UEFA Champions League Week 2 Review: Rubin Keep Barcelona at Bay Again

Week 2 in UEFA Champions League brought us once again a lot of entertaining matches.

 

Of course, some teams had a nightmare start such as Braga and Panathinaikos.

 

While teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Bayern, Lyon and Real Madrid did a great start.

 

Here are  some stat from week 2:

Total Goals: 42

Top Goalscorer: Samuel Eto'o 4 (Inter)

The highest scoring match: Tottenham vs Twente 4-1 (Group A)

 

 

Questions:

1. What team surprised you the most?

2. What teams dissapointed you the most?

3. What player impressed you the most?

4. What player dissapointed you the most?

Group A: Tottenham With a Historical Win

Eto'o did a great job by scoring a great hat trick
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Inter vs Werder Bremen   4-0

Eto'o 21’, 27’, 81’, Sneijder 34’

- Inter easily destroyed poor Werder. Big game played Samuel Eto'o who scored a hat trick.

 

Tottenham vs Twente  4-1

van der Vaart 46’, Pavlyuchenko 50’ (pen.), 64’ (pen.), Bale 85’   /   Chadli 56’

- Tottenham had three penalties! VDV missed while Pavlyuchenko scored two goals from penalty.

 

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Inter	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Tottenham	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	4
Twente	2	0	1	1	3	6	−3	1
Werder Bremen	2	0	1	1	2	6	−4	1

 

October 20th, 2010

Inter vs Tottenham

Twente vs Werder

Group B: Bastos Inspiries Lyon Win

Hapoel Tel Aviv vs Lyon  1-3

Enyeama 79’ (pen.)   /  Bastos 7’ (pen.), 36’, Pjanic 90’

- While they struggle pretty bad in domestic league, Lyon is destroying in Champions League.

 

 

Schalke vs Benfica  2-0

Farfán 73’, Huntelaar 85’

- Schalke struggles in domestic league just like Lyon and hopefully things will change after this great presentation.

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lyon	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Schalke 04	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Benfica	2	1	0	2	2	2	0	3
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

 

October 20th, 2010

Schalke vs Hapoel Tel Aviv

Lyon vs Benfica

Group C: Manchester United Grab Late Winner In Valencia

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Valencia vs Manchester United  0-1

Hernández 85’

- Valencia will wonder how the game slipped by and the answer is - Javier Hernandez.

 

Rangers vs Bursaspor    1-0

Naismith 18’

- A fine victory for Rangers who will join Man.Utd on the top of the group.

 

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Manchester United	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Rangers	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
Valencia	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
Bursaspor	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

 

October 20th, 2010

Rangers vs Valencia

Manchester United vs Bursaspor

Group D: Barcelona Stopped By Great Russians

Panathinaikos vs Copenhagen  0-2

N'Doye 28’, Vingaard 37’

- Copenhagen totally dominated over PAO and deserved this famous win.

 

 

 

Rubin Kazan vs Barcelona  1-1 

Noboa 30’ (pen.)   /   Villa 60’ (pen.)

- Rubin's tactic earned them a  draw. Barcelona once again stopped by Russians.

 

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Copenhagen	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Barcelona	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	4
Rubin Kazan	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
Panathinaikos	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

 

October 20th, 2010

Panathinaikos vs Rubin Kazan

Barcelona vs Copenhagen

Group E: Schweinsteiger Saves Bayern

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Basel vs Bayern Munich  1-2

Frei 18’  / Schweinsteiger 56’ (pen.), 89’

- Very good match in Basel. Bayern was saved by Schweinsteiger.

 

Roma vs Cluj   2-1

Mexès 69’, Borriello 71’   /  Borriello 71’

- Two goals in two minutes was enough to see an unconvincing Roma beat  Cluj.

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bayern Munich	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Roma	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
CFR Cluj	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
Basel	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

 

October 19th, 2010

Roma vs Basel

Bayern Munich vs Cluj

Group F: Chelsea and Sparkak Moscow Are Lonely On The Top

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Spartak Moscow vs Zilina  3-0

Ari 34’, 61’, Ibson 89’  

- Spartak Moscow maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League with a great win.

 

Chelsea vs Olympique Marseille  2-0

Terry 7’, Anelka 28’ (pen.)

- Chelsea also maintained their 100 per cent record in CL by easy 2-0 win.

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chelsea	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
Spartak Moscow	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Marseille	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
Zilina	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

 

October 19th, 2010

Spartak Moscow vs Chelsea

Marseille vs Zilina

Group G: Angel Saves Real Madrid

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Ajax vs Milan   1-1

El Hamdaoui 23’  /  Ibrahimovic 37’

-  Ajax should have take this one but unfortunately they failed to take all three points from poor Milan.

 

Auxerre  vs Real Madrid  0-1

Di María 81’

- Di Maria brought Real Madrid to the top of the group with late goal.

 

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Real Madrid	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6
Milan	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Ajax	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
Auxerre	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

 

October 19th, 2010

Real Madrid vs Milan

Ajax vs Auxerre

Group H: Arsenal Machine Destroyes Again

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Partizan vs Arsenal  1-3

Cléo 33’ (pen.) /  Arshavin 15’, Chamakh 71’,  Squillaci 82’

- Arsenal beat 10-man Partian Belgrade without problems.

 

Braga vs Shakhtar Donetsk  0-3

Luiz Adriano 56’, 72’, Luiz Adriano 56’, 72’

- Shakhtar completely destroyed Braga. Terrible start by Braga.

 

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6
Shakhtar Donetsk	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
Partizan	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0
Braga	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0

 

October 19th, 2010

Braga vs Partizan

Arsenal vs Shakhtar Donetsk