Bayern 7-0 Basel After their 1-0 win at home to Bayern Munich, you would have been forgiven for affording the Swiss side a glimmer of hope in the second leg. Scoring seven goals in their second successive match, Bayern were on top-form with no-one more so than four-goal star, Mario Gomez. All doubts surrounding Bayern’s credentials in the Champions League [...]
FC Bayern Munich play host to FC Basel tomorrow night at the Allianz Arena, as the German Bundesliga side look to avenge the 1-0 defeat suffered in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 tie. Those of a Basel persuasion will still be on a high after defeating the Bavarian giants but will know that this second leg is [...]
When Pablo Aimar equalised for SL Benfica in the true footballing arena that is Old Trafford on Matchday 5 of the Champions League, most watching the game including the Manchester United supporters believed their team would come back at the Portuguese again and get a vital winner that would seal last 16 qualification. The goal never came and it was [...]
At the expense of Basel, Man Utd could be back in the Champions League to face Bayern Munich, if problems surrounding the punishment of Swiss side FC Sion are not resolved. It may be difficult to see how Sion’s troubles are related to Basel and Man Utd, but the whole complicated situation has now dragged Basel into the equation, with [...]
Lyon-APOEL Napoli-Chelsea Milan-Arsenal Basel-Munich Leverkusen-Barcelona CSKA-Madrid Zenit-Benfica Marseille-Inter
As the dust settles, this will surely be remembered as one of the greatest conclusions to a Champions League Group stage of all time.
Here are the clubs that will be in the round of 16 draw on Friday December 16th. First Placed sides: Bayern, Inter, Benfica, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, APOEL and Barcelona. Second Placed sides: Napoli, CSKA Moscow, Basel, Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille, Zenit and AC Milan. a) Clubs from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. b) The [...]
Part two of Nick Govier’s StatsZone analysis of Wednesday’s final Champions League Group Stage matches. Group A Manchester City v Bayern Villarreal v Napoli Napoli are a point ahead of Manchester City and have a superior head-to-head record, meaning that Manchester City need to beat group winners Bayern and hope that Villarreal register their first Champions League point of [...]
One matchweek left, with plenty left to play for. We analyze what clubs have to do to progress to the knockout stages and the fight for Europa League football. Group A Arguably the group of death pitted Bayern Munich, Manchester City, Napoli and Villarreal together. Bayern, unsurprisingly, secured their knockout-stage berth while Napoli and Man City are fighting for [...]
Group A Bayern have almost certainly secured their place in the knockout stages, do Manchester City have what it takes to beat Napoli into second place? Manchester City have a big test of their credentials, so far this season they’ve have surprised many, not so much with their ability, but their mentality. This is a team that is learning to [...]
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