Since the group stage is over, I'll start from Round of 16

Round of 16 - leg. 1:

Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) 1 : 3 FC Barcelona (Spain)

Olympique Lyonnais (France) 1 : 0 Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus)

Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 3 : 2 Benfica (Portugal)

AC Milan (Italy) 4 : 0 Arsenal FC (England)

CSKA Moskva (Russia) 1 : 1 Real Madrid CF(Spain)

Napoli (Italy) 3 : 1 Chelsea FC (England)

FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland) 1 : 0 Bayern Munich (Germany)

Olympique de Marseille (France) 1 : 0 Internazionale (Italy)

Round of 16 - leg. 2:

Arsenal FC (England) 3 : 0 AC Milan (Italy)

Benfica (Portugal) 2 : 0 Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)

FC Barcelona (Spain) 7 : 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany)

Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus) 1 : 0 Olympique Lyonnais (France) [ Shoot-outs: 4-3]

Bayern Munich (Germany) 7 :0 FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland)

Internazionale (Italy) 2:1 Olympique de Marseille (France)

Wednesday 14 Mar 2012 Chelsea FC (England) 4 : 1 Napoli (Italy)

Wednesday 14 Mar 2012 Real Madrid CF (Spain) 4 :1 CSKA Moskva (Russia)

TEAMS made it to the Quarterfinals :
AC Milan (Italy) , Benfica (Portugal), FC Barcelona (Spain), APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus), Bayren Munich (Germany),Olympique de Marseille (France), Chelsea FC (England), and Real Madrid CF (Spain)



To get links to watch matches online please refer to this blog here

Apoel Nicosia - Cyprus 1 : 0 Olympique Lyonnais - France
penalty shootout 4 : 3

Lyon lost against Nicosie!
I was very surprised to see already Lyon lose already, but I hope that the OM will win again against the Inter of Milan

PS: I think it would be better to put the country where the teams are between brackets

Yassu wrote:Lyon lost against Nicosie!
I was very surprised to see already Lyon lose already, but I hope that the OM will win again against the Inter of Milan

PS: I think it would be better to put the country where the teams are between brackets

Yup Lyon was a bit surprising


and thanks for the advice I'll do it

hope you enjoy my threads Yassu

Tscorpion wrote:Apoel Nicosia - Cyprus 1 : 0 Olympique Lyonnais - France
penalty shootout 4 : 3

Oops my bad sorry

No problem
I watched the penalty shootout with my friends.
Lyon's second goal was a bit lucky.

Tscorpion wrote:No problem
I watched the penalty shootout with my friends.
Lyon's second goal was a bit lucky.

Man I was watching Barca's game
I wanted to post updates with every minutes, but facebook blocked me from posting for 24 hours

Man, Messi scored 5 goals it was awesome
waiting for Chelsea's game, hope a miracle will happen and save the Blues against Napoli

I hope that too, even if I'm not a Chelsea fan, I hope they will win
@Barca I just saw the highlights

Totally agree with you Tsorpion, the Lisandro's shoot made me laught, he's very lucky sometimes xD

And yes, Messi...he's the first who has scored 5 goals in the chamions league
But anyway he was already in the history if we had scored 4 goals because no one has scored 4 goals 3 times in the champions league

EDIT: Chealsea can do it, I believe it. Their next game is in their stadium, futhermore they scored a goal in Naploli so if they win 2-0, they are qualified

Counter-attacks are killers, specially in Chelsea's situation .scared. , I'm afraid that whenever Chelsea misses a chance , Napoli will use it and score .nervous.

Counter-attacks...Yes, it's the Italian game. Troughout the game, they aven't any occasion, and 5 minutes or less before the end they do a counter attack and score.
Moreover in Italia, defend is an art: they are professionals in his domain xD

But I'm sure Chealsea can do it!

Yassu wrote:Counter-attacks...Yes, it's the Italian game. Troughout the game, they aven't any occasion, and 5 minutes or less before the end they do a counter attack and score.
Moreover in Italia, defend is an art: they are professionals in his domain xD

But I'm sure Chealsea can do it!

