Archive for the ‘UEFA Champions League’ Category


Samaras warns of AaB threat

September 17th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Greece does not have many representatives in this year’s edition of the UEFA Champions League, but one of the national team’s rising stars, Georgios Samaras, is hoping a fresh start will bring European glory to Celtic Park. The Greece International has one Champions League appearance to his credit, a late substitution against Barcelona last year [...]

Inter exit Athens with 2-0 win

September 16th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Italian Champions Inter Milan dented the hopes of a positive start to the group stages for Panathinaikos, with a 2-0 win at the Olympic Stadium in Athens tonight. Scoring in each half, Jose Mourinho’s first game in charge of Inter in Europe proved to be a memorable one for the Nerrazurri. As for the Tryfilli, [...]

Inter highlights Panathinaikos’ Champions League journey

August 28th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Panathinaikos was paired with Italian Champions Inter Milan in the group stage draw for the 17th edition UEFA Champions League. As well as Inter, Germany’s Werder Bremen and Cypriot title holders Anorthosis Famagusta join the ‘Tryfilli’ in a tricky Group B.
Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan are clear favourites to win the group, and with a formidable [...]

Panathinaikos awaits results of Champions League Draw

August 27th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | 1 Comment »

Panathinaikos will return to the group stage of the UEFA Champions this coming September, after defeating Sparta Prague 3-1 on aggregate to feature in the tournament’s group stage for the first time in three years. Unfortunately, the Athenian club will be the only Greek representative in the Champions League for the approaching campaign. Their domestic [...]

Champions League to continue without Greek Champions

August 27th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Olympiacos’ mainstay in the UEFA Champions League is officially over after beating Anorthosis Famagusta 1-0, but ultimately falling 3-1 on aggregate to the Cypriot Champions. A stunning goal from Fernando Belluschi gave Olympiacos the win tonight at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium, but the strike alone was not enough to erase the 3-0 defeat from a [...]

Eleventh hour for Olympiacos

August 27th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Olympiacos faces an early exit from the UEFA Champions League tonight (21:45 GR, NET), with only ninety minutes left for the Greek Champions to turn a 3-0 deficit against Anorthosis Famagusta into a memorable result. The Piraeus club looked helpless in the first leg; but a superior effort tonight in Greece, could see ‘O Thrylos’ [...]

Panathinaikos on the verge of group stage return

August 26th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Panathinaikos face their final qualifying test tonight at OAKA, as Czech club Sparta Prague pays a visit to the Greek capital. Holding a 2-1 aggregate lead heading into tonight’s deciding leg, Panathinaikos is favourite to progress to the group stage of the Champions League.
The Greek side gave a formidable performance in Prague nearly a fortnight [...]

Panathinaikos grabs advantage in Prague

August 13th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Panathinaikos took a big step towards qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage with a gritty 2-1 win over Sparta Prague in the Czech capital. An exchange of goals including an own goal scored by Sparta Prague gave Panathinaikos two away goals to take back to Athens.
A shaky opening to the first half by [...]

Olympiacos set for Anorthosis rematch

August 13th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | No Comments »

Olympiacos is set make its season debut in Europe for the 2008/2009 season, with a good result in Cyprus being the objective — the only good result is a win. The Greek Champions meet Anorthosis Famagusta tonight at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca. Olympiacos arrive in Cyprus knowing a win is expected, but their [...]

Champions League lineup Confirmed

August 7th, 2008 | By: Peter Katsiris | 1 Comment »

The lineup of matches for the 3rd Qualifying Round of the UEFA Champions League was confirmed last night, with 14 clubs from all around Europe booking their spot in the final qualifying round. There were some surprises in the 2nd Round, as 2007/2008 UEFA Cup finalist Rangers FC were knocked out by Lithuanian club FBK [...]


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