Woo Hoo! I love the Uefa Champions League. Don't you?
I havent missed a final since Real Madrid beating Valencia 3-0, my most memorable match day 1 was after 911 of 2001 when Real Madrid faced Roma, favourite game goes to that 3-3 Liverpool and Milan draw, which was eventually won by Liverpool, I still remember the magic!
And its all starting again... in a few hours.
| Tuesday, September 18, 2007 | |||||
| TIME | HOME | AWAY | STAGE | VENUE | |
| 19:45 UK | FC Porto | v | Liverpool | First Phase Group A | Estadio do Dragao |
| 19:45 UK | Marseille | v | Besiktas | First Phase Group A | Stade VĂ©lodrome |
| 19:45 UK | Chelsea | v | Rosenborg | First Phase Group B | Stamford Bridge |
| 19:45 UK | Schalke 04 | v | Valencia | First Phase Group B | Veltins-Arena |
| 19:45 UK | Olympiakos | v | Lazio | First Phase Group C | Karaiskaki Stadium |
| 19:45 UK | Real Madrid | v | Werder Bremen | First Phase Group C | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu |
| 19:45 UK | AC Milan | v | Benfica | First Phase Group D | Stadio Giuseppe Meazza |
| 19:45 UK | Shakhtar Donetsk | v | Celtic | First Phase Group D | Shakhtyor |
| Wednesday, September 19, 2007 | |||||
| TIME | HOME | AWAY | STAGE | VENUE | |
| 19:45 UK | Barcelona | v | Lyon | First Phase Group E | Estadio Camp Nou |
| 19:45 UK | Rangers | v | VfB Stuttgart | First Phase Group E | Ibrox Stadium |
| 19:45 UK | Roma | v | Dynamo Kiev | First Phase Group F | Stadio Olimpico |
| 19:45 UK | Sporting Lisbon | v | Man Utd | First Phase Group F | Jose Alvalade |
| 19:45 UK | Fenerbahce | v | Inter Milan | First Phase Group G | Sukru Saracoglu |
| 19:45 UK | PSV Eindhoven | v | CSKA Moscow | First Phase Group G | Philips Stadion |
| 19:45 UK | Arsenal | v | FC Sevilla | First Phase Group H | Emirates Stadium |
| 19:45 UK | Slavia Prague | v | Steaua Bucuresti | First Phase Group H | Evzena Rosickeho Stadium |
One to watch would be Porto vs Liverpool. Liverpool's going to play Fernando Torres no doubt, and it would be his European debut. Lets not forget this is a Liverpool away game, and Porto has Quaresma up their sleeves. No one is hoping for a straight win, any amount of points taken from this fixture would be good for pool.
Real Madrid vs Werder Bremen. Its all about Madrid's fantastic start in the La Liga, and Bremen's have good Group stage rounds before.
AC Milan vs Benfica. Defending Champions will start their title defence against a tricky Benfica. As tricky as they are, lets not forget that Milan has a very strong but aging team that can wipe out Benfica in 30 minutes.
Sporting Lisbon vs Man Utd. What does Nani, Cristiano Ronaldo and Chewbacca has in common?
Barcelona vs Lyon. Barcelona has a shaky start and everyone is busy looking for Henry goal clips in a Barcelona jersey, and I think they can't find any.
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