Champions League

[muffins]

It's the qualification rounds and here are tonight's results. I could only find one, I don't know if any more matches were going on.

FBK Kaunas 0-4 Celtic

Here's a Champion's League poll:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3093567.stm

[Dreamer7]

Started already? How come Celtic need to have a qualification round?

[muffins]

They finished second in the Scottish Premiership and as only the top two go through to the Champions League, the second one has to qualify. It's not like the English Premiership in that not as many clubs qualify for a Champion's League spot. Chelsea and Newcastle have to qualify soon as well.

[Dreamer7]

Thanks for the info.

[Dreamer7]

Chelsea won 2-0 with their new stars.

Newcastle won 1-0, I believe.

[muffins]

Yes they did.

In UEFA Cup qualification Manchester City whooped League of Wales side TNS 5-0 at the new Manchester City stadium. The second leg is to be played at the Millennium Stadium on August 28th. I don't see them coming back from 5-0.

[kev316]

I'm glad Sky have taken coverage of the Champions League. Interactive matches!

[muffins]

But that means I have to watch more of Richard Keys.

[kev316]

Better than Des Lynam :p

[muffins]

I'm not sure about that. At least Des Lynam has the occassional funny moment. Richard Keys interrupts the pundits all the time and he clearly doesn't like Arsenal. He needs to be objective. Gary Lineker is the best by far anyway. I like Gabby Yorath too.

[kev316]

I like Lineker over Keys and Lynam too. Sky's commentary team are easily better than BBC's and ITV's IMO. Coverage on Sky is also better.

[muffins]

Yeah, I like Andy Gray and Martin Tyler (I think that's his name). I don't like Alan Parry (he says "Oh great ball" when he's kicked it into the stands!) and Mottson has lost his touch slightly. I think the pundits are better on Sky too. So, when does Champion's League start?

[kev316]

LOL at Alan Parry. He always gets players mixed up too. I believe the Champions League group stages starts on September 16th

[muffins]

Thanks. I can't wait. Newcastle play their second leg qualification match thisweek, I think. C'mon the Toon!

[kev316]

Chelsea are through to the group stages beating MSK Zilina 3-0 (5-0 agg).

[muffins]

OMG. Nooooooo! Newcastle, how could it happen? They lost at home on sudden eath penalties. Aw. I don't think I'll be watching much Champion's League football this season. Oh wait, Celtic and Rangers qualified so I'll go with Celtic. Gotta love Celtic!

[kev316]

Uh, Newcastle just blew it (and at least £10m). Man I wanted to see all 4 Premiership clubs make the group stages at least.

[Dreamer7]

Newcastle's recent performance hasn't been really good, not being good on form must have cost them the CL place. Too bad, I wanted to see all the 4 EPL teams too.

[kev316]

GROUP A
1 Bayern Munich
2 Lyon
3 Celtic
4 Anderlecht

GROUP B
1 Arsenal
2 Inter Milan
3 Dynamo Kiev
4 Lokomotiv Moscow

GROUP C
1 Deportivo La Coruna
2 PSV Eindhoven
3 AEK Athens
4 Monaco

GROUP D
1 Juventus
2 Galatasaray
3 Olympiakos
4 Real Sociedad

GROUP E
1 Manchester United
2 Panathinaikos
3 Rangers
4 Stuttgart

GROUP F
1 Real Madrid
2 FC Porto
3 Marseille
4 FK Partizan

GROUP G
1 Lazio
2 Chelsea
3 Sparta Prague
4 Besiktas

GROUP H
1 AC Milan
2 Celta Vigo
3 Ajax
4 Brugge

[muffins]

Teehee, Manchester United and Rangers in the same group! I'll be supporting mainly Celtic and secondly Arsenal.

[Dreamer7]

Can I predict? Hehe.

GROUP A
1 Bayern Munich
2 Lyon
3 Celtic
4 Anderlecht

GROUP B
1 Arsenal
2 Inter Milan
3 Dynamo Kiev
4 Lokomotiv Moscow

GROUP C
1 Deportivo La Coruna
2 PSV Eindhoven
3 AEK Athens
4 Monaco

GROUP D
1 Juventus
2 Galatasaray
3 Olympiakos
4 Real Sociedad

GROUP E
1 Manchester United
2 Panathinaikos ?
3 Rangers ?
4 Stuttgart ?

GROUP F
1 Real Madrid
2 FC Porto
3 Marseille
4 FK Partizan

GROUP G
1 Lazio
2 Chelsea
3 Sparta Prague
4 Besiktas

GROUP H
1 AC Milan
2 Celta Vigo
3 Ajax
4 Brugge

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I think Man Utd got a very easy group.

[muffins]

Me too. Oh man, Newcastle United must feel sick to the stomach. If they had qualified they would have played Real Madrid!

[Dreamer7]

BUMP!

[muffins]

Is there Champion's League action tomorrow(Tuesday)?

[Dreamer7]

Yeah there is! Here you go:

AC Milan v Ajax Amsterdam

Besiktas v Lazio

Club Brugge v Celta Vigo

Man Utd v Panathinaikos

Partizan Belgrade v FC Porto

Rangers v VfB Stuttgart

Real Madrid v Marseille

Sparta Prague v Chelsea

[muffins]

Wow! Manchester United won 5-0. Chelsea won 5-0 and I think Rangers won at the death 2-1.

[kev316]

Chelsea won 1-0.

I was watching Man Utd game first, once they went a couple of goals up I switched over to the Madrid game and that was game over by half time. Second half I think I killed the batteries on my remote. Too many live games to watch! I think i'm gonna watch the Arsenal v Inter game tomorrow.

[Dreamer7]

I was sleeping, so I didn't watch those matches but I'll be watching the repeat. Yay! Both matches with lots of goals.

[muffins]

C'mon Arsenal! I'm not a fan of the Italians at the moment so that's even more reason for me wanting Arsenal to win. It's going to be extremely tough. They'll need Henry on top form.

[muffins]

Well, Arsenal were whooped at home by Inter Milan 3-0. Henry even missed a penalty, well it was saved. Celtic narrowly lost to Bayern Munich 2-1.

