2015-16 UEFA Champions League

GLaDOS

Roma taking a BATEring

MisterAnarchy

Barcelona should be two nil down, chicharito missing an open goal.
Barcelona are shocking tonight, far too stretched with huge distance between the defence, midfield and attack.

ActingDanClark

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Barcelona should be two nil down, chicharito missing an open goal.
Barcelona are shocking tonight.

absolutely dire

Oat23

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Barcelona should be two nil down, chicharito missing an open goal.
Barcelona are shocking tonight, far too stretched with huge distance between the defence, midfield and attack.

Barca had a shot cleared off the line too.

ActingDanClark

tbf the keeper is having a dream night

Luckycharms_74

Chelsea all over the shop

MisterAnarchy

Mascherano and mathieu are really poor on the ball.
Busquets is anonymous tonight.

Oat23

Leverkusen :pac::pac::pac:

MisterAnarchy

Barcelona have upped the tempo and scored two rapid goals.

dfx-

Leverkusen were beginning to get desperate with throwing themselves at the ball. Second goal from Suarez is absolutely spectacular.

pmasterson95

Arsenal are some laugh. Them against Bayern should be great craic!

Andersonisgod

You need character to play for Barcelona, to play for this special club you must be a special player and this team is very special. Depleted, injury-ravaged, no Messi but they've got character and they've shown it tonight. God I love this club because it is mes que un club and that's been evident here.

Harry Palmr

The gooners are leaving early. The Gunners are endangering the Prems 4th place single handed!

Dirty Dingus McGee

Andersonisgod wrote: »

You need character to play for Barcelona, to play for this special club you must be a special player and this team is very special. Depleted, injury-ravaged, no Messi but they've got character and they've shown it tonight. God I love this club because it is mes que un club and that's been evident here.

Incredible character for Barca to beat Bayer despite being handicapped by having 4 times the wage bill Bayer have.

Nice one Olympicas. Some result for them.

Andersonisgod

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Incredible character for Barca to beat Bayer despite being handicapped by having 4 times the wage bill Bayer have.

Yes, incredible character and all your pretty sniping can't do anything to change that. Leverkusen are an excellent side, they played a great game tonight but this was a test of Barcelona's character, of their will to win, of their ability to adjust on the fly and they came through it in victory. You can judge it by looking at balance sheets but if you only see balance sheets then you never see football and you'll never truly understand football.

Harry Palmr

First ever win in England and it could be their first points at all.

MisterAnarchy

English teams embarrassed again tonight.
Clown college defending from Chelsea and arsenal.
Best league in the world you say, pull the other one.
Mutton dressed up as lamb.

dfx-

Losing at home to a Greek side has to be a low point...

A Dub in Glasgo

Quite like the BT Sports Goals show, watched that instead of the Chelsea game

Dirty Dingus McGee

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Yes, incredible character and all your pretty sniping can't do anything to change that. Leverkusen are an excellent side, they played a great game tonight but this was a test of Barcelona's character, of their will to win, of their ability to adjust on the fly and they came through it in victory. You can judge it by looking at balance sheets but if you only see balance sheets then you never see football and you'll never truly understand football.

Unfortunately I understand it all too well.

Every league in Europe and the champions league is pretty much decided beforehand by finance so no surprise with Barcelona having a much better selection of players due to their finances that they would beat Leverkusen.

NIMAN

Poor from the English tonight.

daRobot

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Best league in the world you say, pull the other one

Best marketing/hype job done on any league. The reality is somewhat different.

MisterAnarchy

daRobot wrote: »

Best marketing/hype job done on any league. The reality is somewhat different.

They seem to be marketing it as the most exciting league and most competitive league now.
I'm not sure how poor football is exciting though.
As for being competitive, that's a myth too.

Harry Redknapp is delighted!

mikeym

The way things are going the 4th spot wont be a play-off spot for English teams.

SantryRed

Lewandowski's third goal tonight was amazing.

MisterAnarchy

Andersonisgod wrote: »

You need character to play for Barcelona, to play for this special club you must be a special player and this team is very special. Depleted, injury-ravaged, no Messi but they've got character and they've shown it tonight. God I love this club because it is mes que un club and that's been evident here.

Depleted ,injury ravaged ???
They were missing 2 first team regulars ,Messi and Alba at left back who came on in the second half,apart from that it was a full strength side.
Iniesta picked up an injury allright but he was very quiet before that.

