Champions League 2008-09 Thread

[ACF]

Yeah but it was the best I could find.
I always love to hear them sing.
Like you said, great fans.
I shook hands with a few of them after
FCK beat Celtic two years ago at Parken.

[ACF]

Ah, the memories.
(Turn down the volume, the song
is just horrible  )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAJGgRLuYe0&feature=related

[ACF]

Aalborg beat Celtic 2-1. Celtic have
earned one whopping point (ONE POINT!)
out of a possible 54 points in the
CL away from home. Aalborg became the
first Danish team to go through to the
UEFA Cup via the CL. Good stuff.

[ederson]

I watched almost all the game mostly because of Samaras who missed a couple of good chances.
I can`t see where they`ll finally get an away win. Reminds of olympiacos` away record till last season.

Murihno can`t be very confortable now after the home loss. But the guy is a class act. He stayd in the pitch and gave a handshake to every player-trainer-coach from Panathinaikos.

[ACF]

Aalborg played Man Utd to a draw (2-2)
at Old Trafford yesterday, in what
was surely one of the bigger upsets
in Champions League history. Man Utd
were not playing with their regulars
but still, it was quite a feat by the
Danish team. Although I'm a huge MUFC
fan, I liked what I saw. Danish teams
need every point they can get in order
to ensure better seedings in the future.

[Edgar]

Not Champions but

Barcelona will simply destroy madrid in el clasico en la liga

[celticmaestro]

El Classico is going to be great, I hope and expect los Culés to destroy Real Madrid.

As for United-Aalborg, great performance from Aalborg, but imagine if Tevez had scored that chance he squandered after 4 minutes, it would have been 2-0 and surely gone on to be a rout. Either way it doesn't matter.

In the next round, this is the draw I want (bold are teams I want to win):

Roma v Lyon
Panathinaikos v Villareal
Barcelona v Chelsea
Liverpool v Inter Milan
Manchester United v Sporting Lisbon
Bayern Munchen v Atletico Madrid
Porto v Real Madrid
Juventus v Arsenal

[Casperian]

Results: Round of 16

Atl.Madrid - FC Porto 2:2
Lyon - Barcelona 1:1
Arsenal - AS Rom 1:0
Inter - Man United 0:0
Sporting - FC Bayern 0:5
Chelsea - Juventus 1:0
Villarreal - Panathin. 1:1
Real - Liverpool 0:1

Some surprises here. Real lost, Barca only 1:1.

Any predictions about who will advance to the next Round?
It would be weird to see both ManU and Barca out so soon.

[ederson]

Lyon missed a great to chance to go to the 2nd game with great advantage but Benzema failed in many occassions. Pour finishing and pour decision making.

Man Un owned inter. It was  very strange to see Murinho so calm on the bench while his team played so bad. But later i`ve found out that Murihno has lost only 1 out of 14 games against Sir Alex.

Porto should have won but Liedson`s finishing was worst than Benzema`s


Porto , Bayern, Barca, ManU, Liverpool (unfortunatey), Arsenal, Chelsea and panathinaikos (i can`t believe i`m writting this)

[Yugocelt]

Just curious.  Who do people support here?

My favorite "big team" in Europe is Inter Milan.  I wasn't satisfied with their performance at home, but I'm hoping for some kind of miracle at Old Trafford.

Ibrahimovic scoring would be ideal, for obvious reasons for me 

[MattG12]

Just curious.  Who do people support here?

My favorite "big team" in Europe is Inter Milan.  I wasn't satisfied with their performance at home, but I'm hoping for some kind of miracle at Old Trafford.

Ibrahimovic scoring would be ideal, for obvious reasons for me 

We have a thread to announce your favorite club... I could dig it up for you, for a price

[Yugocelt]

Just curious.  Who do people support here?

My favorite "big team" in Europe is Inter Milan.  I wasn't satisfied with their performance at home, but I'm hoping for some kind of miracle at Old Trafford.

Ibrahimovic scoring would be ideal, for obvious reasons for me 

We have a thread to announce your favorite club... I could dig it up for you, for a price

um, thanks, but no thanks.. haha, seriously though, thanks

[ederson]

Any predictions for qualifications ?

ManU
Liverpool ( )
Porto
Barcelona ( )
Roma
Juventus
Panathinaikos ( )
Bayern (that`s the easy one)

[ACF]

Liverpool vs Real Madrid 4-0 (5-0 agg.)
Bayern Munchen vs Sporting CF 7-1 (12-1!)
Juventus vs Chelsea 2-2 (2-3)
Panathinaikos vs Villarreal 1-2 (2-3)

Today's fixtures:
Porto vs Atlético
Barcelona vs Lyon
Roma vs Arsenal
Man United vs Inter

If you're not interested in soccer/football
feel free not to comment here, thank you.

[ederson]

2 out of 4.... Considering that Bayern was obvious 1/3.... Not good

Liverpool had great help from the ref. The first two goals where "scored" by him. But real was more than awful.

Juve-chelsea was a great game.... The ref here also made a mistake and didn`t see that Drogba`s free kick was a goal but on his difense it was a difficult call. Juve lucks quality but they gave a tough battle. They are also very very unlucky. World champions in injuries. I don`t know why Ranieri didn`t start Amauri. Giovinco is a guy to keep your eyes on.


Today we hope MU will send the choosen one back home. Roma without De Rossi doesn`t look good. I don`t have any faith in Lyon barcelona will qualify Very good team, excellent players but no toughness. Porto looks better than atletico. I think this will be the best game tonight.


But then again my previous predictions where ... a little off so what do i know ??