Champions League: Matchday 2

 

Champions League: Matchday 2

CSKA Moskva have zero points after two games in Group E, losing at home to Bayern tonight to a 22 minute penalty from Müller after losing 5-1 in Rome (Roma FC) on Matchday 1. Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and FC Porto are the group leaders so far. Jackson Martinez scored two for FC Porto in the last minute.

Champions League: The Groups

  

Matchday 2

Played Tuesday September 30

  

Group E

CSKA Moskva 0 Bayern München 1

Manchester City 1 Roma 1

Matchday 1

Roma 5 CSKA Moskva 1; Bayern Munich 1 Manchester City 0

  

Bayern München 2 games 2 victories 0 draws 0 defeats 2 goals for 0 goals against 2 goal difference 6 points

AS Roma 2 1 1 0 6 2 4 4

Manchester City 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

CSKA Moskva 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 0

  

Group F

Paris SG 3 Barcelona 2

APOEL 1 Ajax 1

Matchday 1

Barcelona 1 APOEL 0; Ajax 1 Paris SG 1

 

Paris SG 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4

FC Barcelona 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3

Ajax 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

APOEL 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

  

Group G

Sporting CP 0 Chelsea FC 1

Schalke 1 Maribor 1

Matchday 1

Chelsea 1 Schalke 1; Maribor 1 Sporting 1

 

Chelsea FC 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4

FC Schalke 04 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

NK Maribor 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Sporting CP 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

  

Group H

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 FC Porto 2

BATE 2 Athletic (Bilbao) 1

Matchday 1

FC Porto 6 BATE 0; Athletic (Bilbao) 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 0

  

FCPorto 2 1 1 0 8 2 6 4

BATE Borisov 2 1 0 1 2 7 -5 3

Shakhtar Donetsk 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Athletic Club (Bilbao) 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

  

Playing Wednesday October 1

  

Group A

Malmö v. Olympiacos

Atlético v. Juventus

 

Group B

Basel v. Liverpool FC

Ludogorets v. Real Madrid

  

Group C

Zenit v. Monaco FC

Leverkusen v. Benfica

  

Group D

Arsenal v. Galatasaray

Anderlecht v. Dortmund

Champions League: Matchday One complete

  

After Zenit's very positive result in Lisbon yesterday against SL Benfica (2-0), CSKA Moskva, Russia's other representative in the Champions League, CSKA, had a disastrous defeat in Italy, losing 5-1 to AS Roma. CSKA scored the goal of honor after 82 minutes (Musa) after Roma entered the break 4-0 up and Ignashevich scored an own goal on 50'.

  

 

Matchday 1 September 16,17

 

Played Wednesday September 17

 

After Zenit's very positive result in Lisbon yesterday against SL Benfica (2-0), CSKA Moskva, Russia's other representative in the Champions League, CSKA, had a disastrous defeat in Italy, losing 5-1 to AS Roma. CSKA scored the goal of honor after 82 minutes (Musa) after Roma entered the break 4-0 up and Ignashevich scored an own goal on 50'.

 

Iturbe scored for Roma on 6', Gervinho on 10' and 31', Maicon on 20', Ignashevich's own goal on 50' and Musa pulled one back for CSKA on 82'.

  

Group E: Roma 5 CSKA Moskva 1; Bayern Munich 1 Manchester City 0

Group F: Barcelona 1 APOEL 0; Ajax 1 Paris SG 1

Group G: Chelsea 1 Schalke 1; Maribor 1 Sporting 1

Group H: FC Porto 6 BATE 0; Athletic (Bilbao) 0 Shakhtar Donetsk 0

 

Next round: September 30

 

Played Tuesday September 16

Zenit wins in Lisbon

 

FC Zenit (Saint Petersburg) came away from Estádio da Luz (The Stadium of Light) in Lisbon, beating home side SL Benfica by 2-0 with goals from Hulk after five minutes and Witsel on 22'. In the other Group C game, Monaco beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0. Zenit plays Monaco, Benfica meets Leverkusen in the next round.

