Real Madrid ran out winners by a margin that flattered BATE Borisov. Real Madrid had twenty nine shots at goal in the match while BATE Borisov could only manage five.
The match took time to settle down and it only really opened up in the second half with the home team Juventus having had most of the play and consequently more of the chances to score.
Juventus increased their work rate in the final quarter of the match and were rewarded when an Alessandro Del [...]
Arsenal needed a late goal from William Gallas to take one point from their visit to Ukraine on Wednesday.
Dynamo Kyiv, who reached the semi finals in the 1998-99 edition of this tournament, took the lead as Ismael Bangoura scored from the penalty spot in the 64th minute.
The home side enjoyed more ball possession throughout [...]
FC Porto earned their first points in this Champions League edition, beating last year’s quarter finalists Fenerbahe 3-1.
The Portuguese hosts didn’t need long to open the score as Lisandro Lopez converted a Raul Meireles cross for 1-0 in the 10th minute.
And the stunned visitors soon had another blow to overcome. Cristian Rodriguez found Lucho [...]
Lyon fought their way back into their home match with Fiorentina to prevent a painful home defeat.
Fiorentina took a comfortable lead with two goals from Alberto Gilardino. The striker first netted after poor defense in the 12th minute and a second came in the 42nd minute with Adrian Mutu providing the cross.
But the French [...]
In a very even contest the home side were unlucky not to have picked up at least a draw in this game. The Romanian side came into the match unbeaten in their last eight league matches in the Romanian League.
The German side were first to show and were well rewarded in as early as [...]
Celtic failed to score against Champions League newcomers Aalborg in their first Champions League game on Wednesday.
The Bhoys had a good chance to open the score in the first half as Olfers fouled Maloney in the Danish penalty area.
The following spot kick from Barry Robson was however saved by Moroccan goalkeeper Zaza.
Italian referee Trefoloni [...]
Manchester United and Villarreal held each other to a goalless draw at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
The previous two meetings between these two teams had the same result, although this time both teams came close to making a break-through.
Villarreal had the first big chance of the match as Guille Franco hit the post in the [...]
