UEFA Champions League 2006/2007

Right now Panathinaikos is 2nd after Olympiakos and AEK is 6th. However only 4 matchdays are played.

Even if our position is good, our form is bad right now as they were many mistakes in the summer time preparing - our coach was sacked a few days ago since they were riots against him and the team's owner after a dissapointing result for the UEFA cup. We are now looking for a new coach. I hope the situation clears soon.

Matchday 2 - Tuesday

Steaua Bucharest - Lyon 0-3
Real Madrid - Dynamo Kiev 5-1
Benfica - Manchester United 0-1
Celtic - København 1-0
CSKA Moscow - Hamburg 1-0
Arsenal - Porto 2-0
AEK Athens - Anderlecht 1-1
Lille - Milan 0-0

No real surprises today.

Personally, I was surprised by the two first result. I did not expect Real and Lyon to win with a big difference. Especially Real Madrid since they are in a terrible form - and Dinamo is not a weak team.

Lyon proved they're a very talented team that plays great together last match. So I was not surprised by the result.

Real Madrid well, they've been terribly unconsistent so far in the season, so this result I didn't expect but it's not as surprising.

Matchday 2 - Wednesday

Werder Bremen - Barcelona 1-1
Levski Sofia - Chelsea 1-3
Spartak Moscow - Sporting Lisbon 1-1
Internazionale - Bayern Munich 0-2
Liverpool - Galatasaray 3-2
Bordeaux - PSV Eindhoven 0-1
Shakhtar Donetsk - Olympiacos 2-2
Valencia - Roma 2-1

Matchday 3 - Tuesday

Steaua Bucharest - Real Madrid 1-4
Dynamo Kiev - Lyon 0-3
Celtic - Benfica 3-0
Manchester United - København 3-0
CSKA Moscow - Arsenal 1-0
Porto - Hamburg 4-1
Lille - AEK Athens 3-1
Anderlecht - Milan 0-1

Matchday 3 - Wednesday

Werder Bremen - Levski Sofia 2-0
Chelsea - Barcelona 1-0
Internazionale - Spartak Moscow 2-1
Sporting Lisbon - Bayern Munich 0-1
Bordeaux - Liverpool 0-1
Galatasaray - PSV Eindhoven 1-2
Valencia - Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0
Olympiacos - Roma 0-1

Matchday 4


Tuesday

Barcelona - Chelsea 2-2
Levski Sofia - Werder Bremen 0-3
Spartak Moscow - Internazionale 0-1
Bayern Munich - Sporting Lisbon 0-0
Liverpool - Bordeaux 3-0
PSV Eindhoven - Galatasaray 2-0
Shakhtar Donetsk - Valencia 2-2
Roma - Olympiacos 1-1

Wednesday

Lyon - Dinamo Kiev 1-0
Real Madrid - Steaua Bucharest 1-0
Benfica - Celtic 3-0
København - Manchester United 1-0
Arsenal - CSKA Moscow 0-0
Hamburg - Porto 1-3
AEK Athens - Lille 1-0
Milan - RSC Anderlecht 4-1

Matchday 5 - Tuesday

Steaua Bucharest - Dynamo Kiev 1-1
Real Madrid - Lyon 2-2
Celtic - Manchester United 1-0
Benfica - København 3-1
CSKA Moscow - Porto 0-2
Arsenal - Hamburg 3-1
Lille - RSC Anderlecht 2-2
AEK Athens - Milan 1-0

Matchday 5 - Wednesday

Levski Sofia - Barcelona 0-2
Werder Bremen - Chelsea 1-0
Spartak Moscow - Bayern Munich 2-2
Internazionale - Sporting Lisbon 1-0
Bordeaux - Galatasaray 3-1
Liverpool - PSV Eindhoven 2-0
Valencia - Olympiacos 2-0
Shakhtar Donetsk - Roma 1-0

Matchday 6

Tuesday

Chelsea - Levski Sofia 2-0
Barcelona - Werder Bremen 2-0
Sporting Lisbon - Spartak Moscow 1-3
Bayern Munich - Internazionale 1-1
Galatasaray - Liverpool 3-2
PSV Eindhoven - Bordeaux 1-3
Olympiacos - Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1
Roma - Valencia 1-0