[kev316]

Bad performance from Arsenal. They need to get some results away from home now

[muffins]

Didn't see the match. Arsenal I think are a good team. Last season they amazed me at just how amazingly well and beautifully they played. But they just can't seem to cut the mustard in Europe.

[Dreamer7]

Maybe Arsenal needs some new players, I heard they ain't got a solid defence unit.

[kev316]

They are getting exposed way too easily at the back. I don't think they have replaced Tony Adams since he retired. Also under the current financial situation at the club Wenger can't go out and spend big money on players

[muffins]

It was a big mistake letting Upson go to Birminhgam especially for a titchy price tag! If they had got a bit more money for him then that might have helped. Upson wanted to leave because he wasn't getting enough first team action but I think Wenger should have played him more anyway!

[kev316]

Yeah, I agree about Upson.

[muffins]

When are the next lot of matches and when does the UEFA Cup start?

[kev316]

UEFA Cup starts this week and the next Champions League games are the following week.

[muffins]

Arsenal drew 0-0 away to Lokomotiv Moscow. They could have won it. Not the best match you'll see this season LOL. Celtic are currently drawing with Lyon and Celtic missed a penalty.

[kev316]

I watched the Arsenal game. Still hope they qualify although they'll probably need to get a win in Kiev or at Inter as well as winning their remaining home games. I was switching between Celtic v Lyon and Inter v Kiev.

Tues results:

UEFA Champions League Group B
Inter_Milan 2 - 1 Dynamo_Kiev
Lokomotiv_Moscow 0 - 0 Arsenal


UEFA Champions League Group A
Celtic 2 - 0 Lyon
Anderlecht 1 - 1 Bayern_Munich


UEFA Champions League Group D
Olympiakos 1 - 2 Juventus
Galatasaray 1 - 2 Real_Sociedad


UEFA Champions League Group C
D_Coruna 2 - 0 PSV
Monaco 4 - 0 AEK_Athens

[Dreamer7]

Arsenal are having a bad patch right now, they need to get 3 wins now.

[muffins]

Well done Celtic!
As I write this Manchester United are drawing 0-0, Rangers are winning 1-0 and Chelsea are losing 2-0.

[Dreamer7]

Well bad results for Englsih clubs. Both Man Utd & Chelsea lost too.

[muffins]

But Rangers did well! They drew away from home and are now higher than Manchester United! But the group is far from over, especially as they still have to play each other.

[kev316]

Basic defensive errors cost Man Utd and Chelsea need some continuity. I still think both of them will qualify

[muffins]

I'm sure they will. They have too much quality not too.

[muffins]

A bit of UEFA Cup. The second round draw of the UEFA Cup has been drawn, here are the fixtures:
Dinamo Zagreb v Dnipro
Borussia Dortmund v Socheaux
Manchester City v Groclin
Barcelona v Panionios
Benfica v Molde
Slavia Prague v Levski Sofia
Rosenborg v Crvena Zvedzda
Valencia v Maccabi Haifa
Spartak Moscow v Dinamo Bucharest
Gaziantepspor v Lens
Brondby v Schalke 04
Aris v Perugia
Utrecht v Auxerre
Steaua Bucharest v Liverpool
Valerenga v Wisla Kracow
PAOK Salonika v Debrecen
FC Copenhagen v Real Mallorca
Parma v Austria Vienna
Basle v Newcastle United
Hadjuk Split v AS Roma
Genclerbirligi v Sporting Lisbon
Torpedo Moscow v Villareal
Feyenoord v Teplice
Bordeaux v Hearts

Those are quite tough for Liverpool and Newcastle.

[Dreamer7]

Not looking good for Arsenal at the moment. They now need to win their remaining matches for sure to qualify I think.

[Dreamer7]

Man Utd 1-0 Rangers
Chelsea 2-1 Lazio
Real Madrid 1-0 Partizan

[muffins]

No, not looking good for Arsenal at all. But if Newcastle can win the remaining 3 matches of the first round to qualify then I'm sure Arsenal can.

[muffins]

Here are tonight's results:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/results/default.stm

What a good result by Partizan Belgrade. And to think, that could have been Newcastle tonight!

[muffins]

Apparently UEFA could discipline Lazio's Sinisa Mihajlovic for kicking and then spitting in Mutu's face. He was later sent off.

[muffins]

Here are last night's(Wednesday)Champion's League results:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/results/default.stm

UEFA Cup action tonight. Good luck Liverpool. Owen won't be playing because he is injured and they want to see if he can be fit in time for the Manchester United game this weekend.

[glamour-gal]

did anybody watch the bayern munich game??
i was falling asleep.........
they're so bigheaded and won't come far this year!!
when elber scored the goal, everybody in da stadium was screaming, 'cause he was a former bayern player.......
bad luck that they let him go..........

[muffins]

No I didn't see that match. Does Owen Hargreaves play for them?

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
No I didn't see that match. Does Owen Hargreaves play for them?



yeap, owen does play for them!

[kev316]

Juventus vs Galatasaray next week has been postponed due to the two recent bomb blasts in Istanbul. Uefa Cup second round, second leg tie between Maccabi Haifa and Valencia next Thursday has also been postponed

[glamour-gal]

i really don't understand it....
can't there be peace all around the world?????

[muffins]

Arsenal take on Inter Milan at the San Siro this week. I want Arsenal to win but I seriously doubt they will.

[glamour-gal]

let's see, what's gonna be happen on tuesday and wednesday..... :)

[muffins]

Woweeeee! Arsenal proved me wrong! They whooped Inter Milan 5-1! I saw most of it and Arsenal were great, especially in the last ten minutes. It was just a seige of goals LOL!

[Dreamer7]

Wow, Arsenal seem to be doing great at the moment, good for them. I bet they can get to the next round.

[glamour-gal]

i was watching celtic-bayern.
it wasn't a good match, for those who haven't seen this match - guys you didn't miss anything.... :)

[muffins]

Glad I watched Arsenal then. Henry has been nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year. I should think so too! Manchester United won, Chelsea drew and Rangers lost tonight. I think Chelsea and Manchester United are through to the next round now.

