Champions League: Can Chelsea do it?

Groups E, G and H are still exciting; Spartak Moskva can concentrate on the Russian league. Chelsea could do it if Juve loses. Group G is sewn up. Celtic went down 2-1 at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon against a better side on the day but Benfica travels to Nou Camp and Celtic receives Spartak in Matchday 6. All to play for in Group H.

Played today: Groups EFGH

Tomorrow: Ground ABCD

 

Group E

  

Nordsjaelland out of Europe; Chelsea guarantee a Europa League place. Next game, Chelsea receives the Danes and Juve travels to Donetsk. It's all open for the first two places.

  

Nordsjaelland 2 Shakhtar Donetsk 5

Nordstrand, 24  Luis Adriano 26, 53, 71

Lorentzen, 29    Willian 44, 50

  

Juventus 3 Chelsea FC 0

Quagliarella, 38

Vidal, 61

Giovinco, 90+1

 

Previous games

Juventus 4 Nordsjaelland 0

Chelsea 3 Shakhtar Donetsk 2

Nordsjaelland 1   Juventus 1

Shakhtar Donetsk 2  Chelsea 1

Juventus 1        Shakhtar Donetsk 1

Nordsjaelland 0 Chelsea 4

Chelsea 2       Juventus 2

Shakhtar Donetsk 2  Nordsjaelland 0

 

 

Group E (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 5            3            1            1            12        7          5            10

Juventus (ITA)             5            2            3            0            11            4            7            9

Chelsea FC (ENG)             5            2            1            2            10            9            1            7

Nordsjaelland (DEN)             5            0            1            4            3            16            -13             1

 

Group F

Bayern and Valencia through; BATE seems set to claim the Europa place

 

BATE 0 LOSC 2

               Sidibé 14, Bruno, 31

 

Valencia 1 Bayern Munich 1

Feghouli, 77   T. Müller, 82

 

 

Previous games

Valencia 4             BATE 2

Bayern 6                LOSC 1

BATE 0 Valencia 3

LOSC 0   Bayern 1

Valencia 2 LOSC 0

BATE 3 Bayern 1

LOSC (Lille) 1 BATE 3

Bayern Munich 2 Valencia 1

 

 

Group F (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

 

Bay. Munich (GER)  5            3            1            1            11            6            5          10

Valencia (SPA)            5            3            1            1            10            5            5              10

BATE (BLR)               5            2            0            3            8            10            -1            6

LOSC (FRA)              5            1            0            4            4            12       -8        3

 

 

Group G

Celtic faced a better team on the day, Benfica scoring two and hitting the woodwork twice but the last game favours the Scots (at home to Spartak) while Benfica travels to Barça. To all effects, Spartak's European campaign is over; Celtic and Benfica battle it out for the second place (Champions League) and third (Europa); Barcelona are through.

 

Spartak Moskva 0 Barcelona 3

                                 Daniel Alves, 16; Messi 27,39

  

Benfica 2 Celtic 1

John, 7      Samaras, 32  

Garay, 71

 

Previous games

Celtic 2 Barcelona 1

Benfica 2 Spartak Moskva 0

Barcelona 2   Celtic 1

Spartak Moskva 2   Benfica 1

Benfica 0 Barcelona 2

Spartak Moskva 2 Celtic 3

Celtic 0 Benfica 0

Barcelona 3 Spartak Moskva 2

 

 

Group G (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

 

Barcelona (SPA)  5            4            0            1            11            5            6            12

Benfica (POR)            5            2            1            2            5            5            0          7

Celtic (SCO)               5            2            1            2            7            7            0            6

Spartak Moskva             5            1            0            4            6            12            -6            3         

(RUS)

 

 

Group H

Man. U. through; it's between Galatasaray (travels to Braga) and Cluj (visits Old Trafford, for second and third place. Braga's European campaign ends.