Wednesday

Dynamo Kiev - Real Madrid 2-2
Lyon - Steaua Bucharest 1-1
Manchester United - Benfica 3-1
København - Celtic 3-1
Porto - Arsenal 0-0
Hamburg - CSKA Moscow 3-2
RSC Anderlecht - AEK Athens 2-2
Milan - Lille 0-2

Group stage final standing

Group A

1. Chelsea 13
2. Barcelona 11
3. Werder Bremen 10
4. Levski Sofia 0

Group B

1. Bayern Munich 12
2. Internazionale 10
3. Spartak Moscow 5
4. Sporting Lisbon 5

Group C

1. Liverpool 13
2. PSV Eindhoven 10
3. Bordeaux 7
4. Galatasaray 4

Group D

1. Valencia 13
2. Roma 10
3. Shakhtar Donetsk 6
4. Olympiacos 3

Group E

1. Lyon 14
2. Real Madrid 11
3. Steaua Bucharest 5
4. Dynamo Kiev 2

Group F

1. Manchester United 12
2. Celtic 9
3. Benfica 7
4. København 7

Group G

1. Arsenal 11
2. Porto 11
3. CSKA Moscow 8
4. Hamburg 3

Group H

1. Milan 10
2. Lille 9
3. AEK Athens 8
4. RSC Anderlecht 4

1st and 2nd placed clubs qualify to the next round. 3rd placed clubs continue at UEFA cup. 4th placed clubs get eliminated.

Draw for the last 16 made today, hope you don't mind Ellinas.

Porto v Chelsea
Celtic v AC Milan
PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal
Lille v Manchester United
Roma v Lyon
Barcelona v Liverpool
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich
Inter Milan v Valencia

(Ties to be played on 20/21 February and 6/7 March)

Barca - Liverpool should be a spectacle to behold if we can keep it close for the 1st leg, Anfield will hopefully be rocking 6/7 March. Hugely tough tie though, has to be said.

You can take on the update of this thread if you want. I don't have great interest for the CL this year since my club is not there. I will focus on the UEFA cup thread .

Sure I'll give it a go.

I'm not sure if anybody is bothered or if those who were have searched elsewhere but what the hell, I enjoyed one result in particular, no prizes for which one given my location...

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Results for the 1st Leg of the 2nd Round for Uefa Champions League

Tuesday, 20 February

Celtic 0-0 Milan
PSV 1-0 Arsenal
Lille 0-1 Manchester United
Real Madrid 3-2 Bayern Munich

Wednesday, 21 February

Roma 0-0 Lyon
Barcelona 1-2 Liverpool
Porto 1-1 Chelsea
Internazionale 2-2 Valencia

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I'm guessing Milan, Arsenal, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Lyon, Chelsea and Valencia will go through (I hope Liverpool will, I also hope for another brilliant atmosphere at Anfield to fit the occasion). Celtic and PSV look like causing possible "upsets" in all fairness though.

The 2nd leg for this round is to be played Tuesday/Wednesday, 6th/7th March, next week in other words, looks exciting! I'll post the results here a tad quicker this time...

Results for the 2nd Leg of the 2nd Round for Uefa Champions League

Tuesday 6th March

Chelsea 2-1 FC Porto (agg 3-2, Chelsea go through)

Liverpool 0-1 Barcelona (agg 2-2, Liverpool go through on away goals )

Lyon 0-2 Roma (agg 0-2, Roma go through)

Valencia 0-0 Inter Milan (agg 2-2, Valencia go through on away goals)

Results for the 2nd Leg of the 2nd Round for Uefa Champions League

Tuesday 6th March

AC Milan 1-0 Celtic (after extra time) (agg 1-0, AC Milan go through)

Arsenal 1-1 PSV (agg 1-2, PSV go through)

Bayern Munich 2-1 Real Madrid (agg 4-4, Bayern Munch go through on away goals)

Manchester United 1-0 Lille (agg 2-0, Manchester United go through)

The draw for the quarter final is on Friday I believe, teams that made it:

AC Milan
Bayern Munich
Chelsea
Liverpool
Manchester United
PSV
Roma
Valencia

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