Champions League
 

So because i just started watching soccer again and i heard the CL is today, i thought to ask you guys who still are in the CL?

these are the fixtures for the 2nd round first legs, which will take place today and tomorrow:

Bayern Munich VS Real Madrid

Celta Vigo VS Arsenal

Lokomotiv Moscow VS Monaco

Sparta Prague VS AC Milan

Deportivo La Coruna VS Juventus

FC Porto VS Manchester United

Real Sociedad VS Lyon

Stuttgart VS Chelsea


Some mouthwatering fixtures there, should make for some good footy :y:

Bayern Munich VS Real Madrid

Celta Vigo VS Arsenal

Deportivo La Coruna VS Juventus

FC Porto VS Manchester United

I think these will rule: So guys your expectations for the matches?

ESPN 2 is showing the Juventus game tommorrow. That sucks as I really wanted to see Porto-United. I think that match is the best out of all of them. Porto is in first in the Portuguese League and they should give United quite a battle. I hope they show the game next week when they meet again though.

United will beat Porto. Even though there form has been dodgy to say the least lately, they've got enough experience to win. Plus Keane wiill be playing and Porto's top foward has been out for ages.

You could have bumped the old thread but never mind...:$

Arsenal should really beat Celta,what with Arsenal in good form and Celta struggling in La Liga.Should be good to see Henry and Reyes starting alongside each other for the first time ( :drool: ) as Bergkamp won't fly over to Spain.

Sky Sports rule for getting rights to the competition though,those 8 match at once screens were class.

Well that is ESPN for ya not that Juventus is a bad team, but indeed i would enjoy Porto-United more...

You know Porto is actually favored to win. McCarty is there best foward right now and he's a hell of a player. I think your talking about Derlei though and yeah they really need him.

Yeah I'm talking about Derlei but I still feel United will win. Is that Benni McCarthy? He's nothing compared to Van Nistlerooy. Plus the thing going against Porto is that the Portugese league is weak. But they did look good against Celtic last year when they won the UEFA cup.

Oh no, I wouldn't compare McCarthy to Nistlerooy at all. But McCarthy is probably the best scorer they got right now, who's not injured.

They are not favourites at all. Where did you get that from?

I read it on a site where it gives the odds for each team that Porto was favored and one of my friends whos's Portuguese and gets the Portuguese TV stations said that the Sports News people said it on there. But I think it's bulls*** because I know United is the better team and actually when I was typing that, I second guessed myself and thought that was probably wrong. It was probably a PRO-Portugeuse site too.

Anyway, Goooo Sparta Prague

Tonight's Results:

Celta Vigo 2-3 Arsenal

Bayern Munich 1-1 Real Madrid

Sparta Prague 0-0 AC Milan

Lokomotiv Moscow 2-1 Monaco

the arsenal match was pretty good.

Arsenal match was top quality really enjoyed it. Edu really fu</>cked up Cavellero with that knee to the face. Expected more from Real Bayern not a great game and Milan not beating Prauge is odd but I'm sure they'll school them in Italy.

Tomorrows results:

Deportivo La Coruna - Juventus 1 - 1

FC Porto - Manchester United 1 - 2

Real Sociedad - Lyon 2 - 0

Stuttgart - Chelsea 1 - 0

Edu had every right to go for the ball though, and his second goal was superb.

Oliver Kahn :$

im gay

Just them losing at any point would be fine by me.

Anyway - what a goal from Edu and nice third goal.

Defence looked dodgy but hey 3 away goals for them they should go through. I expect all the English teams to progress I would think. I think Arsenal might go all the way this year but then I thought Inter might do earlier so :(.

Oliver Kahn- The next keeper along with Ian Walker to graduate from the Massimo Taibi school of goalkeeping :lol:

Seriously though , United will have a big test in front of them tonight, with Rio out and Silvestre now injured, Fergie is apparently going with Gary Neville and Wes Brown in the centre, and Phil Neville and Quinton Fortune as full backs. Alot has been said of Keane possibly playing at the back, but to be honest, on a big european night such as this, United need Keano in the middle of the park.

LOL Kahn was worse than Walker their.

Actually,no he wasn't.:(

Yeah seriously, what the hell Kahn. You had a chance to give your team a HUGE win against the big favorite and it goes right under you. Well I think Bayern is finished now.

Anyway else suprised by the Sparta-Milan draw? My team might actually have a chance.

I wasn't actually that surprised by Sparta holding Milan.They managed to draw at Chelsea and lost at home to them only by a fairly late goal,they also must've beat Lazio or at least finished above them in the group.

Plus having seen Milan looking poor against Inter last weeked (at least until i stopped watching,as i know they came back from 2 down to win) i'm not really too shocked.

Tomorrows results:

Deportivo La Coruna - Juventus 1-2

FC Porto - Manchester United 1-1

Real Sociedad - Lyon 2-2
Stuttgart - Chelsea 2-1

Expectations for tonight:

Deportivo La Coruna - Juventus 2-2

FC Porto - Manchester United 1-3

Real Sociedad - Lyon 1-1

Stuttgart - Chelsea 1-2

See, I told you guys McCarthy would be a factor. 1-1 so far.

True Porto is playing pretty strong.

Chelsea and Depor are both up 1-0 atm

^^^Yeah, I'm watching the Chelsea game.

COME ON PORTO

McCarthy Again. 2-1 Porto

:D

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Keane :wave:

Gary Neville and Wes Brown, they were at fault for both goals.

The keeps did make a meal of the sending off. but oh well. :D

Oh, and we should have done much better. As soon as I saw our attack, I knew we were in for trouble. Lucky the defender scored the own goal, because we sure as hell can't finish for shit.

I would say Chelsea to go through for sure now,Stuttgart managed to lose to Rangers away so the Blues shouldn't have any probs.

I think Man Utd can get through aswell,and probably will but their defence will decide that but 2 good finishes from Benni tonight.

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And let me add one more HA! Losing to Porto is fu</>cking hilarious from one of the supposed best teams in Europe. Keaneo is muppet but it was nice to see Bia get stamped after his display against Celtic last year the cheating cúnt. I can't get over how shít United were. Can't wait till tomorrow now lots of abuse will be dealt out.

Still waiting for the United reaction