UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage (FINALS)

[broXcore]

  <--- me waiting for the spurs-young boys match on wed

[mcmwcat]

yeseterday's Sampadoria / Werder Bremen 2nd leg match was incredible.  Samp goes up 4-3 on aggregate in the 85th minute from a sweet little touch by Cassano.  Bremen comes back 3 minutes into stoppage time and ties it up sending into extra time.  another golazo from Bremen in the first half of stoppage time gives them the final advantage of 5-4 on the aggregate.  was hoping for the Italian side to go through but not too disappointed to be able to watch more of this German side in the group stages.  Pizzaro will be fun to watch for them.

Anderlecht losing on penalty kicks was hilarious.  they would have won if it was an extra point contest

come on Young Boys of Bern!

[broXcore]

come on Young Boys of Bern!

 

[mcmwcat]

finally down to 32 teams.  the draw is tomorrow.  here are the pods: http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1518328.html#lineup+complete+group+stage+draw

potential group of death:  Inter, Madrid, Tottenham and Twente :gasp:

[AbeFroman]

Draw starting in 2 mins. Probably a bunch of UEFA selflove-fest crap for the first 15 mins though.

http://atdhe.net/23113/watch-champions-league-draw

[broXcore]

Group A: Inter, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente
Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Group C: Man Utd, Valencia, Rangers, Bursaspor
Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin
Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, Basel, CFR Cluj
Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zilina
Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre
Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar, SC Braga, Partizan

fuuuuuuu

group a is going to suck for us

[AbeFroman]

United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
 

[mcmwcat]

United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
 

Valencia is in big financial trouble.  wouldn't be surprised at all to see Rangers go thru.

[yoga-like_abana]

United playing Valencia the summer after they sold Villa and Silva?
 

Valencia is in big financial trouble.  wouldn't be surprised at all to see Rangers go thru.

me neither, the rangers look to be a tough futbol squad this season

[mcmwcat]

Group A: Inter, Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur, Twente

fuuuuuuu

group a is going to suck for us

the only way it could have been tougher is w/ Madrid in place of Bremen.  

[AbeFroman]

Today, Bayern vs Roma


 

[mcmwcat]

meuller 

[mcmwcat]

AC Milan vs Madrid on Tuesday   

just like last year these 2 European club giants were drawn together in the group stage.  and again the draw resulted in them facing off on match-days 3 (in Madrid) & 4 (in Milan).  on match-day 3 of last year Milan @ Madrid won 3-2.   both clubs eventually advanced out of the group stage.

lot of hype for this game. but I see this game as kind of a bore.  Mourinho managed sides always seems to take a bit or air out of the ball and slow things down.  but star power alone makes it watchable: Pato, Robinho, Ronaldinho, & Ibrahimovic in the Milan attack vs Ronaldo, Ozil, & Higuain in the Madrid attack.

[broXcore]

cant wait to see what ozil does tomorrow

inter-spurs on wednesday 

hopefully van der vaart can continue on his ridiculous form

[broXcore]

started off 

ended up

http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36810/inter-milan-vs-tottenham-hotspur-highlights-goals-4-3.html
 

[mcmwcat]

started off 

ended up

http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36810/inter-milan-vs-tottenham-hotspur-highlights-goals-4-3.html
 

 

[theswo]

Spurs! 3 1 over inter

[broXcore]

Spurs! 3 1 over inter

bale is playing as good as anyone in the world right now not named eto'o

his move to get past maicon one that last goal? 

http://www.thefootballtube.com/videos/36862/tottenham-hotspur-vs-inter-milan-highlights-und-goals-3-1.html

[travis_canbys_empty_hair_]

Spurs hangover, bolton 4 spurs 2   

[broXcore]

spurs decimate bremen 3-0 to advance to the round of 16

group A winner depends on spurs v twente and inter v bremen next week

[mcmwcat]

spurfan, get ready to go crazy. 

what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest.  lucky 

[broXcore]

spurfan, get ready to go crazy. 

what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest.  lucky 

i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened

bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter

[mcmwcat]

spurfan, get ready to go crazy. 

what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest.  lucky 

i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened

bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter

inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm.  none of the players want to play for him.  they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial

[broXcore]

spurfan, get ready to go crazy. 

what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest.  lucky 

i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened

bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter

inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm.  none of the players want to play for him.  they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial

agreed, a lot of people seem to think that rafa wont even be there for the knockout round, so i am interested to see if anything happens

[mcmwcat]

spurfan, get ready to go crazy. 

what looked a tough group at the beginning of the competition turns out to be one of the easiest.  lucky 

i was pretty happy with the draw because i thought we could definitely finish second, but i couldnt have predicted what happened

bremen without ozil is not intimidating, and twente just hasnt played well, same with inter

inter isn't the same w/o Rafa at the helm.  none of the players want to play for him.  they were spoiled getting to play for el uno especial

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