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As the spring approaches we get closer to the final knock out round of the UEFA Champions League. The first two teams of each group will move into the quarter finals scheduled from April 1st to the 9th. From the first last round which recently finished on March 5th the following are the two teams with the higher points : from Group A Porto(11) and Liverpool (10), Group B Chelsea (12) and Schalke (8), Group C Real Madrid and Olympiacos both w

When Bordeaux and Chelsea meet in their UEFA Champions League match on November 26, much will be at stake. Chelsea led in group A of this stage thus far, but they are involved in a tight race with a couple of clubs. With seven points, Chelsea stands one ahead of both Bordeaux and Roma which knocked off Chelsea 3-1 on November 4th.

Chelsea started group play in September by blanking Bordeaux 4-0 in a complete runaway. Since the

Michel Platini, the UEFA president, has already made quite an impression since his appointment. He has already reached an agreement over disputed matters, which resulted in the G14 group disbanding, so withdrawing the threat that it would form a breakaway European league.

A European Club Association (ECA) is being established in its place and the planned make-up means that a majority of its members will almost certainly be supp