Champions League 2008-9

[NeilMcD]

typical easy group for Mancs and Chelsea :D

Pool will get through but will make me and the rest of the fans sweat buckets full and leave it til a 9th min injury time screamer from gerrard to get us through.

Its usually Liverpool who get the easy groups.

[pete]

What a result for BATE - fantastic stuff. I know Levski are no great shakes but fair play regardless. Hopefully they can stick it to a few moneybags teams in the group stages..

Playing Real Madrid & Juventus :eek:

[Poor Student]

Greatest achievement in Champions League history?


What about NK Maribor from Slovenia knocking out Lyon in the 3rd qualifying round in 1999? Also Artmedia Bratislava beating Celtic 5-0 was a massive achievement.

[crc]

And with Cyprus and Belarus now coloured in the Map of Countries who have had teams in the Champions League (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UEFA_members_Champs_League_group_stage.gif) becomes ever more embarrassing for Ireland.

[newbie]

swap Roma for Bordeaux and id agree fully with that.

[sligo23]

a
Chelsea
Roma
Bordeaux
Cluj

b
Inter
Bremen
Panathinikos
Famagusta

c
Barca
Sporting
Basel
Donetysk

d
Liverpool
PSV
Marseille
Atletico Madrid

e
Man Utd
Villareal
Celtic
Aalborg

f
Lyon
Bayern
Steaua
Fiorentina

g
Arsenal
Porto
Fenerbache
Dynamo Kiev

h
Real Madrid
Juventus
Zenit
BATE Borisov

[Closed Account 2]

My players to watch (obviously most know about the big teams already):

Chelsea (Deco, Bosingwa)
Roma (Mexes, Vučinić)
Bordeaux (Chamakh, Cavenaghi)
Cluj (Yusouf Koné, Dubarbier)


Inter (Balotelli, Mancini)
Bremen (Diego, Tošić)
Panathinikos (Ivanschitz, Ante Rukavina)
Famagusta (Sosin, Hawar Mohammed)

Barca (Bojan, Messi)
Sporting (Yannick Djaló, Romagnoli)
Basel (Ergić, Huggel)
Donetysk (Marcelo Moreno, Srnja)

Liverpool (Mascherano, Torres)
PSV (Lazović, Salcido)
Marseille (Koné, Ben Arfa)
Atletico Madrid (Kun Agüero, Ujfalushi, Banega)

Man Utd (Vidić, Tevez)
Villareal (Cazorla, Mati Fernandez)
Celtic (Nakamura, McGeady)
Aalborg (Augustinussen, Beauchamp)

Lyon (Pjanić, Benzema)
Bayern (Ribery, Kroos)
Steaua (Dorin Goian, Nicoliţă)
Fiorentina (Kuzmanović, Almiron)

Arsenal (Nasri, Fabregas)
Porto (Freddy Guarín, "Hulk" Givanildo)
Fenerbache (Semih, Guiza)
Dynamo Kiev (Milevsky, Bangoura)

Real Madrid (Van Der Vaart, Casillas)
Juventus (Amauri, Salihamidžić)
Zenit (Pogrebnyak, Denisov, Danny)
BATE Borisov (Bliznyuk, Rodionov)

[Mr Maroon]

Juventus (Amauri, Salihamidžić)

Salihamidzic? Are you serious? He's only useful because he's versatile and works hard. He's a good player to have in the squad but he's hardly one to watch. Giovinco would have been a much better choice.

[Mr Maroon]

a
Chelsea
Roma
Bordeaux
Cluj

b
Inter
Bremen
Panathinikos
Famagusta

c
Barca
Sporting
Basel
Donetysk

d
Liverpool
PSV
Marseille
Atletico Madrid

e
Man Utd
Villareal
Celtic
Aalborg

f
Lyon
Bayern
Steaua
Fiorentina

g
Arsenal
Porto
Fenerbache
Dynamo Kiev

h
Real Madrid
Juventus
ZenitBATE Borisov