Champions League is back in business! - UPDATE! (13/09/2006 13:58)

13-09-2006:

So, here we are. Just after the first day of the first round of the Champions League competition 06/07!  Yesterday, 16 teams battled an opponent and tried to win (or were sure not to lose and tried to draw) their matches. Groups A upto and including D played their matches, with the following endings:

Group A:
Barcelona (Esp) - Levski Sofia (Bul): 5-0
Chelsea (Eng) - Werder Bremen (Ger): 2-0

Table:                                                                                                                             P            W          D            L         Pnts      GF                 GA

1	Barcelona	1	1	0	0	3	5	-	0
2	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	3	2	-	0
3	Werder Bremen	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	2
4	Levski Sofia	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	5

                                                                                                                     

Group B:  
Bayern München (Ger) - Spartak Moscow (Rus): 4-0
Sporting Lisboa (Por) - Internationale (Ita): 1-0

1	Bayern München	1	1	0	0	3	4	-	0
2	Sporting Lisboa	1	1	0	0	3	1	-	0
3	Internationale	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	1
4	Spartak Moskow	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	4

Group C:
PSV (Hol) - Liverpool (Eng): 0-0
Galatasaray (Tur) - Bordeaux (Fra): 0-0

 (alphabetical order):                                                                                                    

1	Galatasaray	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
2	Girondins Bordeaux	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
3	Liverpool	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
4	PSV	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0

Group D:
AS Roma (Ita) - Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr): 4-0
Olympiakos (Gre) - Valencia (Esp): 2-4

1	AS Roma	1	1	0	0	3	4	-	0
2	Valencia	1	1	0	0	3	4	-	2
3	Olympiakos Piraeus	1	0	0	1	0	2	-	4
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	4

14-09-2006:

Wow! Wasn't it great watching some matches yesterday! Dutch TV broadcasted Man.Utd vs Celtic and what a fantastic match that was!  With Dutch players at both sides (Edwin van der Sar - Man Utd & Jan Vennegoor of Hesseling - Celtic) it was interesting for the Dutch fans to see the match of course!
Just as I did with the groups and matches of Tuesday, I will give you the results and tables of Wednesday:

Group E:
Dinamo Kiev (Ukr) - Steaua Bucarest (Rom): 1-4
Ol. Lyon (Fra) - Real Madrid (Esp): 2-0

1	Steaua Bucarest	1	1	0	0	3	4	-	1
2	Olympique Lyon	1	1	0	0	3	2	-	0
3	Real Madrid	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	2
4	Dinamo Kiev	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	4

Group F:
Man Utd (Eng) - Celtic (Sco): 3-2
FC Copenhagen (Den) - Benfica (Por): 0-0

1	Manchester United	1	1	0	0	3	3	-	2
2	Benfica	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
3	FC Kopenhagen	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
4	Celtic	1	0	0	1	0	2	-	3

Group G:
Hamburger SV (Ger) - Arsenal (Eng): 1-2
FC Porto - CSKA Moscow: 0-0

1	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	2	-	1
2	CSKA Moskow	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
3	FC Porto	1	0	1	0	1	0	-	0
4	Hamburger SV	1	0	0	1	0	1	-	2

Group H:
AC Milan (Ita) - AEK Athens (Gre): 3-0
Anderlecht (Bel) - Lille (Fra): 1-1

1	AC Milan	1	1	0	0	3	3	-	0
2	Lille	1	0	1	0	1	1	-	1
3	Anderlecht	1	0	1	0	1	1	-	1
4	AEK Athens	1	0	0	1	0	0	-	3

 

Yesterday I wrote the following:
"So far, the topscorer of this competition is Fernando Morientes (Valencia), who scored 3 goals against Olympiakos. I guess Valencia is rather happy they bought him from Liverpool befor this season started.

Today, Wednesday, another 8 matches will be played; which are:

AC Milan (Ita) - AEK Athens (Gre)
Hamburger SV (Ger) - Arsenal (Eng)
Man. Utd. (Eng) - Celtic (Sco)  This match is named as "the Battle of Britain" by many British inhabitants.
Anderlecht (Bel) - Lille (Fra)
FC Porto (Por) - CSKA Moscow (Rus)
Ol. Lyon (Fra) - Real Madrid (Esp)
FC Kopenhagen (Den) - Benfica (Por)  Secretly, as a supporter/fan of AFC Ajax, I hope Benfica will defeat the team that beat "MY" club in the previous round...
Dinamo Kiev (Ukr) - Steaua Bucarest (Rom)

I think, if I had to make a bet on which teams would win today, I would say: AC Milan, Arsenal, Man. Utd., Lille, FC Porto, Ol. Lyon, Benfica and Dinamo Kiev. But as I am not a fortune teller or a see-er, I have no clue whether I am right or not... But we will see!

I hope you will all enjoy the matches tonight (IF you are going to watch any of them that is)!"

Well, after yesterday's matches I can say the following:

First of all, Fernando Morientes is still the only player who scored 3 goals; Nicolea Dica (Steaua Bucarest) and Louis Saha (Man Utd) both scored 2 goals in their first CL-match.

Secondly, I only had 5 out of 8 winners right, which is a bit dissappointing to me actually... AC Milan, Arsenal, Lille, Lyon and Man Utd did win; but Porto, Benfica played draw and Dinamo Kiev actually lost (big time). And therefor Benifca wasn't able to fullfill my wish, which was beating Copenhagen... A bit dissappointing as well ;)

Anyway, the first matches of the first CL round were sometimes exiting, sometimes boring... Nevertheless, I am looking forward to the following matches which will be on 26-09 and 27-09!