Note: When we do our searches for the ever-elusive game highlights, we have to take what we can get. (And we do it with much gratitude to the people who manage to evade the Video Police and host them.) But the ones we find are not always perfect. There's a good chance that [...] Click to continue reading...

Two Greek teams surprised everyone last night scoring a combined six goals and picking up four points from stiff competition. Werder Bremen fell to Panathinaikos 3-0 while Inter Milan, down 3-2 to Anorthosis well into the match, managed to salvage a point and finish 3-3.

OK, so I blew the call on the Inter-Anonthosis match but I think keepers Julio Cesar (Inter) and Arian Begaj (Anorthosis) combined for one of the most noteworthy goalkeeping displays we've seen this year. Click to continue reading...

Tolstoy once wrote that "the two most powerful warriors are patience and time". Inter needed a lot of the former in order to beat their UCL opponents Wednesday night... and 44 minutes of the latter. But boy did those 44 minutes seem long. If there is one sure thing this year's Champions League will [. Click to continue reading...

To use a golf analogy, the teams in the group stage of the Champions League make the turn today and tomorrow with the completion of the first three games of the group stage. And while it's early, for some teams, it's make-or-break time. Group by group, here's an analysis of who needs to win: Group A: ROMA Needs [. Click to continue reading...

4 seeds are the new 3 seeds; or, Transylvanians, Cypriots & Belarusians are legit. BATE were very fortunate to be eying a blonde Austrian rather than a turban-sporting Italian in net, but they were never predicted to sneak a deserved point. Cluj proved their Roma win was no fluke, even if they used a vastly different [. Click to continue reading...

Another eight Champions League games today, and I'm going to try and cover them all here in one big LiveBlog. Personally, I think today's games look a bit more interesting than yesterday's. Inter vs Bremen promises excitement and we'll see if Cluj's win at Roma was just a fluke when they host Chelsea in Romania. Click to continue reading...

30/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Aalborg - Manchester United 0 - 3
Villarreal - Celtic 1 - 0

Gruppo F:

Fiorentina - Steaua Bucarest 0 - 0
Bayern Monaco - Lione 1 - 1

Gruppo G:

Arsenal - Porto 4 - 0
Fenerbahçe - Dinamo Kiev 0 - 0

Gruppo H:

Zenit San Pietroburgo - Real Madrid 1 - 2
BATE Borisov - Juventus 2 - 2

01/10/2008

Gruppo A:

CFR Cluj - Chelsea ore 20. Click to continue reading...

30/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Aalborg - Manchester United ore 20.45
Villarreal - Celtic ore 20.45

Gruppo F:

Fiorentina - Steaua Bucarest ore 20.45
Bayern Monaco - Lione ore 20.45

Gruppo G:

Arsenal - Porto ore 20.45
Fenerbahçe - Dinamo Kiev ore 20. Click to continue reading...

16/09/2008

Gruppo A:

Chelsea - Bordeaux 4 - 0
Roma - Cluj 1 - 2

Gruppo B:

Panathinaikos - Inter 0 - 2
Werder Brema - Anorthosis 0 - 0

Gruppo C:

Basilea - Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 2
Barcellona - Sporting Lisbona 3 - 1

Gruppo D:

PSV Eindhoven - Atletico Madrid 0 - 3
Marsiglia - Liverpool 1 - 2

17/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Manchester United - Villarreal 0 - 0
Celtic - Aalborg 0 - 0

Gruppo F:

Steaua Bucarest - Bayern Monaco 0 - 1
Lione - Fiorentina 2 - 2

Gruppo G:

Porto - Fenerbahçe 3 - 1
Dinamo Kiev - Arsenal 1 - 1

Gruppo H:

Juventus - Zenit San Pietroburgo 1 - 0
Real Madrid - BATE Borisov 2 - 0

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16/09/2008

Gruppo A:

Chelsea - Bordeaux 4 - 0
Roma - Cluj 1 - 2

Gruppo B:

Panathinaikos - Inter 0 - 2
Werder Brema - Anorthosis 0 - 0

Gruppo C:

Basilea - Shakhtar Donetsk 1 - 2
Barcellona - Sporting Lisbona 3 - 1

Gruppo D:

PSV Eindhoven - Atletico Madrid 0 - 3
Marsiglia - Liverpool 1 - 2

17/09/2008

Gruppo E:

Manchester United - Villarreal ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Önce tahmin edilebilir skorlarla başlayalım. Scolari'nin Chelsea'si evinde Bordeaux'i 4leyerek bu sene de kupada iddialı olduğunu ortaya koydu. Mourinho'nun İnter'i ise deplasmanda Pana'yı 2-0 ile geçti. Lucesculu Shaktar Şampiyonlar Ligi'nde İnönü'deki hazırlık maçlarından farklı olduğunu bağırdı; Basel'i İsviçre'de 2-1 yendi. Click to continue reading...

Cette fois c'est sur on y est :)
Originally uploaded by Yogi_OM La Champions y su himno se escucharon por toda Europa, se inicio de manera historica para algunos cuadros como el de Javier Aguirre y el Aleti que regresarón despues de 11 años para propinarle una goleada a domicilio a el PSV de Holanda. Click to continue reading...

Admit it. Before Tuesday you probably never heard of CFR Cluj.

After the Romanian clubbed knocked off Italian powerhouse AS Roma on Tuesday, you will be learning a bit more.

Cluj erased a 1-0 deficit in Rome and ralled for a stunning 2-1 win in the opening Champions League group match for both teams.

