Champions League 2009/2010

[DukeJack]

Same way most Americans jump on a European teams' bandwagon..I saw them play in Porto!
My wife took me to Portugal a couple years back and we ended up getting engaged in Porto.

PSV Eindhoven is my second fav team because....wait for it...I saw them play in Eindhoven!

I've seen a handful of other European teams play on U.S....but **** them. And I watch FSC and Gol TV religiously, but that's not the same thing

Huh...everyone I've ever met who's got a hard on for a G14 got it watching them on TV. In their living room. In America. Like on May 26, 1999 when most American jackasses got their first taste of Euro club ball and why there's so many ManUre shits running around.

And of course DC United is my favorite, they're my local(ish) team in the way Bayern will never be, not matter how long my family's been following them, and I try to keep up with Rosenborg BK since my dad's family comes from some village near Trondheim.

[bandl]

Same way most Americans jump on a European teams' bandwagon..I saw them play in Porto!
My wife took me to Portugal a couple years back and we ended up getting engaged in Porto.

PSV Eindhoven is my second fav team because....wait for it...I saw them play in Eindhoven!

I've seen a handful of other European teams play on U.S....but **** them. And I watch FSC and Gol TV religiously, but that's not the same thing

Huh...everyone I've ever met who's got a hard on for a G14 got it watching them on TV. In their living room. In America. Like on May 26, 1999 when most American jackasses got their first taste of Euro club ball and why there's so many ManUre shits running around.

And of course DC United is my favorite, they're my local(ish) team in the way Bayern will never be, not matter how long my family's been following them, and I try to keep up with Rosenborg BK since my dad's family comes from some village near Trondheim.

I guess I should have originally said "Outside the EPL..." becuase it wasn't that long ago that it was pretty difficult to see any match on TV outside the EPL if it wasn't a G-14(18) club or Champions League final. ManUre is THE prime example though...twats

[UNHWildCats]

I got a very stupid reason for liking United. Im from Manchester, NH. lol Sister cities, so might as well go for United.

[DukeJack]

Full results and standings:
Juventus 1-4 FC Bayern Munchen
Maccabi Haifa FC 0-1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux
Besiktas JK 1-2 PFC CSKA Moskva
VfL Wolfsburg 1-3 Manchester United FC
FC Zurich 1-1 AC Milan
Olympique de Marseille 1-3 Real Madrid CF
Chelsea FC 2-2 APOEL FC
Club Atletico de Madrid 0-3 FC Porto
Liverpool FC 1-2 ACF Fiorentina
Olympique Lyonnais 4-0 Debreceni VSC
FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 FC Rubin Kazan
FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 FC Barcelona
VfB Stuttgart 3-1 FC Unirea Urziceni
Sevilla FC 1-0 Rangers FC
Olympiacos FC 1-0 Arsenal FC
R. Standard de Liège 1-1 AZ Alkmaar

Group A Pts
Bordeaux 16
Bayern 10
Juventus 8
Maccabi Haifa 5 0

Group B Pts
Man. United 13
CSKA Moskva 10
Wolfsburg 7
Beşiktaş 4

Group C Pts
Real Madrid 13
Milan 9
Marseille 7
Zürich 4

Group D Pts
Chelsea 14
Porto 12
Atlético 3
APOEL 3

Group E Pts
Fiorentina 15
Lyon 13
Liverpool 7
Debrecen 0

Group F Pts
Barcelona 11
Internazionale 9
Rubin 6
Dynamo 5

Group G Pts
Sevilla 13
Stuttgart 9
Unirea Urziceni 8
Rangers 2

Group H Pts
Arsenal 13
Olympiacos 10
Standard 5
AZ 4

To the knockout stages: Bordeaux, Bayern, Man United, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Chelsea, Porto, Fiorentina, Lyon, Barca, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Stuttgart, Arsenal, and Olympiacos

To the Europa League: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseilles, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni, and Standard Liege

[bandl]

To the knockout stages: Bordeaux, Bayern, Man United, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Chelsea, Porto, Fiorentina, Lyon, Barca, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Stuttgart, Arsenal, and Olympiacos

To the Europa League: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseilles, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni, and Standard Liege

Other than Liverpool completely shitting the bed, and perhaps Bordeaux winning their group, I'm not surprised by any of the other teams that moved onto the knockout stage.

And I'm sure Liverpool is going to LOVE playing in the second-tier European tourney. And it's nice to see Rubin play in the second tourney, they fought hard throughout the group stage.

I would have liked to see Wolfsburg do a little better than 3rd in their group after their league title last season...oh well.

[Grizalltheway]

To the knockout stages: Bordeaux, Bayern, Man United, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Chelsea, Porto, Fiorentina, Lyon, Barca, Inter Milan, Sevilla, Stuttgart, Arsenal, and Olympiacos

To the Europa League: Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseilles, Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni, and Standard Liege

Other than Liverpool completely shitting the bed, and perhaps Bordeaux winning their group, I'm not surprised by any of the other teams that moved onto the knockout stage.

And I'm sure Liverpool is going to LOVE playing in the second-tier European tourney. And it's nice to see Rubin play in the second tourney, they fought hard throughout the group stage.

I would have liked to see Wolfsburg do a little better than 3rd in their group after their league title last season...oh well.

One year wonders. Now that Magath is gone, they're fucked.

