The Official Champions League Thread

[Phantom_Lord_GER]

... all right they lost and they had a really bad day ...
so what, although its sad with 10 points only third,but anyway ... next year
new chance!!! ... and good luck for the last 16 teams ... !!!

[Mr.Metal]

Good game so far in Old Trafford
1-1 Man U vs Benfica

EDIT: Nevermind, Benfica didn't come out the 2nd half and they are pretty much done now...

3-1 United

[Snow]

Well, here's how it's ended up:

Group A:
Chelsea & Barcalona

Group B:
Bayern Munich & Inter Milan

Group C:
Liverpool & PSV Eindhoven

Group D:
Valencia & Roma

Group E:
Lyon & Real Madrid

Group F:
Manchester Utd & Celtic

Group G:
Arsenal & Porto

Group H:
AC Milan & Lille

UEFA Cup places:
A: Werder Bremen
B: Spartak Moscow
C: Bordeaux
D: Shakhtar Donetsk
E: Steaua Bucharest
F: Benfica
G: CASK Moscow
H: AEK Athens

Look forward to the draw for the last 16

[Mr.Metal]

Well, after crazy weeks let's not concentrate on crazy bald has been singers or dead pornstars, today it's all about what matters most...FOOTBALL!

Anyone watching the games? Here in Canada, looks like we will only get Bayern vs Madrid. Three weeks ago, I would have said that Bayern was going to destroy Madrid, but Bayern has been playing shitty football, not as bad as Madrid, but pretty close.

[Invaders]

I will watch Lille-United. You can say what you want about how shit united is but the truth is that they are the only team playing good football from the 4 english teams playing in the CL.

today:
celtic-milan: I cant stand italian football and I am not paying much attention to that league. I dont know if Ronaldo is licensed to play for milan but Celtic is the force in Scotland and comes from wins over united for example. I think celtic nails this one.

PSV Eindhoven - Arsenal:Not too sure about this, saw Arsenal play Blackburn in the last weekends FA-cup where they only did 0-0. Not too sure about PSV but taking a look at their squad they should have a good chanse altough I think Arsenal will go true to the next round

Lille - Manchester United: United have a strong form in PL altough they only managed 1-1 against reading last week wich is not their strongest result lately. Reading is going strong in PL now so it was not the worst result. United have also been a bit up and down in the eurocups the last year so I am not too sure if they will make it but judging from their PL form they will.

Real Madrid - Bayern München: both teams have troubles in their home leagues, real specially have played a bad seasong judging from their squad. Bayern sacked their manager and got Hitzfeld back as manager altough I dont think he will do anything magic with this team. Hard to say but I think real takes it with one or two goals.

[Luís]

I won't watch anything today, but I can hardly wait for tomorrow's Porto - Chelsea. It's a shame for me one of these teams has to go, I like Mourinho a lot and would like to see him win if Porto didn't win.

Chelsea is the favourite, but I hope the pressure they're getting, being 2nd on the championship, having failed to win the Champions League the last 2 seasons and so, helps Porto to win the match.

For today:
Celtic - Milan - Draw
PSV Eindhoven - Arsenal - Draw
Lille - Man Uted - Man Utd wins
Real - Bayern - No idea, both teams are having a really bad season.

[metallicaone]

I will watch Lille-United. You can say what you want about how shit united is but the truth is that they are the only team playing good football from the 4 english teams playing in the CL.

I'm gonna watch that game too. United will win the whole thing this year

[Mr.Metal]

How bad is Bayern playing that Raul has scored twice!!!!
3-1 Madrid, that is a surprise.

[Invaders]

What a goal by psv, and while I was typing Lille got a goal disallowed for nothing at all. Motherfuckers. And Bayern is playing like some fuckheads, I have never seen them play so bad in ages

[Mr.Metal]

Well, Madrid got VERY lucky. Pizarro missed a wide open net and Casillas made a couple of great saves! 3-2 the resulta, haha Van Bommel reminded everyone that he used to play for Barça.