UEFA Champions League Open Thread, Wednesday September 14th
by Aaron Campeau on Sep 14, 2011 7:31 PM BST
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PrintIt's going to be tough to live up to yesterday's games; Milan nicking a point from Barcelona at the death at Camp Nou, Ivan Perisic's stunning volley to bring Borussia Dortmund level with Arsenal, Hulk's jaw-dropping free kick for Porto against Shakhtar Donetsk. Best of all, every game was competitive; Chelsea's 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen was the day's most lopsided result and that was 0-0 until the 67th minute. You'll occasionally see some pretty one-sided affairs at this stage of the Champions League; not yesterday.
Still, there are some very intriguing looking games on today's slate. Manchester City-Napoli is probably the most high profile of the bunch, and Kirsten will be in the corner breathing into a paper bag with occasional tequila breaks for the duration. Benefica-Manchester United is getting plenty of hype as well because, you know, Manchester United and all, but Benefica are a fine team and could well make this one interesting. Villarreal-Bayern Munich features two big clubs with a lot of first-rate talent.
In terms of games not involving Big-Three leagues, Ajax-Lyon has the potential to be a great one; same for Lille-CSKA Moscow. And in games with the potential to get ugly, Dinamo Zagreb hosts Real Madrid while Trabzonspor travels to the San Siro to face Inter Milan. Will the big boys take care of business? What young star from a lesser know league, beloved by fans as a deity, perform well enough for Manchester City to pay £50 million to put on their bench? Will Kirsten make it through the afternoon?
For live coverage of today's Champions League games, head on over to SB Nation Soccer.
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The channel I watched Arsenal-Dortmund on yesterday isn't showing a game today. Boo.
Why you have to play a day game, Pirates?
"in order that you will write correctly of wat you really see if you dint go around with your eyes shut"
Cricket blog?
I have a soft spot for them, when I had basic cable, and they were the only team I could watch.
But not on Champion’s League days.
"in order that you will write correctly of wat you really see if you dint go around with your eyes shut"
Cricket blog?
Taulant and Granit Xhaka are my new favorite footballers.
"in order that you will write correctly of wat you really see if you dint go around with your eyes shut"
Cricket blog?
I am enjoying all of the English folks on my Twitter timeline who appear to be completely oblivious to Napoli's existence post-Maradona
“Three defenders! Wow!”
Oh fuck off "Don't often see that in modern day football"
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 14, 2011 7:48 PM BST reply actions
"Napoli have come to play"
Napoli never come to not play.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 14, 2011 7:53 PM BST reply actions
Fucking hell, honestly, Napoli can't defend set pieces.
It’s not “typical Italian team” to make a mistake on one. It’s Napoli.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 14, 2011 7:57 PM BST reply actions
Manchester United is starting a B Team that would win the Portugese Liga
And the Portugese Liga is good
All games at half time.
Ajax 0-0 Lyon
Basle 1-0 Otelul Galati
Benefica 1-1 Manchester United
Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Real Madrid (whoa)
Inter 0-0 Trabzonspor
Lille 1-0 CSKA Moscow
Manchester City 0-0 Napoli
Villarreal 0-1 Bayern Munich
Full time in all games.
Ajax 0-0 Lyon
Basle 2-1 Otelul Galati
Benefica 1-1 Manchester United
Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid
Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor (!!!!!!!!!!)
Lille 2-2 CSKA Moscow
Manchester City 1-1 Napoli
Villarreal 0-2 Bayern Munich
That’s a pretty huge loss for Villarreal, if Napoli can play as well as they did today for the rest of the group stage they’re pretty much toast. Terrible, terrible result for Inter. Great couple of days worth of games.
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