[Dreamer7]

^Yup, Man Utd and Chelsea are through, yay!! :)

Henry was nominated along with Ronaldo (the Real one) and Zidane. I think probably Ronaldo or Henry will get it.

[muffins]

If Ronaldo or Zidane are playing better than Henry right now then I wanna see them! It really is a total and utter honour to watch Henry at the moment.

UEFA Cup news:
Liverpool won 1-0(2-1 on aggregate)and Newcastle alos won 1-0(4-2 on aggregate). They beat Steau Bucharest and Basle, respectively.

[glamour-gal]

hopefully ronaldo will get it!!

[muffins]

Personally, I hope Henry wins it. I really don't see how anyone can be playing better than him right now and if anyone is then they can't be from this planet!

[Dreamer7]

But the award is for the year 2003, not right now.

[muffins]

Yeah I know but he's been pretty damn awesome all year, especially now. I remember when Arsenal last season played great football and Henry was at the heart of it all. When I say last season, I mean the bit that came into this year.

[glamour-gal]

dec 2:

istanbul vs juventus 2:0 :(

[glamour-gal]

guys, tonight's champions league again!!!!!

i'm really looking forward to watching manu vs stuttgart!!
stuttgart has a very young and talented team...
i guess they will win the german bundesliga this year!



enjoy the matches tonight!! :)

[kev316]

Tue Dec 09 2003
UEFA Champions League Group E
Man Utd (1)2 - 0(0) VfB_Stuttgart


Rangers (1)1 - 3(1) Panathinaikos


UEFA Champions League Group F
Partizan_Belgrade (0)1 - 1(0) Marseille


Real_Madrid (1)1 - 1(1) FC_Porto


UEFA Champions League Group G
Besiktas (0)0 - 2(0) Chelsea


Sparta_Prague (0)1 - 0(0) Lazio


UEFA Champions League Group H
AC_Milan (1)1 - 2(1) Celta_Vigo


Club_Brugge (1)2 - 1(1) Ajax

[muffins]

Arsenal go through but Celtic are out. Juventus won their match 7-0. Wow! I think that's the biggest win in the Champion's League ever.

[kev316]

Bayern Munich 1 - 0 Anderlecht
Lyon 3 - 2 Celtic
Arsenal 2 - 0 Lokomotiv Moscow
Dynamo Kiev 1 - 1 Internazionale
Real Sociedad 1 - 1 Galatasaray
Juventus 7 - 0 Olympiakos
PSV Eindhoven 3 - 2 Deportivo de La Coruña
AEK Athens 0 - 0 Monaco
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16

Group winners:
Lyon
Arsenal
Monaco
Juventus
Manchester United
Real Madrid
Chelsea
AC Milan

Runners-up:
Lokomotiv Moscow
Bayern Munich
Deportivo La Coruna
Real Sociedad
VfB Stuttgart
FC Porto
Sparta Prague
Celta Vigo

[Dreamer7]

Ooh, can't wait for the next draw, when will it be?

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
Arsenal go through but Celtic are out. Juventus won their match 7-0. Wow! I think that's the biggest win in the Champion's League ever.



celtic :cry:

juve :D :D :D forza juventus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[muffins]

The draw is on Friday at 11.00 GMT.There's any more Champion's League for a bit now the end of February I think the next games are. It goes to the knock-out stages now, doesn't it?

[kev316]

Yup, KO stages now. Heres the draw:

Stuttgart v Chelsea
FC Porto v Manchester United
Real Sociedad v Lyon
Celta Vigo v Arsenal
Bayern Munich v Real Madrid
Sparta Prague v Milan
Deportivo v Juventus
Lokomotiv v Monaco

[glamour-gal]

UEFA Champions League first knockout round draw

VfB Stuttgart v Chelsea FC
FC Porto v Manchester United FC
Real Sociedad de Fútbol v Olympique Lyonnais
RC Celta de Vigo v Arsenal FC
FC Bayern München v Real Madrid CF
AC Sparta Praha v AC Milan
RC Deportivo La Coruña v Juventus FC
FC Lokomotiv Moskva v AS Monaco FC

[glamour-gal]

oh sorry, now we've it twice!!

[glamour-gal]

february, 24/25
and
march, 9/10

[glamour-gal]

i'm really looking forward to seeing bayern munich - real madrid!!!
:D :D

is anybody going to a match then?????

[Dreamer7]

The two big ones I look forward to are:
Bayern v. Real Madrid
Deportivo v. Juventus

[glamour-gal]

excatly, these 2 ones seems to be the best!!! :)
can't wait!!!

[Dreamer7]

Zidane wins FIFA Player of The Year

Congrats!!! Henry came in second and Ronaldo third, Beckham was seventh.

[glamour-gal]

i'm not pretty happy with the result - zidane again number 1??
beckham only 7th?? hmmmmm....... let's see who will be the best player in europe.....

[Dreamer7]

I thought it would go to Henry or Ronaldo so I didn't expect Zidane to win and by quite a big margin of votes. Well to be fair, we don't get much news from him so hard its to tell how he actually did. As for Beckham I think 7th is good for him, I do hope he does get to win sometime soon.

[muffins]

By all accounts Celta Vigo aren't doing to well this sseason so far so my dad is hopeful of Arsenal progressing. I hope Newcastle and Liverpool can get through in the UEFA Cup too.

I haven't seen Zidane or Ronaldo play much this year. All I know is that Henry has excited and delighted me on the pitch this year and if Zidane is playing better than Henry then I'm going to have to watch Real Madrid more often hehe!

[glamour-gal]

well, as i already said, i'm not happy with the end result!
in my opinion pavel nedved did pretty well and was not voted in the top 3!!

strange..... it always zidane or ronaldo.... :confused:

[Dreamer7]

Isn't there a European Player of the Year too? Maybe Nedved might get it. ;)

[glamour-gal]

yeap, there will be one as well!!
let's see.......

