First Leg: Marseille 0-2 Bayern The story so far - Bayern have virtually guaranteed passage into the Champions League semi-finals, after managing two away-goals in the first leg. Barring an absolute disaster, the German side will progress. Team news - Bayern are unlikely to make any changes from the XI that beat Marseille in the first leg. Marseille’s Alou Diarra misses out [...]
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich virtually confirmed their places in the semi-finals of the Champions League as they won by three and two goals respectively away from home. Chelsea produced a superb away performance at Benfica to come away with a 1-0 win, whilst giants AC Milan and Barcelona played out an entertaining 0-0 draw in Italy to set up [...]
Chelsea’s reward for their enthralling second-leg comeback over SSC Napoli is a last eight encounter with Portuguese side SL Benfica, as the UEFA draw for the next two rounds was made today in Switzerland. AC Milan have been drawn against holders FC Barcelona in the tie of the round, with Marseille up against FC Bayern Munich and shock troopers APOEL [...]
Inter Milan gave a valiant effort, but couldn’t conjure up any more magic as Marseille’s away goal was enough to see Didier Deschamps side advance to the quarter finals. Inter, like their other Italian counterparts in the Champions League, didn’t take advantage of their early chances. While Yuto Nagatomo impressed at left back along with Wesley Sneijder and Diego Milito [...]
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 [...]
Inter Milan will arrive to the San Siro for their Champions League encounter against Marseille on a high after recording a dramatic win at Chievo on Friday night. Inter are missing crucial players The Nerazzurri will be without Cristian Chivu due to suspension while Ricardo Alvarez and Andrea Ranocchia are injured. Expect Yuto Nagatomo to get the nod at left [...]
A second half stoppage time header by Andre Ayew was enough to secure Marseille a 1-0 win at home over Inter Milan. After a dull first half in which both sides seemed tentative in the attack, the game picked up slightly with Marseille creating more in the final third and getting more of the chances in the second half. Inter [...]
Inter Milan will look to improve on their successful Champions League campaign by gaining an advantage at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome on Wednesday. Despite a less than stellar Serie A season for the Nerazzurri, they enjoyed an emphatic group stage winning phase and are looking to build on that accomplishment. Inter will most likely line up in a 4-4-1-1, but will [...]
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.
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