Champions League Thread

[Kay B]

It's back....

Since we have a premiership thread i figured we should have one for the biggest european competition. The draw for the group stage has been made, drop your top two prediction for each group here and add any views you may have on possible winners of the competition.

Groups

Group A
Barcelona
Chelsea
Werder Bremen
Levski Sofia

Group B
Internazionale
Bayern Munich
Sporting Lisbon
Spartak Moscow

Group C
Liverpool
PSV Eindhoven
Bordeaux
Galatasaray

Group D
Valencia
Roma
Olympiakos
Shakhtar Donetsk

Group E
Real Madrid
Lyon
Steaua Bucharest
Dinamo Kiev

Group F
Manchester United
Celtic
Benfica
Copenhagen

Group G
Arsenal
Porto
CSKA Moscow
Hamburg

Group H
Milan
Lille
AEK Athens
Anderlecht

[Kay B]

My precidtions of team who will go through

Group A - Chelsea and Barca - Great to see these two paired up
Group B - Internazionale and Bayern Munich
Group C - Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven
Group D - Valencia and Roma
Group E - Real Madrid and Lyon
Group F - Manchester United and Benfica
Group G - Arsenal and Porto
Group H - Milan and Anderlecht

[Matt]

My predictions are actually the same as yours, apart from I swapped Anderlecht for Lille.

[Matt]

The first Champion's League matches are being played tonight, here's a guide to all of the teams in this year's competition:

Guide (http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=415638&CPID=5&clid=270&lid=15&title=Uefa+Champions+League+guide)

Tonight's matches

Group A

Barcelona v Levski Sofia
Chelsea v Werder Bremen

Group B

Bayern Munich v Spartak Moscow
Sporting v Inter

Group C

Galatasaray v Bordeaux
PSV v Liverpool

Group D

Olympiakos v Valencia
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk

[Kay B]

Results

Barcelona 5 - 0 Levski Sofia
Bayern Munich 4 - 0 Spartak Moscow
Chelsea 2 - 0 W Bremen
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Bordeaux
Olympiakos 2 - 4 Valencia
PSV 0 - 0 Liverpool
Roma 4 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
Sporting 1 - 0 Inter

My comments

Liverpool drew shoulda won though where easily the better team, great start by chelsea and barca, shocked at seeing inter lose, morientes hatrick for for valencia wont please rafa benitez too much tho lol

...anyone see gerrards 88th min volley?...hit the post

or anyone see ronaldinho's goal for barca?...fuckin wicked strike

[Kay B]

With Match Day 1 of the new Champions League season now completed, here's the full round-up of results, top scorers and league tables.
Champions League Match Day 1 Results

Group A

Chelsea 2-0 Werder Bremen
Barcelona 5-0 Levski Sofia

Group B

Sporting 1-0 Internazionale
Bayern 4-0 Spartak Moscow

Group C

Galatasaray 0-0 Bordeaux
PSV 0-0 Liverpool

Group D

Olympiacos 2-4 Valencia
Roma 4-0 Shakhtar

Group E

Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 Steaua
Lyon 2-0 Real Madrid

Group F

Man United 3-2 Celtic
FC Copenhagen 0-0 Benfica

Group G

Porto 0-0 CSKA Moscow
Hamburg 1-2 Arsenal

Group H

Anderlecht 1-1 Lille
Milan 3-0 AEK

Champiopns League Top Scorers

3 Fernando Morientes (Valencia)
2 Nicolae Dica (Steaua)
2 Louis Saha (Man United)
1 Raúl Albiol (Valencia)
1 Valentin Badea (Steaua)
1 Michael Ballack (Chelsea)
1 Marco Caneira (Sporting)
1 Nery Alberto Castillo (Olympiacos)

Group Tables

Group A

BAR 3
CHL 3
BRM 0
LEV 1

Group B

BAY 3
SCP 3
INT 0
SPK 0

Group C

BDX 1
GAL 1
LIV 1
PSV 1

Group D

ROM 3
VAL 3
OLY 0
SHK 0

Group E

STE 3
LYO 3
RM 0
DYN 0

Group F

MU 3
BEN 1
FCK 1
CEL 0

Group G

ARS 3
CSK 1
POR 1
HSV 0

Group H

MIL 3
LIL 1
AND 1
AEK 0