Domestic upsets
36 Burnley - QPR 1:3 34 Cagliari - Sampdoria 1:0 17 Ascoli - Fiorentina 1:1
Group A of Former Champions
Marseille - Liverpool 0:4
Porto - Besiktas 2:0
PTO 11 LIV 10 MAR 7 BES 6
Goals at the beginning and end for Liverpool's Stadiennes means they progress after a rubbish start. Porto's win ensured they top the group, and send Besiktas spinning home.
Group B of Actually, It Was As Obvious As We Thought
Chelsea - Valencia 0:0 Schalke 04 - Rosenborg 3:1 CHE 12 SNV 8 ROS 7 VAL 5
Chelsea gouged out a tedious 0:0 draw, and Schalke do the dirty on Rosenborg; who would take the maddeningly inconsistent Germans in the last sixteen?
Group C of Dividends
Real Madrid - Lazio 3:1 Olympiakos - Werder Bremen 3:0 (34) RMD 11 OLY 11 WER 6 LAZ 5
Real Madrid did just enough to top the group, on head-to-head over Olympiakos. The group of death has killed Lazio, and sets up a useful Bayern - Bremen clash at some point in the UEFA Cup.
Group D of So Last Week
AC Milan and Celtic qualified last week.
Group E of Death
Rangers - Lyon 0:3 Barcelona - Stuttgart 3:1 BAR 14 LYN 10 RAN 7 STT 3
In the end, it came down to the last ten minutes of the match in Glasgow, where Lyon scored two and Rangers had a man sent off. At least they have the UEFA Cup.
Group F of Tedium
Roma - Manchester Buccaneers 1:1
Sporting Lisbon - Dynamo Kyiv 3:0
MUN 16 ROM 11 SLS 7 KYV 0
In a meaningless match, the Buccaneers dropped their first points of the season. Lisbon won their match, it's worth about four million euro.
Group G of Acronyms
PSV Eindhoven - Internazionale 0:1 Fenerbahçe - CSKA Moskow 3:1 INT 15 FEN 11 PSV 7 CSK 1
The Turks did what they needed to do, and PSV failed to do what they must.
Group H of Censored
Arsenal - Steaua Bucharest 2:1
Slavia Prague - Seville 0:3
SEV 15 ANL 13 SLP 5 STE 1
Wins for the top two are for cash and seeding purposes only.
The last 16
Porto Liverpool Chelsea Schalke 04 Real Madrid Olympiakos AC Milan Celtic Barcelona Lyon Manchester B Roma Inter Milan Fenerbahçe Seville Arsenal
Sides from the same group (same line) will not be drawn against each other, nor will sides from the same country. Liverpool will go to Italy or Spain, while Porto and Seville face a side from any of seven countries. The draw will take place on 21 December.
Primera Division
BAR 1230 83.3 - 2 -0.02 RMD 1212 81.5 - 1 -0.01 AMD 1188 83.4 43 0.52 ESP 1150 86.0 22 0.26 VIL 1147 86.0 -48 -0.56 SEV 1131 77.7 -19 -0.24 SAN 1106 84.9 20 0.24 VAL 1094 79.6 - 2 -0.03 ZAR 1030 85.8 -31 -0.36 OSA 1028 83.0 16 0.19 GET 1024 82.6 8 0.10 HEU 1023 87.0 58 0.67 MAL 1008 84.7 -27 -0.32 ALM 1001 96.7 63 0.65 ABL 986 86.7 - 3 -0.03 BET 969 88.5 26 0.29 RMC 962 95.0 -12 -0.13 DEP 952 87.1 -45 -0.52 VDD 919 96.1 -46 -0.48 LEV 884 87.5 6 0.07 SOC (II) 984 108.1 27 0.25 MGA (II) 951 114.8 -35 -0.30 TAR (II) 949 107.6 - 2 -0.02 CVG (II) 936 108.0 6 0.06 CAD (II) 927 142.7 11 0.08 ALA (II) 903 135.2 0 0.00
Changes are against 6 November. No significant move for the top two, but Atlético's success in Europe has been reflected in their standings here. Heulva and Almeria also make good climbs, Villarreal fall, as do Deportivo, and the latter side is staring relegation in the face.
Serie A
INT 1284 85.0 67 0.79 ROM 1186 82.8 17 0.21 ACM 1102 81.8 38 0.46 JVE 1097 97.5 -56 -0.57 FIO 1066 87.0 -104 -1.20 UDI 1042 88.4 47 0.53 PAL 1007 86.0 27 0.31 ATL 997 88.5 - 8 -0.09 LAZ 982 80.2 21 0.26 NAP 968 96.6 - 2 -0.02 REG 950 88.7 8 0.09 PAR 905 86.5 - 7 -0.08 SAM 905 85.6 -28 -0.33 CAT 904 87.8 - 9 -0.10 TOR 901 88.7 - 7 -0.08 EMP 899 87.1 18 0.21 LVO 899 89.0 66 0.74 GNA 892 98.9 -82 -0.83 SIE 876 88.1 - 1 -0.01 CAG 849 85.8 - 7 -0.08 CHI (II) 977 120.1 0 0.00 ASC (II) 802 116.6 26 0.22 MES (II) 789 122.7 0 0.00
The top three are pulling away, and Inter has ridden through a tough month without conceding so much as a draw. Fiorentina and Juventus revert to means at a rate of knots; lower down, Livorno profits at Genoa's expense.
Next week's televised games
Friday 1930 Set2 Energie Cottbus -v- Hannover 96 Saturday 1715 Set1 Fulham -v- Newcastle 1800 Set2 Hertha Berlin -v- Bayern München (tape) 1930 S4C Y Clwb Pêl-Droed 2045 Set2 Porto -v- Guimares 2230 BBC1 Match of the Day Sunday 0925 ITV The Division II 1130 Set2 Ajax -v- PSV Eindhoven 1400 Set1 Inverness CT -v- Celtic 1400 C5 Torino -v- Roma 1700 Set1 Strasbourg -v- Nancy 1840 TV5 France 2 Foot (highlights) 2000 Set2 Bordeaux -v- Marseille 2200 Set2 Duisburg -v- Eintracht Frankfurt (tape) Monday 2000 Rang Rangers -v- Hearts (tape) Tuesday 2305 ITV League Cup Highlights (highlights) Wednesday 2305 ITV League Cup Highlights (highlights) Thursday 1945 BBCi Aberdeen -v- Køvenhaben BBC2 Scotland, red button elsewhere 1945 C5 AZ Alkmaar -v- Everton Friday 0830 ESPT UEFA Cup highlights (on and off all day) 1100 ESPT European League draw 1200 ESPT UEFA Cup draw
