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UEFA Champions League (Official Thread)

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Tense finish in Manchester. Balotelli pulled down in the box on the last play of the game. No call. 2-2 Finish. Madrid-Dortmund finished 2-2 as well.

Other results:

Dynamo Kiev 0-0 Porto
PSG 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Olympiakos 3-1 Montpellier
Schalke 2-2 Arsenal
AC Milan 1-1 Malaga
Anderlecht 1-0 Zenit
 
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City got boned in the end. Aguero disallowed goal was completely bogus. Kolarov was clearly onside & Balotelli definitely got pulled down on the last play. Still shouldn't have given up two soft goals on corners though.
 
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Group A-D standings through four games of six:

Group A

1. FC Porto - 10 Points
2. PSG - 9 Points
3. Dynamo Kiev - 4 Points
4. Dinamo Zagreb - 0 Points

Group B

1. Schalke - 8 Points
2. Arsenal - 7 Points
3. Olympiakos - 6 Points
4. Montpellier - 1 Point

Group C

1. Malaga - 10 Points
2. AC Milan - 5 Points
3. Anderlecht - 4 Points
4. Zenit - 3 Points

Group D

1. Borussia Dortmund - 8 Points
2. Real Madrid - 7 Points
3. Ajax - 4 Points
4. Man City - 2 Points
 
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Pivotal games today. Chelsea will be out for revenge at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, not to mention trying to close the three point gap at the top, while Juventus SHOULD handle business at home to Nordsjaelland despite drawing away there last matchday.

Bayern Munich should easily dispose of Lille (Zero points through three games & only one goal scored) at home, while Valencia get BATE Borisov at home in a group that features three teams all with six points.

Celtic host Barcelona, while Benfica could make a push right back into the mix with a win at home to Spartak Moscow & a Celtic loss.

United are away at Braga looking to add to there five point lead in the group, while Cluj could make a big push to qualifying for the knockout round with a win at home to Galatasaray.
 
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Fernando Torres started the scoring in the 6th minute, but then Willian pulled one back for Shaktar three minutes later. 1-1 at the Bridge. 12th minute.
 
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Halftime scores:

Chelsea 2-1 Shakhtar Donestk
Juventus 3-0 Nordsjaelland
Bayern Munich 5-0 Lille
Valencia 2-0 BATE Borisov
Benfica 0-0 Spartak Moscow
Celtic 1-0 Barcelona
Braga 0-0 United
Cluj 0-1 Galatasaray
 
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Fulltime scores:

Chelsea 3-2 Shakhtar Donestk. Victor Moses scored at the death.
Juventus 4-0 Nordsjaelland
Bayern Munich 5-1 Lille
Valencia 4-2 BATE Borisov
Benfica 2-0 Spartak Moscow
Celtic 2-1 Barcelona
Cluj 1-3 Galatasaray

United up 2-1 at Braga after RVP & a Rooney penalty put them ahead in the 80th & 83rd minutes.
 
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Group E-H Standings through four games of six:

Group E:

1. Chelsea - 7 Points (+4 Goal Differential)
2. Shaktar Donetsk - 7 Points (+2 Goal Differential)
3. Juventus - 6 Points
4. Nordsjaelland - 1 Point

Group F:

1. Valencia - 9 Points (+6 Goal Differential)
2. Bayern Munich - 9 Points (+5 Goal Differential)
3. BATE Borisov - 6 Points
4. Lille - 0 Points

Group G:

1. Barcelona - 9 points
2. Celtic - 7 Points
3. Benfica - 4 Points
4. Spartak Moscow - 3 Points

Group H:

1. United - 12 Points
2. Cluj - 4 Points (-1 Goal Differential)
3. Galatasaray - 4 Points (-1 Goal Differential)
4. Braga - 3 Points
 
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Much love for Celtic! I thought they'd be making it through the group to the next stage!
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The announcers were hilarious during the game. They were acting like it was the biggest thing to ever happen to the club in its 125 year history. Yeah, it was a huge win for them (especially in the aspect of qualifying for the knockout round), but Barcelona have been average at best all season. I've watched quite a few of there games this season & they haven't impressed me one bit.

There defense is beyond atrocious. Injuries have decimated that corps while the faith in Mascherano at CB continues to astonish me. How they did not spend any $$$ this summer to sure up that position after last season blows my mind even more than Mascherano's dreadful play. What's even more astonishing to me has been the disappearance of Messi. He's an utter poor shadow of his former self. He just looks completely uninterested most of the time when I watch them. He used to always hustle to win balls back in the attacking half, but now he just walks around pouting like Cristiano Ronaldo. He's still the worlds best hands down, but he's nowhere near the same player he was the past four seasons. Something isn't right about him. Maybe the loss of Pep ?
 
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Smudger;2251671; said:
The announcers were hilarious during the game. They were acting like it was the biggest thing to ever happen to the club in its 125 year history. Yeah, it was a huge win for them (especially in the aspect of qualifying for the knockout round), but Barcelona have been average at best all season. I've watched quite a few of there games this season & they haven't impressed me one bit.

There defense is beyond atrocious. Injuries have decimated that corps while the faith in Mascherano at CB continues to astonish me. How they did not spend any $$$ this summer to sure up that position after last season blows my mind even more than Mascherano's dreadful play. What's even more astonishing to me has been the disappearance of Messi. He's an utter poor shadow of his former self. He just looks completely uninterested most of the time when I watch them. He used to always hustle to win balls back in the attacking half, but now he just walks around pouting like Cristiano Ronaldo. He's still the worlds best hands down, but he's nowhere near the same player he was the past four seasons. Something isn't right about him. Maybe the loss of Pep ?
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Bad day for Barca. Their U-19s also lost today to Spurs' U-19s in the NextGen Series.
 
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jlb1705;2251679; said:
Bad day for Barca. Their U-19s also lost today to Spurs' U-19s in the NextGen Series.
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I don't think they're to worried about that. They have a few from that age group that play for the B team in the Segunda Divison & play well.
 
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Smudger;2251682; said:
I don't think they're to worried about that. They have a few from that age group that play for the B team in the Segunda Divison & play well.
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Oh, I know it's trivial. You just don't see Barca losing in Europe very often, let alone in two different levels/competitions in the same day.
 
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