Arsenal 0-2 Schalke Champions League 24th October 2012
After seeing their side suffering a shock 1-0 defeat away at Norwich at the weekend, Arsenal fans were looking for a positive reaction from their players against Schalke on Wednesday night.
It was a disappointing display last night. While losing to Shakhtar is nothing to be ashamed of, the performance was. The difference between the two teams in enthusiasm reminded me a little of the Athletico Madrid match. Now we need to pick ourselves up and prepare for domestic football once more.
Out on the wiley, windy moors we train. Here's a few moody shots of Arsenal limbering up under the blanket of thick fog that swathed a decidedly bleak-looking London Colney this morning ahead of their Champions League group tie against Schalke 04 at the Emirates tonight.
Olympiacos vs Schalke 1-2 Highlights Champions League Goals 2012 Abdoun Howedes Huntelaar Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
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While the transfer market has closed in most of Europe, it is still open in Russia, and Zenit St
Petersburg announced their Champions League intentions with a sensational double swoop today for
Porto striker Hulk and Benfica's Axel Witsel for a combined £70million.
On the face of it, Arsenal's Champions League Group of Montpellier, Olympiacos and Schalke may not
look very daunting, but the fact is that an away game at any of those grounds is going to be a
difficult encounter, and Arsenal will probably have to win all three home matches to ensure that
they top [.
The Puerto Rico Islanders traveled over 3,300 miles to play the Los Angeles Galaxy in CONCACAF
Champions League group play on Wednesday night. With LA playing mainly bench and reserve side
players, the Islanders may have felt they had a good chance to inflict some damage on the MLS side
much like they did on [.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has given his reaction after United were drawn against
Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League group stages. Last year
Manchester...
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Scottish giants Celtic made it to the Champions League group stages for the first time in four
years after comfortably finishing off Helsingborgs at Celtic Park last night.
Taking a two-goal advantage with them into the second leg of his Champions League qualifier, the
home side were rarely threatened by the Swedes.
Wenger brought Francis Coquelin in to the Arsenal midfield and moved Ramsey to the right. Gervinho got the chance to reprise his central striker role while Giroud was on the bench. Gervinho tended to drift out wide at the start which was fairly tentative.
In the 10th minute, Cazorla and Podolski combined well on the left and the German put in the sort of cross that Giroud would love but Gervinho could not get it on target.
Arsenal 3 – 1 Olympiacos. Back to winning ways for the Gunners by KJ
A great win for the Gunners propels them to the top of their Champions League group with 6 points. However, it wasn't anywhere near as comfortable as the score line suggests.
The game started out pretty well for the Gunners as they remained organised and held most of the possession.
Montpellier vs Arsenal 1-2 Highlights 2012 Champions League Belhanda penalty Podolski Gervinho Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter
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Michael Parkhurst and Nordsjaelland might be on the outside looking in when it comes to successfully navigating Champions League Group E, but they're showing that they belong in Europe's premier tournament. On Tuesday, Nordsjaelland finished 1-1 against Italian champions Juventus. Nordsjaelland's Mikkel Beckmann opened the scoring in the 50th minute with Juventus equalizing in the 81st.
The draw for the Champions League group stages takes place today. There is the potential for a
group of death for some clubs, with the Champions of Spain in pot 1, Champions of England in pot 2,
champions of Italy in pot 3 and the Champions of Germany in pot 4.
Pot One: Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Porto, AC
Milan.
Manchester City is preparing to start a very difficult UEFA Champions League group this week and could receive a major boost ahead of a showdown vs. Real Madrid with the return of Argentine striker Sergio Aguero.
Sidelined for the past month with a knee ligament injury, Aguero has traveled to Madrid with Manchester City ahead of Tuesday's high-profile group stage clash and could feature in the match.
