2014-2015 Champions League Thread

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:37 am

Let's start with how to get into the Champions League!

Ludogorets is a Bulgarian team, lost the first leg 1-0 in Romania to Steaua Bucuresti

The home leg. 0-0 into the 89th minute. Ludogoets substitute scores to send the match to extra time. All subs used, Ludogorets keeper gets sent off at 118 minutes. Goes into penalties. Outfielder, and former Dinamo Bucuresti captain goes in net. Ludogorets win in penalties as their stand in goalkeeper makes 2 saves (after scoring his own spot kick while wearing the backup goalkeeper's shirt)!

The draw is Thursday

Pot 1

Spain Real Madrid CC: 161.542
Spain Barcelona CC: 157.542
Germany Bayern Munich CC: 154.328
England Chelsea CC: 140.949
Portugal Benfica CC: 129.459
Spain Atlético Madrid CC: 119.542
England Arsenal CC: 112.949
Portugal Porto CC: 105.459

Pot 2
Germany Schalke 04 CC: 95.328
Germany Borussia Dortmund CC: 82.328
Italy Juventus CC: 80.387
France Paris Saint-Germain CC: 80.300
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk CC: 78.193
Switzerland Basel CC: 75.645
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg CC: 73.899
England Manchester City CC: 72.949

Pot 3
Bayer Leverkusen CC: 70.328
Greece Olympiacos CC: 67.720
Russia CSKA Moscow CC: 66.899
Netherlands Ajax CC: 61.862
England Liverpool CC: 58.949
Portugal Sporting CP CC: 58.459
Turkey Galatasaray CC: 55.340
Spain Athletic Bilbao CC: 54.542

Pot 4
Belgium Anderlecht CC: 50.260
Italy Roma CC: 39.887
Cyprus APOEL CC: 37.650
Belarus BATE Borisov CC: 33.725
Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad CC: 18.125
Slovenia Maribor CC: 16.200
France Monaco CC: 11.300
Sweden Malmö FF CC: 6.265

Teams from the same league can't be drawn together.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:00 am

Nothing to see here.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:20 am

Right? I thought they weren't holding the competition this year.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 8:19 am

UEFA needs something to fill Tuesday and Wednesday nights while we wait for Europa Thursdays

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:58 pm

Must be hard to be a Man U fan.

I say that with the maximum amount of sarcasm.

Also, wonder what Roma or CSKA would pay to be in Group H.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Aug 29, 2014 7:07 am

degenerasian wrote:Let's start with how to get into the Champions League!

Ludogorets is a Bulgarian team, lost the first leg 1-0 in Romania to Steaua Bucuresti

The home leg. 0-0 into the 89th minute. Ludogoets substitute scores to send the match to extra time. All subs used, Ludogorets keeper gets sent off at 118 minutes. Goes into penalties. Outfielder, and former Dinamo Bucuresti captain goes in net. Ludogorets win in penalties as their stand in goalkeeper makes 2 saves (after scoring his own spot kick while wearing the backup goalkeeper's shirt)!

Saw the end of this game on Fox Sports 2 replay yesterday. Fun

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:41 am

ESPN keeps talking about this. Why is this news?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 1:38 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:
degenerasian wrote:Let's start with how to get into the Champions League!

Ludogorets is a Bulgarian team, lost the first leg 1-0 in Romania to Steaua Bucuresti

The home leg. 0-0 into the 89th minute. Ludogoets substitute scores to send the match to extra time. All subs used, Ludogorets keeper gets sent off at 118 minutes. Goes into penalties. Outfielder, and former Dinamo Bucuresti captain goes in net. Ludogorets win in penalties as their stand in goalkeeper makes 2 saves (after scoring his own spot kick while wearing the backup goalkeeper's shirt)!

Saw the end of this game on Fox Sports 2 replay yesterday. Fun

so with the keeper that was sent off suspended and the backup keeper injured. They signed Canadian keeper Milan Borjan on Sunday. First game? At Anfield! Good luck kid!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:43 pm

Holy crap did Arsenal ever look like shit today.

The score could have been 5-0 and it would have flattered them.

On the other hand, this Dortmund team takes the art of diving to a whole new level.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:50 pm

Liverpool didn't impress either. I had money on a Liverpool win, and was pretty certain I'd pissed it down the drain until the Canadian fouled the Liverpudlian in the box. From there, I just knew Gerrard would convert. Either way, I'm shocked that Liverpool didn't do more to put the game way out of hand before that point.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:53 pm

Pruitt wrote:Holy crap did Arsenal ever look like shit today.

The score could have been 5-0 and it would have flattered them.

On the other hand, this Dortmund team takes the art of diving to a whole new level.

