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Group Round Qualified Teams:
As first:
Roma, Panatinaikos, Barça, Liverpool, ManU, Bayern, Oporto, Juventus
As second:
Chelsea, Inter, Sp. Lisbon, Atl. Madrid, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal, Real Madrid
Match Fixtures
Chelsea (ENG) - Juventus (ITA) 1-0 2-2
Villarreal (SPA) - Panathinaikos (GRE) 1-1 1-2
Sporting Portugal (POR) - Bayern Munich (GER) 0-5 1-7
Atlético de Madrid (SPA) Oporto (POR) 2-2 0-0
O. Lyon (FRA) Barcelona (SPA) 1-1 2-5
Real Madrid (SPA) - Liverpool (ENG) 0-1 0-4
Arsernal (ENG) Roma (ITA) 1-0 0-1 7-6(pk)
Inter (ITA) Manchester United (ENG) 0-0 0-2
Quarter Finals Fixtures
Manchester United(ENG) VS Oporto(POR)
2-2 1-0
VS
1-1 0-3
Villarreal(ESP) VS Arsenal(ENG)
Barcelona(ESP) VS Bayern Munich(GER)
4-0 1-1
VS
1-3 4-4
Liverpool(ENG) VS Chelsea(ENG)
SemiFinals Fixtures
Manchester United (ENG) VS Arsenal (ENG)
VS
Barcelona (ESP) VS Chelsea (ENG)
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to be honest... 1st and 2nd place finishers are very equal in strength. I mean, Chelsea, Inter and the 3 spanish team is very not cool to be playing against in first match of second round considering that you have won the group and suppose to get a easy match. Arsenal will probably will a pain as well if they get walcott back and Lyon is capable of an upset. No idea why Lyon never perform that well in CL.
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Lyon-Bayern was an awesome, intense match. Both teams with great offense, but super weak defense - hence 5 goals.
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On December 12 2008 01:45 white_box921 wrote:
to be honest... 1st and 2nd place finishers are very equal in strength. I mean, Chelsea, Inter and the 3 spanish team is very not cool to be playing against in first match of second round considering that you have won the group and suppose to get a easy match. Arsenal will probably will a pain as well if they get walcott back and Lyon is capable of an upset. No idea why Lyon never perform that well in CL.
not surprise they don't perform well in the CL, their league is extremely imbalanced, thers no competition whatsoever. the fact that they dominate their league doesn't make them a good team, imo they are overrated without taking away the quality of players they have currently.
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well, Lyon have been going through the group stage without much trouble in the last 4-5 years.... anyway, not like I know anything about the french league.
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Updated OP with fixtures.
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Last year, I was hoping United avoided Lyon. This year I was hoping they'd avoid Inter... -_-
Mourinho vs SAF... What's the record between them again? 
Chelsea (ENG) - Juventus (ITA)
Real Madrid (SPA) - Liverpool (ENG)
Inter (ITA) - Manchester United (ENG)
Can't wait to watch these.
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I'm liking these fixtures
The strong teams facing the strong teams, very interesting
My predictions for winners:
Chelsea
Villareal
Bayern
Atletico
Barcelona
Liverpool (as RM's badly injured)
Arsenal
Manchester
Pretty much the favourites to win then
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OMFG
Inter - Man u
Real - Liverpool
Chelsea - Juve
The sad thing is that all of the PL teams will win these games ^^
I think Inter will make for the biggest dissapointment. Juventus might have a chance vs Chelsea if Del Piero wakes up on the right side.
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Norway28636 Posts
Chelsea (ENG) - Juventus (ITA)
chelsea but thats an exciting game
Villarreal (SPA) - Panathinaikos (GRE)
villareal
Sporting Portugal (POR) - Bayern Munic (GER)
bayern
Atlético de Madrid (SPA) - Oporto (POR)
atletico de madrid
O. Lyon (FRA) - Barcelona (SPA)
barcelona
Real Madrid (SPA) - Liverpool (ENG)
closest one so far, going with liverpool because this season they actually look good and real does not look as good, and then liverpool always looks even stronger in CL
Arsernal (ENG) - Roma (ITA)
also close, I think arsenal is gonna be significantly weaker in CL this season than any other teams from PL, especially their tendency to concede goals on away field screws them over, the team that wins CL has the previous seasons been the team that concedes the least away goals.
Inter (ITA) - Manchester United (ENG)
monster matchup, united wins tho
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Chelsea
Villa
Bayern
Atletico
Barcelona
Liverpool
Roma
Man U
Those are my predictions.
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Inter Man.U will be sick
Predictions:
Chelsea (ENG) - Juventus (ITA)
Villarreal (SPA) - Panathinaikos (GRE)
Sporting Portugal (POR) - Bayern Munich (GER)
Atlético de Madrid (SPA) - Oporto (POR)
O. Lyon (FRA) - Barcelona (SPA)
Real Madrid (SPA) - Liverpool (ENG) If Torres recovers Liverpool, if not R.M
Arsernal (ENG) - Roma (ITA)
Inter (ITA) - Manchester United (ENG)
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Man, I wanted to see AC Milan in this so bad.
Juvie is cool too but... -_-;;
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
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On December 19 2008 20:33 smurfingchobo wrote:Last year, I was hoping United avoided Lyon. This year I was hoping they'd avoid Inter... -_- Mourinho vs SAF... What's the record between them again?
Mourinho 6, Fergie 1 . Draw 4
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England teams are overrated this year so far. United is the only strong team, and they got a strong opponent. I would cointoss all those games, along with the Lyon game. Athletico and Bayern are the only sure fire wins. Panathinkaikos can surprise Villareal imo. I actually think Inter has no shot beating United, and I hate United.. but I'm hoping by then Ronaldo's saga is so big that United cracks under pressure.
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Norway28636 Posts
barcelona can beat every english team and some other teams can beat arsenal, liverpool chelsea or united losing against anyone other than barcelona would be an upset.
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On December 20 2008 05:56 Liquid`Drone wrote:
barcelona can beat every english team and some other teams can beat arsenal, liverpool chelsea or united losing against anyone other than barcelona would be an upset.
Yup.
I really hope for Torres to be recovered by the time he plays vs Real Madrid  !
Also, gogo Blues! :D
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HUGE draw, ManU may have tough time against Inter imo, and Juve v Chelsea looks sick. Liverpool is on top in the EPL, so they'll probably take down RM and Arsenal v Roma is pretty even (specially since Arsenal have been looking horrible this season). And BARCA will kill Lyon.
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Agreed, Barcelona is one step ahead of every team in the world in this moment.
offtopic: anyone know where can i download FM2009? i had friends get viruses from downloading , so i would appreciate any links
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