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Champions League Review

UEFA Champions League 11 Dec 2008

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  • Group E
  • We already knew that Manchester United and Villarreal had qualified from this group and that Aalborg were going on to the Uefa Cup.

    Manchester United stumbled to a 2-2 draw with Aalborg at Old Trafford but that proved to be enough to top the group after Villarreal went down 2-0 at Celtic.

    United left out Van Der Sar, Rafael, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick, Park and Berbatov, but they still had a team full of internationals and star names. It was a poor performance but a night that those from Aalborg will never forget.

    Celtic at last got a victory for a Scottish club in Europe this season. It was the first one at the fourteenth attempt!

  • Group F
  • No surprises again in this group again as Bayern Munich and Lyon battled it out for top spot. Bayern took the honours with a 3-2 win in with Klose netting twice.

    Fiorentina consolidated their Uefa Cup qualification with a 1-0 win at Steaua Bucuresti. Steaua received six yellow cards and a red. I don’t think they took their elimination very well!

  • Group G
  • Porto and Arsenal were already assured of qualification and Dynamo Kiev were already through to the Uefa Cup before a ball was kicked. The only matter to be decided in Porto was who would top the group.

    Porto took top spot with a comfortable 2-0 win against the unpredictable Gunners. Kiev won the other game 1-0 against Fenerbahce.

  • Group H
  • In this group Juventus did just enough to finish top with an uninspiring 0-0 draw at home to Bate.

    Real Madrid were the other qualifiers and they gave Juande Ramos a winning start by beating Zenit St Petersburg 3-0.

    Zenit move on to the Uefa Cup.

    That leaves the last sixteen containing four English clubs, four Spanish, three Italian, two Portuguese and one each from Greece, and . Although many of the smaller teams gave a good of themselves, the last sixteen has a pretty familiar look about it.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    Graham Fisher


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