Diving had nothing to do with it. Just shockingly poor passes in the middle of the field stopping buildup play and leading to dangerous counter attacks. Then there were the numerous blunders, like Arteta dummying a ball to an onrushing Dortmunder, several shambolic intercepted back passes, Szczesny slipping coming out on the second goal, Szczesny lazily playing the ball and having it stolen off his foot... So many shocking mistakes. As good as Alexis was on Saturday, he was horrendous yesterday. I'd like to see how many unforced passing errors he made. Just flat out passing to the wrong team with little or no pressure on him. Ozil was useless, yet again. Welbeck should have done better on a couple of chances, but otherwise played well. someone lit a fire under Wilshire. He was a beast tearing forward to and break up passes and counter quickly. He has been fantastic the past 2 games. And Ox needs to get far more minutes. He came in and took the game on. He does this just about every game, and he only gets on late, if at all. He is the only Arsenal player who attacks with abandon and blows past defenders.

Klopp is the greatest coach in sports. He looks like a 1980s serial killer, homeless, or a serial killing homeless man. His hoodie was sweet, too. I love his enthusiasm in celebrating goals, hugging players coming on and off the field, his heavy metal intros and his interviews. He is pretty much the opposite of Wenger (who I also love).

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Sep 17, 2014 4:34 pm

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 8:37 am

Ajax fans great sign at PSG

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:12 am

Apparently there was anti-semitic banner unveiled by Serbian fans during Spurs' Europa League match last night, shocking absolutely no one, but I'm sure UEFA will act swiftly and competently.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:49 am

Video games are amazing these days.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:11 am

Ludogorets v. Real Madrid tomorrow. Going to try to get on the treadmill and watch that one.

TUESDAY

All times are Eastern

CSKA Moscow vs. Bayern Munich, live at noon on ESPN Deportes, Fox Soccer Plus, ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com (pay)

Manchester City vs. Roma, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Sports 1 and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 5 on Fox Deportes and Fox Soccer Plus, tape at 8 on Fox Sports 2

Sporting Lisbon vs. Chelsea, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Sports 2, ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 5 on ESPN Deportes, tape at 7:30 on Fox Soccer Plus, tape at 10 on Fox Sports 2

PSG vs. Barcelona, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Deportes, MASN2 (D.C. area) and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 9 on Fox Sports 1, tape at 9:30 on Fox Soccer Plus

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Porto, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 10 on ESPN Deportes

Bate vs. Athletic Bilbao, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 8 on ESPN Deportes

Schalke vs. Maribor, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

APOEL vs. Ajax, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Multimatch 90 live whip-around show, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Soccer Plus and foxsoccer2go.com

WEDNESDAY

All times are Eastern

Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Monaco, live at noon on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Atletico Madrid vs. Juventus, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN2, WatchESPN, ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Arsenal vs. Galatasaray, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Sports 1 and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 8 on Fox Sports 2

Basel vs. Liverpool, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Sports 2 and foxsoccer2go.com

Ludogorets vs. Real Madrid, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN Deportes, MASN2 (D.C. area) and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 10 on Fox Sports 2

Malmo vs. Olimpiacos, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Benfica, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Anderlecht vs. Borussia Dortmund, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com

Multimatch 90 live whip-around show, live at 2:45 p.m. on Fox Soccer Plus and foxsoccer2go.com

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:17 am

Lodogorets gave Liverpool fits in match day 1. The Reds were about to be lucky to escape with a point, then they stole all three at the death.

howard · Post by **howard** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:47 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:
TUESDAY

All times are Eastern

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Porto, live at 2:45 p.m. on ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com and foxsoccer2go.com, tape at 10 on ESPN Deportes

Donetsk is the center of the rebellion state of Novorossia in Eastern Ukraine. They had a beautiful stadium, but the Kiev government forces bombed the shit out of it. Despite the nominal ceasefire, shelling of the city continues, and they had to move the match to Lviv, in the west, a very nationalistic (nazi) region. No home field advantage for Shakhtar.

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Oh, I'm not casually tossing the 'N' word. Supporters of FC Karpaty Lviv, whose stadium Shakhtar will be borrowing, in the grandstand:

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:42 pm

Ludogorets went up 1-0 6 minutes in but gave up a pk. 1-1 at the half

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:55 pm

Juventus lived down to all the stereotypes about Italian soccer.

Every foul was met with whines, every bump ended up in huge tumbles and rolls. Completely unappealing side today.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Oct 21, 2014 3:57 pm

Check out today's scores...some blowouts
Bayren 7- AS Roma 1
Chelsea 6- NK Mairbor 0
Shakter 7- BATE 0 (including 5 from Luiz Adriano )

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:00 pm

Watched first half of Man City/CKSA at lunch yesterday, and City was totally dominant. Like U16 against U12 dominant. I am amazed to realize that CKSA ended up tying that game. I have no idea how that could have happened.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:05 pm

tennbengal wrote:Watched first half of Man City/CKSA at lunch yesterday, and City was totally dominant. Like U16 against U12 dominant. I am amazed to realize that CKSA ended up tying that game. I have no idea how that could have happened.