[Dreamer7]

Bingo! Nedved is European Player of the Year! Well congrats. You must be really happy for him, glamour-gal. :D :p

[glamour-gal]

...lol.... as i already said it: pavel nedved!!!! :D

sure, i AM happy!!! :)

he really deserved this award!!!!


henry second, maldini third.

[muffins]

Congratulations to him although I've never seen him play this year. Thierry Henry keeps coming second in everything hehe.

[glamour-gal]

just a quick note:

don't forget the BIG day;
feb 24!!!

real vs bayern munich!!!!!!!!!! :)

[Dreamer7]

I really hope Real Madrid wins! They aren't performing at the moment though.

[glamour-gal]

me too!!!!!!!!


can't wait for this match!!!!!!!! :D

[glamour-gal]

not even 4 more weeks, than the big match is on!!!!!! :p



real vs bayern!!!!

[Dreamer7]

Hopfully I am able to stay up and watch it.

[glamour-gal]

i hope so for you!!!
don't miss it!! :)


awwwwwww, really can't wait!!!!

..lol.... bayern munich is playing so terrible lately.... they lost in the dfb-cup match on wednesday against aalen, with 2:1 ....lol... and aalen is not even in the bundesliga! :)

[Dreamer7]

Thanks. :)

Bayern isn't doing well so hopefully Real knows how to take advantage.
:D

[glamour-gal]

bayern munich won their bundesliga match with 3:1 yesterday.
now they are on second postion again, behind werder bremen.

[muffins]

I can't say I've ever heard of Werder Bremen.

[glamour-gal]

....lol... don't worry!!
with werder bremen you didn't miss anything big! :)

[Dreamer7]

BUMP, its coming back soon.

I hope Real better win, and they better be on form, they have not been very consistent.

[glamour-gal]

i'm sooo excited!!! :D


i wish i could be at the match!!!

so fingers crossed for real and david!! :)

[glamour-gal]

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - David Beckham hopes he can have a glorious night in Munich once again when Real Madrid take on Bayern Munich in Tuesday's Champions League showdown.


Beckham captained England to one of their finest moments at the
Olympic Stadium when Sven-Goran Eriksson's team beat Germany 5-1 in a vital World Cup qualifer and Beckham is dreaming of a repeat.


"It would be fantastic if we could repeat that," said Beckham. "If we play like that we will have no problems.


"Bayern look like they are there for the beating but that is just a
trick.


"We are not afraid of Bayern but respect them."


Munich has been covered in deep snow ahead of the game and manager Ottmar Hitzfeld is hoping the cold can throw Real, who are used to the sun in Spain, off their stride.


"We ordered the weather for the match," Hitzfeld joked. "The
Spaniards will not like the weather and I think we can profit from
that.


"Real are not used to playing in the snow that often."


Real's Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz also cited the weather as a disavantage for his team full of Brazilians and Spaniards.


"It goes without saying that the weather is an advantage for Bayern," confessed Queiroz.


Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldo admitted he had a lot of warming up to do in Munich.


"Ze Roberto told me it was cold in Munich," said Ronaldo. "I need
gloves, a hat and foot cream."


Oliver Kahn is expected to recover from a back complaint and take his place in the Bayern goal, although Hitzfeld admitted midfield playmaker Michael Ballack would decide himself whether he could play in the encounter after suffering from bronchitis.

[glamour-gal]

HA, real will make it!!!
they shouldn't worry about the weather!!

they're the best team around and can make it!!
i'm sure!!!!

[Dreamer7]

Hehe, I don't wanna get too excitied...I guess I won't be able to watch though....*sobs*

[glamour-gal]

you won't??

oh no, feel sorry for you! *hugz*
but i'm sure you'll be able to watch a summary on tv, right?


and hey, isn't it often the case when everbody's talking about such a big game, in the end the match is just so awful??

well, i hope it won't be the case this time and becks will play very good and real will beat stupid-arrogant bayern munich!!!!!!!



VIVA REAL MADRID!!!!!!!!

[latina*bomb]

Wow,Real .:rolleyes:
That was NOTHING against munich.

[muffins]

I was watching the Arsenal game which they won 3-2, not vintage Arsenal but some good goals. I heard that Real didn't play well, said they were lucky to get a draw.

[Dreamer7]

Aww, it was only a draw! I haven't see the highlights yet, how did they do? Maybe it was the freezing weather there, heee...I saw a pic where the whole stadium was covered with snow.

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by latina*bomb
Wow,Real .:rolleyes:
That was NOTHING against munich.


i woudn't say that it was nothing, but they didn't play well, that's for sure!

i guess we had all too high expectations!!

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
I was watching the Arsenal game which they won 3-2, not vintage Arsenal but some good goals. I heard that Real didn't play well, said they were lucky to get a draw.



yeah, real wasn't playing that good, right!
of course there were some good actions in it, but not too many! as i already said before, the expactations were just too high!

however, bayern wasn't playing very well either!

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Aww, it was only a draw! I haven't see the highlights yet, how did they do? Maybe it was the freezing weather there, heee...I saw a pic where the whole stadium was covered with snow.



even it was only about minus 4 degrees, i guess the weather didn't affect real madrid that much!
in madrid they are used to play when it's cold, as well!

to be honest, the match wasn't that good!

i mean whenever you see those guys playing eg beckham, roberto carlos, zidane, raul, ronaldo, guti......... it's just so good to watch them!! they don't even have to play that good! .....lol...

[glamour-gal]

something out of the newspaper:



From ERIC BEAUCHAMP
Bayern Munich 1 Real Madrid 1

DAVID BECKHAM helped Real Madrid pull off their best result at Bayern Munich — thanks to a gaffe by Oliver Kahn.

Keeper Kahn played only after having a course of 14 injections to
counter a back injury.

But he was left red-faced as he allowed a Roberto Carlos free-kick to squirm under his body and into the net for a shock 82nd minute equaliser. Real had lost on all seven of their previous visits to the Olympic Stadium. And until Kahn's error it seemed Roy Makaay's header had put Bayern on course to finish the job in two weeks' time.

England skipper Becks said: "It is definitely an advantage getting
this result. We are happy with the away goal and the score.

"It is half-time and there is another game to go but we will be
confident we can get the win we need in Madrid."

