Champions League... 28-09 Update! (27/09/2006 11:30)

27-09-2006:

Yesterday, Tuesday new matches had been played for the first round in the Champions League. 16 goals were scored yesterday, of which nearly 38% (6 goals) in one match. Real Madrid finally showed a bit what they can be up to, by defeating Dinamo Kiev 5-1, with 2 goals scored by Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy. This was very nice for him, because he just became father a day or 2 before the match. Also, Ronaldo made his come back after a long period of injury.

Here are the results of the last matches en the new tables:

Group E:
Real Madrid - Dinamo Kiev: 5-1
St. Bucarest - Ol. Lyon: 0-3

Pos.      Club                                                                                                                        Played   Won   Draw   Lost     Pnts      GF               GA

1	Olympique Lyon	2	2	0	0	6	5	-	0
2	Real Madrid	2	1	0	1	3	5	-	3
3	Steaua Bucarest	2	1	0	1	3	4	-	4
4	Dinamo Kiev	2	0	0	2	0	2	-	9

Group F:
Benfica - Man Utd: 0-1
Celtic - FC Copenhagen: 1-0

1	Manchester United	2	2	0	0	6	4	-	2
2	Celtic	2	1	0	1	3	3	-	3
3	Benfica	2	0	1	1	1	0	-	1
4	FC Kopenhagen	2	0	1	1	1	0	-	1

Group G:
Arsenal - FC Porto: 2-0
CSKA Moscow - HSV: 1-0

1	Arsenal	2	2	0	0	6	4	-	1
2	CSKA Moskou	2	1	1	0	4	1	-	0
3	FC Porto	2	0	1	1	1	0	-	2
4	Hamburger SV	2	0	0	2	0	1	-	3

Group H:
AEK Athens - Anderlecht: 1-1
Ol. Lille - AC Milan: 0-0

1	AC Milan	2	1	1	0	4	3	-	0
2	Olympique Lille	2	0	2	0	2	1	-	1
3	Anderlecht	2	0	2	0	2	2	-	2
4	AEK Athene	2	0	1	1	1	1	-	4

28-09-2006:

Yesterday, Wednesday I failed to watch all CL matches... After just watching half an hour of Bordeaux - PSV I had enough... Gosh, it was so boring! So, I started doing other things and I told myself I would watch the results this morning. And so I did!
I noticed that I was right with my predictions for 4 out of 8 matches, once more a bad result ;)
This is what I wrote yesterday:
"Fixtures for tonight (Wednesday):
(next to each fixture, I will name the club who will win tonight, according to me that is ;))
                                                                  Guess:                     Real:
Werder Bremen - FC Barcelona                 Barcelona                *draw*
Levski Sofia - Chelsea                               Chelsea                    Chelsea

Internationale - Bayern München              Internationale           Bayern
Spartak Moscow - Sporting Lissabon         *draw*                       *draw*

Bordeaux - PSV                                        *draw*                       PSV
Liverpool - Galatasaray                             Liverpool                  Liverpool

Shakhtar Donetsk - Olympiakos P.             *draw*                      *draw*
Valencia - AS Roma                                 AS Roma                  Valencia

Well, anyway, here are the results and tables:

Group A:
Werder Bremen - Barcelona: 1-1
Leski Sofia - Chelsea: 1-3

1	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	6	5	-	1
2	Barcelona	2	1	1	0	4	6	-	1
3	Werder Bremen	2	0	1	1	1	1	-	3
4	Levski Sofia	2	0	0	2	0	1	-	8

That's tough: 8 goals against, in 2 matches for Levski Sofia :o

Group B:
Internationale - FC Bayern München: 0-2
Spartak Mosciw - Sporting Lissabon: 1-1

1	Bayern München	2	2	0	0	6	6	-	0
2	Sporting Lissabon	2	1	1	0	4	2	-	1
3	Spartak Moscow	2	0	1	1	1	1	-	5
4	Internationale	2	0	0	2	0	0	-	3

Group C:
Girondins Bordeaux - PSV: 0-1
Yay for the Dutchmen! Keep it going lads!
Liverpool - Galatasaray: 3-2
(Peter Crouch scored a fantastic goal, check www.vi.nl/vi/show/id=62802/contentid=84120/sc=338c40# and then click on "Hoogtepunten van Liverpool-Galatasaray"- Dutch Commentary)

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

Group D:
Shakhtar Donetsk - Ol. Piraeus: 2-2
Valencia - AS Roma: 2-1

1	Valencia	2	2	0	0	6	6	-	3
2	AS Roma	2	1	0	1	3	5	-	2
3	Olympiakos Piraeus	2	0	1	1	1	4	-	6
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	0	1	1	1	2	-	6

Finally, some statistics:

• 3 players scored 3 goals in 2 matches: Fernando Morientes (Liverpool), Louis Saha (Man. Utd.) and Didier Drogba (Chelsea). Suprisingly enough, all these three strikers play for an English club.
• The Top-3 all-time scorers in the Champions League are: 1) Raúl (Real Madrid) 53 goals; 2) Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid) 45 goals; 3) Thierry Henry (Arsenal) and Andrey Shevchenko (Chelsea) 42 goals
• The Top-3 all-time played matches in CL are: 1) Raúl (103 matches); 2) Roberto Carlos (101); 3) David Beckham (98). All these three players play for Real Madrid.
• A sort of table:
                                                                                                                                     Played:             Won:          Draw:        Lost:          Points:
  

  1	Real Madrid	120	66	25	29	223
  2	Manchester United	116	58	31	27	205
  3	Barcelona	104	57	26	21	197

The 3rd matches of Round 1 will be played on 17 and 18 October:
Man Utd - FC Copenhagen
Anderlecht - AC Milan
FC Porto - HSV
Celtic - Benfica
Lille - AEK Athens
CSKA Moscow - Arsenal
Dinamo Kiev - Ol. Lyon
Steaua Bucarest - Real Madrid

Bordeaux - Liverpool
Galatasaray - PSV
Olympiakos - AS Roma
Sporting Lissabon - Bayern München
Chelsea - Barcelona
Valencia Shakhtar Donetsk
Werder Bremen - Levski Sofia
Internationale - Spartak Moscow

This is it for now. See you later!