http://footballsfootball.com/CL The Road to Madrid Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:14:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It could have been so very different. There was hope that the scene at Anfield for the final day showdown in the Champions League was going to be set for another Liverpool European miracle. Liverpool have not had to look hard for trouble this season and their win in match day 5 ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/group-real-stake/ The top two places are sewn up so its focus on the bottom The table is as follows What is decided: Chelsea top the group and Porto finish the second. What is up for grabs: The Europa League place Apoel Nicosia need to win at Stamford Bridge to get off the bottom. Anything ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/group-europa-league-play/ The Galacticos are top now but not guaranteed to progress. The table is as follows What is decided: FC Zurich will finish bottom What is up for grabs: The two Champions League places and the Europa League spot. If Real Madrid beat Marseille, Real Madrid and AC Milan will qualify for the last ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/group-big-drop/ Man Utd are through but the dream lives on for the rest. The table is as follows What is decided: Manchester United are definitely in the last 16. What is up for grabs: Manchester United could finish first or second. The other three places could go either way. If Wolfsburg beat Manchester United, Wolfsburg ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/group-plenty-play/ With one game to go, what is left to play for on Match day 6? The table is as follows What is decided: Bordeaux qualified for last 16, as group leaders. Maccabi Haifa will finish bottom What is up for grabs: Juventus and Bayern Munich can both clinch second place in the group. The ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/group-grabs/ German masters hang on in there The dominance of Spanish and English clubs in the Champions League has left some big name casualties. The Italian teams are struggling to keep pace with teams from these two nations but life is even harder for German teams. The way German clubs are run ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/bayern-keep-their-champions-league-dreams-alive/ Turkish goalkeeping legend stops the Red Devils It wasn’t a classic match by any means and it was a Manchester United reserve team but Rustu was the difference in injury time. Two absolutely tremendous saves from Macheda and Wes Brown ensured that United slipped to a home Champions League defeat, which ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/rustu-keeps-out-manchester-united/ Wednesday night games A lot of issues were settled on Tuesday night so let us see what Wednesday has for us on Match day 5: Group A Bayern Munich v Maccabi Haifa Bordeaux v Juventus Group B CSKA Moscow v Wolfsburg Man Utd v Besiktas Group C AC Milan v Marseille Real Madrid v FC Zurich Group D Apoel Nicosia v ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/champions-league-match-day-5-2/ Money worries build for the Anfield club Rafa Benitez knows what he is doing. By rights, many within the club should be thinking of calling for his head but given the current financial state of the club, can they afford to sack him? He has a contract to run and it ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/liverpool-crash-out-of-champions-league/ With big debts, this is bad news for the Glasgow club. Glasgow is a strange football city. They have two major teams (apologies to the smaller outfits like Partick Thistle) and it is fair to say they don’t get along. That is not un-common for football fans and clubs, you ... http://footballsfootball.com/CL/rangers-european-adventure-ends/