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16/09/2008

Gruppo A:

Chelsea - Bordeaux ore 20.45
Roma - Cluj ore 20.45

Gruppo B:

Panathinaikos - Inter ore 20.45
Werder Brema - Anorthosis ore 20.45

Gruppo C:

Basilea - Shakhtar Donetsk ore 20.45
Barcellona - Sporting Lisbona ore 20. Click to continue reading...

The gulf between football in Eastern and Western Europe is rarely more clearly on display than in Bill Turianski's latest contribution, a map of the 2008-09 Champions League. Of the 32 clubs only nine could be considered part of Eastern Europe and three of those (Panathinaikos, Anorthosis and Fenerbahçe) fit ever so loosely into that category. Click to continue reading...

I know this post is a little late, but I've been working a lot this past week and haven't had the time to update. The groupings for the 2008-2009 Champions League tournament have been set. Here are the groups: Group A: Group B:Chelsea Inter MilanRoma Werder BremenBordeaux PanathinaikosCluj Anorthosis Group C: Group D:Barcelona PSVSporting Atletico MadridBasel Click to continue reading...

According to UEFA, the Greek Super League is more than twice as good as the Cypriot First Division (coefficient ranking of 25.8 to 10.1). Doesn't matter. First it was Anorthosis, rewarded with a spot in the Group of Holy Shit I Don't Want To Watch This, who dispatched Olympiacos from Europe, and today saw AC [. Click to continue reading...

For the first time in 3 years, the Italian Serie A managed to get 4 Clubs to the UEFA Champions League Group Stage. With the DRAW taking place yesterday, "someone came out smiling" and others not so much. "Four Italian teams and four levels of satisfaction" as Gazzetta would say. Let's have a look. . Click to continue reading...

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Champions League Group Stage Draw
Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar
Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico
Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg
Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina
Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit, Bate

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Four clubs surprised the pundits by pulling off impressive victories against higher ranked outfits. Based on current rankings:

• Anorthosis Famagusta (ranked 193) defeated Olympiacos (ranked 44)
• FC BATE Borisov (unranked) defeated Levski Sofia (ranked 80)
• Atlético Madrid (ranked 67) defeated Schalke 04 (ranked 22)
• Dynamo Kyiv (ranked 74) defeated Spartak Moscow (ranked 61)

FC BATE from Belarus and Anorthosis from Cyprus are the first clubs from their perspective countries to ever qualify for the UEFA Champions League.

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Terminati i turni preliminari con la qualificazione di Juventus e Fiorentina, quest'oggi vengono sorteggiati i gruppi della fase a gironi in Champions League. L'appuntamento è per le ore 18 a Montecarlo. Ecco le quattro fasce.

1a fascia: Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcellona, Liverpool, Arsenal, Inter, Lione. Click to continue reading...

No wonder why Fenerbahce did not look good in the Super League opening match!..

They had the CL in their minds!..

While Galatasaray lost out on the Europe's biggest tournamnet Fenerbahce surpases Last season Turkcell super league Champions to reach the CL.

That is bad news for Galatasaray fans but,it is good news for Fenerbahce fans, becasue, their team will be in the Champions League This season again. Click to continue reading...

26/08/2008

Artmedia Bratislava - Juventus (and. 4 - 0) 1 - 1
Panathinaikos - Sparta Praga (and. 1 - 2) 1 - 0
Wisla Cracovia - Barcellona (and. 4 - 0) 1 - 0

27/08/2008

BATE Borisov - Levski Sofia (and. 0 - 1) 1 - 1
Kaunas - Aalborg (and. 2 - 0) 0 - 2
Dinamo Kiev - Spartak Mosca (and. Click to continue reading...

26/08/2008

Artmedia Bratislava - Juventus (and. 4 - 0) 1 - 1
Panathinaikos - Sparta Praga (and. 1 - 2) 1 - 0
Wisla Cracovia - Barcellona (and. 4 - 0) 1 - 0

27/08/2008

BATE Borisov - Levski Sofia (and. 0 - 1) ore 18.00
Kaunas - Aalborg (and. 2 - 0) ore 19. Click to continue reading...

12/08/2008

Artmedia Bratislava - Juventus (and. 4 - 0) ore 20.45
Panathinaikos - Sparta Praga (and. 1 - 2) ore 20.45
Wisla Cracovia - Barcellona (and. 4 - 0) ore 20.45

13/08/2008

BATE Borisov - Levski Sofia (and. 0 - 1) ore 18.00
Kaunas - Aalborg (and. 2 - 0) ore 19. Click to continue reading...

Drogheda United 1-2 Dynamo Kiev Brann Bergen 1-0 Ventspils Inter Baku 1-1 Partizan Belgrade Domale 0-3 Dinamo Zagreb Panathinaikos 3-0 Dinamo Tbilisi Rangers 0-0 FBK Kaunas Anorthosis Famagusta 3-0 Rapid Wien Anderlecht 1-2 BATE Borisov IFK Göteborg 1-1 Basel Fenerbahçe 2-0 MTK Budapest Beitar Jerusalem 2-1 Wisła Kraków AaB Aalborg 5-0 Modriča Sheriff Tiraspol 0-1 Sparta Prague Tampere United 1-3 Artmedia PetralkaSecond Leg August 5 and 6. Click to continue reading...

Just in case you Spurs fans forgot what the 24-year-old English striker looks like. This would have probably made my top five from Wednesday had I seen it. Cheers.
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The draw for the first round of the UEFA cup took place on Friday, with staff and fans of the home nation clubs waiting with baited breath to find out who they have to overcome if they are to make it to the moneymaking group stage of the tournament. UEFA CUP SEEDING Tottenham Hotspur were seeded in [...] Click to continue reading...