 

Group A: Juventus 2 Malmö 0; Olympiacos 3 Atlético 2

Group B: Liverpool 2 Ludogorets Razgrad 1; Real Madrid 5 Basel 1

Group C: SL Benfica 0 FC Zenit 2; Monaco 1 Leverkusen 0

Group D: Dortmund 2 Arsenal 0; Galatasaray 1 Anderlecht 1

 

Next round: October 1

 

Russia has two teams in the Champions League Group Phase: FC Zenit (Saint Petersburg) and PFC CSKA Moskva (Moscow). Zenit is in Group C with SL Benfica (Portugal), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) and AS Monaco FC (France), while PFC CSKA Moskva is in Group E, with FC Bayern München (Germany), Manchester City FC (England) and AS Roma (Italy).

 

Group A: Club Atlético de Madrid (Spain), Juventus (Italy), Olympiacos FC (Greece), Malmö FF (Sweden) 

Group B: Real Madrid CF (Spain), FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland), Liverpool FC (England), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)

Group C: SL Benfica (Portugal), FC Zenit (Russia), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany), AS Monaco FC (France)

Group D: Arsenal FC (England), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Galatasaray AŞ (Turkey), RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)

Group E: FC Bayern München (Germany), Manchester City FC (England), PFC CSKA Moskva (Russia), AS Roma (Italy)

Group F: FC Barcelona (Spain), Paris Saint-Germain (France), AFC Ajax (Netherlands), APOEL FC (Cyprus)

Group G: Chelsea FC (England), FC Schalke 04 (Germany), Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal), NK Maribor (Slovenia)

Group H: FC Porto (Portugal), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Athletic Club (Spain), FC BATE Borisov (Belarus)  

 

 

England (4): Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, Manchester City FC, Chelsea FC

Germany (4): Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern München, FC Schalke 04

Spain (4): Club Atlético de Madrid, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Athletic Club (Bilbao)

 

Portugal (3): SL Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting Clube de Portugal

 

France (2): AS Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain

Italy (2): Juventus, AS Roma

Russia (2): FC Zenit, PFC CSKA Moskva

 

Belarus (1): FC BATE Borisov

Belgium (1): RSC Anderlecht

Bulgaria (1): PFC Ludogorets Razgrad

Cyprus (1): APOEL FC

Greece (1): Olympiacos FC

Netherlands (1): AFC Ajax

Slovenia (1): NK Maribor

Sweden (1): Malmö

Switzerland (1): FC Basel 1893

Turkey (1): Galatasaray AŞ

Ukraine (1): FC Shakhtar Donetsk

 

The qualifiers

August 27

 

Alexis Sánchez puts Arsenal FC through to the group phase of the UEFA Champions League for the seventeenth consecutive season, an amazing feat for manager Arsene Wenger, approaching the totallists Real Madrid, FC Porto and until this season, Manchester United. Steaua Bucureşti went out on penalties and this year misses out on the Champions League.

Malmö 3 Salzburg 0 (aggregate 4-2); Arsenal 1 Besiktas 0 (1-0); Athletic 3 Napoli 1 (4-2); Ludogorets 1 Steaua 0 (1-1, 6-5 on penalties); Leverkusen 4 Kobenhaven 0 (7-2)

 

First leg

Salzburg 2 Malmö 1; Besiktas 0 Arsenal 0; Napoli 1 Athletic 1; Steaua 1 Ludogorets 0; Kobenhavn 2 Leverkusen 3;

 

August 26

 

FC Porto 2 Lille 0 (aggregate 3-0); Zenit 3 Standard Liège 0 (4-0); Celtic 0 Maribor 1 (1-2); BATE 3 Slovan Bratislava 0 ( 4-1); APOEL 4 AaB 0 (5-1)

 

First leg

Lille 0 FC Porto 1; Standard de Liège 0 Zenit 1; Maribor 1 Celtic 1; Slovan Bratislava 1 BATE 1; Aab 1 APOEL 1

 

Zenit passes to the group phase of the Champions League after beating Standard de Liège (Belgium) over two legs, 1-0 away in Belgium and 3-0 at home tonight in Saint Petersburg. The goalscorers for André Villas-Boas' team were Rondón (30') and a brace from Hulk, a penalty on 54' and another on 58'. Zenit, Porto, BATE, Maribor and APOEL pass.

