Jesus how much better are Bohs than Spartak Moscwo so :)
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Jesus how much better are Bohs than Spartak Moscwo so :)
So what's the record for Wenger - Mclaren, something like 16 played, 13 wins for Wenger and 3 draws. Christ Twente were muck, what a stroll in the park!
And then there's Roddy's `watch Kiev get thumped` comment....:confused:
liverpool (1) - standard leige (0)
after extra time
liverpool very unimpresive tonight struggled to beat standard leige
and in fact standard were unlucky not to go in at half time 1-0 up rienna made 1 great save .
torres poor spent most of his time going down easy under challanges looking for free kicks . keane very poor also missed one great chance but i always think he needs 2-3 chances to score 1 goal , gerrard non existant for most of match and overhit some terrible passes liverpool only seemed to have plan a and it never worked tonight . need a decent wide player and a creative midfielder and another defender or two.. leige on the other hand looked solid at back & midfield if only they had a decent forward may have got result just wondering how much longer benitiz /liverpool can continue to be lucky in champions league games :ball:
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. If they draw celtic then they are guaranteed at the very least 3 points.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
Even if they're hammered 6 times, the 12 million they get should set them up for years.
They were unseeded in the first qualifying round (Drogheda were seeded). Nobody's ever done that before. Also there's no way in hell they're better than a LOI side so hopefully it'll spur Bohs (or whoever ;) ) on next year.
Nice to see a cypriot team in there too for the first time.
It can only be good news for the smaller nations.
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
Matches start on 16th & 17th Sept.
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.
My calls, mixture of hope* and guessing:
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
*(e will probably be Man Utd and Villareal, and h Juventus and Real)
I'd back OL to reach the quarters at least. The smaller clubs will disappoint again I believe. Many of them managing between zero and one point.
Still at Anorthosis got a second Greek team. To show the first one wasn't a fluke.
Its usually Liverpool who get the easy groups.Quote:
Originally Posted by newbie
Playing Real Madrid & Juventus :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by ciaraa
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
And with Cyprus and Belarus now coloured in the Map of Countries who have had teams in the Champions League becomes ever more embarrassing for Ireland.
swap Roma for Bordeaux and id agree fully with that.
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
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)
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by cfdh_edmundo
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