But midfielder Beckham refused to put the boot into Kahn after the German's howler.

He added: "I wasn't surprised when it went in because Roberto can hit them and they swerve all over the place."

[glamour-gal]

a quick note: about kahn's so called injury, it isn't an excuse!!!
he was just so bad!!!!

casillas did a lot better!!!!!

[muffins]

Manchester United lost 2-1 to Porto(the ref was far too fussy for my liking)and Roy Keane was sent off. Chelsea beat Stuttgart and Deportivo beat Juventus 1-0.

[Dreamer7]

Originally posted by glamour-gal
even it was only about minus 4 degrees, i guess the weather didn't affect real madrid that much!
in madrid they are used to play when it's cold, as well!

to be honest, the match wasn't that good!

i mean whenever you see those guys playing eg beckham, roberto carlos, zidane, raul, ronaldo, guti......... it's just so good to watch them!! they don't even have to play that good! .....lol...

I see...cause here its always around 24-33 degrees...lol, I will die in such a cold weather...:p

I actually managed to watch about 20 minutes of the 2nd half, when both goals were scored. The most hilarious part was that Bayern player trying to fake a face injury!!! Did you saw it? The ball was won, and his opponent foot was so far away from his face, yet he still crumble down holding his face. That player should be booked.

[Dreamer7]

I think despite the lost, Man Utd still can win and advance in their 2nd leg, unless they really screw up again.

Chelsea needs to get scoring, they have been producing 1-0 results too often. He change the front 2 way too often imo.

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
I see...cause here its always around 24-33 degrees...lol, I will die in such a cold weather...:p

I actually managed to watch about 20 minutes of the 2nd half, when both goals were scored. The most hilarious part was that Bayern player trying to fake a face injury!!! Did you saw it? The ball was won, and his opponent foot was so far away from his face, yet he still crumble down holding his face. That player should be booked.


oh you did???
that's great!!! shouldn't you have better studied??? :p

oh yeah, the weather's just so horrible!! i can't stand it!!
i wish i could live in your country!! really!!


bayern are just crap!!!
which bayern player do you mean?? coz there were several situations like this... bähhhhh, can't stand this club!!

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
Manchester United lost 2-1 to Porto(the ref was far too fussy for my liking)and Roy Keane was sent off. Chelsea beat Stuttgart and Deportivo beat Juventus 1-0.



what happened to roy keane??
didn't see anything!
was it right to send him off??


:cry: juventus lost! shame!!

[muffins]

In my opinion I don't think he should have been sent off, I thought the run had taken him forward and he couldn't help hitting the goalkeeper.

[glamour-gal]

alright, so thanx for telling me!

[glamour-gal]

roberto carlos will miss his next cl match against bayern munich!

[latina*bomb]

Originally posted by glamour-gal
roberto carlos will miss his next cl match against bayern munich!

i knew it.:D

[glamour-gal]

yeah, i was kinda sure as well that he'll miss the next match.

anyway, hopefully real madrid will beat bayern!!!

[muffins]

In the UEFA Cup Michael Owen scored a great goal to help Liverpool to a 4-2(6-2 on aggregate)win over Levski Sofia. Newcastle and Celtic won their ties to progress to the quarter finals. In the quarter finals Liverpool play Marseille, Newcastle take on a Spanish team I can't remember the name of lol, and Celtic will play Barcelona.

[glamour-gal]

what happened to ronaldo???
is he injured??
heard something on the news today!!

hope it isn't serious!!

[muffins]

I saw something on Eurosport news. I've just been on the BBC website and it says that he's out of the Bayern tie with a torn thigh muscle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/3540807.stm

[glamour-gal]

poor ronaldo!!!

now he'll miss the so important cl match against bayern!!! :cry:


real will miss then roberto carlos and ronaldo!!! :eek:

[Dreamer7]

Originally posted by glamour-gal
poor ronaldo!!!

now he'll miss the so important cl match against bayern!!! :cry:


real will miss then roberto carlos and ronaldo!!! :eek:

No....!!

[glamour-gal]

yeah, it's def a bit loose for real!!! :(

[muffins]

Yes, Roberto Carlos is suspended.

[glamour-gal]

tomorrow's the big match!!!

i can only say:

viva real madrid!! :D

[Dreamer7]

Ah, I cannot wait, I hope they can win!

Man Utd is out already!!!

[MrsShaneWest]

wohoo Juve is OUT! I'm supporting Milan AC tomorrow :D Go Sheva!!

[glamour-gal]

just read it in the newspaper about manu and juventus!!
what happened there???
did anyone watch one of these matches???

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Ah, I cannot wait, I hope they can win!

Man Utd is out already!!!



...lol.. of course they will win!! :D

[MrsShaneWest]

Originally posted by glamour-gal
just read it in the newspaper about manu and juventus!!
what happened there???
did anyone watch one of these matches???

i watched Juve's match and honestly they didnt play well at all. Del Piero got injured after a couple minutes and in the stupidiest way too..he did it all by himself
And then Juve's defense really sucks this year.. add to it that for once the referees didnt help..

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by MrsShaneWest
i watched Juve's match and honestly they didnt play well at all. Del Piero got injured after a couple minutes and in the stupidiest way too..he did it all by himself
And then Juve's defense really sucks this year.. add to it that for once the referees didnt help..



oh, thanx for telling me!
haven't seen anything of the match, but i heard it must have been quite bad!!

poor del piero!! injured again!! hope it isn't anything seriously!!
really, it was all his fault?? what happened exactly??

[MrsShaneWest]

unfortunately his injury seems pretty bad..they are saying he'll have to miss the European Championship too. :(

basically he was running after the ball all alone, then he kicked it with one foot (the right foot, i think) and hurt the other leg, right up his ankle..i cant really tell how.. but he couldnt walk anymore. the tv people kept repeating how unexplainable and absurd it was.. poor Alex :(

[Dreamer7]

Yes, Real Madrid won, at least I can cheer for them! I get to watch the match at 3:30am, gosh I was so tired after that.

Arsenal had an easy win, they were 2-0 by half-time.

