Tuesday’s Champions League Results & Wednesday’s Schedule

So, Bayern Munich dominated Juventus, 4-1, to progress to the knockout stage today.  Real Madrid and Milan also secured spots in the round of 16.  CSKA Moskva also advanced with a 2-1 win over Beşiktaş. Wednesday’s clashes will determine the final teams in the knockout stage.  Defending champion Barcelona only needs a draw with Dynamo to advance, while Inter and Rubin battle for that second spot.

Tuesday’s Results
Juventus 1 (Trezeguet 19)
Bayern 4 (Butt 30-pen, Olić 52, Gómez 83, Tymoshchuk 90+2)

Maccabi Haifa 0
Bordeaux 1 (Jussiê 13)

Beşiktaş 1 (Bobô 86)
CSKA Moskva 2 (Krasić 41, Aldonin 90+5)

Wolfsburg 1 (Džeko 56)
Manchester United 3 (Owen 44, 83, 90+1)

Zurich 1 (Gajić 29)
AC Milan 1 (Ronaldinho 64-pen)

Marseille 1 (Lucho 11)
Real Madrid 3 (Cristiano Ronaldo 5, 80, Albiol 60)

Chelsea 2 (Essien 19, Drogba 26)
APOEL 2 (M. Żewłakow 6, Mirosavljević 87)

Atletico Madrid 0
Porto 3 (Bruno Alves 2, Falcao 14, Hulk 76)

Wednesday’s Schedule
Liverpool vs. Fiorentina*
Lyon* vs. Debrecen
Inter vs. Rubin Kazan – 2:30 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Dynamo Kiev vs. Barcelona – 2:40 p.m. ET/Setanta (Live)
Stuttgart vs. Unirea – 7 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Sevilla* vs. Rangers
Olympiacos vs. Arsenal* – 9 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Standard vs. AZ

Liverpool out of Champions League

The big news out of Tuesday’s contests is that Liverpool has crashed out in the group stage for the first time in six years.  Despite the fact that the Reds notched a 1-0 win over Debrecen, Fiorentina managed a win over Lyon to book their spot in the knockout stage.  Here’s hoping Liverpool will be able to do some good things in the Europa League. Arsenal joined Fiorentina in the knockout stage with a 2-0 win over Standard, while Barcelona helped their cause greatly with a 2-0 win over Inter Milan.

Tuesday’s Results
Debrecen 0
Liverpool 1 (Ngog 4)

Fiorentina 1 (Vargas 28-pen)
Lyon 0

Rubin Kazan 0
Dynamo Kiev 0

Barcelona 2 (Piqué 10, Pedro Rodríguez 26)
Inter 0

Rangers 0
Stuttgart 2 (Rudy 16, Kuzmanović 59)

Unirea 1 (Dragutinović 45-o.g.)
Sevilla 0

AZ Alkmaar 0
Olympiacos 0

Arsenal 2 (Nasri 35, Denilson 45+2)
Standard 0

Wednesday’s Schedule
Bordeaux vs. Juventus
Bayern Munich vs. Maccabi Haifa
CSKA Moskva vs. Wolfsburg
Man. United vs. Beşiktaş – . 2:40 p.m. ET/Setanta (Live); 7 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Real Madrid vs. Zurich – 5 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
AC Milan vs. Marseille – 2:30 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Porto vs. Chelsea
APOEL vs. Atletico Madrid

Champions League Schedule – Matchday 4

The second half of the group stage gets underway today and several big clubs have work to do if they want any chance of advancing to the knockout stage.  In today’s games, Bayern Munich needs a win against Bordeaux, while the winner of the mouth-watering AC Milan/Real Madrid clash will be in the drivers seat in group C.  In Wednesday’s matches, Liverpool is desperate for a win at Lyon after only gaining three points from the first three fixtures.  Spanish powerhouse Barcelona has struggled in group F as three teams have four points going into Wednesday.  Barca was “upset” by Rubin last time out, while Inter has failed to establish the same form that has them atop Serie A.  Check out the complete standings here.