[bandl]

BUMP

My picks underlined
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 16 14:45 ET AC Milan v Manchester United
Feb 16 14:45 ET Lyon v Real Madrid

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 17 14:45 ET Bayern Munich v Fiorentina
Feb 17 14:45 ET FC Porto v Arsenal

[appmaj]

United looking good today, 3 away goals

[Grizalltheway]

I like Bayern's chances at home against Fiorentina; 9 wins on the trot in the Bundesliga.

[bandl]

United looking good today, 3 away goals

I'm glad ACM got that last minute goal, at least things will be a little more interesting in the second leg. ManU did look pretty good though, and I just don't see them losing at home.

This is great...Arsenal is missing alot of great players today . Go Porto!!!
Gallas (back), midfielder Alex Song (knee) and Andrey Arshavin (hamstring) were all absent from the 18-man squad which left Luton Airport, as were goalkeeper Manuel Almunia (finger) and striker Eduardo (hamstring).

And how great is FSC in HD now?? I love it!

[Grizalltheway]

United looking good today, 3 away goals

I'm glad ACM got that last minute goal, at least things will be a little more interesting in the second leg. ManU did look pretty good though, and I just don't see them losing at home.

This is great...Arsenal is missing alot of great players today . Go Porto!!!
Gallas (back), midfielder Alex Song (knee) and Andrey Arshavin (hamstring) were all absent from the 18-man squad which left Luton Airport, as were goalkeeper Manuel Almunia (finger) and striker Eduardo (hamstring).

And how great is FSC in HD now?? I love it!

Jesus, it's aboot time. Fucking Canadians.

[DukeJack]

And how great is FSC in HD now?? I love it!

Seriously? It's now in high def? Effin A, we're still getting the SD feed.

[bandl]

And how great is FSC in HD now?? I love it!

Seriously? It's now in high def? Effin A, we're still getting the SD feed.

ECB.

[Grizalltheway]

Bayern up 1-0.

[bandl]

Bayern up 1-0.

No surprise....Bayern is a good team this year, back where they belong near the top of their league. Fiorentina is not a very good team, stuck in the middle of the pack.

[Grizalltheway]

Bayern up 1-0.

No surprise....Bayern is a good team this year, back where they belong near the top of their league. Fiorentina is not a very good team, stuck in the middle of the pack.

Absolutely horrible officiating in this game, just glad it's benefited Bayern.

[bandl]

FC Porto 2 - Arsenal 1

[slycat]

Bayern got lots of help from the officials. Should be 1-1.

Porto was helped by some of the worst goalkeeping ever.

[bandl]

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 23 14:45 ET Olympiakos v Bordeaux
Feb 23 14:45 ET VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 24 14:45 ET CSKA Moscow v Sevilla FC
Feb 24 14:45 ET Internazionale v Chelsea

My picks in bold (all away picks! ). The Inter/Chelsea match should be fantastic.

[Grizalltheway]

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 23 14:45 ET Olympiakos v Bordeaux
Feb 23 14:45 ET VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 24 14:45 ET CSKA Moscow v Sevilla FC
Feb 24 14:45 ET Internazionale v Chelsea

My picks in bold (all away picks! ). The Inter/Chelsea match should be fantastic.

I really wish Stuckfart would stop making it to the knockout round, talk about an embarrassment for the Bundesliga.

[bandl]

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 23 14:45 ET Olympiakos v Bordeaux
Feb 23 14:45 ET VfB Stuttgart v Barcelona
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time Home Away
Feb 24 14:45 ET CSKA Moscow v Sevilla FC
Feb 24 14:45 ET Internazionale v Chelsea

My picks in bold (all away picks! ). The Inter/Chelsea match should be fantastic.

I really wish Stuckfart would stop making it to the knockout round, talk about an embarrassment for the Bundesliga.

What are you talking about? They haven't hade it to the knockout round the last 5 years (don't know about before that).

But they have to represent the Bundesliga better than Sporting Lisbon did for Liga last year!

[Grizalltheway]

I really wish Stuckfart would stop making it to the knockout round, talk about an embarrassment for the Bundesliga.

What are you talking about? They haven't hade it to the knockout round the last 5 years (don't know about before that).

But they have to represent the Bundesliga better than Sporting Lisbon did for Liga last year!

Really? Oops. Well basically, every German team other than Bayern needs to step it up in European competition.

[bandl]

What are you talking about? They haven't hade it to the knockout round the last 5 years (don't know about before that).

But they have to represent the Bundesliga better than Sporting Lisbon did for Liga last year!

Really? Oops. Well basically, every German team other than Bayern needs to step it up in European competition.

Bundesliga will most likely get one team out of the first knockout round, Bayern, unless Stuckfart (I like that ) pulls off an incredible upset.

2008/2009 Bayern made it to the quarters
2007/2008 Schalke made it to the quarters
2006/2007 Bayern made it to the quarters
2005/2006 Bayern and Bremen made it the first knock-out

[Grizalltheway]

Stuckfart up 1-0 over Barca at halftime!

And fuck ESPN, won't show a CL game unless there's at least 1 English team involved.

[bandl]

Stuckfart up 1-0 over Barca at halftime!

And fuck ESPN, won't show a CL game unless there's at least 1 English team involved.

That's cuz FSC owns the rights to the CL now.