Champions League 2011-2012 - Who will win?
 

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The time has come! Champions League 2011-2012 football officially gets off to a start today with the top teams in European football aiming to make their mark and engrave their name into history. So, which team is most likely to take this trophy home at the end of the season?

I would like to see an underdog do well this year so I will go with Plzeň from the Czech Republic although their group is a very tough draw.

Barcelona will be the first team to win the Champions League 2 in a row. No one can stop them apart from maybe Manchester United if they manage to keep this new young, fresh squad injury free.

Manchester City will be worth watching as well. Chelsea are aweful as are Arsenal. Real Madrid are showing some early form.

West Brom. :upsidedow

Morph

Can't see past Barca again.

Man U are on fire just now in the league, but i get a feeling if they came up against Barca again, they would still be quite a bit behind...

the only team who will even come close to challenging barcelona is real madrid.
Manchester united were outplayed by far in that final, when they play real madrid, usually its a close one.

Barcelona will indeed win again :thumbsup

Barcelona

The real team of Manchester - Man City!!

Barca, but I'm rooting for Ajax of course.

Not sure which game to watch tonight.

Barca vs Milan should be good of course, but i wanna see Dortmund vs Arsenal too. Guess i'll be flicking between channels...

The schedule (all games start at 2:45 p.m. Eastern):

Group E
Bayer Leverkusen at Chelsea
Valencia at Genk (Belgium)

Group F
Marseille at Olympiakos
Arsenal at Borussia Dortmund

Group G
Shakhtar Donetsk at Porto
Zenit St. Petersburg at APOEL (Cyprus)

Group H
A.C. Milan at Barcelona
BATE Borisov (Belarus) at Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

(TV: Milan-Barcelona is Fox Soccer Channel?s live game; Arsenal-Dortmund is on Fox Sports Net; it New York, that means MSG Plus.)

Hopefully Manchester, but Barcelona is on a roll

that would make me sick :disgust or worse yet chelsea.

This year belongs to United. Barca will get their asses kicked for sure. Glory Glory Man United and the reds go marching on.

Milan were 1 - 0 up on Barcelona after 25 seconds.

1 - 1 now. Good game so far!

Barca! But I hope Ajax Amsterdam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ajax in your dreams.
Barcelona or AC Milan

Glory glory Man United !!!

C'mon Chelski!

The Final:
Chelski 4
Borussia Dortmund 0

Champions League results - first round:

13/09 Genk 0-0 Valencia
13/09 Chelsea 2-0 Leverkusen
13/09 Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal
13/09 Olympiakos 0-1 Marseille
13/09 Al Nicosia 2-1 Zenit
13/09 FC Porto 2-1 Shakhtar D
13/09 Barcelona 2-2 Milan
13/09 Plzen 1-1 BATE Borisov
14/09 Man City 1-1 Napoli
14/09 Villarreal 0-2 Bayern
14/09 Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor
14/09 Lille 2-2 CSKA Moscow
14/09 Benfica 1-1 Man Utd
14/09 FC Basel 2-1 Otelul Galat
14/09 D Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid
14/09 Ajax 0-0 Lyon

Not a great start for Barca, fortunately the whole of the group drew even,

chelsea are the only team with the squad to beat barca, got a way to go first though.

Don't count Chelsea out just yet, they have a new Manager who needs to find a style for the team to play. If he has any sense AVB will sell Torres in January and put Daniel Sturridge upfront.

Barcelona for the Champions League again, IMO Real Madrid will be the only team able to stop them

City should be on that list.

match results
 

CSKA Moskva 2 - 3 Internazionale
Bayern München 2 - 0 Manchester City
Napoli 2 - 0 Villarreal
Trabzonspor 1 - 1 Lille
Manchester United 3 - 3 Basel
Oţelul Galaţi 0 - 1 Benfica
Olympique Lyon 2 - 0 Dinamo Zagreb
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Ajax

BATE Borisov

(I have no idea where that is)

Sir Alex Ferguson hinted that he may need to rein in Manchester United's rampaging attacking play after watching his side scramble a 3-3 draw

Bate Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov

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Bayern Munich i guess

not Manchester City...

They Would have serious chances of winning if Mancini uses el Kun and el Apache together. But what happened yesterday is gonna make that impossible.

So i guess Barcelona is the winner again this year..

Probably Barcelona, but i voted for Man.utd, maybe this year...

I have opposed Barcelona. A 2/1 favourite at this stage? Far too short in my opinion.

They are a great team of course, but I would rather have my money riding on EVERYBODY ELSE.

Real
Madrid.

I've no idea nor do I give a fuck :pimp

[QUOTE=Black All Through;18425204]Ajax in your dreams.
Barcelona or AC Milan[/QUOTE

Dreams come true! Ever once....

Not if they play like last night ;)

Hope they win and this year again....Barca!!

I hope for Lyon

Indeed. They'll be lucky to get out the group stage... :2 cents:

Wednesday's scores
 

Zenit 3, Porto 1
AC Milan 2, Viktoria Plzen 0
Valencia 1, Chelsea 1
Bayer Leverkusen 2, Genk 0
Marseille 3, Borussia Dortmund 0
Arsenal 2, Olympiakos 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1, APOEL Nicosia 1
Zenit St. Petersburg 3, FC Porto 1

Milan next hosts BATE on Oct. 19, while Plzen visits title-holder Barcelona.
Chelsea hosts Genk in the next round of group matches on Oct. 19, while Valencia travels to Bayer Leverkusen.
Marseille next hosts Arsenal on Oct. 19 while Dortmund visits Olympiakos.
Porto next hosts APOEL while Zenit will be at Shakhtar on Oct. 19.

Manchester or Barca this year!

Updated
 

Bate Borisov 0, Barcelona 5
AC Milan 2, Viktoria Plzen 0
Valencia 1, Chelsea 1
Bayer Leverkusen 2, Genk 0
Marseille 3, Borussia Dortmund 0
Arsenal 2, Olympiakos 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1, APOEL Nicosia 1
Zenit St. Petersburg 3, FC Porto 1

Milan next hosts BATE on Oct. 19, while Plzen visits title-holder Barcelona.
Chelsea hosts Genk in the next round of group matches on Oct. 19, while Valencia travels to Bayer Leverkusen.
Marseille next hosts Arsenal on Oct. 19 while Dortmund visits Olympiakos.
Porto next hosts APOEL while Zenit will be at Shakhtar on Oct. 19.

I hope Real Madrid or Chelsea :)

Tuesday, 18 October - Schedule
 

CSKA Moscow v Trabzonspor, GpB, 17:00
Dinamo Zagreb v Ajax, GpD, 19:45
FC Basel v Benfica, GpC, 19:45
Lille v Inter Milan, GpB, 19:45
Manchester City v Villarreal, GpA, 19:45
Napoli v Bayern Munich, GpA, 19:45
Real Madrid v Lyon, GpD, 19:45
SC Otelul Galati v Manchester United, GpC, 19:45

Will be between Barca and Munich. Most likely Barca again.

Group A:
Man City 2 Villarreal 1
Napoli 1 Bayern Munich 1

Group B:
CSKA Moscow 3 Trabzonspor 0
Lille 0 Inter Milan 1

Group C:
Basel 0 Benfica 2
Otelul Galati 0 Man Utd 2

Group D:
Real Madrid 4 Lyon 0
Dinamo Zagreb 0 Ajax 2