Uefa Champions League results – Group phase match 2
Group E AaB 0-3 Man. United
Group E Villarreal 1-0 Celtic
Group F Fiorentina 0-0 Steaua
Group F Bayern 1-1 Lyon
Group G Arsenal 4-0 Porto
Group G Fenerbahçe 0-0 Dynamo Kyiv
Group H Zenit 1-2 Real Madrid
Group H BATE 2-2 Juventus
The favorites easily took the three points, except Juventus. Juventus were held to a draw in a match where both teams could won the game.
Arsenal and Manchester smashed their opponents while Real had a difficult match at Zenit.
As it was expected the balanced games ended undecided. Group F looks to be the most balanced.
| Group E | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| Man. United | 2 | 4 |
| Villarreal | 2 | 4 |
| Celtic | 2 | 1 |
| AaB | 2 | 1 |
| Group F | Pld | Pts |
| Bayern | 2 | 4 |
| Fiorentina | 2 | 2 |
| Lyon | 2 | 2 |
| Steaua | 2 | 1 |
| Group G | Pld | Pts |
| Arsenal | 2 | 4 |
| Porto | 2 | 3 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 2 |
| Fenerbahce | 2 | 1 |
| Group H | Pld | Pts |
| Real Madrid | 2 | 6 |
| Juventus | 2 | 4 |
| BATE | 2 | 1 |
| Zenit | 2 | 0 |
Del Piero close to 50th European goal
Del Piero was signed by Juventus in 1993 after initially turned down by Milan.
In his first full match he scored a hat-trick against Parma.
Del Piero established as a key player in the Juventus team.
His best season was in 1998-1999 when he scored 21 goals.
Del Piero has scored 48 goals in Europe so far, 38 of those in Champions League.
The Italian international scored the only goal of the game against Zenit and is hoping to repeat the performance tonight.
Juventus will face Belarus newcomers Bate Borisov.
Juventus are curently on seventh position in Serie A table while Bate Borisov leads the Belarus league, being unbeaten after twenty three matches.
The team attack wasn’t impressive so far scoring only 4 goals in 5 Serie A games.
The game with Bate will give Juventus the chance to shine again. It’s hard to believe that Bate will pose any serious problems to the Italian giants.
Rossi regains the MotoGP title
Rossi regained the MotoGP championship title after winning the Grand Prix of Japan on Sunday.
Stoner and Pedrosa came second and third respectively.
This is his eighth title, sixth of them in the premier class.
It is the eighth victory of the season for the Italian.
“Il dotore” needed only a podium finish to assure the title, his first since 2005.
With three more races to go Rossi leads the standings with 312 points, 92 more than defending champion Casey Stoner.
Rossi holds the record for most premier-class victories 70 at number. He is also second in premier-class titles, two behind Giacomo Agostini.
The Italian declared that he is not going to stop here but recogns that will be more difficult next year.