2012/13 UEFA Champions League thread

[GoN_]

[Rafael]

Quite the super-sub you got there.

[Lineker]

#cfc confirmed: Cech; Ivanovic, Cahill, David Luiz, Cole; Romeu, Ramires; Moses, Mata, Hazard; Torres.

Ashley Cole does make that 100th Champions League appearance for Chelsea, while Oriol Romeu starts in midfield. Fernando Torres is up front.

Manchester United make 10 changes from the side which beat Reading at the weekend. Wayne Rooney is the only survivor.

Celtic, who made nine changes for Saturday's Scottish Cup draw with Arbroath, are along more usual lines against Spartak Moscow. Mikael Lustig, Efe Ambrose and Scott Brown remain in the starting XI, with Georgios Samaras partnering Gary Hooper up front.

[Lineker]

Man Utd team v Cluj: De Gea, Jones, Smalling, Wootton, Buttner, Cleverley, Powell, Giggs, Rooney, Welbeck, Hernandez.

[MJB]

Yay, I love Giggs in midfield

[GoN_]

Quite the super-sub you got there.

Yes, Cardozo in the bench is really amazing.

[Matt]

Cole's 100 appearances includes Arsenal, I assume?

[Dynamite]

Yay, I love Giggs in midfield

If it means he won't start against City then I'm all for it. Hopefully Cleverley does great today and plays himself into the line-up for the weekend. Nice to see Nicky Powell in the team again too. Very young team Giggs and Rooney aside.

[Hobo]

Wayne Rooney is the only survivor.

The rest are dead.

[MJB]

The back five should be.

[Lineker]

Celtic: Forster, Lustig, Wilson, Ambrose, Izaguirre, Mulgrew, Brown, Kayal, Commons, Samaras, Hooper.

Subs: Zaluska, Matthews, Miku, Nouioui, Ledley, Rogne, Watt.

Spartak Moscow: Pesiakov, Kirill Kombarov, Insaurralde, Suchy, Dmitri Kombarov, Rafael Carioca, Kallstrom, Jurado, Dzjuba, Ari, Emenike.

Subs: Dykan, Bryzgalov, Pareja, McGeady, Yakovlev, De Zeeuw, Kozlov.

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Romeu, Ramires,Hazard, Mata, Moses, Torres.

Subs: Turnbull, Oscar, Mikel, Ferreira, Marin, Azpilicueta, Bertrand.

FC Nordsjaelland: Hansen, Ticinovic, Parkhurst, Runje, Mtiliga, Gundelach, Stokholm, Adu, Christiansen, John, Lorentzen.

Subs: Jensen, Kildentoft, Beckmann, Laudrup, Issah, Lindberg, Maxso.

Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Holland)

Man Utd: de Gea, Jones, Wootton, Smalling, Buttner, Powell, Cleverley, Giggs, Welbeck, Rooney, Hernandez.

Subs: Lindegaard, Rafael, Young, Scholes, Fletcher, Macheda, Vermijl.

CFR Cluj-Napoca: Mario Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Cadu, Piccolo, Rada, Muresan, Luis Alberto, Rui Pedro, Camora, Sougou, Bastos.

Subs: Stancioiu, Sepsi, Kapetanos, Maftei, Bjelanovic, Godemeche, Aguirregaray.

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

[MJB]

My god, our defending is bad.

[Rafael]

Hooper! 1-0.

[MDK]

Celtic~!

[Matt]

I get the feeling Chelsea/Madeupteam is going to end 0-0. Both sides miss penalties.

[GoN_]

3 clear chances to score... It's going to hurt that much more when Barcelona scores...

[Matt]

Braga beating the Turkish scum, lets hope Cluj can hold out at OT.

[Summers]

Hope Celtic go through. Come on you Scottish bastards.

[Matt]

Luiz scores a penalty. 3rd of the night.

[Rafael]

Dammit, Celtic!