2011/2012 UEFA Champions League

[Starvinho]

What was the red card for, was it straight red?

[Lineker]

Off the ball incident from what I heard.

[Baddar]

Apparently, he threw the ball at an opposing player.

[Lineker]

In possibly his last act as a Rangers player, Madjid Bougherra gets sent off, Rangers down to 9 men.

[Lineker]

...and it's now 10 vs. 9 - Brazilian Ricardinho sent off for Malmo for a second bookable offence.

Jelavic just missed a sitter.

[Lineker]

Europa League for Rangers, barring a miracle. Hamad slams it past McGregor. 1-1 on the night, 2-1 to Malmo on aggregate.

[Starvinho]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 HJK Helsinki (agg 3-1)

FC Vaslui 0-0 FC Twente (agg 0-2)

FC Zurich 1-0 Standard Liege (agg 2-1)

Malmo 1-1 Rangers (agg 2-1) | Report

NK Maribor 1-1 Maccabi Haifa (agg 2-3)

Partizan Belgrade 1-1 Genk (agg 2-3)

Plzen 3-2 Rosenborg (agg 4-2)

Rubin Kazan 2-1 Dynamo Kiev (agg 4-1)

SK Sturm Graz 1-0 FC Zestafoni (agg 2-1)

Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Apoel Nicosia (agg 0-2)

Trabzonspor 1-1 Benfica (agg 1-3)

Wisla Krakow 3-1 Litex Lovech (agg 5-2)

[Lineker]

Draw is just starting on Eurosport. I'll edit it into this post.

Champions Route

Wisla Krakow (POL) vs. APOEL FC (CYP)

Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) vs. KRC Genk (BEL)

NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Malmö FF (SWE)

FC København (DEN) vs. FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE)

FK Bate Borisov (BLR) vs. SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

League Route

Odense BK (DEN) vs. Villareal C.F. (ESP)

FC Twente 04 (NED) vs. S.L. Benfica (POR)

Arsenal FC (ENG) vs. Udinese Calcio (ITA)

FC Bayern Munich (GER) vs. FC Zürich (SUI)

Lyon (FRA) vs. Rubin Kazan (RUS)

Ties to be plays on 16th/17th and 23th/24th August.

[IAceI]

Udinese, that couldn't have gotten really any more difficult for Arsenal. At least Udinese don't come armed with Alexis Sanchez anymore, and they should be more than capable of winning the match - but still, bet they would have preferred an easier match.

[JamJamMan123]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 HJK Helsinki (agg 3-1)

FC Vaslui 0-0 FC Twente (agg 0-2)

FC Zurich 1-0 Standard Liege (agg 2-1)

Malmo 1-1 Rangers (agg 2-1) | Report

NK Maribor 1-1 Maccabi Haifa (agg 2-3)

Partizan Belgrade 1-1 Genk (agg 2-3)

Plzen 3-2 Rosenborg (agg 4-2)

Rubin Kazan 2-1 Dynamo Kiev (agg 4-1)

SK Sturm Graz 1-0 FC Zestafoni (agg 2-1)

Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Apoel Nicosia (agg 0-2)

Trabzonspor 1-1 Benfica (agg 1-3)

Wisla Krakow 3-1 Litex Lovech (agg 5-2)

what the hell happened to Dynamo Kiev lately? they use to be such a dominant force and for the past 2-3 years they've been a bit of a laughing stock, does anyone know if Shevchenko is still there?

[Gorka]

To be fair to Rubin Kazan, I think they beat Barcelona once or twice, a few years back.

[IAceI]

Yeah they did, the last team to win at the Nou Camp against Barcelona in Europe I believe.

Schevchenko is at Kiev still, yeah, we was on the bench for the first leg where they lost 2-0.

Kazan are awesome though, tactical masters. No one would like watching them play aesthetically but from a tactical perspective they're brilliant defensively.

[Hobo]

Uefa Champions League Qualifying

Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 HJK Helsinki (agg 3-1)

FC Vaslui 0-0 FC Twente (agg 0-2)

FC Zurich 1-0 Standard Liege (agg 2-1)

Malmo 1-1 Rangers (agg 2-1) | Report

NK Maribor 1-1 Maccabi Haifa (agg 2-3)

Partizan Belgrade 1-1 Genk (agg 2-3)

Plzen 3-2 Rosenborg (agg 4-2)

Rubin Kazan 2-1 Dynamo Kiev (agg 4-1)

SK Sturm Graz 1-0 FC Zestafoni (agg 2-1)

Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Apoel Nicosia (agg 0-2)

Trabzonspor 1-1 Benfica (agg 1-3)

Wisla Krakow 3-1 Litex Lovech (agg 5-2)

what the hell happened to Dynamo Kiev lately? they use to be such a dominant force and for the past 2-3 years they've been a bit of a laughing stock, does anyone know if Shevchenko is still there?

2-3 years ago? Try about 12 years ago at this point.

[therockbox]

Arsenal's first 5 games:

Newcastle - Away

Udinese - Home

Liverpool - Home

Udinese - Away

Man Utd - Away

All in the space of 15 days. Massive couple of weeks for them so early on.

[Colossus]

Could be a lot worse for Benfica. The teams to avoid were Udinese and Rubin, so that went as planned

[Baddar]

The fact Arsenal go to Italy in the 2nd leg makes things much tougher. A brutal start to the season as well.

[DavidMarrio]

Udiense will be a tough game for Arsenal....lucky for them though what with Sanchez and Inler both having left who knows it may help Arsenal quite abit.

Still those first 5 games are rather brutal on Arsenal gonna be tough for them.

[JamJamMan123]

Luckily Arsenal usually start strong to a season though, hopefully if their squad is still strong and going they should be okay. May not get all the results they want but if they start this season like they have the past 2-4 then they shouldn't be losing any, a draw at the least at United. Udinese is a tough task but as some have said; without Inler and Sanchez it will be hard for Udinese this season.

[Lineker]

No Wenger, Fabregas, Nasri, van Persie....

Come on Udinese!

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Stuck a cheeky fiver on a draw and might have a couple of quid on a scoreline. As mentioned, Arsenal are missing a few players. Plus, Udinese play some lovely football and even with the player loses they've had during the window, I think they can get something out of this game if they're on form.