Barcelona were really poor tonight bar the last 20 minutes when Leverkusen tired due to the huge effort they put in earlier.

inforfun

Good to see the English clubs fail.
See what the Manchester duo can do tonight against German opposition.
Although i fear for Gladbach as UEFA sent Turpin there to referee, he ll probably be a good little boy for City.

ERG89

dfx- wrote: »

Losing at home to a Greek side has to be a low point...

Zagreb hadn't won a CL game this century tbh I think that was worse

dundalkfc10

Hope this English demise continues over the next few years and youngsters will start going to Loi games and not be brainwashed on how good it is!

glued

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

Hope this English demise continues over the next few years and youngsters will start going to Loi games and not be brainwashed on how good it is!

That's probably not going to happen. Fans aren't going to switch allegiances to a different club en mass based on form alone. No matter what there is a better product across the pond with far better marketing and high profile players.

Luckycharms_74

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Quite like the BT Sports Goals show, watched that instead of the Chelsea game

1st time watching tonight. It's excellent

ASOT

Angel Correa going from possibly never playing football again to scoring for Atletico in the champions league tonight is unreal!

Lovely Bloke

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

1st time watching tonight. It's excellent

yep, watching it on the laptop with the RTE game on the telly, it's brilliant.

citytillidie

Match Day 2 Results
Group A
Malmö FF (SWE) 0 V 2 Real Madrid CF (ESP)
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 V 3 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Group B
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 3 V 2 PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Manchester United FC (ENG) 2 V 1 VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

Group C
FC Astana (KAZ) 2 V 2 Galatasaray AŞ (TUR)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 1 V 2 SL Benfica (POR)

Group D
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 1 V 2 Manchester City FC (ENG)
Juventus (ITA) 2 V 0 Sevilla FC (ESP)

Group E
FC Barcelona (ESP) 2 V 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 3 V 2 AS Roma (ITA)

Group F
Arsenal FC (ENG) 2 V 3 Olympiacos FC (GRE)
FC Bayern München (GER) 5 V 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Group G
FC Porto (POR) 2 V 1 Chelsea FC (ENG)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 0 V 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

Group H
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 0 V 1 Valencia CF (ESP)
FC Zenit (RUS) 2 V 1 KAA Gent (BEL)

citytillidie

Match Day 3
Tuesday
Group E
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) V AS Roma (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) V FC Barcelona (ESP) Setanta HD

Group F
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) V Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Arsenal FC (ENG) V FC Bayern München (GER) BT Sport Europe HD / TV 3

Group G
FC Porto (POR) V Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Chelsea FC (ENG) BT Sport 2 HD / Setanta Ireland

Group H
FC Zenit (RUS) V Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Valencia CF (ESP) V KAA Gent (BEL)


Wednesday
Group A
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) V Real Madrid CF (ESP) Setanta HD
Malmö FF (SWE) V FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Group B
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) V Manchester United FC (ENG) BT Sport Europe HD / RTE 2
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) V PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Group C
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) V FC Astana (KAZ)
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) V SL Benfica (POR)

Group D
Manchester City FC (ENG) V Sevilla FC (ESP) BT Sport 2 HD / Setanta Ireland
Juventus (ITA) V VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

BT Sport ESPN For the goals show on both nights

GreNoLi

Think arsenal will best bayern tonight.

Andersonisgod

In the parthenon of all time great players there is room being made for a new addition, they know that Neymar will soon be joining them. The shining light of Barcelona and Brazil has never been better than he is right now, in the blaugrana the football world rests at his sparkling feet.

Lucifer MorningStar

What a comeback by Roma

ERG89

Vidal off for Javi Martinez perhaps? Nope.
Have the epitomy of average Rafinha instead.

GLaDOS

Lucifer MorningStar wrote: »

What a comeback by Roma

4-4 now, incredible stuff

Lucifer MorningStar

Wow, the Bayer - Roma game is 4-4 now, crazy game.

GreNoLi

Great to see Guardiola lose.

ERG89

GreNoLi wrote: »

Great to see Guardiola lose.

GuaRodgers based on his dopey tactics there tonight. Taking off Vidal & Alonso for a kid & a crap right back.
Alaba at centre back then is just
-_-

Andersonisgod

It's an away game in the group stages, his Bayern side will likely top the group quite handily and the Bayern injury list is remarkable for the sheer amount of quality players on it. Those who doubt Pep simply don't understand Pep, they can't grasp what he means to football or what he is looking to achieve, they don't deserve Pep.

