I'm bored so lets have a thread to discuss the live action from tonight's Champions League Matches. Apoel Nicosia v Zenit St P'sbg 19:45 Barcelona v AC Milan 19:45 Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal 19:45 Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen 19:45 FC Porto v Shakhtar Donetsk 19:45 Genk v Valencia 19:45 Olympiakos v Marseille 19:45 Plzen v BATE Borisov 19:45 Barcelona v AC Milan line-ups Barcelona: Valdes, Dani Alves, Mascherano, Busquets, Abidal, Keita, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Pedro, Villa. Subs: Pinto, Fabregas, Puyol, Thiago, Maxwell, Afellay, Adriano. AC Milan: Abbiati, Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta, Van Bommel, Nocerino, Seedorf, Boateng, Alexandre Pato, Cassano. Subs: Amelia, Aquilani, Ambrosini, Bonera, Emanuelson, Yepes, Antonini. Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal line-ups Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer, Bender, Kehl, Gotze, Kagawa, Grosskreutz, Lewandowski. Subs: Langerak, Da Silva, Zidan, Blaszczykowski, Gundogan, Felipe Santana, Perisic. Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Walcott, Benayoun, Gervinho, van Persie. Subs: Fabianski, Park, Andre Santos, Djourou, Arshavin, Frimpong, Chamakh. Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy) Chelsea v Bayer Leverkusen line-ups Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cole, Mikel, Sturridge, Malouda, Meireles, Mata, Torres. Subs: Hilario, Lampard, Ferreira, McEachran, Kalou, Alex, Anelka. Bayer Leverkusen: Leno, Castro, Reinartz, Toprak, Kadlec, Rolfes, Bender, Ballack, Sam, Kiessling, Schurrle. Subs: Yelldell, Schwaab, Friedrich, Renato Augusto, Balitsch, Derdiyok, Bellarabi. Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France) Latest scores: Apoel Nicosia 2-1 Zenit St P'sbg FT Barcelona 2-2 AC Milan FT Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal FT Chelsea 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen FT FC Porto 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk FT Genk 0-0 Valencia FT Olympiakos 0-1 Marseille FT Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov FT GOALFLASH! 1952: Barcelona 0 AC Milan 1: Pato (1) Pato puts AC Milan ahead with a brilliant goal inside 30 seconds against Barcelona at the Nou Camp. The Brazilian dances through the Barca defence before slotting the ball beyond Victor Valdes with his right foot from 14 yards. GOALFLASH! FC Porto 0-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: Adriano (1) SUPER FACT! Alexandre Pato's goal is the fifth fastest in the Champions League era (24 seconds). GOALFLASH! FC Porto 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk : Hulk (28) GOALFLASH! Barcelona 1-1 AC Milan : Pedro (36) GOALFLASH! Borussia Dortmund 0 Arsenal 1: Van Persie (42) Robin van Persie intercepts a Sebastian Kehl pass, plays a one-two with Theo Walcott and powers home a convincing finish. GOALFLASH! Plzen 1-0 BATE Borisov : Bakos (45+1) GOALFLASH! Barcelona 2-1 AC Milan : Villa (50) GOALFLASH! Olympiakos 0-1 Marseille : Gonzalez (51) GOALFLASH! FC Porto 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk : Kleber (51) GOALFLASH! Apoel Nicosia 0-1 Zenit St Petersburg : Zyryanov (63) GOALFLASH! Chelsea 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen: Luiz (67) GOALFLASH! Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov : Bressan (69) GOALFLASH! Apoel Nicosia 1-1 Zenit St Petersburg : Manduca (73) GOALFLASH! Apoel Nicosia 2-1 Zenit St Petersburg : Almeida (75) GOALFLASH! Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal : Perisic (88) GOALFLASH! Chelsea 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen : Mata (90+3) GOALFLASH! Barcelona 2-2 AC Milan : Thiago Silva (90+2)
I'd love Barcelona to get beaten early on in the tournament to dispel the myth that they can't be beaten. I fancy City to be the dark horses of the competition this season. They've got some quality players, but it'd be interesting to see how they go about things in terms of who they're going to play. Porto may end up surprising everyone as well, as they've got a quality centre forward pairing. Impossible to guess who'll reach the final but I reckon in the semi finals we'll see.. Man United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City.
Dortmund look quality....The asian kid is running the game so far!!! Also how bad does koscielny look.
Milan have done to Barcelona in the first 30 seconds what they failed to do to Spurs over 2 legs. Score a goal. Complacency?
Arsenal have been riding their luck against Udinese x2, Swansea and now Dortmund. The only match where they didn't get any luck, was the one in which they got deservedly beat by 6 goals. I reckon they are nailed on to finish outside the top 4.
