Champions League Draw: Itīs Juventus!
THE DRAW
By dixon9
December 19 2008
Chelsea have drawn Claudio Raneiriīs Juventus in the first round of the knockout phase of the Champions League. This will be the first time that our ex-manager Ranieri has returned to Stamford Bridge for a competitive match in what should be an emotional return.
Ranieri forms a memorable part of our history for the likeable way he conducted himself during his tenure at Chelsea although his time in London was never garnered with silverware.
Chelsea will play the first leg at home on Wednesday 25th February with the return in Turin on Tuesday 10th March.
The rest of the Champions League draw is as follows:
Villarreal v Panathinaikos
Sporting Lisbon v Bayern Munich
Atletico Madrid v Porto
Lyon v Barcelona
Real Madrid v Liverpool
Arsenal v Roma
Inter Milan v Manchester United
Notable matches are obviously Liverpool’s toughish match against Real Madrid and of course, the real flash-point tie between Mourinho´s Inter and Ferguson’s Manchester United.
Champions League Draw: Itīs Juventus!
Posted by: 50 Years Over 100 Years (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 11:32
What do you think? You can have your say by posting below.
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Posted by: guest (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 11:40
top bloke raneiri
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Posted by: nescot (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 12:49
An interesting and a testing draw!It seems a very tricky one as well as Juventus are really in good form at the moment.Chelsea are good side though but they need to reflect on their over all performance this season as they have been under perfoming at home ground this time.If things are goning like the way they are now with Chelsea please expect the expected whcih is a sad exit too ealy!Hope things will chandge and Chelsea will progress to the next round.come on Chelsea!
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Posted by: guest (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 13:05
you took a spelling lesson of me nescot
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Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 13:37
Quote:nescot
An interesting and a testing draw!It seems a very tricky one as well as Juventus are really in good form at the moment.Chelsea are good side though but they need to reflect on their over all performance this season as they have been under perfoming at home ground this time.If things are goning like the way they are now with Chelsea please expect the expected whcih is a sad exit too ealy!Hope things will chandge and Chelsea will progress to the next round.come on Chelsea!
It will be a testing match - especially with the away leg in Turin.
The good news is that we should only get better now with players back from injury and a possible additon in January. Scolari also has plenty of time to bed in new systems with the squad.
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 14:12
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The draw was undoubtedly not a kind one for Ranieri, but he took solace in the fact that the Premier League side would hardly be relishing an easy tie against the Bianconeri.
"I can't imagine they are happy with the draw either," he said.
"We'll play our game and see what happens. Chelsea are one of the favourites to win the competition. They only lost last season's final on penalties. It will be hard for us, but also very stimulating."
"I don't want revenge on Roman Abramovich because I can only thank him," said Ranieri.
"It was the first time in my career that I could sign expensive players. He used to tell me the only thing he cared about was that the players we signed had to be stronger than the ones we already had. I can't forget my four years at Chelsea. We will see two good games. It will be a fascinating clash. It will be useful for the Italian teams to meet English sides so we can see how we stand up alongside them."
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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The draw was undoubtedly not a kind one for Ranieri, but he took solace in the fact that the Premier League side would hardly be relishing an easy tie against the Bianconeri.
"I can't imagine they are happy with the draw either," he said.
"We'll play our game and see what happens. Chelsea are one of the favourites to win the competition. They only lost last season's final on penalties. It will be hard for us, but also very stimulating."
"I don't want revenge on Roman Abramovich because I can only thank him," said Ranieri.
"It was the first time in my career that I could sign expensive players. He used to tell me the only thing he cared about was that the players we signed had to be stronger than the ones we already had. I can't forget my four years at Chelsea. We will see two good games. It will be a fascinating clash. It will be useful for the Italian teams to meet English sides so we can see how we stand up alongside them."
LINK
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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Re: Champions League Draw: Itīs Juventus!
Posted by: carefree (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 21:10
Looking forward to it,Is it true that the ground will be cutting their capacity because of redevelopment.
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Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 19/12/2008 21:15
Good question...
I heard that their capacity is only at 28,000 at the moment!
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
I heard that their capacity is only at 28,000 at the moment!
"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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Posted by: carefree (IP Logged)
Date: 20/12/2008 11:33
I wonder will it favour us because of the small capacity,or will it not because of our allocation.
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Posted by: guest (IP Logged)
Date: 20/12/2008 11:37
do any of you go to these games away
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Posted by: dixon9 (IP Logged)
Date: 20/12/2008 12:56
Been to the Barca and Valencia aways.
Moneyīs very very tight these days though!
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
Moneyīs very very tight these days though!
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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they dont like it." P Kenyon.
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Posted by: guest (IP Logged)
Date: 20/12/2008 13:25
one good thing about burnley,,,plymouth furthest we go,,,be funny if we win c,cup,,wife will go nuts