2012/13 UEFA Champions League thread

[Khain]

He is a great player, today he wasn't so on fire like last two matches but he has so much talent, is amazing.

[Starvinho]

lol City.

That is all.

[Matt]

lol City.

That is all.

Man Utd 1 - 2 Ajax

And they did get drawn the group of death.

[MJB]

I find it amusing that the link on the right of that story say "Blame me for loss - Ferguson" and that's exactly what Mancini said after last night's game.

[Cheeky Hughes]

Yeah, the "lol, City" talk is a bit rich coming from a fan of the team that got stuffed by them at home last season.

In other news: lol, City.

[IAceI]

Haha, love this picture from Dinamo Zagreb v PSG last night.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Yeah, the "lol, City" talk is a bit rich coming from a fan of the team that got stuffed by them at home last season.

In other news: lol, City.

Oh, you mean that game where they narrowly defeated us 2-1?

Yeah, we sure got stuffed

Anyway, I'll still be surprised if Mancini is still manager come next season, unless he manages to pull it off and take them a decent way in this, which is looking unlikely at the moment.

[Starvinho]

lol City.

That is all.

Man Utd 1 - 2 Ajax

And they did get drawn the group of death.

That was in the Europa League though, you can't compare the two. Thursday nights are tough!

Also, even though we narrowly lost that game, we comfortably beat Ajax in the away leg in what was probably our best performance in Europe last season. But of course, people only remember when United lose...

[Matt]

lol City.

That is all.

Man Utd 1 - 2 Ajax

And they did get drawn the group of death.

That was in the Europa League though, you can't compare the two. Thursday nights are tough!

Also, even though we narrowly lost that game, we comfortably beat Ajax in the away leg in what was probably our best performance in Europe last season. But of course, people only remember when United lose...

What's to say City won't beat Ajax comfortably in the return match? And I seem to remember Ajax being comfortably the better side that night even if the scoreline doesn't necessarily reflect that. I'm going to assume your comment about not being able to compare the two is tongue in cheek.

[Colly]

Am I reading a BBC blog comments section here? Feels like it.

[IAceI]

Too much punctuation.

[Crybaby Bunting]

lol city ate dicks good and proper last nyt

more like wankchini lol

[EddieG]

tu nytz ago init

[Lineker]

Uefa announce Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium will host this season's women's Champions League final.

The 41,000-capacity venue will stage the match on May 23, two days before the men's Champions League final at Wembley Stadium.

Also, I really, really hope that Celtic can get something off of Barca tonight.

[Lineker]

Theo Walcott, Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud all start for Arsenal in against Schalke. Laurent Koscielny comes in for Andre Santos in defence, with Thomas Vermaelen switching to left-back.

Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero start up front for Manchester City. Pablo Zabaleta returns from injury to start in defence. Javi Garcia is in midfield.

[Lineker]

Schalke 04: Unnerstall, Uchida, Howedes, Matip, Fuchs, Jones, Neustadter, Farfan, Holtby, Afellay, Huntelaar.

Subs: Hildebrand, Marica, Hoger, Papadopoulos, Moritz, Draxler, Kolasinac.

Arsenal: Mannone, Sagna, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Arteta, Wilshere, Walcott, Cazorla, Podolski, Giroud.

Subs: Shea, Andre Santos, Djourou, Coquelin, Arshavin, Jenkinson, Chamakh.

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

[Lineker]

Man City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Javi Garcia, Barry, Nasri, Toure, Aguero, Tevez.

Subs: Pantilimon, Maicon, Dzeko, Sinclair, Kolarov, Balotelli, Meppen-Walter.

Ajax: Vermeer, van Rhijn, Alderweireld, Moisander, Blind, de Jong, Poulsen, Schone, Boerrigter, Eriksen, Babel.

Subs: Cillessen, Enoh, Sana, Veltman, Denswil, Dijks, Fischer.

Referee: Peter Rasmussen (Denmark)

[Dynamite]

For betting purposes, how are City expected to line up? Aguero and Tevez in a two upfront with a narrow midfield behind them? Or does one of them shift a bit to the wing with Nasri on the other side?

[Starvinho]

1-0 Ajax, too easy from a corner.

[IAceI]

I was just watching ESPN earlier and they had Ajax v Vitesse on and Ajax were awful and lost 2-0. Still managing to beat City again though. Eredivise, best league in Europe?