[glamour-gal]

MADRID (AFP) - Nine-time champions Real Madrid edged out four-time winners Bayern Munich 1-0 here to squeak into the Champions League quarter-finals at the Bernabeu, completing a 2-1 aggregate success.

Real, missing injured Brazilian star Ronaldo and suspended compatriot Roberto Carlos, had French maestro Zinedine Zidane to thank for a narrow victory as he stabbed home 13 minutes before the break.


But the meeting of two giants who have won European football's
premier club competition 13 times between them failed to scale the heights, the contest reduced to a tense spectacle.


It was also marred by an ugly brawl right at the death as tempers frayed.


Real manager Carlos Queiroz like playmaker David Beckham may not get the chance this time round to play their former club Manchester United as they exited on Tuesday but the former was happy with the overall performance.


"It was hard out there even if it looked easy at the time," said
Queiroz.


"It was a great defensive performance from the team and I liked the way we managed to employ Bayern's virtues of physicality, winning aerial battles and marking."


Beckham for his part said that the side had proved that even without their Brazilian duo they could win the tough matches.


"We're very happy," said the England captain.


"We knew it would be a tough game but we worked hard.


"Tonight we showed that even when Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos are not in the squad we can do well."


Bayern boss Ottmar Hitzfeld could not hide his despair.


"It is a huge disappointment," he said.


"We came here with a real hope of winning but it was not to be."


The teams, meeting for the 16th time, had parted 1-1 at the Olympic Stadium a fortnight ago thanks to Bayern keeper Oliver Kahn letting a Roberto Carlos effort slide from his grasp.


This time Real had to make do without their Brazilian wingback,
suspended for two European games for violent conduct in the first leg after he hit out at Bayern's Argentinian defender Martin Demichelis. Ronaldo was sidelined with a hamstring injury picked up at Santander last weekend.


His absence left Raul, top scorer in the history of the competition
with 44 goals, to plough a lonely furrow up front.



As a result the Real machine was running below full throttle.

Real took the lead in the 32nd minute with Zidane, in Ronaldo's
absence playing further forward than usual, hooked home from close range after Michel Salgado nodded on a hopeful Beckham cross.

While Beckham tried to cajole some magic for Real, Bayern had their own England man in the engine room in the shape of Owen Hargreaves, who was poleaxed after coming off worse in a clash between the two in the opening minutes.

Hargreaves did not reappear after the break, replaced by teenage midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger while Beckham, on a yellow card, had a quiet night.

Real keeper Iker Casillas, at 22 already a veteran of two European Cup-winning squads, twice saved the hosts' in the closing stages of the opening period, blocking a Ze Roberto piledriver with his legs in the 41st minute.

Two minutes later German World Cup star Michael Ballack bisected a square home defence to find Dutch dangerman Roy Makaay, but Casillas turned his rasping effort on the turn round the post.

The ensuing corner eluded Casillas but Salgado performed acrobatics to flip an effort from Claudio Pizarro off the line and over.

The Spanish league champions were missing Roberto Carlos badly, with 22-year-old Alvaro Mejia no substitute for the former's trademark surging runs.

Bayern coach Ottmar Hitzfeld, who lifted the trophy with Bayern three years ago, threw on strikers Hasan Salihamidzic of Bosnia and Paraguayan Roque Santa Cruz for the final quarter.

But, urged on by a fanatical 77,000 crowd, Real drove themselves
forward and the margin could have been greater had Kahn not bravely denied Guti seven minutes from time.

Schweinsteiger had a last chance for Bayern but drove narrowly wide before Guti appeared to get involved in an altercation with several Bayern players to spark brief mayhem.

Real have traditionally struggled against the Bavarians, this
season's first leg draw the only time they have avoided defeat in
southern Germany, while the 'Meringues' also lost home legs in the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons.

On the earlier occasion they still advanced through the group phase alongside Bayern and beat their rivals in the semi-finals, going on to lift the trophy.

Real cruised through the opening phase in winning four and drawing their two other games while Bayern won just two of their group games while managing to edge out Scotland's Celtic.

[glamour-gal]

so, did everybody watch the match???
what's your comment??

...lol.. bayern munich are out!!! :D *jumps in the air*

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by MrsShaneWest
unfortunately his injury seems pretty bad..they are saying he'll have to miss the European Championship too. :(

basically he was running after the ball all alone, then he kicked it with one foot (the right foot, i think) and hurt the other leg, right up his ankle..i cant really tell how.. but he couldnt walk anymore. the tv people kept repeating how unexplainable and absurd it was.. poor Alex :(



omg!!! i feel so sorry for him!!! :(

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Yes, Real Madrid won, at least I can cheer for them! I get to watch the match at 3:30am, gosh I was so tired after that.

Arsenal had an easy win, they were 2-0 by half-time.




viva real madrid!!!! :D


well done that you watched the match!!!!

[glamour-gal]

i heard on the news yesterday that some fans from germany couldn't make the journey to madrid, coz their flights were cancelled from frankfurt!! poor guys!!!

[MrsShaneWest]

Originally posted by glamour-gal
omg!!! i feel so sorry for him!!! :(

guess what..he got really lucky this time! the doc today said he will have to stay out only for a month or 5 weeks.

[Dreamer7]

Draws are out:

Arsenal v Chelsea (Not again!!!)
Real Madrid v Monaco
Milan v Deportivo
Lyon v Porto

[muffins]

Yes, it's Arsenal v Chelsea which will be interesting. This could be tge one time that Chelsea actually beat Arsenal hehe! Then whoever wins that they will probably play Real Madrid who I fancy to beat Monaco.

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by MrsShaneWest
guess what..he got really lucky this time! the doc today said he will have to stay out only for a month or 5 weeks.


good news!!!

btw, where are you from?

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Draws are out:

Arsenal v Chelsea (Not again!!!)
Real Madrid v Monaco
Milan v Deportivo
Lyon v Porto



i'm looking forward to seeing milan vs la coruna!

monaco won't be too difficult for real, i guess!