Tuesday, Nov. 3
APOEL vs. Porto
Atletico Madrid vs. Chelsea – 2:30 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Bayern vs. Bordeaux – 1 am ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Beşiktaş vs. Wolfsburg
Maccabi Haifa vs. Juventus – 10 am ET Wed./Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Manchester United vs. CSKA Moskva – 2:30 pm ET/Setanta (Live); 5 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Marseille vs. Zurich
AC Milan vs. Real Madrid – 7 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Rubin vs. Barcelona – 12:30 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Arsenal vs. AZ – 2:30 pm ET/Setanta (Live); 5 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Dynamo vs. Inter – 1 am ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Fiorentina vs. Debrecen
Lyon vs. Liverpool – 2:30 pm ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Sevilla vs. Stuttgart – 11 am ET Thurs./Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Standard vs. Olympiacos
Unirea Urziceni vs. Rangers

Champions League – Tuesday’s results and Wednesday’s matches

Let’s see…on Tuesday, Liverpool’s defense sucked once again in a 2-0 loss to Fiorentina. (Another thing that I just found out: it’s the first time Liverpool hasn’t scored in a Champions League game in two and a half years – yikes) In other group E action, Lyon smashed Debrecen, 4-0. In group F, Inter was lucky to play Russian champ Rubin Kazan to a 1-1 draw after going down to 10 men in the second half. Sevilla and Arsenal both went top of groups G and H, respectively.

There are several good matches on Wednesday, including Bayern hosting Juventus and Wolfsburg at Manchester United.  The winner of the Wolfsburg/United game will have an early edge to lead the group.

Fiorentina 2 (Jovetić 28, 37)
Liverpool 0

Debrecen 0
Lyon 4 (Källström 3, Pjanić 13, Govou 24, Gomis 51)

Rubin Kazan 1 (Domínguez 11)
Inter 1 (Stanković 27)

Barcelona 2 (Messi 26, Pedro Rodríguez 76)
Dynamo 0

Unirea Urziceni 1 (Varga 48)
Stuttgart 1 (Tasci 5)

Rangers 1 (Novo 88)
Sevilla 4 (Konko 50, Adriano 64, Luis Fabiano 72, Kanouté 74)

Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 78, Arshavin 86)
Olympiacos 0

AZ Alkmaar 1 (El Hamdaoui 48)
Standard Liege 1 (Traore 90+1)

Wednesday’s Schedule
Bayern vs. Juventus
Bordeaux vs. Maccabi Haifa
CSKV Moskva vs. Beşiktaş
Manchester United vs. Wolfsburg – 2:45 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
AC Milan vs. Zurich
Real Madrid vs. Marseille – 5 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
APOEL vs. Chelsea – 2:30 p.m. ET/Setanta (Live)
Porto vs. Atletico Madrid – 2 a.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)

Tuesday’s Champions League Matches

UEFA Champions League is back in action today with the second set of group games. There are eight matches today and eight tomorrow as well. Groups E, F, G and H play today. Dynamo sits at the top of group F since Barca drew with Inter in the first game. A win for Dynamo would be a huge step towards the next round. Arsenal and Olympiacos share the top spot in group H, so the winner in that game gets an early edge.

Arsenal vs. Olympiacos
– 10 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
AZ vs. Standard
Barcelona vs. Dynamo
– 4:45 p.m. ET/Setanta (Live)
– 2 a.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Debrecen vs. Lyon
Fiorentina vs. Liverpool
– 2:40 p.m. ET/Setanta (Live)
– 5 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Delayed)
Rangers vs. Sevilla
– 2:30 p.m. ET/Fox Soccer (Live)
Urinea Urziceni vs. Stuttgart
Rubin vs. Inter
– 11 a.m. ET Wed. Sept. 30/Fox Soccer (Delayed)