Neowin's Official UEFA Champions League 2005/06

[BigGiantHead]

sure we all can get along, at least 'til the next matches  :p  :D

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Indeed :D :yes:

[Martyn]

meh scofo and martyn im jus going on what u guys r tellin me  :blink:  :blink:

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The moon is made out of green cheese.

[Beastage]

AC Milan, they were the best last year and they are still the best this year that slip up in the final against Liverpool was pure incidental - but still some of the most amazing football moments ever - but I didn't mind much cause I am a Liverpool fan as much as AC Milan fan

[robertov]

I Think Juventus or Juventus

[deuz]

The moon is made out of green cheese.

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thats sweet....i hope they bring some back when they go to the moon next ive neva had green cheese b4 :D :D

[geek_rohit]

Manchester United will win the Champions League. Go Red Devils Go!!!

[Crazysah]

Arsenal will win it! Go Gunners Go!

[ejgarcia]

Now seriously, I think it's time Real Madrid goes for the 10th :D

[reveries]

Manchester United suck.

Real Madrid FTW!

wooot

[deuz]

whens the next matchesss...?

[scofo76]

whens the next matchesss...?

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I made this post a couple of pages ago, but then things got sidetracked, so here goes again: :)

Matchday 3 Fixtures:

Tuesday 18 October:

A Bayern Munich v Juventus

A Rapid Vienna v Club Brugge

B Ajax v FC Thun

B Sparta Prague v Arsenal

C Panathinaikos v Barcelona

C Udinese v Werder Bremen

D Manchester United v Lille

D Villarreal v Benfica

Wednesday 19 October:

E Fenerbahce v Schalke 04

E Milan AC v PSV Eindhoven

F Lyon v Olympiakos

F Real Madrid v Rosenborg

G Anderlecht v Liverpool

G Chelsea v Real Betis

H FC Porto v Internazionale

H Rangers v Artmedia Bratislava

Matchday 3 sees us coming up to the halfway point of the group stages, with the match of the week undoubtedly being the Group A clash between Bayern Munich and Juventus, two teams who will be expecting to go all the way in the tournament. :)

[pepo]

Ac Milan hell yes.

[deuz]

yeh thx....wif alll the arguments and cheer this team and cheer that team i seemed to have missed the fixtures :p

[scofo76]

Results for Tuesday 18th October

A Bayern Munich 2 - 1 Juventus

A Rapid Vienna 0 - 1 Club Brugge

B Ajax 2 - 0 FC Thun

B Sparta Prague 0 - 2 Arsenal

C Udinese 1 - 1 Werder Bremen

C Panathinaikos 0 - 0 Barcelona

D Villarreal 1 - 1 Benfica

D Manchester United 0 - 0 Lille

In Group A tonight two first half goals from Sebastien Deisler and Martin Demichelis were enough to give Bayern Munich victory over Juventus, with Zlatan Imbrahimovic scoring a late consolation for the Italian champions, and in the other match in the group, a second half strike from Bosko Balaban handed Club Brugge a 1-0 win away to Rapid Vienna.

In Group B a double from Greek striker Anastasiou saw Ajax defeat FC Thun 2-0 in the Amsterdam Arena, and Thierry Henry marked his return to the Arsenal side with a cracking double away to Sparta Prague, the result leaving the Londoners on maximum points in the group.

To Group C now, and a Felipe own goal was cancelled out late on by substitute Antonio Di Natale as Udinese and Werder Bremen drew 1-1 in Italy, and in the other Group C match Panathinaikos and Barcelona fought out a goalless draw, Samuel Eto'o guilty of missing three clear cut chances in this match.

And finally in Group D Spanish side Villarreal had to settle for a point at home to Benfica, Riquelme scoring from the spot for Villarreal, but a quick response from the Portuguese side courtesy of a stunning volley from Manual Fernandes. And in the other match, Manchester United could only manage a goalless draw at home to Lille, Paul Scholes sent off for the home side in the second half after receiving two yellow cards.

[Martyn]

Liverpool play tomorrow ;)

[scofo76]

And congratulations to Thierry Henry, who's two goals tonight makes him Arsenal's record goal scorer, with 186 in all competitions, beating Ian Wright's previous record of 185 :)

[chandrum16]

Manutd will surely win.go united! :D

[scofo76]

Results for Wednesday 19th October

E Fenerbahce 3 - 3 Schalke 04

E Milan AC 0 - 0 PSV Eindhoven

F Lyon 2 - 1 Olympiakos

F Real Madrid 4 - 1 Rosenborg

G Chelsea 4 - 0 Real Betis

G Anderlecht 0 - 1 Liverpool

H Rangers 0 - 0 Artmedia Bratislava

H FC Porto 2 - 0 Internazionale

In Group E tonight Fenerbahce and Schalke 04 shared six goals in Turkey, Lincoln getting on the scoresheet twice for the German side in what was an exciting second half. Meanwhile at the San Siro Milan and PSV Eindhoven fought out a goalless draw, Milan failing to convert any of the 25 shots at goal they had in a match they dominated throughout.

In Group F Lyon left it late to defeat Olympiakos 2-1 at the Gerland, Govou scoring the winner with just a minute to go for the French champions, and in the other match Real Madrid came from a goal down at half time to crush Rosenborg 4-1, goals from Jonothan Woodgate, Raul Gonzalez, Ivan Helguera and David Beckham sealing an easy win in the end.

To Group G now and Chelsea coasted to an easy victory over Real Betis at Stamford Bridge, Didier Drogba, Ricardo Carvalho, Joe Cole and Hernan Crespo with the goals, and in Belgium Liverpool got another away victory in the competition with a 1-0 at Anderlecht, Djibril Cisse getting the winner after 20 minutes.

Finally in Group H Rangers and Artmedia Bratislava drew 0-0 at Ibrox in Glasgow, while FC Porto ended Internazionale's 100% record in the competition with a 2-0 victory at the Dragao, a Marco Materazzi own goal and a Benni McCarthy goal getting the Portuguese side back on track in the competition.

[smoore99]

Lyon are going to be a dark horse and win the Champions League.

No one will see it coming

[scofo76]

Lyon are going to be a dark horse and win the Champions League.

No one will see it coming

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Well it's a good shout, but they said that last year, and the year before, etc. etc. They don't have a hope in my opinion, but hey you never know :D

[deuz]

hooray 4 liiverpool :D

[Martyn]

If Chelsea beat Betis and Liverpool beat Anderlecht again in the next round of games then both Liverpool and Chelsea go through :)

[Crazysah]

Chelsea beat Betis and Liverpool won too!!!

[scofo76]

Chelsea beat Betis and Liverpool won too!!!

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Yeah they play each other again though in the next round of games, start of november. A kinda double header.

[scofo76]

In fact, here are the next round of fixtures:

Matchday 4 fixtures:

Tuesday 1st November:

E PSV Eindhoven v Milan AC

E Schalke 04 v Fenerbahce

F Olympiakos v Lyon

F Rosenborg v Real Madrid

G Real Betis v Chelsea

G Liverpool v Anderlecht

H Artmedia Bratislava v Rangers

H Internazionale v Rangers

Wednesday 2nd November:

A Club Brugge v Rapid Vienna

A Juventus v Bayern Munich

B Arsenal v Sparta Prague

B FC Thun v Ajax

C Barcelona v Panathinaikos

C Werder Bremen v Udinese

D Benfica v Villarreal

D Lille v Manchester United

:)