Mancini Will Have To Conquer His European Hoodoo - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
On Tuesday night there will be a matchup that ten years ago you would only have seen had you had Tonton Zola Moukoko playing especially well for you on Championship Manager. Manchester City, fourteen years ago a languishing club in the third tier of English football, attracting a home crowd of 3,000 against Mansfield in the Auto Windscreens Shield (they lost that game), are now champions of England and set to take on Real Madrid in the first match of the Champions League group stage at the mighty Santiago Bernabeu.
For the second straight summer, Oguchi Onyewu has secured a move to a league he has never played
in before.
Deemed surplus to requirements at Sporting CP despite putting together a solid first season with
the Portuguese club, Onyewu signed a year-long loan deal with Spanish outfit Malaga on Friday,
hours before the summer transfer window closed.
On this week's show we break down Week 3 of the EPL season, discuss the Champions League group
stage draw and debate Toto songs. We also spend a few minutes discussing Alan Pardew's cyber
stalker, Oksana Andersson's questionable boob job and more.
We would have posted the Alan Pardew cyber-stalker video, but it's been made private on
YouTube.
Last season APOEL FC (Greek: Α ΟΕΛ) topped their UEFA Champions League group stage pool before
making it to the quarter-finals of the tournament. This season the twenty-one time Cypriot First...
Chelsea loaned out of favor midfielder Michael Essien to Real Madrid, reuniting him with the man
who originally signed him for Chelsea in 2005, Jose Mourinho. Though the deadline-day move came as
a surprise even to Essien himself, it was a welcomed one since he describes Mourinho as being "like
a father" to him.
After they both enjoyed SPL wins last Saturday the week rather diverged for Celtic and Hibs.
Celtic progressed to the Champions League group stage, that promised land where the streets are
paved with gold and the couches upholstered with £50 notes.
24 hours earlier Hibs were dumped out of the League Cup by Queen of the South in a display that
seems to have flitted between pathetic and miserable.
Arsenal and Liverpool face off this weekend in one of the marquee match-ups of a loaded weekend
of European soccer action, with each club looking for its first victory of the new campaign.
Arsenal have yet to score a goal, while Liverpool will be looking to build off a hard-fought 2-2
draw with title holders Manchester City.
Yep, you read that right, a 1-1 win. Let's be honest, any result in Honduras other than a loss
was going to be a tremendous positive. Falling down a goal early, losing Nathan Sturgis to a red
card and still pulling off a draw...well that's just epic.
The Dynamo are now in the drivers seat for qualification in to the knockout stages of the
tournament.
Andrés Iniesta has been named the winner of the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award,
finishing ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in an extremely close vote.
Iniesta received 19 votes while Messi and Ronaldo both picked up 17 votes.
The Barcelona midfielder, who helped Spain defend their European Championship title this summer,
collected his prize following today's UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum
in Monaco and said:
The UEFA Champions League Group Stage Draw has been released with Group D featuring Manchester
City, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, and Ajax Amsterdam.
It's clearly the strongest group with each team having a decent chance to make it to the
knockout stage. Manchester United probably have the easiest road of the top teams while Barcelona,
Chelsea, Barcelona, AC Milan, Arsenal, and Bayern Munich are all favorites to win their respective
groups.
Andrés Iniesta has been named the winner of the 2011/12 UEFA Best Player in Europe Award,
finishing ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in an extremely close vote.
Iniesta received 19 votes while Messi and Ronaldo both picked up 17 votes.
The Barcelona midfielder, who helped Spain defend their European Championship title this summer,
collected his prize following today's UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum
in Monaco and said:
Earlier this afternoon, spaced out considerably into a half hour meeting of people in suits, the
Champions League group stage draw took place in Monaco. The buildup was understandly rowdy, with
several people extracting pens from suit pockets and others still shifting in their seats. The
agenda got underway through the explanation of the rules, mainly who country representatives can
allowed to play.
UEFA completed the draw for the 2012-13 Champions League group stage. National Teamer Jermaine
Jones and Schalke 04 were drawn into Group B with Arsenal, Olympiacos, and Montpellier. Michael
Parkhurst's Nordsjaelland will play Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Juventus in Group E. Group A FC
Porto (POR) FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Group B
Arsenal FC (ENG) FC Schalke 04 (GER) Olympiacos FC (GRE) Montpellier Hérault (FRA) Group C.
