We were hot on the trail of UEFA officials as they made the draw for the next round of Champions League games, which has thrown up some very interesting fixtures. It was drama from start to finish, as the names of some of Europe’s soccer giants were drawn, not to mention the fact that the Real Madrid officials and the Man Utd contingent were seated alongside each other! With an apocalyptic clash of Fergie v Mourinho on the horizon, we can expect handbags galore, comparable to an episode of ‘Trinny and Suzanna’.. Read more

The draw for the next round of Champions League games has just been completed literally minutes ago and here we have the results, drum roll please:

Chelsea v Juventus
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

Boylesports.com’s Leon Blanche talks to Richard Dunwoody about Cheltenham and Arsenal. Tony Gale and Paddy Barclay are on hand to discuss this weekend’s Premier League fixtures and the prospects of English clubs in the Champions League.

Brendan

Like all Arsenal fans Arsene Wenger said he felt physically sick after Saturday’s defeat to Hull. “We had a disappointing result against Hull but I have been sitting on the bench long enough to know that if we’d played that match 100 times we’d lose it once,” he said. He has demanded Arsenal use tonight’s clash with Porto to demonstrate they are genuine Champions League contenders.
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The 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage draw took place at Monaco’s Grimaldi Forum at 5pm today. Find out who got who and in which group here.
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