[glamour-gal]

so guys, tomorrow's champions league again!!!


porto vs lyon
milan vs deportivo


:D

[muffins]

You would think that Real would beat Monaco but I think Real are hitting a bad run in form. I know that doesn't mean they'll lose but if Monaco get a bit of luck and play well, who knows? I'll be watching the Chelsea v Arsenal game.

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
You would think that Real would beat Monaco but I think Real are hitting a bad run in form. I know that doesn't mean they'll lose but if Monaco get a bit of luck and play well, who knows? I'll be watching the Chelsea v Arsenal game.



well, let's think positive and real will beat monaco then! :)

i'm not quite sure, what match i'll be able to watch.
the 'london' derby or real's match?! i'll see.....

[muffins]

Tonight AC Milan come from a goal behind to thump Deportivo 4-1 and Porto beat Lyon 2-0 in the first legs.

[cyane]

YAY to Kaka :)


Im sure Real Real Madrid will win Monaco :)

[glamour-gal]

did anyone watch milan's match??
were they playing well?!


sure, real will win tonight!!!
however, i won't be able to watch this match, they'll 'just' show arsenal-chelsea

[Dreamer7]

I heard AC Milan are doing really well, aren't they leading the Serie A too.

Let's hope Real Madrid can win convincingly later! :)

[muffins]

Real should have Ronaldo back tonight. Yes, Milan did play well, they scored some great goals.

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
I heard AC Milan are doing really well, aren't they leading the Serie A too.

Let's hope Real Madrid can win convincingly later! :)



yeap, milan are on top!
roma is 10 poins behind!
only on third place juventus!! :(

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by muffins
Real should have Ronaldo back tonight. Yes, Milan did play well, they scored some great goals.



oh they did?
hopefully i'll catch a summary somewhere on tv later about their match....

[muffins]

Real Madrid beat Monaco 4-2 and Chelsea drew with Arsenal 1-1 and Desailly was sent off.

[Dreamer7]

Did Chelsea play well?

[glamour-gal]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Did Chelsea play well?


dunno, was falling asleep during their match...:p

[glamour-gal]

what would be your 'dream final' then???

my one:


real (of course) vs milan

[muffins]

Either Arsenal or Chelsea versus anyone!!!


Oh yes, and in the UEFA Cup Liverpool lost 2-1 and 3-2 on aggregate to Marseille *sobs* Liverpool were playing well but then Biscan was sent off and it all went dow hill from there. I have to say a big well done to Newcastle who beat Real Mallorca 3-0 and 7-1 on aggregate and an even bigger congratulations to Celctic who held Barcelona to a 0-0 draw to go through 1-0 on aggregate. They must have defended really well.

[db44]

Liverpool out, but PSV make it to the Elite 8! :D

[cyane]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Did Chelsea play well?

imo they played well and lost some goals..but i dont know if they gonna beat Arsenal..I wish them luck hehe


awww my Liverpool lost :p

[muffins]

I was disappointed about Liverpool too and Michael Owen went off injured but he's said he should be OK for their next game. I still can't get over Celtic keeping a clean sheet at Barcelona. Their goal keeper is only 19, played about 5 senior games and they say he was the hero of the night. Their first choice goalie was suspended.

[MrsShaneWest]

Originally posted by Dreamer7
Did Chelsea play well?

Chelsea played much better than Arsenal..they deserved to win! I hope they win the next match. :)

[MrsShaneWest]

Liverpool's referee sucked. It's like every decision he made was against the reds..when it shouldnt have been. It was totally unfair! But I guess Liverpool would have had better chances to score if Milan Baros had played. Oh well.. too bad cause I really wanted to go see Inter-Liverpool in Milan. :(

[muffins]

Yes decisions went against Liverpool. I was gutted but I still think Liverpool's tactics are still a bit negative. Heskey is a good providor for Owen and Baros is good and so is Kewell. I can't help but think if they attacked more we'd score more and therefore win more!

[Dreamer7]

I feel as if I am dreaming! WHAT both Real Madrid and Arsenal LOST!!!!!! Ok, Arsenal maybe I was half expecting after they lost to Man Utd...but Real Madrid lost not 1-0 but 3-1!! This is just so bad.....anyways good work Chelsea.

[MrsShaneWest]

Whoa im shocked! :eek:
I didnt watch Real-Monaco cause I thought it would be the less exciting match and Real would win without suffering..and then what happens? they are OUT!? But Chelsea's match was just great. I was so supporting the Blues. Mr. Ranieri and the team definitely deserved to win. Im so happy!

My dream final would be Milan-Chelsea. :D

[kev316]

Oh, man I can't believe those results. I was hoping for Arsenal v Real in the semi's. Chelsea were the better side in the 2nd half and I think deserved the win. Arsenal never got going in the 2nd half and when Henry went off you just sense that Chelsea were going to nick it. Real Madrid's defence has cost them once again! When will they learn to buy some defenders! Anyway I hope Chelsea win it now.

[glamour-gal]

omg!!!!

i wasn't at home yesterday and had no tv near me, so i just realized what happened today in the morning!!


real madrid is out!!! omg!!!
i just cannot believe it!!

did anyone watch this match?? were they playing that bad, or what happened???

[Dreamer7]

I didn't watch the match either. So Real defence must be really bad. I knew their defence will cost them dearly one day, and it happened. I don't get why they refused to buy any good/solid defenders.

Wow, Arsenal's treble dreams are destroyed within a few days. They better try to do something or else they might even lose their EPL title, I believe it is theirs to lose.

[glamour-gal]

i watched a summary about real's match and yeah, you're right, their defence was really bad!
they should think about it!!

omg, what team should i cheer now?!??! :eek:

[muffins]

I was hoping Arsenal would win but I'll be cheering on Chelsea from now on, the only British team left! Claudio's reaction was just brilliant, champagne moment of the year I think hehe! I do like Claudio and I really don't want him to be sacked, I love listening to his interviews. If they somehow win the double they could not possibly sack him! However, Arsenal have played some absolutely gorgeous football this season and it'd be a shame if they didn't win anything so I hope they win the Premiership. As for Real I don't know what happened as I was watching the Arsenal game. Real went 1-0 up and I thought oh they're through and had a shower at half time. I came out of the shower and Chelsea had equalised and Monaco were 3-1 up. I was like "How long was I in the shower?" Hehe.

