Champions League Talk

Analysis of the Champions League

Prospects and Parity Ahead for 2010 Champions League

November 10th, 2008 · Comments · ac milan, ajax, bayer leverkusen, benfica, bundesliga, champions league group stage, champions league qualifying, chelsea, fc porto, inter milan, liverpool, manchester united, sporting club de portugal, udinese

As intriguing as the current edition of the Champions League may be, there’s a chance the 2009-2010 tournament could be one of the strangest, parity-rich events in football history. Seems someone has taken the snow globe that is European football, given it a good shake and the flakes aren’t landing where people expect.
The tables in […]

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At The Turn: Who Needs to Win

October 21st, 2008 · Comments · Anorthosis Famagusta FC, Roma, as roma, barcelona, bayern munich, celtic fc, champions league group stage, chelsea, dynamo kyiv, espn, fc porto, juventus, liverpool, lyon, manchester united, real madrid, shakhtar donetsk, sporting lisbon, uefa cup

To use a golf analogy, the teams in the group stage of the Champions League make the turn today and tomorrow with the completion of the first three games of the group stage. And while it’s early, for some teams, it’s make-or-break time.
Group by group, here’s an analysis of who needs to win:
Group A:
ROMA Needs […]

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A Sporting Chance to Win Group C

September 15th, 2008 · Comments · champions league group stage, sporting lisbon

What do Werder Bremen, Villareal, Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos, PSV Eindhoven, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Celtic and Fenerbahce have in common (hint: the answer is not “They’re all in the Champions League group stage which starts today”)? Give up?
Well, all of these clubs are in fact in the group stage of the Champions League, but the answer […]

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