Werder Bremen - Inter Milan
Champions League - Group C
17:46 December 9
20:45 Barcelona - Shakhtar Donetsk
20:45 Basel - Sporting Lisbon
Champions League - Group D
17:46 December 9
20:45 Marseille - Atletico Madrid
20:45 PSV Eindhoven - Liverpool

If Bordeaux beat Roma they qualify for the knockout stages of the competition. As much as I support Italian teams and all.... FORZA GOURCUFF

Champions League - Group A
December 9
FT AS Roma 2 - 0 Bordeaux
FT Chelsea 2 - 1 CFR Cluj
Champions League - Group B
December 9
FT Panathinaikos 1 - 0 Anorthosis
FT Werder Bremen 2 - 1 Inter Milan
Champions League - Group C
December 9
FT Barcelona 2 - 3 Shakhtar Donetsk
FT Basel 0 - 1 Sporting Lisbon
Champions League - Group D
December 9
FT Marseille 0 - 0 Atletico Madrid
FT PSV Eindhoven 1 - 3 Liverpool

Hey Mystik are you getting some kind of pay for posting these details?

Round of 16 Predictions

Atlético - Porto
Lyon - Barcelona
Arsenal - Roma
Inter - Man. United
Real Madrid - Liverpool
Chelsea - Juventus
Villarreal - Panathinaikos
Sporting - Bayern Munich

Do you guys wanna know the winners 2 months before the kick offs? Here you go:-

Lyon & Barcelona
Barca are favorites, But Lyon will beat them. Why? because my heart says Lyon will win & last time I had this kind of feeling was back in 2006, when I predicted ACM to win the CL 06-07. Lyon will draw the 1st leg & get the result needed for qualification @ Camp Nou i.e a draw or away goal. Benzema will be the key! It will be one of those game for Barca when they will have 70% ball possession but no penetration & Eto'o will get a red card for good

Inter & Man. United
Very simple. Jose will kick out Old Fergie just like when He did it with Porto & Humiliated Fergie time and time in EPL with Chelsea. C.Ronaldo will be disappointing again as usual when it matters. Rooney is too young to cause any problems for Inter. Midfield is the area where Inter will blow away Man Utd. Zanetti, Vieira, Cambiasso, Muntari, Stankovic etc will blow away the cartoons like Carrick, Park, Fletcher, Scholes etc. Ibrahimovis is too much to be handled by Ferdinand & Vidic. But the 2 clear reasons why Inter will win are: 1-Jose Mourinho 2-defending Champs usually lose in the Round of 16

Chelsea & Juventus
Its a very tough one to call. But since February is the months when King Frank Lampard really gets on fire & I have seen him single handedly taking Barca & Bayen apart in the knock out stages, so I am going for Chelsea. Also the fact that Juventus has lost the last 2 meetings with English teams and each ending 0-0 at their own backyard. Lampard will be the star of the tie & Juve will go out

Real Madrid & Liverpool
The clown Rafa has had enough success in Europe in the past only because of extremely good luck. It will have to end at last & I am sure against Real it will. The attack of Huntelaar, Higuaine, Raul, Robben & RVdW is good enough to win against Luckypool despite conceding 1 or 2 goals, because Real's defense is pathetic apart from Casillas. Plus no more lucky goals for Gerrard & if he dives again, He will be sent off for the better of the game

Arsenal & Roma
Even with 100% fit Febragas, Aderbayor & RVP, Arsenal would have no chance against Roma. Now Febragas is out so its not even worthy for me to give reasons why Roma will win easily. Plus sick Arsene Wenger will be sacked at the end of the season.

Sporting & Bayern Munich
Bayer will win this seasons CL, so there is no reason whey they wnon't win against Sporting

Villarreal & Panathinaikos
The Yellow submarine will reach the SF of CL this season and its simple as that

Atlético & Porto
Aguero will show why he is the one who will lead Argentine attack in 2010 WC to the victory stand. Although Porto at home are as good as any one, but Atlético will win in Extra time, on penalties or even on away goal

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My Hot Tips of Round of 16:
-Lyon to win
-C.Ronaldo do disappoint again
-Lampard to score against Juve