 

 

 

 

UEFA Championships

 

FC Zenit: First points dropped

 

In Russia, FC Zenit leads the Premier League with 25 points after a goalless home draw with Spartak Moskva. Cristiano Ronaldo added to his goal tally in Spain with four more (two penalties) in Real's 5-1 drubbing of Elche, reaching 13 goals so far this season. Messi has 5.

  

This year I present the European football leagues, the Champions League and Europa League and the UEFA qualifying matches on the same page so that our readers can see what is going on in European soccer at a glance.

  

UEFA National Championships 2014-2015

 

Chempionat Rossii - Russian Premier League (After 9 matches)

In Russia, FC Zenit is top with 25 points from the first nine games of the season, drawing 0-0 at home with Spartak Moskva. Second is CSKA Moskva (21) after winning 4-3 at Ural's stadium in Ekaterinburg. Dinamo and Kuban drew 2-2 in Moscow and both have 19 points.

 

Premier League (England) (After 6 matches)

Chelsea FC is top with 16 points, after beating Aston Villa 3-0. Second is Southampton FC on 13 (2-1 against Queens Park Rangers) and third is Manchester City, 4-2 winners away at Hull City.

 

La Liga (Spain) (After 6 matches)

FC Barcelona has 16 points and leads La Liga after thrashing Granada 6-0 with a hat-trick from Neymar, two from messi and one from Rakitic. Valencia is second (3-0 over Córdoba) and third is Atlético (Madrid), 4-0 winners over Sevilla FC in Madrid. Valencia and Atlético have 14 points. Real put 5 past Elche (5-1), Cristiano Ronaldo scoring 4 goals with 2 penalties, Bale getting the other.

 

Bundesliga (Germany) (After 6 matches)

Bayern München 14, Vfl Borussia Moenchengladbach 12, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11.

Bayern beat Köln 2-0 away, Moenchengladbach beat Paderborn 2-1 away and Leverkusen drew 0-0 at Freiburg.

 

Ligue 1 (France) (After 8 matches)

Olympique de Marseille (2-1 over Saint-Étienne), 19 points; second is FC Girondins de Bordeaux (17 points), winning 2-1 against Rennes; and third is LOSC Lille, 1-0 winners over Bastia.

 

Serie A (Italy) (After 5 matches)

Juventus and AS Roma have the maximum fifteen points from the first five games. Sampdoria is third with 11. Jove won 3-0 against Atalanta in Bergamo, Roma received and beat Verona 2-0, Sampdoria went to Genoa and won 1-0.

 

Primeira Liga (Portugal) (After 6 matches)

SL Benfica is top with 16 points after beating Estoril Praia 3-2 away in Estoril. FC Porto is second with 12 (1-1 at Sporting CP in Lisbon) the same points as Marítimo, 4-0 winners over Guimarães in Madeira.

 

Premer Liga (Ukraine) After 7 matches

 

1. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (19), 5-0 winners against Olimpic Donetsk; 2. FC Shakhtar Donetsk, 18 points, dropped the first three at home to Zorya (0-1); 3. Dynamo Kyiv (17) 4-1 against Volyn.

 

In Romania, after 9 games, FC Steaua Bucureşti leads with 22 points after a goalless home draw against Astra.

 

In Armenia, after 8 games, the leader is Ulisses FC with 22 points (2-1 winners at home over Pyunik).

 

In the Azerbaijan Premier League (Topaz Premyer Liqası), after 7 games Inter Baki (14 points) leads after drawing 1-1 at Olimpik-Şüvälan. Sumqayit (12) is second after losing 3-2 at Simurq.

 

 

 

 

UEFA Europa League Matchday 1

  

Matchday 2 Thursday October 2

 

UEFA Europa League: Good start for Dinamo and Krasnodar

 

The two Russian teams in the UEFA Europa League group phase, namely FK Dinamo Moskva and FK Krasnodar, both had excellent results away in Groups E and H, respectively. Dinamo won against Panathinaikos in Greece by two goals to one, while Krasnodar drew 1-1 in Lille, France.

 

In Greece, Dinamo had more ball possession (57% against 43%), had two balls on the woodwork, around the same number of strikes but two corners to eight. Kokorin (40) and Ionov (49) put the Muscovites ahead, and Dinas got one back on 63'.

