Yesterday topped the Group Stage of this year's UEFA Champions League night and brought us some surprises that will be unusual for a bass drum round draw. We will discuss all groups and surprises, from the elimination of two teams from Manchester to the classification as group of humble Apoel Nicosia.
Group A millionaire City falls to the first
The precisely known as the Group of Death lived up to its name, leaving both teams with injuries of varying degrees. Our Villarreal, depleted by casualties and an air of depression, has been fired in Europe without achieving a single point. Last group, will not play nor the Europa League. The other is eliminated Manchester City, Premier leader coming into the pools of potential alternatives to Madrid and Barcelona. His sentence was lost in Naples and the win against Bayern did not help anything that did the same in Napoli Vila-real.
Group B: CSKA wins the sprint
The CSKA Moscow came to the last day as the last group, needing to win at Inter Milan, who tied Trabzonspor and Lille: Turkish or French if they won, the CSKA was out. But the cannon was fulfilled: the Muscovites defeated the neroazzurri (already classified as first) and Lille and Trabzonspor tied to zero and a feeling of powerlessness as the Russians advanced to them, getting into eighths.
Group C runners-up removes the Basel
The biggest surprise of all has been the elimination of Manchester United, a semifinalist in the last five editions of the Champions, once champion and twice runner-up. The Ferguson have been unable to beat anyone but the rookie Otelul Galati. The Basel draws at home (3-3) and Benfica (2-2) condemned them, especially the latter, in the penultimate round. So, faced the last game knowing that the Portuguese were already sorted, so had to play the ranking in Switzerland, in Basel. The Helvetian victory by 2-1 to send the Red Devils to give five years the Europa League.
Group D: Lyon work a miracle suspect
Olympique Lyonnais addressed the final day with a big disadvantage with Ajax. Three points down and a difference of 5 goals. In fact, the Gauls had marked more than two goals in his first five games for the six who had received (-4 in the computation), while the Dutch (6 goals for, 3 against) had an overall 3 . Ajax succumbed at home to Real Madrid and rated (0-3) while the suspect worked a miracle Olympique achieving a 1-7 in Zagreb, 1-1 at the break and scoring six goals in 28 minutes. The UEFA investigate the matter, but many are wary of Platini to try harder to be a French team the benefit.
Group E: Valencia on the shore drowns
The Bayer Leverkusen won the mathematical classification on the fifth day after defeating Chelsea at the other place for the second round hype it would have to play English and Spanish at Stanford Bridge in the last game. The Villas-Boas imposed by 3 to 0 and Valencia falls to the Europa League. The key to this group has been that none of the first three were able to beat the Genk in Belgium, where all tied.
Group F: Marseille late slips
In the first place Arsenal guaranteed, Olympiakos and Marseille played the second. The Greeks started with the advantage of playing against the English, already qualified, while the French had a game more complicated because the Borussia hurried his last chance to get into the Europa League (winning and losing them Valverde). The Greeks had done so last minute as they beat Arsenal and Borussia did the same with Marseille, but two goals of the Gauls in the final minutes to overcome them won the match points to advance to the Greeks and passed as second group. Surprising evil role of Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga champions, who finished bottom of group and beyond any international competition.
Group G: The Apoel, a dwarf among giants
Great achievement of Apoel Nicosia, which coming from a country that is less than 800,000 inhabitants (the city is little more than A Coruña), not only has gotten in the second round of the Champions, but also have done so as early their group. One group, the G, which have fallen the two top seeds, Porto and Shakhtar. The Portuguese played the all out in the last match against Zenit St. Petesbrugo. The Russians departed with a point advantage, so they had better draw. The final 0-0 to Porto sends the Europa League competition which is the reigning champion.
Group H: The exception that proves the rule
The H has been the group that everything has gone according to script more predictable. FC Barcelona, champions, finished first and the aged laureate and Milan, second. It remained to see who would go the way of the Europa League, the Viktoria Plzen or BATE Borisov: everything was virtually sentenced the previous day, when the Viktoria won in Borisov. Belarusians Barca needed to win and that the Czechs do the same, but could not even stick a goal in the youth squad of FC Barcelona.
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