Quite a cheapshot, adding that "P" is not a saving grace either.
Beating on a country facing so many problems, while based on propaganda from your media(and/or pure racist hate from you) is not something that shows a good person. Anyway, reported.

greggy

United Kingdom1483 Posts

August 31 2012 00:17 GMT

#106

On August 31 2012 09:03 Steveling wrote:

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you sound mad

p.s. I hear the world is out to get you, better take cover

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

August 31 2012 04:52 GMT

#107

On August 31 2012 06:45 Steveling wrote:

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We played last year and 2 years before that. How can you not remember, lol.
Anyway, Olympiacos is ridiculously strong in the offense surprisingly, but our defense sucks. Like barca one could say.
I'd say we can place anywhere between 1-3 spots. + Show Spoiler +

(some shady shenanigans happened last year btw, in the last group game we needed to beat arsenal in our home and marseille to not win in germany, we won 3-1, dortmund was up 2-1 and in the last 7mins conceided twice, word has it, it happened for political reasons, dortmund's coach smiling like a newborn when the final whistle blew strengthened that view)

I agree Ολυμπιακός deserved to go through last year, but a simple breakdown of Dortmund after they realized it's over is way more likely. (Still, Bayern fans would argue Dortmund played for the 4th place to stay out of EL and to concentrate on winning the national championship ^_^).

No way there were any political reasons, that's paranoia. Klopp is able to smile like a madman in pretty much any situation btw.

sharkie

Austria18413 Posts

August 31 2012 07:58 GMT

#108

On August 31 2012 06:32 M2 wrote:
I have a question, while watching the draw the last two teams left were Cluj and Dortmund and they said Cluj can only go to United/Braga group while Dortmund can go only to group D, can someone explain that (there were no german or romanian clubs in both groups so ?)

Because German TV asked to avoid Dortmund and Bayern playing on the same day.

739

Bearded Elder29903 Posts

August 31 2012 08:36 GMT

#109

Group D makes me so happy. Anyway I predict Real not getting out of the group. Dortmund + ManCity ftw

DaMuffinman

Germany1705 Posts

August 31 2012 09:07 GMT

#110

Ibrahim Afellay is going to Schalke04 for 1 year on loan, this has just been confirmed by Schalke on their homepage.

Edit: Fuck me wrong thread, sorry :D

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

August 31 2012 09:08 GMT

#111

On August 31 2012 16:58 sharkie wrote:

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Because German TV asked to avoid Dortmund and Bayern playing on the same day.

The same is true for every nation with >=2 teams in the CL.

Mandalor

Germany2362 Posts

August 31 2012 09:20 GMT

#112

I'm soo looking forward to group D. Not a dortmund fan here, but that team is reaaaaally good. Anyone counting them out because of their weak showing in CL last season is ignorant.
Dortmund has beaten Bayern time and time again in the last two years and shown some crazy good football. Not saying they're the favorites, but definitely a contender.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

August 31 2012 09:21 GMT

#113

Holy crap that took longer than expected.

All Fixtures uploaded into OP.

Got some exciting Matchday 1s :D

Real Madrid vs Man City
Chelsea vs Juventus
Bayern vs Valencia

Usual OP updates will be every Thursday morning after the full matchdays are done, will add in Scorers and updated Group Tables

hns

Germany609 Posts

August 31 2012 11:03 GMT

#114

Got myself a SKY package with CL this year. Damn I'm excited.

Malaz

Germany1257 Posts

August 31 2012 11:07 GMT

#115

On August 31 2012 18:08 Maenander wrote:

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The same is true for every nation with >=2 teams in the CL.

I just wanted to add that it was already clear that Dortmund would end up in group D after BATE Borisov was drawn into group F. At that point only Malaga, Cluji and Dortmund were left and only group C (Milan, Zenith, Anderlecht), group D (Real, Ajax, Man City) and group H (Braga, ManU, Galatasary) had an open spot left.
Malaga couldn't go into group D because of Real and couldn't go into group H because Barca and Valencia were already in a group that plays on that day (groups A-D play on one day, group E-H on the other) and they split teams from countries with 4 participants (only England and Spain) so that they have 2 teams playing on each day.
As you already stated Dortmund couldn't go into group H so Cluji ended up in that group and Dortmund joined the group of death.

On August 31 2012 18:20 Mandalor wrote:
I'm soo looking forward to group D. Not a dortmund fan here, but that team is reaaaaally good. Anyone counting them out because of their weak showing in CL last season is ignorant.
Dortmund has beaten Bayern time and time again in the last two years and shown some crazy good football. Not saying they're the favorites, but definitely a contender.

Group D will be great, I agree with that. Dortmund played phenomenal in the Bundesliga for the last two years, but they sucked in the EL and in the CL. If you watched the games, they played just bad in some of them but more often they played quite good, but not very clever and lost to teams they should have beaten. So it will be interesting to see if they finally manage to perform on the international level as they perform in the Bundesliga. They gained a lot of experience in those two years so hopefully they can make it happen.
I think playing in this tough group can be a good thing for them, because the pressure isn't as high. No one will blame them if they put up a good fight and don't make it out of this group. Real should make it out no matter what, they are just too good but I think they can beat Man City and get the second spot. Man City was also not very convincing last year in the CL/EL so they are quite in the same boat. I don't see Ajax finishing Top2 in this group, but maybe they upset Dortmund or Man City and snatch #3 and the EL qualification.

AgentChaos

United Kingdom4569 Posts

August 31 2012 17:37 GMT

#116

So pumps for the super cup today, Chelsea to win it

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

September 17 2012 08:41 GMT

#117

Fixtures - Matchday 1

Tuesday
Matchday 1 - 18th September 18:45 GMT (+00:00)

Dinamo Zagreb vs FC porto

PSG vs Dynamo Kiev

Montpellier vs Arsenal

Olympiacos vs Schalke 04

Málaga vs Zenit StPetesburg

Milan vs Anderlecht

Dortmund vs Ajax

Real Madrid vs Man City

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51489 Posts

September 17 2012 17:59 GMT

#118

NEWS!!

Szczesny To Miss Euro Clash
Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny has been ruled out of Arsenal's Champions League trip to French side Montpellier with an ankle injury.
Source

Jose predicts City success
Jose Mourinho believes Manchester City are on course to win the UEFA Champions League if they continue developing at their current rate.
Source

Aguero to make Madrid trip
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini believes Sergio Aguero has a chance of being fit to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League.
Source

Ayush_SCtoss

India3050 Posts

September 18 2012 00:13 GMT

#119

gogo Dinamo Zagreb! Gonna be a tough game for them.

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

September 18 2012 09:11 GMT

#120

Let's see if Dortmund can finally deliver on the European stage.

Real vs ManCity will be very interesting, I have no idea which of the two teams is better right now.