2011/2012 UEFA Champions League

[MDK]

CSKA Moscow v Inter Milan

Bayern Munich v Man City

Lyon v Dinamo Zagreb

Man Utd v Basel

Napoli v Villarreal

Real Madrid v Ajax

Otelul Galati v Benfica

Trabzonspor v Lille

Just in case any of you forgot.

Also, anyone got any good tips? I fancy a punt but I am shite at betting, I was thinking of an accumulator.

[Baddar]

I'd go Lyon, Utd, Napoli, Real and Benfica, but I'm also shit at betting.

[Colly]

I've got one with Man U, Real, Benfica, Napoli, plus Rangers and a few Championship games, and another that sans Napoli plus Man City to draw. So don't bet on any of those.

[Matt]

The FL games are a lot more tempting betting wise, the only CL bets with anything resembling value for money is probably Benfica and Napoli. I guess Man Utd-1 at 4/7 isn't too bad.

[Lineker]

Ranieri has improved Inter soooooooooooo much already.

[Colly]

Nagatomo is ace, presumably why we managed to nick Santon.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

De Gea, Smalling (?), Ferdinand, Jones, Evra, Valencia, Carrick, Anderson, Giggs, Young and Welbeck

So, another lineup with just one man up top, though hopefully it doesn't leave us too short up there. No place for Berbatov or Owen to my surprise.

Edit: No Smalling, it's actually Rafael instead, my mistake. Pretty shocked he's back when people were saying he was out for another month or so, brilliant news.

Edited September 27, 2011 by JohnnyPerfect

[Colly]

Berbatov can't buy a game these days. Shame for him, but that Man Utd side is still very strong, maybe they could loan him out to his childhood favourites...

[Cheeky Hughes]

Manchester City team: Hart, Richards, Kompany, Kolo Toure, Clichy, Barry, Yaya Toure, Nasri, Silva, Dzeko, Aguero

Subs: Pantilimon, Zabaleta, Lescott, Kolarov, Milner, de Jong, Tevez

Bayern Munich team: Neuer, Lahm, Boateng, van Buyten, Rafinha, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Kroos, Muller, Gomez.

[Cheeky Hughes]

1-0 Bayern.

Gomez pokes from a couple of yards out after a Hart double save. Shame really, because City have seemed the most dangerous overall.

EDIT: 2-0, Gomez 2 yarder again. Hart saves a header from a dodgy free kick, and Gomez swoops. Hart then throws a temper tantrum, and rightly so.

Edited September 27, 2011 by Ryan Hughes

[Lineker]

lol Shitty.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

2-0.

Gotta feel a bit for Hart after some great saves during both goals, but that's the way it goes. Elsewhere, we're also up by the same score, though really have been sloppy at the back and even been carved open quite a few times.

[IAceI]

I like how the commentators are making sure we know it wasn't Hart's fault. It was all those pesky foreigners around him not doing their jobs!

[Cheeky Hughes]

It is really hard on Hart, seeing as he made initial saves, it was just those stupid defenders of ours not clearing up.

[Clawson]

I'd really love to point to the two uncalled penalties but what the fuck is our defense doing? Get Kolo the fuck out of there and let the back 4 that is actually used to playing together play.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Kolo really shouldn't be playing. Lescott is used to playing in that back four, so he should have been picked. Those two penalty shouts were always going to get turned down for an away team in a place like Munich, sadly.

[Clawson]

Honestly...I turned on the game late and thought I was seeing things when Kolo was out there. Terrible decision and its showing unfortunately.

[Summers]

Striker off. Anchor man on. Nice one Mancini. Hold onto that 2 - 0 loss! Barry has been shit.

[Clawson]

Seriously, did Mancini get absolutely hammered before this game?

[Liam]

Haha, 2 goals for Basel.