UEFA Champions League knockout stage action returns this midweek as surprise package APOEL Nicosia host Olympique Lyonnais at the GSP Stadium on Wednesday night. The French side take a slender lead to the away leg after the first leg tie at the Stade Gerland ended 1-0. APOEL NICOSIA After a historic group stage qualification to the knockout stages, APOEL Nicosia [...]
Barcelona responded very well to criticism of their La Liga form with a fluid passing display vs Leverkusen. Sanchez with two goals and a fantastic performance from World Player of the Year, Lionel Messi. Leverkusen 1-3 Barcelona APOEL struggled to make an impact in their match vs Lyon. The French side with a narrow 1-0 win despite obvious dominance. [...]
The fairy-tale continues, with Cyprus giants APOEL Nicosia well and truly amongst Europe’s best. A never-say-die attitude allowed them a smooth passage into the knock-out stages despite averaging a paltry 39% of possession over the six matches. APOEL became first and only Cypriot club to reach the Champions League knockout stages. It seems rather difficult to predict that Lyon, a side [...]
Here are the Champions League Round of 16 Fixtures
Andrew Gibney discusses the Champions League draw for the Ligue 1 sides. Lyon were drawn with APOEL and Marseille were handed Inter Milan.
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 [...]
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