[glamour-gal]

maybe i should cheer for chelsea now?!? :p


the cl results so far:

deportivo la coruna 3-0 milan
lyon 1-2 porto


what happened to milan???? :confused:

[muffins]

Porto and Deportivo go through so the semi-finals look like this:
Chelsea v Monaco
Deportivo La Coruna v FC Porto

Who would have predicted that? I certainly wouldn't have! Another amazing match tonight was AC Milan's game. We began watching the Porto match and then heard Deportivo had scored twice and smelt and upset so we watched that instead. I'm glad we did. What a great thrilling match! An amazing comeback by Deportivo. People will talk about Milan's defensive frailties but I want to give all the credit to the Spanish side.

[MrsShaneWest]

I cant believe Milan is out! :cry:

I'm definitely supporting Chelsea till the end now. Mr Ranieri is THE man. He's class, thats why Italy sent him away. lol ;)
And the team is good. :D

[Dreamer7]

Oh god Milan is OUT!! They had a 4-1 advantage but what happened?? What is happending? Crazy 2 days of the Champions League.

I am gonna to support Chelsea from here on. ;)

[glamour-gal]

i really don't have any idea what happened to milan - it's just unbelievable!!
all the italian clubs are out now!:(


so it looks like that everybody here is supporting chelsea from now on?! :p

[muffins]

I love Claudio! He's great and I really hope Chelsea don't sack him. The fans and players don't want him to go, even non Chelsea fans like me and my family don't want him to go!

[Dreamer7]

Speaking of Chelsea, since beating Arsenal, they are not doing that great to keep up.

[muffins]

No, they haven't. They will have to pick up their form if they are to beat Monaco.

[muffins]

Newcastle make it through to the UEFA Cup semi-finals by beating PSV Eindhoven 2-1 and 3-2 on aggregate, Gary Speed and Alan Shearer getting the goals from set pieces. Marseille are their next opponents who knocked out Inter Milan. Villareal beat Celtic and will now play Valencia who beat Bordeaux.

[glamour-gal]

i cannot believe; inter's out as well!! :rolleyes:

what happened to all my italian clubs????

[muffins]

Chelsea are beaten by Monaco 3-1 in the first leg of their semi-final. Not looking too good for the Blues.

[glamour-gal]

i kinda liked yesterdays match; even chelsea lost. it was a good match!

[muffins]

It was better than tonight's match between FC Porto and Deportivo. It got better in the second half but it was nothing in comparison to the quarter final matches. I got the impression quite a few people thought that there would be a lot of goals but the first leg ended 0-0

[glamour-gal]

to be honest i wasn't interessted in deportivos/portos match. that's why i didn't watch it. however, from what i read in the newspaper, it must have been a boring match.

[muffins]

In the UEFA Cup Newcastle were held to a home draw by Marseille in the first leg of the semi-final. It will be hard for Newcastle but tonight they did have a lot of players out injured. I hope they can get a result in Marseille.

[glamour-gal]

i think it was a mistake of real madrid, to let morientes go.
lucky monaco!!

[Dreamer7]

Well Real have Ronaldo and Raul, both undisplacable when they are fit. Then next in line are Solari and Morientes and someone else I believe, well they had to let someone go, these players don't like warming up the bench don't you think.

I see a final between Monaco and Porto, two surprises!

[glamour-gal]

Well Real have Ronaldo and Raul, both undisplacable when they are fit. Then next in line are Solari and Morientes and someone else I believe, well they had to let someone go, these players don't like warming up the bench don't you think.

I see a final between Monaco and Porto, two surprises!



i actually don't know if morientes wanted to leave or real wanted him to leave, however for morientes it was the right decison!


yeap, could be the final then!! monaco would be great!! ..lol..

[muffins]

I hope Chelsea can spring a surprise and comeback and I want Deportivo in the final too because of their quarter final match. However, if it ends up being Monaco v Porto I'll be rooting for Monaco.

[glamour-gal]

yeap, cheer monaco then :)

[Dreamer7]

I don't know who to root for except Chelsea. They lost to Newcastle, so I am not hopeful.

[muffins]

Porto progress to the final with a 1-0 win over Deportivo.

[glamour-gal]

porto's in the final!!
unbelievable!! :)

[muffins]

Monaco draw with Chelsea 2-2(5-3)on aggregate)after Chelsea were winning 2-0 but missed an abundance of chances to go in front. My dad tipped Monaco and my uncle tipped Porto to win the Champion's League from ages ago! Hehe.

[muffins]

Awww. Not a good week for English clubs in Europe this week. Newcastle just lost 2-0 to Marseille. I was hoping they'd be able to win tonight. Oh well.

[glamour-gal]

monaco is in the final!! i'm sooo happy!! really! they played such a good season in this year's cl!!
they deserved to be in the final now!

omg, the first 60 minutes were fantastic, weren't they?

[glamour-gal]

Monaco draw with Chelsea 2-2(5-3)on aggregate)after Chelsea were winning 2-0 but missed an abundance of chances to go in front. My dad tipped Monaco and my uncle tipped Porto to win the Champion's League from ages ago! Hehe.


and you? what do you think who will win the final??

[muffins]

I don't know, I really have no idea! I hope Monaco win but it's not the final I wanted.

[glamour-gal]

me too, i'll cheer monaco then.
however i wanted juventus and real in the final... maybe next year?? :-))
well, if beckham is still playing at real?! ...lol..

[Dreamer7]

I am not looking forward to this final, whoever wins well it is all right with me, both did good.

[glamour-gal]

i guess everybody expected a different final....

[Dreamer7]

Well Valencia won the UEFA Cup. They ended their season on a high for sure.

[db44]

Yea Barthez!

[glamour-gal]

Well Valencia won the UEFA Cup. They ended their season on a high for sure.



congratz to valencia! ;)

[muffins]

Congratulations to Valencia but it would have been nice to see Newcastle in the final. Ah well.