UEFA website match reports, courtesy of uefa.com. Emphasis and date of match report added
1st Qualifying Round Liverpool v TNS
My Predictions 200607 335On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:52:40 +0200, Woody No chance. Not without a strikeforce, something they were clearly lacking last season, and I'm not convinced...
"There was a full house at Anfield for the ***European champions'*** first outing of the season ... " (13-7-05)
"Even the TNS manager, Ken McKenna, had described the tie as "more than David and Goliath" and here was a team from the Welsh village of Llansantffraid ö population 1,200 ö whose average crowd is 333, taking on the ***champions of Europe."***" (13-7-05)
"The ***champions*** visit Lithuania's FBK Kaunus in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie next week." (19-7-05)
Group G Liverpool v Betis
"Facing the ***European champions*** on their tournament debut was a daunting beginning for a team whose starting XI included only one player, Marcos buttun¨‹o, with previous Champions League experience, and they could not have got off to a worse start." (13-9-05)
Chelsea v Liverpool
"Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC remained deadlocked at 0-0 for the third time in four UEFA Champions League meetings this year, leaving the ***European champions*** to claim top spot in Group G with Chelsea having to make do with second place." (6-12-05)
"The ***European champions*** responded to that alarm with positive intent and Steven Gerrard, taking over after Peter Crouch had laid the ball off, angled a drive beyond the far post." (6-12-05)
Last 16 Liverpool v Benfica
"Defending ***champions*** Liverpool FC conceded their first UEFA Champions League goal since September as Luis‹o's header six minutes from time gave SL Benfica a narrow first-leg victory in their Round of 16 tie at the Est‡dio da Luz." (21-2-06)
LOL
Let's see what Bernie the dumbbutt says now about his beloved uefa dot f***ing com -- + His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII
"We Declare, State and Define that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of all human beings that they submit to the Holy Roman Pontiff" -- Pope Boniface VIII, "Unam Sanctam," 1302 AD