It sounds like the tying goal came on a very iffy call.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:22 pm

govmentchedda wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Watched first half of Man City/CKSA at lunch yesterday, and City was totally dominant. Like U16 against U12 dominant. I am amazed to realize that CKSA ended up tying that game. I have no idea how that could have happened.
It sounds like the tying goal came on a very iffy call.

I am amazed it was at a point where an iffy call could throw it into a tie.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 4:05 pm

So former DC United player (and academy player) Andy Najar notched a champions league goal but Arsenal sneaks away with 3 points scoring in the 89th and 91st minute.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:00 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:So former DC United player (and academy player) Andy Najar notched a champions league goal but Arsenal sneaks away with 3 points scoring in the 89th and 91st minute.

I watched the 2nd half and this was as improbable as anything you'll see this season.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:23 pm

Pruitt wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:So former DC United player (and academy player) Andy Najar notched a champions league goal but Arsenal sneaks away with 3 points scoring in the 89th and 91st minute.
I watched the 2nd half and this was as improbable as anything you'll see this season.

True. I was in a funk of doom and despair dwelling on how the season is in shambles. I usually expect the better side to net late goals to get a result, amazing how often it happens, yet I was convinced Arsenal wouldn't even get the draw. Unreal. Arsenal can be incredible when they turn it on at the end of a game, they just need to work on the first 85 minutes. I think a lot of it comes from the Ox coming on late. Podalski has to have one of the best shot to goal ratios. He is an assassin in or near the box, but pretty useless otherwise.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 11:07 am

FC Basel knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League yesterday, and then they drew a cartoon that made me a fan.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:07 am

Wow, some big round of 16 matches

Manchester City vs. Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Atletico Madrid

Juventus vs. Borussia Dortmund

FC Schalke vs. Real Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Bayern Munich

Arsenal vs. Monaco

FC Basel vs. Porto

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:19 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:Wow, some big round of 16 matches

Manchester City vs. Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Atletico Madrid

Juventus vs. Borussia Dortmund

FC Schalke vs. Real Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Bayern Munich

Arsenal vs. Monaco

FC Basel vs. Porto

And the requisite minnows matchups too. For example, Arsenal Monaco.

Third in the table, having a laugh.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 8:47 am

govmentchedda wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:Wow, some big round of 16 matches

Manchester City vs. Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea

Bayer Leverkusen vs. Atletico Madrid

Juventus vs. Borussia Dortmund

FC Schalke vs. Real Madrid

Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Bayern Munich

Arsenal vs. Monaco

FC Basel vs. Porto
And the requisite minnows matchups too. For example, Arsenal Monaco.

Third in the table, having a laugh.

Better yet, third in the table and not looking like shite 75% of the time. Still not where they need to be, but the injuries have been harsh. I think there's a second half push waiting without all that midweek crap!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:06 am

Yep. The fact that the Red Devils were mostly outplayed by Arsenal, Stoke and Southampton means nothing to me. They got the 9 points. I'm a little wary of going to Villa this weekend, but they really have been shit so far this year.

If you look at the schedule, there's no game that they won't be favored in until April vs. City.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:19 am

Man City - Barcelona is the Qatar vs. United Arab Emirates derby! A pox on both their houses.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:10 am

Liverpool would have gotten Porto! I'm sure that makes the Reds feel better.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:13 am

govmentchedda wrote: And the requisite minnows matchups too. For example, Arsenal Monaco.

Third in the table, having a laugh.

BOOM! I keep looking for ManU's draw, but I can't seem to find it.

(I actually did look at first, out of habit of assuming they were in. Then I remembered they finished 7th)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:11 pm

Europa fixtures

Young Boys vs Everton
Torini vs Athletic Bilbao
Sevilla vs Borussia Monchengladbach
Wolfsburg vs Sporting Lisbon
Ajax vs Legia Warsaw
Aalborg vs Club Brugge
Anderlecht vs Dynamo Moscow
Olympiacos vs Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Trabzonspor vs Napoli
Guingamp vs Dinamo Kiev
Villarreal vs Salzburg
Roma vs Feyenoord
PSV vs Zenit
Liverpool vs Besiktas
Tottenham vs Fiorentina
Celtic vs Inter Milan

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:22 pm

Do the headline writers always have fun with the team Young Boys...Everton beats Young Boys

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:38 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Do the headline writers always have fun with the team Young Boys...Everton beats Young Boys

Yup. Even better that their home ground is called The Wankdorf.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:25 pm

Chelsea are insane. Earlier, Ivanovic was basically playing in a near offside position on the right touch line. Then, their goal was a cross from Terry, backheel flick by Cahill, and header into the net from Ivanovic. They play like they've got the field map backwards.

Post by **Sabo** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:19 pm

govmentchedda wrote:Chelsea are insane. Earlier, Ivanovic was basically playing in a near offside position on the right touch line. Then, their goal was a cross from Terry, backheel flick by Cahill, and header into the net from Ivanovic. They play like they've got the field map backwards.

Total football!