

Knockout Rounds
All Roads Lead To Rome – The Second Leg Preview
By: Rob |So with the lightning quickness that you have to love this half of the season for, we’re back to the second legs of the Champions League Quarter Finals this week. As it stands, one half of the draw is completely in the balance, and the other half appears to be done. Rarely is it that [...]
The Most Beautiful Team On Earth
By: Rob |Barcelona haven’t won the Champions League just yet, but there is little doubt, in my mind, that whether they do or not, they are still the best team in the world at the moment. A four-nil demolition of Bayern Munich last night merely confirmed it. A jaw dropping, attacking team performance, it genuinely felt like [...]
Liverpool Vs Chelsea Liveblog
By: Sam |Ladies & gentlemen, I’m Sam your host for this, another sure-to-be-scintillating Champions League Quarterfinal 1st leg meetup between Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC taking place at Anfield, 20:45 CET.
Far be it for me to introduce the plot & dramatis personae since The McCarra has done it here …
“The tedium … can be thrilling” | Guardian [...]
Champions League QF Preview. Now Its Serious.
By: Rob |So we arrive here, at the Quarter Finals of the Champions League. Just 8 teams left, four of them English, looking for a place in the last four, and that potential trip to Rome for that date in the final.
The draw has naturally thrown up some interesting games, and over the next few days [...]
Tuesday’s Champions League – Here’s Where The Fun Starts
By: Rob |Tuesday, and the Champions League is back. Most of the ties are delicately balanced, with one side having a slight advantage perhaps. But we can probably expect fireworks this week, and that’ll start with Tuesday’s action, and if you needed filling in, here is your preview.
The only match that’s pretty much already over is [...]
Bayern through – everywhere else still to be decided
By: Rob |So the first legs of this years Round of 16 are over, and while some teams hold the advantage, only Bayern Munich look like something spectacular would stop them sitting in the Quarter Finals. It took them ages to break the deadlock, but once Ribery did, the floodgates opened, and the German side finished up [...]
Champions League is Back! Tuesday Preview
By: Rob |So with pretty much all three big domestic leagues already sorted out – Barcelona will have to do something spectacular not to win the league this year, despite losing to rivals Espanyol at the weekend, Man United inched further clear at the top of the EPL after Liverpool managed only a draw against Manchester City, [...]
Anelka thinks Eng 3-0 Ita. What do you think?
By: Rob |You might have noticed, but the Champions League draw has thrown up three England Vs Italy ties in the last sixteen of the Champions League, to be played later this month. Claudio Ranieri takes new club Juventus to play against his old club Chelsea, Jose Mourinho reignites his rivallry with Sir Alex Ferguson as Inter [...]
The 35 Moments I’ll Remember the 2007/8 Champions League for
By: Rob |This season’s Champions League was full of great moments. Below, I list the 35 that made my season. Remind me of the one’s I missed in the comments. Moments after the jump.
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By: Rob |This season’s Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament (all will be revealed in due course) here’s a blitz through [...]






