UEFA Champions League Thread

[forzaitalia]

^ Nope it wouldn't, because Milan wouldn't go through in all likelihood!

[vincent]

[red]

How can it be a group of death?

Barca couldn't win at Stoke on a cold February night, Milan's team has an average age of 73 and none of them will have heard of any BVB players.

They don't even respect teams for being German champions these days. When Man Utd played Bayern a couple of years ago, they were speaking about Man Utd getting a few goals early, then resting players for their weekend league game.

[vincent]

So City through then eh?

[RomaShield27]

[DavidP]

[RomaShield27]

Milan can't be in the same group as Napoli ya bozo.

[DavidP]

[forzaitalia]

[RomaShield27]

[taz]

UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw

Group A

Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoli

Group B

Inter
CSKA Moscow
Lille
Trabzonspor

Group C

Manchester United
Benfica
Basel
Otelul Galati

Group D

Real Madrid
Lyon
Ajax
Dinamo Zagreb

Group E

Chelsea
Valencia
Bayer Leverkusen
Genk

Group F

Arsenal
Marseille
Olympiacos
Borussia Dortmund

Group G

Porto
Shakhtar Donetsk
Zenit St Petersburg
APOEL Nicosia

Group H

Barcelona
Milan
BATE Borisov
Viktoria Plzen

[Silvioberlusconi]

Pretty pleased with the Milan group, Napoli drew a tough one!

[forzaitalia]

Was fearing the worst for Milan at first, but it couldn't have gone better with the last two teams in there. 2nd for them.

Inter should be 1st in their group.

Tough for Napoli. Unfortunately I can't see them progressing but let's hope they give it a good go and see what happens.

[juventino_italiano]

[RomaShield27]

Shite, unlucky for Napoli. I had a wild suspicion that they could have went further in the competition then either of the Milan clubs, but with a draw like that it'll be very hard for them. They can still do it, though they'll have to make the San Paolo a fortress and win most if not all of their home games. I watched Villarreal in the qualifying round and they weren't that impressive.

[vincent]

Can't wait to see Napoli at Eastlands..or is it COMS..or the Etihad.. ..never mind it'll be top to see.
Bayern and Villareal provide decent opposition,I can see qualification for all teams going into the last game.

[RomaShield27]

[forzaitalia]

Let's hope Napoli do better tonight than they did in the two games against Hodgson's Liverfekkin'wankscum last season.

[taz]

Uefa Champions League - Group Stage (Matchday 1)

Group A

Manchester City 1-1 Napoli
Villarreal 0-2 Bayern Munich

Group B

Lille 2-2 CSKA Moscow
Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor

Group C

Basel 2-1 Otelul Galati
Benfica 1-1 Manchester United

Group D

Ajax 0-0 Lyon
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid

Group E

Chelsea 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen
Genk 0-0 Valencia

Group F

Olympiacos 0-1 Marseille
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal

Group G

APOEL Nicosia 2-1 Zenit St Petersburg
Porto 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Group H

Barcelona 2-2 Milan
Viktoria Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov

[tonykart]

Napoli looked very good tonight. This is how you build a team. They have spent a fraction of what other CL Teams have spent and they have great synergy. A number of great decisions from De Laurentis starting from Walter Mazzari all the way to Salvatore Aronica. Great to watch. Go NapolI!