Former winners Celtic are amongst a number of big name teams already fighting for their lives in this season's UEFA Champions League. Celtic travel to Russia desperate to overturn a 1-0 deficit, but with opponents Dinamo Moscow on a fine run of form, defender Gary Caldwell knows it will take something special to emerge victorious. […]

With the Champions League 3rd qualifying round drawing ever closer, a number of clubs are in with a chance of causing real upsets as they bid to qualify for the lucrative group stage. Irish champions Bohemians have put themselves in a strong position after holding FC Salzburg to a 1-1 draw in Austria but far […]

Madrid Feel "El Chorreo" At Casa De Anfield Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid LIV: Torres (16'), Gerrard (27' pk, 47'), Dossena (88') LIV adv. on 5-0 agg. Drogba and Essien Are Money- Again Juventus 2-2 Chelsea JUV: Iaquinta (18'), Del Piero (74') CHE: Essien (45'+1'), Drogba (83') CHE adv. on 3-2 agg. Big Basque Leads Villarreal […]

Group A AS Roma 1-2 Cluj Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux Group B Werder Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Panathinaikos 0-2 Inter Group C Basle FC 1-2 Shakhtar Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Group D Olympique Marseille 1-2 Liverpool PSV 0-3 Atlético

Although the Champions League Second Qualifying Round is still underway, the draw for the Third Round took place today and it has presented us with some very interesting matchups. The marquee matchup has to be FC Schalke 04 against Club Atletico de Madrid but the Arsenal – FC Twente fixture will garner much attention from […]

Drogheda United, Modrica and Domzale enjoyed winning Champions League debuts after dismissing their first qualifying round opponents on Wednesday. Irish champions Drogheda will face Dynamo Kiev after defender Graham Gartland gave them a 1-0 win at Levadia Tallinn to complete a 3-1 aggregate win over the Estonian champions. Bosnian title holders Modrica scored twice in […]

This is a hectic time of year for European club competition as the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round kicks off today and tomorrow (second leg ties on July 22nd and 23rd) followed by the UEFA Cup first qualifying round on Thursday. The final edition of the UEFA Intertoto Cup will have its third round […]

The draw for the first two qualifying rounds of the Champions League was held on July 1st. One of last season's quarter-finalists, Turkish side Fenerbahce, will begin this season's campaign in the second qualifying round against Hungarian champions MTK Budapest. Last season's UEFA Cup runners-up Glasgow Rangers (The club's correct name is Rangers FC but […]

After mulling it over for a few days, I've decided against live blogging during tomorrow's match as I find that for myself I am better able to soak in the match when I am not distracted with blogging. I pick up more of the nuances of the play and tactical details that I miss when […]

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I am sharing a link to a very cool map created by Bill Turianski who runs billsportsmaps.com. He has created a map showing all the clubs involved in the group stage but the twist is that their logo is sized relative to their average domestic league attendance figure. The site features similar attendance maps for […]

I just wanted to post a quick apology for not writing anything in the last few days. I've been busy with my wedding (which was this past Saturday) and will now be off for a week for my honeymoon. I'll be back in full force next week and will recap this weeks games. -The Scout

Browsing through videos on Dailymotion, I stumbled upon these two videos which countdown the Top 20 strikers in CL history, at least in the opinion of the folks at iTV. Anytime you post a list of "the best" anything, you can be sure there will be debate and this list is no different. My personal […]

This marks the first ever post on the Champions League Talk site/blog, and it's a pleasure to be writing about such an entertaining competition (after all, it shouldn't be called a league in its current form). The competition, which was in the last couple of years surpassed that of the World Cup in its entertainment […]

This morning, the Soccer Mad In America blog announced the Champions League TV Schedule for next week's matches, and it's good news for fans of English football. ESPN2 will be showing the Liverpool versus Barcelona and Manchester United against Lille matches. Both matches are sure to be firecrackers, although I have a feeling that the […]