I agree, I do hope Chelsea at least makes it through.. it will be good for English football haha xD But still.. I don't want them to win the CL but at least get to the quarterfinals.

First of all i'm still sore at Manchester United's exit from the Champions League.

Secondly i think that Messi and Barcelona has a very high chance or retaining their European crown this season.They look unstoppable.

Yep the elimination of MU (and even Manchester City) was the first surprise of the Champions league this year.

I agree about Barcelona but don't forget they've commited several mistakes this year, above all in Liga, they've done a lot of draws unlike the latest years. Contrary to Madrid who do very few mistakes this season, their only problem are the clasico which they don't win each time they are opposite to Barcelona.

Personnally I would like Barcelona or Chealsea will win the champions league this year (I know it's impossible for the OM to win a champions league this year xD)

Yassu wrote:
Personnally I would like Barcelona or Chealsea will win the champions league this year (I know it's impossible for the OM to win a champions league this year xD)

You never know, this is Soccer, the beautiful game where everything can happen
I want Barca , Chelsea, or OM to win this year, even though I don't think Chelsea gonna make it through next round
cause their performance today against Stock wasn't that good (in my opinion), and Napoli just had a 6-3 win against Cagilari , they seem ready for next game

anyway I'll stay positive hoping for any miracle to happen
Hope Roberto Di Matteo has a good strategy to deal with Napoli

I agree with you but we must tell the truth: today, no french team can win the champions league, they haven't the level currently, the only teams which have the level for win a champions league are spain and english teams mainly, and german or italian teams after.
Maybe in a few years, teams from other countries will can hope to win a champions league.
For example, based on teams I know, in 2 or 3 years,I think Paris, (Paris Saint-Germain) will be able to win a champions league and will have an "european level"

Yassu wrote:I agree with you but we must tell the truth: today, no french team can win the champions league, they haven't the level currently, the only teams which have the level for win a champions league are spain and english teams mainly, and german or italian teams after.
Maybe in a few years, teams from other countries will can hope to win a champions league.
For example, based on teams I know, in 2 or 3 years,I think Paris, (Paris Saint-Germain) will be able to win a champions league and will have an "european level"

I agree with you, and since PSG is now owned by an Arab company, they have the money to sign with stars, like what Man City have been doing for last two seasons, and start taking effect on the team results during the league

this year English teams ain't that good in European competition , neither Italian teams, even though Milan made it to next round but losing 3-0 against Arsenal (which is now in one of its worst seasons so far in my opinion) the advantage this year is for Real Madrid to show what they got, and Bayren Munich

but it is good to diversity in teams, like CSKA from Russia, Napoli, Benfica ... unlike 2 years ago when it mostly was between English and Spanish

^ You're right ^^

OM qualified!
What match, watch wild match!
Above all, the 2nd goal by Brandao was totally epic, seriously, I don't know from where went this balloon, what control he did, but on of the most funny goals of this year! .lol.

haha see, told ya

believe in your team, and I believed in OM and look they made it

same for Bayren Munich, AC Milan, and hope Chelsea tomorrow

I believe it, but it was hard! xD

Oh yeah, for Bayern the match of today was a festival xD

Didn't expect less than that from the Bavarian team who made it to the final two years ago .happy.

2 years ago: Mourinho was the coach of Inter, dont forget that xD
Today I think every teams must avoid spanish teams if they want to go far xD

Hope OM will take Nicosia!

Yassu wrote:2 years ago: Mourinho was the coach of Inter, dont forget that xD
Today I think every teams must avoid spanish teams if they want to go far xD

Hope OM will take Nicosia!

Inter isn't that good this season

and even though , if they faced APOEL Nicosia, they need to FOCUS !!

^ I agree, but for me, Inter seems me less stronger since the departure of Mourinho.
Even though they have talented players, they haven't a nice game as 2 years ago...

Mourihno's philosophy of football is amazing, look at the clubs he managed

He won a lot championships with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, and Real Madrid (only Copa Del Rey .lol. )