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
1 of 8
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.
 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
2 of 8
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.
 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
3 of 8
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.
| 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
4 of 8
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.
 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
5 of 8
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.
| 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
6 of 8
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.
| 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
7 of 8
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.
| 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
8 of 8
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.
| 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
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