Champions League

On December 7 the last matches of the group stage of the Champions League took place. According to the results of these matches, the names of all sixteen teams became known, which will continue the fight for the trophy in the spring of 2012. The main sensation was not an exit in the 1/8 finals of last year's finalist, and the three-time winner of this tournament - "Manchester United". Team Alex Ferguson in the decisive match lost in Switzerland, "Basel" Also finished their performance and the neighbors of the "red devils" millionaires from Manchester City. In the last match, "Manchester City" beat "Bavaria", but lost in the first matches, the points did not allow them to leave the group. Both Manchester teams in the spring will play in the League of Europe.
And the main result of the group tournament for Russian fans is the way out of CSKA and Zenit. For the first time in the history of domestic football, our two clubs will play in the playoffs of the Champions League. Unsuccessfully starting the group stage (CSKA played the first match with Lille, and the second lost to Inter, Zenit lost to APOEL in Cyprus), our teams managed to prove their high ambitions.

In addition to two Russian clubs (Zenit and CSKA), three clubs from Italy (Inter, Milan, Napoli), two clubs from England (Chelsea, Arsenal) will play in the playoffs of the Champions League. , From Spain (Real Madrid, Barcelona), from France (Marseille, Lyon) and from Germany (Bayern, Bayer), and one club from Portugal (Benfica), from Switzerland ("Basel") and from Cyprus ("APOEL"). And in the European League the teams that took the third places in their groups: the above mentioned "Manchester City", "Manchester United", as well as "Trabzonspor", "Ajax", "Valencia", "Olympiacos", "Porto" and "Victoria" "
On December 16, the draw for the 1/8 finals of the Champions League and the 1/16 finals of the Europa League will be held. We hope that we will be lucky with a lot.