In case of a draw, they will be dependent on Bayern's good mood in the last round in Manchester, a game that won't decide a thing for the Germans.

Agreed. They are the best of Germany, and it's plain evident for all to see.

Well, if Bayern has the UEFA coefficient in mind they probably will take advantage and go for the 3 points.

Schweinsteiger out for a while. Serious injury.

Collarbone fracture. 6 weeks they say.

Damn it, Dinamo Zagreb conceding four goals denied me €173. F*cking schmucks!

you should have asked me first

City have been imperious in the league but inconsistent in Europe.

But if they could take their domestic form into Europe they look like a serious challenger to Barca.

They remind me a bit of Jose's Inter - a superb defence and core of the team, plus masses of creativity.

I'm not saying they're a better team, but like Jose's Inter they might be one of the few who could stop Barca.

I was hoping you guys could give me a mind about the Napoli-City game. Which result do you think it's more probable? Every sane person would go for a '2' considering City's amazing form in the league, but in Europe they've been anything but spectacular. An 'X' maybe? If Napoli lose this, they'll be officially out, so they'll be fighting with all their power for a positive result, considering they also have the support of their fans. I find it difficult for them to win though. What do you reckon?

Hmh, with their mentality,...I don't think it will end up as a tie, but rather with an Ibsenian heroic ending - everything or nothing. I think they'll win actually.

City will win I think.

Game on. Let's go Napoli!

EL MATADOR!

Madrid 4-0 up in 20 minutes.

Napoli do their best to let City score. Awful.

Yeah, piss-poor defending from Aronica. they can still win it though. the result can go either way. no side is better than the other IMO.

CAVANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

De Gea looking like flop of the season. Most bad players either rarely play or don't have much of an effect. He's costing them games though.

Makes picking him above Stekelenburg for all that more money look even more ridiculous than it already did.

yessss napoli win

Congrats to Napoli!

Football 2-1 Money.

Fan-Fing-tastic!

I said they could win. yes!

If football is not dead, how about removing that sig?

+24. Respect.

Indeed. Football Episode IV: A New Hope!

Sweet! Napoli should really qualify given that bayern dont let man city walk over them and napoli actually get a win against villareal.

and hopefully Man U get knocked out by basel

Yeah, followed up by City signing Cavani in January.

There won't be a Man City in about 6/7 years anyway, so there is hope.

Or money 6 - 2 football if you want to be honest about it.

Wow, so much hate in England for Man City.

Pretty sure Man City lost 2-1.


That generally happens when teams try and buy things rather than win them. Especially when it's a nothing club like City.

Why do City have three stars on their badge? They've won the league only twice, no?

Wow, so much hate in Scotland for Real Madrid.

Decorative, they have no meaning as far as I am aware.


You cant knock Madrid to be honest. There's a different between spending your owners money and spending your own money. Madrid made a profit in the last tax year I believe, so they are actually one of the few clubs in World football who spend within their means.

With that said though, I suppose they make so much because of a brand they've created from the 50s where they just bought the top players and likely didn't make moneyl.

Decorative? Well, that's one way of making others think your club is big.

Bayer Leverkusen 2 - 1 Chelsea
Valencia 7 - 0 Racing Genk

Arsenal 2 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
Marseille 0 - 1 Olympiakos Piraeus

Zenit St. Petersburg 0 - 0 APOEL Nicosia
Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 2 FC Porto

BATE Borisov 0 - 1 Viktoria Plzen

Goodbye AVB.

Hope APOEL , Benfica and Bayer can hold on to first place in their groups.

APOEL getting through will be one of the biggest CL acheviements in recent memory for me. That is one hell of a group.

Okay, now, who's AVB? I really need to brush up on these acronyms!

Villas-Boas.

Ah, him! Cheers, Kurt. I agree, things will get a couple of notches harder for the man.

looks like the english teams have some work to do on the last match day

Would be great to get rid of some English teams before knock out for a change.


But yeah,...how exciting is football (CL) actually these years? I think Kurt has a point in saying the CL is boring. There were times one could name at least 6 or 7 teams not just worthy of winning the prize, but who'd actually deserve this. This Barcelona vs. Real domination with United incursions is getting dull.

so finishing second is not looking that bad then.. We could be avoiding man u, chelsea if the last day results are similar to this week results. .. Obvious difficult games would be Real, Munich and arsenal... while there wll be some very easy fixtures as well.. let see how it goes...

I like Real Madrid. The honest question is why are City 'money' while other clubs aren't? What I mean is, clubs like Real Madrid, Man Utd, Inter etc have spent millions over the years on players - yet they don't get the same grief that City do simply because their purchases have been over a shorter period.

What's the most City have spent on one player? Aguero - £38M. A lot of money, but nowhere near the records of Barca and Real and only marginally higher than Utd.

I find the criticism of City invalid.

So you hate Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Man Utd, in fact, every club in Europe who have won anything and spent big in the process?

No there's not especially given they're the same thing.



Ah, so if you don't end up in debt it's ok to spend £80M on Ronaldo and 'buy' success?

As long as he doesn't hate Milan, it's fine by me.

I criticise Barca for it too! Thing is United spent what they made to be honest, people go on about their debts but don't realise that they were put into the club by the American's takeover. Until the Russian team came along I'd never heard of the wages City were offering to almost mediocre players (obviously not all their signings).

I criticised Chelsea for it too, so it's not a new thing where I've suddenly just taken a dislike to City doing it and turn a blind eye to everyone else. It was frustrating when United used to do it, but that was because they were successful winning leagues, cups etc, let alone their fan-base which is still almost unrivaled when you take into account Asia etc.