UEFA Champions League 2008/2009

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Defending champion Manchester United was drawn Thursday into a group with Scotland's Glasgow Celtic, Spain's Villarreal and Denmark's Aalborg in the first round of the European Champions League.

 

"We always love to draw the champion of Europe as we did last year," said Celtic forward Scott McDonald, whose team faced Barcelona in the opening round of last season's tournament. "All of those things add up to good things and get us to the next round again. They're going to be fantastic games."

 

United's trip to Villarreal in Group E will revive memories of Wayne Rooney's ejection in September 2005, a tournament in which Alex Ferguson's team failed to progress to the second round.

 

Chelsea, which lost May's final on penalty kicks to the Red Devils, also has a relatively easy group, featuring AS Roma, Bordeaux and Romania's CFR Cluj.

 

Five-time champion Liverpool, which needed a 118th-minute goal Wednesday to qualify, was drawn into a group with PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid and Olympique Marseille. That means Liverpool's star striker Fernando Torres, who scored the winner for Spain against Germany in June's European Championship final, gets a chance to face his former team.

 

"With Fernando and the other Spanish players, there will be huge, huge interest in that one," Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said. "It's great. That's what makes the Champions League so exciting. It's fantastic."

 

Juventus has a tough return to the lucrative competition after a two-year absence. The Italians will have to overcome nine-time champion Real Madrid, UEFA Cup winner Zenit St. Petersburg and debutante BATE of Belarus.

 

Two-time champion Barcelona will meet Sporting Lisbon, Basel and Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, while Arsenal faces Dynamo Kiev, Turkey's Fenerbahce and Porto.

 

Inter Milan is with Werder Bremen, Panathinaikos and Cyprus' Anorthosis Famagusta, and Bayern Munich was drawn to face Fiorentina, Lyon and Steaua Bucharest.

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First Phase - Group A

Bordeaux

CFR Cluj-Napoca

Chelsea

A.S Roma

 

First Phase - Group B

Anorthosis Famagusta

Inter Milan

Panathinaikos

Werder Bremen

 

First Phase - Group C

Barcelona

FC Basel

Shakhtar Donetsk

Sporting Lisbon

 

First Phase - Group D

Atlético Madrid

Liverpool

Marseille

PSV Eindhoven

 

First Phase - Group E

AaB

Celtic

Manchester United

Villarreal

 

First Phase - Group F

Bayern Munich

Fiorentina

Lyon

Steaua Bucuresti

 

First Phase - Group G

Arsenal

Dynamo Kiev

FC Porto

Fenerbahce

 

First Phase - Group H

BATE Borisov

Juventus

Real Madrid

Zenit St Petersburg

 

UCL kicks off on the September 16, 2008

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"Live" Matches on Starhub Cable TV

 

17 September 2008

Channel 23 - Chelsea F.C v.s Bordeaux (0200hrs)

Channel 24 - Marseille v.s Liverpool F.C (0230hrs)

 

18 September 2008

Channel 23 - Manchester United v.s Villarreal (0100hrs)

Channel 24 - Dynamo Kiev v.s Arsenal (0230hrs)

[hitman]

Ties to be played February 24/25 & March 10/11

 

Chelsea VS Juventus

 

Villarreal VS Panathinaikos

 

Sporting Lisbon VS Bayern Munich

 

Atlético Madrid VS FC Porto

 

Lyon VS Barcelona

 

Real Madrid VS Liverpool

 

Arsenal VS AS Roma

 

Internazionale VS Manchester United

 

[Daegan]

Hope liverpool will fair well this week.

[MohamedB]

Wishing the Mighty Reds good luck. Hopefully The Reds will see off the galacticos with ease. And that is gonna happen.

[Emmanuel89]

That is for sure. I back Manchester United to win this competition. They have a lot of world class players which capable of winning anything.

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[Kino]

May i know this Thursday Final will start at 2.30 or 3.30??

[LOL]

match start at 2.45am

[wait4me]

where to watch replay again??

[steel_headz]

Barcelona wins CL... Hahahha

[SparKhai]

Barcelona wins CL... Hahahha

 

To be a man u supporter im dissapointed to see them lose. but to tell the truth, barca deserved the win 100%. so kudos to them. united is gonna get it back anyways.