2011/12 UEFA Champions League Thread

The first qualifying round has started up so here we go with this thread!

FC Santa Coloma 0-2 F91 Dudelange
Second-half headers by Jean-Sébastien Legros and Jean-Philippe Caillet earned the champions of Luxembourg a 2-0 first-leg success in Andorra.
Dudelange gave an assertive performance against the Andorran champions ©F91 Dudelange




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F91 Dudelange will defend a two-goal aggregate lead on home soil next Tuesday after Jean-Sébastien Legros and Jean-Philippe Caillet struck in the second half of their encounter against the Andorran champions to gain the upper hand in their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round tie.

Although there was little to choose between the two sides during a hard-fought first period, the hosts passed up a presentable opportunity to take the lead when striker and captain Norberto Urbani failed to connect with a deflected shot with only goalkeeper Jonathan Joubert to beat.

When the deadlock was broken 12 minutes after the interval, it was the visitors who stole ahead, as Legros launched himself at a pinpoint right-wing cross by Sofian Benzouien to send a diving header past Ricardo Fernández.

Santa Coloma struggled to contend with Daniel Theis's side thereafter and, eleven minutes from time, Benzouien was again the architect, picking out Caillet at the far post with a wonderful free-kick from the left flank, which the Dudelange defender met with a firm header.

The two sides reconvene on Tuesday 5 July for the right to meet NK Maribor in the second qualifying round on 12/13 July.

Dudelange have got this. 4-0 win at home.

Do Maribor still have that Brazillian striker? Name escapes me.

Arsenal will play Barcelona at some point.

SP Tre Fiori 0-3 Valletta FC
Two goals either side of half-time and a 70th-minute penalty earned Valletta a significant lead to take back to Malta for the return leg.
Valletta FC will take a three-goal advantage into next Wednesday's second leg thanks to a convincing 3-0 victory against San Marinese champions SP Tre Fiori.

Denni's strike just before the break followed by Alfred Effiong's goal five minutes into the second half gave Valletta a comfortable lead before Gilbert Agius completed the scoring from the penalty spot to put Valletta in command of the tie.

The visitors dominated proceedings in the first half, forcing Mauro Bertozzi in the Tre Fiori goal into a string of fines saves, most notably an excellent stop from Ryan Fenech's free-kick. However, with the game seemingly headed towards a goalless first half, the Maltese champions took the lead. Some neat build-up play involving captain Edmond Agius and William Barbosa set up Denni whose cool finish put the visitors ahead.

Buoyed by their opening goal, Leonard Farrugia's side started the second half as they had ended the first. Effiong's run evaded the attentions of the Tre Fiori defence and the 26-year-old doubled Valletta's lead. The hosts were denied a route back into the game when Federico Macina's effort was saved by Andrew Hogg, before Agius's 70th-minute spot-kick put the Maltese champions in pole position to face FK Ekranas in the next round.

The two sides meet again on 6 July for the right to take on the Lithuanian champions in the second qualifying round.

Valetta will beat FK Ekranas imo. I reckon they will be a surprisig team, Valetta, and other teams had better be on guard.

Pip wrote:Dudelange have got this. 4-0 win at home.

Do Maribor still have that Brazillian striker? Name escapes me.

Yes they do his full name is Marcos Magno Morales Tavares but he goes by just Tavares and he is the captain. They also have another Brazillian named João Gabriel da Silva who goes by just Gabriel. He is also a striker.

Pip wrote:Dudelange have got this. 4-0 win at home.

Do Maribor still have that Brazillian striker? Name escapes me.

Yes they do his full name is Marcos Magno Morales Tavares but he goes by just Tavares and he is the captain. They also have another Brazillian named João Gabriel da Silva who goes by just Gabriel. He is also a striker.

Sorry for the double post, not sure why this went through twice.

Weather130 wrote:

Pip wrote:Dudelange have got this. 4-0 win at home.

Do Maribor still have that Brazillian striker? Name escapes me.

Yes they do his full name is Marcos Magno Morales Tavares but he goes by just Tavares and he is the captain. They also have another Brazillian named João Gabriel da Silva who goes by just Gabriel. He is also a striker.

Tavares, that's him.

Fantastic striker, could easily make it in a league such as Greece imo.

At the end of the day who gives a fuck about all this, all the teams are shite in the early qualifying and wont get near the CL

I like how Pip is pretending to know who all these people are.

Cam wrote:I like how Pip is pretending to know who all these people are.

Thats all he does

Oh yeah, whats that guys name.. that Brazilian guy..


'Rodrigo?'


Oh yeah, Rodrigo, I like him!