 

Krasnodar took the game to LOSC Lille in France, having slightly less ball possession (47% to 53%) but managing more strikes on goal, although LOSC had a ball on the woodwork. Laborde scored for the visitors while Kjaer equalized after the break on 63'.

 

Thursday  September 18

Group A Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) 3 FC Zürich (Switzerland) 2; Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany) 1 Villarreal (Spain) 1

 

Group B Club Brugge (Belgium) 0 Torino (Italy) 0; FC Copenhagen (Denmark) 2 HJK Helsinki (Finland) 0

 

Group C Besiktas (Turkey) 1 Asteras Tripolis (Greece) 1; Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) 0 Tottenham (England) 0

 

Group D Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 5 Astra Giurgiu (Romania) 1; FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 2 Celtic (Scotland) 2

 

Group E Panathinaikos (Greece) 1 Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 2; PSV (Netherlands) 1 Estoril Praia (Portugal) 0

 

Group F Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine) 0 Internazionale (Italy) 1; FK Qarabag (Azerbaijan) 0 St Etienne (France) 0

Group G Sevilla (Spain) 2 Feyenoord (Netherlands) 0; Standard Liège (Belgium) 2 HNK Rijeka (Croatia) 0

 

Group H Everton (England) 4 VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 1; Lille (France) 1 FK Krasnodar (Russia) 1

 

Group I BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) 5 Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 0; Napoli (Italy) 3 Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 1

 

Group J Rio Ave (Portugal) 0 Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) 3; Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 6 Aalborg BK (Denmark) 0

 

Group K Fiorentina (Italy) 3 Guingamp (France) 0; PAOK Salonika (Greece) 6 Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) 1

 

Group L Legia Warsaw (Poland) 1 KSC Lokeren (Belgium) 0; Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine) 1 Trabzonspor (Turkey) 2

 

Austria 1

Azerbaijan 1

Belarus 1

Belgium 3

Croatia 2

Cyprus 1

Czech Republic 1

Denmark 2

England 2

Finland 1

France 3

Germany 2

Greece 3

Italy 4

Netherlands 2

Poland 1

Portugal 2

Romania 2

Russia 2

Scotland 1

Serbia 1

Slovakia 1

Spain 2

Switzerland 2

Turkey 2

Ukraine 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UEFA 2016 Campaign Kick-off

 

Fabio Capello's Russia began the campaign for the UEFA European Cup Finals in France in 2016 with a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein in Khimki at the Arena Khimki. Two own goals from Martin Buechel on 4' and Franz Burgmeier on 50', a penalty from Dmitry Kombarov on 54' and a strike by Artem Dzyuba on 65' fixed the scoreline in the Group G tie.

 

Group A

Kazakhstan 0 Latvia 0

Czech Republic 2 Netherlands 1

Iceland 3 Turkey 0

 

Group B

Andorra 1 Wales 2

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Cyprus 2

 

Belgium and Israel have not played yet

Israel v. Belgium Match postponed September 9; This match will be played March 31, 2015

 

Group C

Spain 5 Macedonia 1

Ukraine 0 Slovakia 1

Luxembourg 1 Belarus 1

 

Group D

Georgia 1 Republic of Ireland 2

Germany 2 Scotland 1

Gibraltar 0 Poland 7

 

Group E

Estonia 1 Slovenia 0

San Marino 0 Lithuania 2

Switzerland 0 England 2

 

Group F

Hungary 1 Northern Ireland 2

Faroe Isles 1 Finland 3

Greece 0 Romania 1

 

Group G

Russia 4 Liechtenstein 0

Austria 1 Sweden 1

Montenegro 2 Moldova 0

 

Group H

Azerbaijan 1 Bulgaria 2

Croatia 2 Malta 0

Norway 0 Italy 2

 

Group I

Denmark 2 Armenia 1

Portugal 0 Albania 1

Serbia has not played yet

 

Fixtures:

 

There are ten matchdays for the group stage, and two matchdays for the play-offs

Matchdays 2014

1 - September 7-9; 2 - October 9-11; 3 - October 12-14; 4 - November 14-16;

2015

5 - March 27-29; 6 - June 12-14; 7 - September 3-5; 8 - September 6-8; 9 - October 8-10;

10 - October 11-13;

Playoff First leg November 12-14; Playoff Second leg November 15-17

 

 

 

 

 

Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Pravda.Ru

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