Hank Scorpio

Andersonisgod wrote: »

It's an away game in the group stages, his Bayern side will likely top the group quite handily and the Bayern injury list is remarkable for the sheer amount of quality players on it. Those who doubt Pep simply don't understand Pep, they can't grasp what he means to football or what he is looking to achieve, they don't deserve Pep.

He's no dope.

citytillidie

Match Day 3 Results

Group A
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 0 V 0 Real Madrid CF (ESP)
Malmö FF (SWE) 1 V 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)

Group A Pl W D L F A GD Pts
Real Madrid CF (ESP) 3 2 1 0 6 0 6 7
Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 3 2 1 0 5 0 5 7
Malmö FF (SWE) 3 1 0 2 1 4 -3 3
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 3 0 0 2 0 8 -8 0


Group B
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 1 V 1 Manchester United FC (ENG)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 2 V 0 PSV Eindhoven (NED)

Group B Pl W D L F A GD Pts
VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6
Manchester United FC (ENG) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
PSV Eindhoven (NED) 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3


Group C
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 4 V 0 FC Astana (KAZ)
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) 2 V 1 SL Benfica (POR)

Group C Pl W D L F A GD Pts
SL Benfica (POR) 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 6
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 3 2 0 1 7 2 5 6
Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
FC Astana (KAZ) 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6 1


Group D
Manchester City FC (ENG) 2 V 1 Sevilla FC (ESP)
Juventus (ITA) 0 V 0 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

Group D Pl W D L F A GD Pts
Juventus (ITA) 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
Manchester City FC (ENG) 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
Sevilla FC (ESP) 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1


Group E
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 4 V 4 AS Roma (ITA)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 V 2 FC Barcelona (ESP)

Group E Pl W D L F A GD Pts
FC Barcelona (ESP) 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 3 1 1 1 9 7 2 4
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3
AS Roma (ITA) 3 0 2 1 7 8 -1 2


Group F
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0 V 1 Olympiacos FC (GRE)
Arsenal FC (ENG) 2 V 0 FC Bayern München (GER)

Group F Pl W D L F A GD Pts
FC Bayern München (GER) 3 2 0 0 8 0 8 6
Olympiacos FC (GRE) 3 2 0 1 4 5 -1 6
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5 3
Arsenal FC (ENG) 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3


Group G
FC Porto (POR) 2 V 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 0 V 0 Chelsea FC (ENG)

Group G Pl W D L F A GD Pts
FC Porto (POR) 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 7
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 3 1 2 0 4 2 2 5
Chelsea FC (ENG) 3 1 1 1 5 2 3 4
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 0


Group H
FC Zenit (RUS) 3 V 1 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Valencia CF (ESP) 2 V 1 KAA Gent (BEL)

Group H Pl W D L F A GD Pts
FC Zenit (RUS) 3 3 0 0 8 4 4 9
Valencia CF (ESP) 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
KAA Gent (BEL) 3 0 1 2 3 5 -2 1
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 1

breffni bogballer

How come so many teams in this years UCL have no jersey sponsor? I think i counted 4,valencia,sevilla benfica and another. With all the hype ,TV EXPOSURE,etc i dont understand why this could happen

citytillidie

Match Day 4
Tuesday
Group A
Real Madrid CF (ESP) V Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) TV3
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) V Malmö FF (SWE)

Group B
Manchester United FC (ENG) V PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) BT Sport Europe / Setanta Sports
PSV Eindhoven (NED) V VfL Wolfsburg (GER)

Group C
FC Astana (KAZ) V Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
SL Benfica (POR) V Galatasaray AŞ (TUR)

Group D
Sevilla FC (ESP) V Manchester City FC (ENG) BT Sport 2 / Setanta HD / Setanta Sports 1
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) V Juventus (ITA)

Wednesday
Group E
AS Roma (ITA) V Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
FC Barcelona (ESP) V FC BATE Borisov (BLR) Setanta Sports 1 / HD

Group F
Olympiacos FC (GRE) V GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
FC Bayern München (GER) V Arsenal FC (ENG) BT Sport Europe / RTE 2

Group G
Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) V FC Porto (POR)
Chelsea FC (ENG) V FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) BT Sport 2 / Setanta Sports

Group H
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) V FC Zenit (RUS)
KAA Gent (BEL) V Valencia CF (ESP)