Cam wrote:Oh yeah, whats that guys name.. that Brazilian guy..


'Rodrigo?'


Oh yeah, Rodrigo, I like him!

Sean wrote:

Cam wrote:I like how Pip is pretending to know who all these people are.

Thats all he does

He scored a hat trick I believe against FC Zurich a few years ago.

In one season, he scored 16 goals and provided 15 assists for his team mates.

I could Google him and all Pip.

Sean wrote:I could Google him and all Pip.

I see.

Pip wrote:

Weather130 wrote:

Pip wrote:Dudelange have got this. 4-0 win at home.

Do Maribor still have that Brazillian striker? Name escapes me.

Yes they do his full name is Marcos Magno Morales Tavares but he goes by just Tavares and he is the captain. They also have another Brazillian named João Gabriel da Silva who goes by just Gabriel. He is also a striker.

Tavares, that's him.

Fantastic striker, could easily make it in a league such as Greece imo.

Greek league is not easy.Defences are pretty solid and most pitches are in terrible condition.
Personally,I have seen the player and I think that he could do well in an weak team,such as Panionios,but he wouldnt make it in a big team.

Might as well post the results from the last few days.
Tre Fiori (San Marino) 1 Valletta F.C. (Malta) 2 1-5
FC Santa Coloma (Andorra) 0 F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 2 0-4

2nd round games
Maribor (Slovenia) v F91 Dundelange (Luxembourg)
Valletta (Malta) v FK Ekranas (Lithuania)

Might as well post the results from the last few days.
Tre Fiori (San Marino) 1 Valletta F.C. (Malta) 2 1-5
FC Santa Coloma (Andorra) 0 F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) 2 0-4

2nd round games
Maribor (Slovenia) v F91 Dundelange (Luxembourg)
Valletta (Malta) v FK Ekranas (Lithuania)

would be really funny if one of these shit teams made it far

I predict a Dudelange upset.

1-0 to Maribor at home and then a 3-1 win to Dudelange at Luxembourg.

So I guess with everything else going on in the rest of football everyone has forgot about these champions league qualifiers. He are the results so far from today.
ROI & UK teams
Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland) 1 Flora Tallinn (Estonia) 0

blowout
Pyunik (Armenia) 0 FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic) 4

ROI & UK teams
Bangor City (Wales) 0 HJK Hlenski (Finland) 3
Linfield (Northern Irelamd) 1 BATE Borisov (Belarus) 1

blowouts
Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 5 FK Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzgovina) 1
Zestafoni (Georgia) 3 Dacia Chişinău (Moldova) 0
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 3 Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan) 0
FK Partizan (Serbia) 4 KF Shkëndija (Macedonia) 0
Rosenborg (Norway) 5 Breiðablik (Iceland) 0

for Polska
Skonto 0 Wisła Kraków 1

Strange. I'll be in Valletta in two days.

ROI & UK teams
Shamrock Rovers (Republic of Ireland) 0 Flora Tallinn (Estonia) 0 1-0
Bangor City (Wales) 0 HJK Helsinki (Finland) 10 0-13 (sorry too funny)
Linfield (Northern Ireland) 0 BATE Borisov (Belarus) 2 1-3

other blowouts
Pyunik (Armenia) 1 FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic) 5 1-9
Partizan (Serbia) 1 KF Shkëndija (Macedonia) 0 5-0

for Polska
Skonko 0 Wisła Kraków 2 0-3

next round
Copenhagen (Denmark) v Shamrock Rovers (ROI)
Rangers (Scotland) v Malmö FF (Sweden)
Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) v Wisła Kraków (Poland)

Only a few games played today,
blowout
APOEL (Cyprus) 4 K.F. Skënderbeu Korçë (Albania) 0 6-0

An interesting note is that in every other game today the team that won lost the two leg tie. If you look at the club coefficents you would notice that so far the Champions League has had 0 upsets.

fluffy_kittens wrote:would be really funny if one of these shit teams made it far

It wasn't funny when Spurs got far.

The 3rd qualifying round starts today! It should be a good one. Here are some matchups that I think will be interesting to follow today;



Dinamo Kiev v Rubin Kazan
Genk v Partizan
Rangers v Malmo FF
Twente v Vaslui

Weather130 wrote:The 3rd qualifying round starts today! It should be a good one. Here are some matchups that I think will be interesting to follow today;



Dinamo Kiev v Rubin Kazan
Genk v Partizan
Rangers v Malmo FF
Twente v Vaslui

Dynamo 2-0 Rubin

Genk 3-2 Partizan

Rangers 1-1 Malmo FF

Twente 4-1 Vaslui