Here are the groups and match dates for the Champions League:
GROUP A
Porto
Dynamo Kyiv
Paris St Germian
Dinamo Zagreb GROUP B
Arsenal
Schalke
Olympiacos
Montpellier GROUP C
AC Milan
Zenit St Petersburg
Anderlecht
Malaga GROUP D
Real Madrid
Manchester City
Ajax
Borussia Dortmund GROUP E
Chelsea
Shakhtar Donetsk
Juventus
Nordsjaelland GROUP F
Bayern Munich
Valencia
Lille
BATE Borislav GROUP G
Barcelona
Benfica
Spartak Moscow
Celtic GROUP H
Manchester United
Braga
Galatassaray
CFR Cluj
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Here is when the Group Stage games will be played: Matchday 1: Sep 18-19 Matchday 2: Oct 2-3 Matchday 3: Oct 23-24 Matchday 4: Nov 6-7 Matchday 5: Nov 20-21 Matchday 6: Dec 4-5
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And the Knock-out Stage dates: Round of 16-1st leg: Feb 12-20 Round of 16-2nd leg: Mar 5-13 Quarterfinals-1st leg: Apr 2-3 Quarterfinals-2nd leg: Apr 9-10 Semifinals-1st leg: Apr 23-24 Semifinals-2nd leg: Apr 30 - May 1 Final: Sat May 25 at Wembley Stadium in London England
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Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter These is how the draw for the group stages for the
2012/13 UEFA Champions League went about today at the Grimaldi Forum ( 30 August 2012) in Monaco.
The roadmap for the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League group stage will be set on Thursday, with one
of the ultimate groups of death lingering as a possibility. The champions of England, Germany,
Italy and Spain could all be drawn into the same group, with Real Madrid, Manchester City, Juventus
and Borussia Dortmund put in pots 1-4, respectively.
Champions' League Group Stage Draw by AH The Champions League Group Stage draw is tonight and
Arsenal will be in Pot One. There are many different clubs we could draw, some easy and some
difficult from across Europe. Arsenal will draw with one club from each other pot, but we cannot
draw another British club.
Spirits are high at Celtic, where they've already won the next few seasons worth of Scottish
Premier League titles and on Wednesday, booked a place in the Champions League group stage. In
fact, these early successes have come so easy that the players had the time to cover teammate
Mohamed Bangura's Audi in Post-It notes.
Playing in front of his home fans, with a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage on the
line during a tense penalty shootout Tuesday, Udinese's Maicosuel stepped to the spot and tried to
catch Sporting Braga goalkeeper Beto off guard with a Panenka, a chip down the center along the
likes of what Andrea Pirlo so fearlessly did against England during Euro 2012.
Herculez Gomez started and played 76 minutes for Santos Laguna in an away win in the CONCACAF
Champions League group stage. Santos led from the 49th minute when Darwin Quintero scored. Toronto
equalized through Quincy Amarikwa in the 68th, but Santos scored twice in stoppage time to take the
game. Daniel Luduena got a 90th minute goal and Candido Ramirez added Santos Laguna's third in the
92nd.
Barcelona are in Moscow to play their second Champions League Group G match against Dynamo on Tuesday and ahead of the match, they met a very special fan with goalkeeper Victor Valdes' face tattooed on her arm. Yes, of all the Barcelona players one can have tattooed on their body, she chose Victor Valdes.
The Houston Dynamo and Seattle Sounders both went on the road in CONCACAF Champions League group
action on Thursday night and both are coming back to the USA with points in the bag.
The Sounders sent a young squad to Trinidad & Tobago and came back with an impressive 3-1 win
over Caledonia AIA courtesy of goals from Fredy Montero, Alex Caskey and Sammy Ochoa.
