UEFA Champions League

Barcelona are favourites to win in a group that includes French champions Lyon, German champions Stuttgart and Rangers. Lyon’s aura has diminished in the past two seasons and I don’t see them as a sure bet for qualifying out of …

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Group D sees two rivalries from the last season resurrected as Benfica and Celtic meet again in the group phase and Celtic come face to face with last season’s 2nd round opponents and eventual winners AC Milan. While you’d expect …

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In Group C, Real Madrid take on Werder Bremen, Lazio and Olympiakos in a very competitive and open group. While Real Madrid will be expected to qualify as group winners, any of the 3 remaining teams could end up as …

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The 18 clubs comprising the high-powered, highly influential, filthy rich and extremely pompous and self-involved G14 plan to expand their group in order to create a ‘representative lobby group’ that can challenge the madness that Platini is aiming to inflict …

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It’s been fascinating to see Rafa Benitez change over the last couple of months. His bullish nature had always been there before Liverpool games (especially when playing Chelsea or in Europe), but he’s taken it to a whole new level …

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Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea take on Valencia, Schalke and Rosenborg in a tricky group. Rosenborg are unlikely to be more than spectators but both Schalke and Valencia will be fighting hard for qualification and matches between these two sides could easily …

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Premier League giants Liverpool take on Porto, Marseille and Besiktas in Group A of the 2007/2008 Champions League. There isn’t much history between these clubs which makes this a fascinating and somewhat unpredictable group. Let’s look at the fixtures list …

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I’m not too surprised with Chelsea not registering Ballack for the Champions League group stages – sure, he’s due to be fit for the last four games, but would take the same risk with any 31-year old midfielder (and not …

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Considering how we’re genetically wired to oppose change as a threat to the status quo (and therefore ourselves), it’s not a surprise that Platini’s proposals to revamp the Uefa Champions League and Uefa Cup competitions have been met with such …

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For just the second time in the competition’s history, both Rangers and Celtic have made it through to the Champions’ League proper. In store for both sides are some tricky ties and I do wonder if either team has it …

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This season’s Champions League fixture dates have been announced and the individual fixtures for the group stages have been finalised.

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My god, they do waste their (ours, actually) time in making a spectacle out of this mess, don’t they? The actual process would take less than 10 minutes, but to stretch it out to it’s current form of madness – …

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