Review of Champions League Match Day One
The exciting encounter between AC Milan and Barcelona ended in a 1-1 draw at the Camp Nou. The Rossoneri took the lead early on with Alexandre Pato bursting by Javier Mascherano. Pedro scored the equaliser for the Blaugrana. SSC Napoli gave Manchester City a scare at the City of Manchester stadium. Manchester City was lucky to scrape a tie in this fixture. Other notable results are: Manchester United 1-1 Benfica, Villarreal 0-2 Bayern Munich FC, Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal, upset of the week is Internazionale FC 0-1 Trabzonspor.
Match Day Two of the Champions League
On match day two: these are the key matches
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Group A |
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Bayern Munich v Manchester City
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This game will be very entertaining. Both teams are coming off of wins in their respective leagues |
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SSC Napoli v Villarreal
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Napoli’s first home game of the Champions league since the Maradona days. Napoli has looked very impressive in the Serie A defeating some heavy weights including AC Milan, and out played Man City in Manchester. Napoli is for real. |
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Group B |
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CSKA Moskva v Internazionale
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Inter will look to bounce back from their humiliating defeat in Match Day One. |
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Trabzonspor v Lille
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These two teams have no previously meetings. Lille is expected to come out winners. But the Turks may pull of another upset. |
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Group C |
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Manchester United v Basel
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Manchester United will prove to be too much for Basel to handle at the Old Trafford. |
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Otelul Galati v Benfica |
The Portuguese are favourites in this tie. |
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Group D |
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Real Madrid v Ajax
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This is a battle between two great historic teams. It should be an interesting event. |
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Lyon v Dinamo Zagreb |
In front of their home crowd, Lyon will aim to put the Croatians under. |
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Group E |
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Valencia v Chelsea
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This will be a tough match for Chelsea seeing that the English teams rarely do well in Spain. |
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Bayer Leverkusen v Genk |
German teams are solid on home turf. |
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Group F |
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Arsenal v Olympiacos |
The Gunners are always a tough team to play in England, but how well will they fair this year with this inexperienced team? The Greeks might prove to be a tough test. |
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Marseille v Borussia Dortmund
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This will be a very interesting encounter has both teams are of the same level of quality. Tough prediction here. |
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Group G |
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Zenit St. Petersburg v Porto
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Zenit could pull off an upset here in Russia. All in all, it should also be an even match-up. |
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Shaktar Donetsk v APOEL |
No comment. |
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Group H |
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Bate Borisov v Barcelona |
In exception of surprises, Barcelona will most likely win this match. |
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AC Milan v Plzen |
At home, AC Milan will be a force to be reckoned with. |
