UEFA Champions League Thread

[howsaboutno(CalUk)]

great that is two years running that italian teams have been given the hardest draw fro champions league qualifying!!! Udinese will never beat Arsenal so that makes it only three italian teams in the champions league this season again! At least italy being reduced to only three places next season wont make any difference.

[juventino_italiano]

[RomaShield27]

Why can't Udinese win? I think they've a good chance. They're away in the first-leg, and Arsewipe have Van Persie and Nasri suspended – as well as Wenger – from their antics when they were eliminated by Barca last season. Plus, i don't think they've massively spent (yet), only really that Gervinho fella (size of his forehead), and have been struggling to hold on to their best players. And they are still weak at the back. Udinese have lost a lot of players this mercato as well, no doubt, but they always do, but still remain a very good side with some good players (and will strengthen more too, I'm sure).

[juventino_italiano]

[aldair6]

Udinese squad to play Arsenal
Goalkeepers: Belardi, Handanovic, Romo
Defenders: Armero, Basta, Bello, Benatia, Domizzi, Ekstrand, Danilo, Pasquale, Neuton, Sbardella
Midfielders: Abdi, Asamoah, Badu, Bedin, Doubai, Isla, Pinzi
Forwards: Denis, Di Natale, Fabbrini, Floro Flores, Marsura

[forzaitalia]

Unfortunately that squad looks a lot weaker now. The names of Zapata, Inler and Sanchez would always stand out. It's down to you, Toto!

[aldair6]

[forzaitalia]

[Marco_Italia]

Who is watching the Udinese game tonight to cheer them on agaist the Arse? It's on Sky Sports 2.

Arsenal are the better team but if Udinese can get a draw in this leg tonight, you never know! Alot of unrest at the Emirates recently, hopefully the small club from Udine can boost the Italian co-efficient

[RomaShield27]

Yeh I'll be having a look alright (at a stream) and cheering them on, hopefully they can take advantage of the Arsewipe's exodus, along with Van Persie and Nasri being suspended, and I also read that Wilshire is a doubt. It will still be very tough for Udinese, and I'm not sure how match-ready they are or how they'll adapt without Sanchez and Inler, but they have a chance. Hopefully Di Natale bangs in a few.

Also posted a good preview of the game in the .

[red]

Think I'll head out for a pint or two and watch the game.

I don't see Udinese going through.

[juventino_italiano]

I'm not very optimistic, but it would be great.
Forza Udinese!

[Lupa]

I posted Roma details in the Roma thread, but the whole list is probably of more general interest. Money distributed to participating clubs in 2010/11.

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Dow ... WNLOAD.pdf

[taz]

Uefa Champions League Play offs- 1st leg

FC Copenhagen 1-3 Viktoria Plzen
BATE Borisov 1-1 Sturm Graz
Twente 2-2 Benfica
Arsenal 1-0 Udinese
Lyon 3-1 Rubin Kazan

Bayern Munich 2-0 Zurich
Dinamo Zagreb 4-1 Malmo
Maccabi Haifa 2-1 Genk
Odense 1-0 Villarreal
Wisla Krakow 1-0 APOEL Nicosia

[DavidP]

[RomaShield27]

– August 19, 2011 12:27pm

[taz]

Uefa Champions League Play offs- 2nd leg

APOEL Nicosia 3-1 Wisla Krakow (Agg: 3-2)
Genk 2-1 Maccabi Haifa (Agg: 3-3) (Genk won 4-1 on penalties)
Malmo 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb (Agg: 3-4)
Villarreal 3-0 Odense (Agg: 3-1)
Zurich 0-1 Bayern Munich (Agg: 0-3)

Rubin Kazan 1-1 Lyon (Agg: 2-4)
Viktoria Plzen 2-1 FC Copenhagen (Agg: 5-2)
Sturm Graz 0-2 BATE Borisov (Agg: 1-3)
Benfica 3-1 Twente (Agg: 5-3)
Udinese 1-2 Arsenal (Agg: 1-3)

[taz]

UEFA Champions League Group Stage - Seeds

Pot 1: Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Inter, Porto

Pot 2: Milan, Lyon, Shakhtar Donetsk, Valencia, Benfica, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow, Marseille

Pot 3: Zenit St Petersburg, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiacos, Manchester City, Lille, Basel, BATE Borisov

Pot 4: Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL Nicosia, Trabzonspor, Genk, Viktoria Plzen, Otelul Galati

[vincent]

Pot 1 looks tasty.I hope City get one of the Milan clubs or Napoli.

[red]

Barca
Milan
Man City
BVB

would be a good group.