Last week’s Champion League action saw some of everything – great goals, goalkeeping howlers, dodgy refereeing decisions and one significant upset.
This week’s games, as a whole, look to be even tougher to call – anything can happen.
Today, a resurgent Stuttgart side hosts the competition’s defending champion, Barcelona. Also, the top team in France – Bordeaux [...]
It’s important to not form any conclusions when the Champions League round of 16 draw is made.
There are two months between the draw and the first legs, and a lot of things can change. What looks like a walk for Team X in December could prove to be a challenge in February, and Team Y’s seemingly [...]
After a two-month layoff, the UEFA Champions League returns to action today with the first two of eight round of 16 first round ties.
One of the more highly anticipated matches of the round sees AC Milan host Manchester United, while Olympique Lyonnais welcomes Real Madrid to the Stade de Gerland.
The return leg of both ties [...]
UEFA hosted the draw for the UEFA Champions League and Europa League knockout rounds on Friday, the results are listed below.
UEFA Champions League
2009/10 UEFA Champions League first knockout round draw
Team named first at home in first leg
AC Milan (ITA) v Manchester United FC (ENG): 16 February/10 March
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Real Madrid CF (ESP): 16 [...]
Groups E through H close out UEFA Champions League group stage on Wednesday, and while there are still second round and Europe League stops to be decided in three of the groups, all attention will be one Group F, a historically deep group where all four teams could not only advance but also win the [...]
Groups A through D concluded their first rounds of UEFA Champions League play by not only sending eight teams on to the second round of club football’s most illustrious competition but also relegating a distinguished quartet to the Europa League.
The day’s 48-point headline comes from Group A, where legendary clubs Juventus and Bayern Munich faced-off [...]
After Bayern Munich lost at home on Match Day 4 to Bordeaux, Louis van Gaal’s side looked unlikely to advance out of Group A. The Dutch coach, who came to Munchen from AZ Alkmaar in the offseason, was close to losing his job, the thinking went. Sitting near the middle of the table [...]
With UEFA Champions League group stage about to finish its fifth of sixth matches, a lot of the focus turns to who has and will qualify for the next round. Two teams from each of the eight, four team groups move to the knock-out phase of the competition, while the third place team moves [...]
Barcelona is three days removed from giving up their league lead in Spain (for the first time in over a year) and five days from hosting Real Madrid in a match the world’s been focused on since Kaka’s acquisition was confirmed this summer. Yet, the historic strength of UEFA Champions League Group F means they [...]
With the penultimate week of European group stage play upon us, we find the seven Spanish teams in continental competition experiencing various levels of fortune.
A look at those seven teams, from the most likely to qualify for the knockout stages to the least:
1) Sevilla (1st in Champions League Group G, 10 points. Remaining fixtures: at [...]
