Thread: UEFA Champions League 2014/15

And here we go again in what most people deem to be the best football competition on the planet. The draws were made about 12 hours ago and this is how it looks.


Group A

Atletico Madrid
Juventus
Olympiacos
Malmo


Group B

Real Madrid
Basel
Liverpool
Ludogorets Razgrad


Group C

Benfica
Zenit St Petersburg
Bayer Leverkusen
Monaco


Group D

Arsenal
Borussia Dortmund
Galatasaray
Anderlecht



Group E

Bayern Munich
Manchester City
CSKA Moscow
Roma


Group F

Barcelona
Paris St-Germain
Ajax
APOEL


Group G

Chelsea
Schalke
Sporting Lisbon
Maribor


Group H

Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Athletic Bilbao
BATE Borisov

Looks like City have got the hardest group out of the English clubs yet again. Reckon they could struggle like they did last year.

Originally Posted by Fozzy

what most people deem to be the best football competition on the planet

Most??

The best football competition on the planet will not be seen for another 4 years, the F.A Cup is up there too.

and i'm not saying that cus i'm a United fan

Looking at those groups, there's only 4 games in there I'd bother to stay up until stupid o'clock to watch:

Atletico Madrid v
Juventus

Real Madrid v
Liverpool

Bayern Munich v
Manchester City

Barcelona v
Paris St-Germain

I meant outside of the World Cup obviously.

I'm sure there would be some TV rights and world wide viewing figures that would back my statement up to a certain degree.

How about I swap the word "most" with "A lot" and then we can get on with talking about the football.

Originally Posted by Fozzy

How about I swap the word "most" with "A lot" and then we can get on with talking about the football.

How about we swap it with "some".

It shouldn't even be called the Champions League, when you can finish fourth in your domestic league and still enter.

Did you know there's only 2 months of the year when there are no Champions League matches? the competition stretches from July to May.

Then there's the joke of the 3rd placed in each group being awarded with a free late entry into the Europa Cup/League, whatever that is now ?

It's just one big money spinner....The best part of the Champions League ? The part where it isn't a league, the last 16 and onwards.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

How about we swap it with "some".

It shouldn't even be called the Champions League, when you can finish fourth in your domestic league and still enter.

Did you know there's only 2 months of the year when there are no Champions League matches? the competition stretches from July to May.

Then there's the joke of the 3rd placed in each group being awarded with a free late entry into the Europa Cup/League, whatever that is now ?

It's just one big money spinner....The best part of the Champions League ? The part where it isn't a league, the last 16 and onwards.

Just to make it clear that Dillinger and I are not related...we just happen to agree on this...as I am sure millions of discerning fans agree

Originally Posted by Dillinger

The best part of the Champions League ? The part where it isn't a league, the last 16 and onwards.

Which involves roughly 70% of the world's best players, so really pretty bloody good.

Obviously the later stages are better than the earlier stages.

Also true of the world cup, european championships, any tennis competition, golf, etc etc etc etc.

Statement of the bleedin' obvious innit.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Statement of the bleedin' obvious innit.

What be so obvious?...the only obvious thing to me is the wankers from UEFA

Originally Posted by Dillinger

How about we swap it with "some".

How about when I get five minutes I'll do a little research in to the world wide viewing figures and get back to you.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Then there's the joke of the 3rd placed in each group being awarded with a free late entry into the Europa Cup/League, whatever that is now ?

Totally agree on that. It's the most ridiculous, bizarre and totally unfair idea any person or group of people has ever had. So obviously wrong it's untrue.

I think Legia Warsaw summed it up rather well.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Legia Warsaw

if they hadn't fuct up by fielding an ineligible player they'd be fine.

Celtic are gone too so it's just sour grapes now.

Originally Posted by Fozzy

How about when I get five minutes I'll do a little research in to the world wide viewing figures and get back to you .

Well I didn't get 5 minutes but I did read yesterday that the final is the biggest annual sporting event in the world now. Speaks for itself really.

Last nights results. Arsenal's decent away form in Europe was nowhere to be seen and the scousers got the win by the skin of their teeth.


