Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Champions League Returns


The much anticipated Champions League group stage gets underway this evening, with some of the big teams in action in their different groups.
Arsenal start their Group B campaign against Montpellier and would be full of confidence coming from a  6-1 trashing of new boys Southampton on Saturday. Montpellier would be facing in-form Arsenal and it promises to be quite the thriller.
Four months have now gone by since Chelsea clinched the Champions League title in Munich but this time around the finals will be held at Wembley stadium there is an extra motivation for English teams to clinch the title in their home soil.
In Group B we have two unbeaten teams in their leagues going head to head, Olympiakos from Greece going against Schalke from Germany in Athens. 
While in Group D "Group of Death", Manchester City who were knocked out in the group stages last season going against Real Madrid who have had somewhat of a shaky start to the season.while Bundesliga and Eredivisie Champions Borussia Dortmund and Ajax respectively make up the remaining fixture of Group D .
In Group C AC Milan would be taking on the Belgian Side Anderlecht at San Siro. The Italian giants who came second in the Serie A last season will be looking at starting their Champions League Campaign with a win at home.

Below are the fixtures:
Group A
Dinamo Zagreb v FC Porto
Paris St Germain v Dynamo Kiev

Group B
Montpellier v Arsenal
Olympiakos v Schalke

Group C
AC Milan v Anderlecht
Malaga v Zenit

Group D
Borussia Dortmund v Ajax
Real Madrid v Manchester City.
Any Predictions???

1 comment:

  1. Montpellier 0- Arsenal 3, Real Madrid 2 Man City 0

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