The European season has finally arrived! Matchday 1 Tuesday, 17 September Group A Arsenal FC vs. Borussia Dortmund Arsenal handed kind Champions League draw Dortmund minus Addo We'll win Champions League says Wenger Pires eyes Champions League return AJ Auxerre vs. PSV Eindhoven Group B FC Basle vs. Spartak Moscow Titov setback for Spartak Valencia CF vs. Liverpool FC Fali tragedy stuns Valencia Owen set for Champions League return Henchoz hoping for Champions League action The Reds' Champions League opponents Group C RC Genk vs. AEK Athens AS Roma vs. Real Madrid CF (ESPN2) Real to Face Roma in Champions League for Second Straight Year Group D Ajax Amsterdam vs. Olympique Lyon Ajax ace hit by knee injury Rosenborg BK vs. Internazionale Milano Inter short of options Cúper extends Inter contract Berg happy with Rosenborg Muscle injury sidelines Ronaldo Wednesday, 18 September Group E Dynamo Kyiv vs. Newcastle United FC Newcastle handed tricky draw Solano voices Champions League fears Newcastle Thrilled Despite Tough Champions League Draw More injury woe for Dynamo Feyenoord Rotterdam vs. Juventus Group F Manchester United vs. Maccabi Haifa Man Utd set for Cyprus trip Maccabi players accept bonus deal Surgery sidelines Scholes United crisis deepens as Champions League beckons Hip surgery sidelines Keane Olympiakos Piraeus vs. Bayer Leverkusen Rink heading back to Brazil Toppmoller extends Leverkusen stay Toppmoller wants Man Utd job Group G Bayern Munchen vs. Deportivo la Coruna Ballack set to miss opener Andrade sidelined by broken bone Milan AC vs. RC Lens Helveg out of Milan opener Zidane: Milan Pose Champions League Threat Group H FC Barcelona vs. Club Bruges European giants into group stages Barça suffer Dani blow Lokomotiv Moscow vs. SK Galatasaray Izmailov blow for Lokomotiv All matches will kick-off at 2:45pm EST
Official Champions League Club Websites Arsenal Borussia Dortmund Auxerre PSV Basle Spartak Valencia Liverpool Genk AEK Roma Real Madrid Ajax Lyon Rosenborg Inter Dynamo Newcastle Feyenoord Juventus Manchester United Maccabi Haifa Olympiakos Bayer Leverkusen Bayern Munich Deportivo de La Coruña Milan Lens Barcelona Club Bruges Lokomotiv Galatasaray
A Preview of Tuesday's Champions League Match-ups Wenger calls up Ljungberg Liverpool's Henchoz travels to Valencia Cañizares sees Red Tommasi to lead by example
Koeman gets tough for Ajax Roma looking for revenge Home comforts favour Valencia Spartak weakened for Basel bow
Champions League rolls again as Europe targets Real Ronaldo pleads with paparazzi to cool it Valencia to keep Liverpol waiting over Aimar
Yes, ESPN2 will show Roma v Real Madrid live. As of now they will show one CL match a week on Tuesdays but hopefully once the tournament progresses they will change it to two matches a week. One on Tuesday and one on Wednesday. All matches are 2:45pm EST.
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Ajax coach Ronald Koeman has expressed his doubts about Ajax' strength. He is not convinced that they are ready for the Champions League and is curious to see how the team will deal with the pressure, the high expectations and the strength of opponents Lyon. vd Vaart, Mido are both out. Chivu has hardly trained, having problems with his hamstring. IMHO we're going to have a very, very tough match tonight against Lyon. I think that a loss would be fatal since we need all the points we can get at home.
Well they've won! 2 goals from Zlatan in their 2-1 victory at home to Lyon. Final Results: Auxerre v PSV 0-0 Arsenal v Dortmund 2-0 Valencia v Liverpool 2-0 Basel v Spartak 2-0 RC Genk v AEK 0-0 Roma v Madrid 0-3 Rosenborg v Internazionale 2-2 Ajax v Lyon 2-1
Dynamo in determined mood Leverkusen need a lift Lokomotiv gathering speed Bayern aim to state their intent
At full time... Lok Moscow 0 - 2 Galatasaray Sarr (71st) and Erdem (81st). The rest of the games at the half way mark... Dynamo Kyiv 1 - 0 Newcastle Shatskikh (17th) Feyenoord 0 - 1 Juventus Camoranesi (32nd) Manchester United 2 - 1 Maccabi Haifa Maccabi takes early lead Katan (8th), but ManU recovers Giggs (10th) and Solskjaer (35th) Olympiakos 3 - 1 Leverkusen L: Neville (22nd), O: Giovanni (27th), Giannakopoulos (38th) and Djordjevic (44th) AC Milan 0 - 0 Lens Bayern Munich 0 - 2 Deportivo Makaay (10th & 45th) put the visitors up in Munich. Barcelona 3 - 1 Club Brugge Barca: Enrique (5th), Mendieta (40th) & Saviola (43rd) Brugge: Simons (22nd, pen).
United makes it a 2 goal lead. 46' Within 22 seconds of the restart United go 3-1 ahead. A cross from Beckham spins off Solskjær in the direction of Veron, who is unmarked in front of goal. Credit the Argentinian, though, for a composed finish, the ball flying into goal off the oustretched foot of Awat.
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All games at full time now -- we really saw some good defensive soccer today . Lok Moscow 0 - 2 Galatasaray Sarr (71st) and Erdem (81st). Dynamo Kyiv 2 - 0 Newcastle Shatskikh (17th), Khatskevich (62nd) Feyenoord 1 - 1 Juventus Juv: Camoranesi (32nd), Fey: van Hooijdonk (75th) Manchester United 5 - 2 Maccabi Haifa Maccabi: Katan (8th), Cohen (86th), ManU: Giggs (10th), Solskjaer (35th), Veron (46th), van Nistelrooy (54th), Forlan (89th pen) Olympiakos 6 - 2 Leverkusen Lev: Neville (22nd), Schneider (78th), Oly: Giovanni (27th), Giannakopoulos (38th), Djordjevic (44th, 64th pen, 73rd), Zetterberg (87th) AC Milan 2 - 1 Lens Milan: Inzaghi (57th & 61st), Lens: Moreira (75th) Bayern Munich 2 - 3 Deportivo Bayern: Salihamidrizic (57th), Elber (64th), Dep: Makaay (10th, 45th & 77th). Barcelona 3 - 2 Club Brugge Barca: Enrique (5th), Mendieta (40th) & Saviola (43rd) Brugge: Simons (22nd, pen), Engelbert (85th) 34 goals scored today compared to 16 yesterday. Overall home team was 9-4-3 (W-D-L) in match round 1.