 

CFR Cluj 3 Braga 1

Rui Pedro,    Alan, 17

7, 15, 33

 

Galatasaray 1 Manchester United 0

Buruk Yilmaz, 53

 

Previous games

 

CFR Cluj 1 Galatasaray 3

Braga 1 Man. United 3

Galatasaray 1  CFR Cluj 1

Manchester United 3 Braga 2

Galatasaray 0 Braga 2

CFR Cluj 1     Manchester United 2

Man. Utd. 1 Galatasaray 0

Sp. Braga  0  CFR Cluj 2

                     

 

Group H (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

Man. Utd (ENG) 5            4            0            1            9            5            4            12

Galatasaray (TUR)  5            2            1            2            5            5            0            7

CFR Cluj (ROM)             5            2            1            2            8            7            1            7

Sp. Braga (POR)  5            1            0            4            6            11       -5        3

 

Playing tomorrow

 

 

Group A

FC Porto Dinamo Zagreb

Dynamo Kyiv Paris Saint-Germain

  

  

Previous games

Dinamo Kyiv 0 FC Porto 0

PSG 4  Dinamo Zagreb 0

FC Porto 3 Dinamo Kyiv 2

D. Zagreb 0 PSG 2

FC Porto 1 PSG 0

D. Kyiv 2 D. Zagreb 0

Dinamo Zagreb 0 FC Porto 2

PSG 4  Dynamo Kyiv 1

 

 

Group A (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

  

FC Porto (POR)               4                  3            1            0            6            2            4            10

PSG (FRA)                 4            3            0            1            10            2            8            9         

Dynamo Kyiv             4            1            1            2            5            7            -2            4         

(UKR) 

D. Zagreb (CRO)             4                    0            0            4            0            10            -10            0

 

Group B

Arsenal Montpellier

Schakle Olympiacos

  

 

 

Previous games

Olympiacos 3 Montpellier 1

Schalke 2 Arsenal 2

Montpellier 1     Olympiacos 2

Arsenal 0 Schalke 2

Schalke 2 Montpellier 2

Arsenal 3 Olympiacos 1

Montpellier 1    Arsenal 2

Olympiacos 1 Schalke 2

 

Group B (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

  

Schalke (GER)            4            2            2            0            8            5            3            8

Arsenal FC (ENG)             4            2            1            1            7            6            1            7

Olympiacos (GRE)  4            2            0            2            7            7            0            6

Montpellier (FRA)  4            0            1            3            5            8            -3            1

 

 

 

Group C

Anderlecht AC Milan

Zenit Málaga

 

 

Previous games

Anderlecht 1 Zenit 0

AC Milan 1 Málaga 1

Zenit 1 Anderlecht 0

Málaga 1 AC Milan 0

Zenit 2 AC Milan 3

Anderlecht 0 Malaga 3

Málaga 3 Zenit 0

AC Milan 0 Anderlecht 0

 

 

Group C (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

 

Málaga (SPA)              4            3            1            0            8            1            7            10

AC Milan (ITA)   4            1            2            1            4            4            0            5

Anderlecht (BEL)  4            1            1            2            1            4            -3            4

Zenit (RUS)                 4            1            0            3            3            7            -4            3

 

 

  

Group D

Manchester City Real Madrid

Ajax Dortmund

 

Previous games

Manchester City 2 Ajax 2

Real Madrid 2 Dortmund 2

Ajax 3 Manchester City 1

Dortmund 2 Real Madrid 1

Manchester City 1 Dortmund 1

Ajax 1 Real Madrid 4

Real Madrid 3 Manchester City 2

Dortmund 1 Ajax 0

 

 

Group D (Played, Won, Drawn, Lost, Goals For/Against, G. Diff.; Points)

 

Dortmund (GER)  4            2            2            0            6            4            2            8

Real Madrid (SPA)  4            2            1            1            10            7            3            7

Ajax (NETH)               4            1            1            2            6            8            -2            4

Man. City (ENG) 4            0            2            2            6            9            -3            2

 

Photo: Luis Adriano

(Wikipedia)

 

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Pravda.Ru

 

 

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