3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that
five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is
of course Hertha B... no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook
case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.
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2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against
Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the
games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a
comfortable 3-1 victory.
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Partiamo dal
Gruppo A, dove la
Juventus supera, a fatica, il
Maccabi
Haifa con un gol (il primo in
Champions) del difensore centrale
Chiellini. Ma il
merito del successo va diviso con
Gigi Buffon, autore di parate fantastiche. Il
Bordeaux, invece, piega il
Bayern Monaco per due a uno.
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General Review
General Review II
AC Milan 0 - 1 FC Zurich: San Siro shocker
Leonardo defiant despite defeat
Player Ratings
Apoel 0 - 1 Chelsea: Struggle in Cyprus
Harris: Lampard stuck in a rut
Bayern Munich 0 - 0 Juventus:
Old Lady looks better
Bordeaux 1 - 0 Maccabi Haifa: Ciani winner
CSKA Moscow 2 - 1 Besiktas: Krasic winner
Porto 2 - 0 Atletico Madrid: Atletico woe
Manchester United 2 - 1 Wolfsburg: Owen hurt again
Jolly: Berbatov takes his chance
Real Madrid 3 - 0 Marseille: Ronaldo double
Player Ratings
Best of the Week in the Champions League
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Group A
Bayern Munich and Juventus played to a 0-0 draw in Germany. Apparently the home side dominated, but
got nothing out of it but an injury to Arjen Robben. Bordeaux got a late winner at home to beat
Maccabi Haifa 1-0 on a header by Michael Ciani (83').
Group B
At Old Trafford, Manchester United came back from a second-half deficit to beat Wolfsburg on goals
by Ryan Giggs (his 150th with the club) and Michael Carrick.
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Benzema celebrates after scoring Lyon's only goal in last year's 2-1 loss to
Lorient.
This week, Lyon travel to Brittany to face FC Lorient at Le Stade Moustoir. Lorient is
currently tied for 2nd place with seven other teams in L1, having defeated Le Mans 1-0 in the first
week.
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