UEFA Champions League Thread [Archive]

[Dennisch]

Indeed. Totally unexpected. The Man City players must have enjoyed Amsterdam too much.

 

[Lucas]

Málaga winning, Ajax winning, Manchester City losing, Real Madrid losing. Everything is going better than expected.

 

[Pagey279]

Sooooo

Ajax 3 - 1 Man city
Arsenal 0 - 2 Schalke
Malaga 1 - 0 AC Milan
B.Dortmund 2 - 1 Real Madrid​

.......WOW!!!!!!!!

 

[Dennisch]

And it's over!!

Kudoos for Ajax. Incredible result. Incredible!

 

[Liquid]

Kun je het geloven?

What a great result for Ajax! Get. In. There.

Auf geht's Dortmund!

What an amazing group. Who'd have thought those two would be the ones getting the results?

 

[Phoenix]

Very good result for Ajax. Stunning!

Also Dortmund had a good win against Real Madrid. Exiting round.

 

[Dennisch]

If Ajax can keep this up, the rest of the matches will be very exciting to watch!

 

[Brend]

Feels good to say outside of United, Celtic had by far the most impressive result out of teams in the UK.

 

[Dennisch]

Huntelaar and Afellay for Schalke. 👍

 

[CAM]

I missed the games yesterday but I caught the end of the Barcelona game on Tuesday, since all the games are 5-7 hours ahead I can only see the last twenty minutes at best.

 

[hennessey86]

Sorry but as a united fan I have to say a big hahahahahaha to city, but on a serious. Note it will take city a few seasons to get used to champions league football. It is totally different than the premier league and it does take time to adjust.

 

[Blitz187]

I know I'm late, but uuhhhh.... AJAX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JODEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 020 for life!! There got that out.... Finally they manage to beat a big club in the CL. Surprising result to say the least.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

As a United fan i find their misfortune in this competition in the last 18 months absouletly bloody hilarious!!

Welcome to the big league boys!!!

 

[cuco33]

Porto, Barcelona and Manchester United are the only teams left out of the 32 teams in the CL with a perfect record, max points after just 3 games. Both Barcelona and Man United almost lost their 3rd games too!

Real Madrid lost and for some reason I expected a tie as a worst case scenario but being that the club last won on German soil in 2000... it's not a surprise.

Man City, wow... go Ajax! lol

Shame about Braga. Up 2-0 at Old Trafford just to lose it all and lose 3-2. Would have been amazing for them.

 

[Brend]

Porto, Barcelona and Manchester United are the only teams left out of the 32 teams in the CL with a perfect record, max points after just 3 games. Both Barcelona and Man United almost lost their 3rd games too!

Real Madrid lost and for some reason I expected a tie as a worst case scenario but being that the club last won on German soil in 2000... it's not a surprise.

Man City, wow... go Ajax! lol

Shame about Braga. Up 2-0 at Old Trafford just to lose it all and lose 3-2. Would have been amazing for them.

ummm, sorry to say BUT...

You forgot the most impressive team in the whole damn competition.

9 Points
7 Goals
0 Conceded

 

[cuco33]

Oh crap you're right! I forgot about Malaga!! So 4 of 32 teams then.

Malaga's in some good form right now. 3rd place in La Liga and perfect record in CL group stage. They need the money too.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

So the best club competition in the world is back tonight after a two week break!

Big games for the two english clubs, Arsenal away to Schalke...and a MASSIVE game for Man City at home to Ajax..if City lose they are out!

 

[Matty]

Well in that case cckkk'mon Ajacccccccccckkkkkkxxxxxx (Scouse accent)

 

[Touring Mars]

I had a funny Champions League related incident occur on Sunday evening...

I was watching the Liverpool game with a couple of mates, and during an ad break, Sky were advertising the Celtic v Barca game tomorrow night... they featured a clip of Neil Lennon celebrating wildly (presumably after Celtic scored in the previous game) and I thought to myself "How weird must he feel to see himself on the TV like that when he's in the pub watching the football?"... I turned around to say that to my mate and who was standing 5 feet away watching the TV but Neil Lennon... it's not that much of a coincidence, since he is usually in my local, but it was still quite bizarre timing!

 

[Brend]

I had a funny Champions League related incident occur on Sunday evening...

I was watching the Liverpool game with a couple of mates, and during an ad break, Sky were advertising the Celtic v Barca game tomorrow night... they featured a clip of Neil Lennon celebrating wildly (presumably after Celtic scored in the previous game) and I thought to myself "How weird must he feel to see himself on the TV like that when he's in the pub watching the football?"... I turned around to say that to my mate and who was standing 5 feet away watching the TV but Neil Lennon... it's not that much of a coincidence, since he is usually in my local, but it was still quite bizarre timing!

Wow. That is pretty strange!

Also, predictions for tonight:
BVB 3 - Real 2
City 1 - Ajax 1
Arsenal 0 - Schalke 3
AC 0 - Malaga 2

 

[Touring Mars]

PUN WATCH

Adrian Chiles has already dropped in two Ajax puns... firstly, he 'accidentally' called them 'A-jacks' before quickly correcting himself to 'Aye-ax'... and now he made a weird comment about Man City being 'abrasive' in attack... I am guessing there will be atleast one reference to 'scouring/scour' or 'shine', 'clean', 'polish' before the night is through...

 

[Ross]

Wow. That is pretty strange!

Also, predictions for tonight:
BVB 3 - Real 2
City 1 - Ajax 1
Arsenal 0 - Schalke 3
AC 0 - Malaga 2

Here are my predictions for those games and also the United game tomorrow:

BVB 2 - Real 1
City 0 - Ajax 2
Arsenal 2 - Schalke 2
AC 0 - Malaga 1
Braga 1 - United 2

 

[Brend]

Chiles bugs me.

and I will throw in a prediction for Celtic tomorrow then...

Celtic 0 Barca 0/1...can't decide

 

[Touring Mars]

City 1 - Ajax 1

City 0 - Ajax 2

Both predictions still good... 0-1 Ajax already

Celtic 0 Barca 0/1...can't decide

I think Barca will win easily, but I'm kinda hoping for a shock tomorrow night... perhaps Lennon will turn up in Tennents and buy everyone a pint 💡

edit:

City 1 - Ajax 1

Strike that

 

[Brend]

Oh wow. Thats me out.

I would love a shock Touring, I really would. Regardless, the experience will be un-matched. So glad I queued for 3 hours getting tickets in September. 👍

EDIT: My predictions were a joke of course. Arsenal 1 up

 

[Touring Mars]

Oh wow. Thats me out.

I would love a shock Touring, I really would. Regardless, the experience will be un-matched. So glad I queued for 3 hours getting tickets in September. 👍

EDIT: My predictions were a joke of course. Arsenal 1 up

Cool, you're going to the game? Nice one 👍

If Celtic win, take it easy on the beers afterwards, as I can see things getting quite Messi.

 

[Brend]

Cool, you're going to the game? Nice one 👍

If Celtic win, take it easy on the beers afterwards, as I can see things getting quite Messi.

Yup, managed to score tickets for all 3 games 2 months ago!

and I will do, But I won't be able to help myself singing a Song or two.

 

[Dennisch]

25 minutes to go, Ajax still leads 1-2..

Come on Ajax!!!!


Damn. 2-2. 15 to go.

 

[Brend]

Ajax just seemed to turn off...

 

[Dennisch]

They are indeed buckling under the pressure. Couple of minutes to go.

Pfeew, offside goal for City. But no one was offside. Still 2-2.

End of game. Balotelli demands a penalty. Doesn't get it. And City goes nuts. Good job Ajax. 👍