Juventus 2-0 Malmo

Olympiacos 3-2 Atletico Madrid

Liverpool 2-1 Ludogorets

Real Madrid 5-1 FC Basel

Benfica 0-2 Zenit St. Petersburg

Monaco 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen

Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Arsenal

Galatasaray 1-1 Anderlecht

Originally Posted by Fozzy

Arsenal's decent away form in Europe was nowhere to be seen

They were playing the master race though...I would love to see Dortmund try a season in the Premier League

Manchester Dhabi were a bit unlucky.

Originally Posted by Bruce Bayliss

They were playing the master race though...

Yep, it was a good couple of days for German teams playing the English.

Mourinho fucked up letting Drogba play for 70 minutes. He was so off the pace it's unreal, and he missed chances he would have scored with his eyes closed two years ago. A very good point for Shalka who are playing shit in their league at the minute. Should have been a comfortable win for the Blues.

A few shots of Stamford Bridge last night.

The other scores from the night.

Maribor 1-1 Sporting CP

Chelsea 1-1 Shalka 04

Bayarn Munich 1-0 Man City

Roma 5-1 CSKA Mooscow

Ajax 1-1 Paris SG

Barcelona 1-0 Apoel Nicosia

Porto 6-0 BATE

Ath Bilbao 0-0 Shakt Donsk

Tonight's scores if anybody is interested.


CSKA Moscow 0-1 Bayern Munich

Man City 1-1 Roma

Shakhtar 2-2 Porto

Schalke 04 1-1 Maribor

BATE 2-1 Athletic

Sporting CP 0-1 Chelsea

Paris SG 3-2 Barcelona

Apoel Nicosia 1-1 Ajax


Great win for PSG, dropped points for City and with the other game in Chelsea's group finishing in yet another draw they're sitting pretty at the top of their table.

Defender Filipe Luis finally got a game for chelsea and almost scored;
criminal having him on the bench for so long .

^ Fairly sure he played the last CL game as well and been brought on as a sub a couple of times. It's the way of the world when you're part of a big squad at a top club, just have to bide your time, wait for your chance and be extremely impressive when you finally get to play.

Should have at least hit the target with that chance he had. Could have done with it falling to somebody else really.

What a great fucking player Matic is. Had a great game.

Danny Welbeck scores a hat trick and Liverpool are still shit.

Wed 1st October

• Zenit 0 0 Monaco
• Leverkusen 3 1 Benfica
• Arsenal 4 1 Galatasaray
• Anderlecht 0 3 B Dortmund
• Malmo FF 2 0 Olympiakos
• A Madrid 1 0 Juventus
• Basel 1 0 Liverpool
• Ludogorets 1 2 R Madrid

UEFA Champions League News, Fixtures, Results | Sky Sports

Tue 21st October

Man City are doing their best not to get out of the group stages again with a 2-2 draw after being 2-0 up. (5555) and Chelsea would have to try very hard not finish in the top two after another decent performance, all be it against the shower of shit that is Maribor, with a thumping 6-0 win.

Click on links for full match report in case you weren't able to work that out.

• CSKA Moscow 2 2 Manchester City
• Apoel Nicosia 0 1 Paris St Germain
• BATE Borisov 0 7 Shakhtar Donetsk
• Barcelona 3 1 Ajax
• Chelsea 6 0 Maribor
• FC Porto 2 1 Athletic Bilbao
• Roma 1 7 Bayern Munich
• Schalke 4 3 Sporting Lisbon

Champions League Results & Scores - 2014/15 Season


A few shots from the Bridge last night, including a goal from the spot by the mighty Drogba. (only place he will score from this season I fear)








They were so shit they couldn't even score from here!!

Decent result for the Gooners and Liverpool are still shit.

Wed 22nd October

• Anderlecht 1 2 Arsenal
• Atletico Madrid 5 0 Malmo FF
• Bayer Leverkusen 2 0 Zenit St. Petersburg
• Galatasaray 0 4 Borussia Dortmund
• Liverpool 0 3 Real Madrid
• Ludogorets 1 0 Basel
• Monaco 0 0 Benfica
• Olympiakos FC 1 0 Juventus

Champions League Results & Scores - 2014/15 Season

Tables at the half way stage.

















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