Thursday, August 27, 2009

[football] Arsenal Qualifies For Group Stage of Champions League

Arsenal defeated Celtic 3-1 in the second leg match to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League. They had earlier won the first leg 2-0 .
Brazilian forward Eduardo scored the first goal from a penalty at the 28th minute and then Emanuel Eboue and Denilson added two more goals in the second half. Donati got the consolation goal for Celtic at the end of the match.
Fiorentina drew 1-1 against Sporting Lisbon at home after drawing the away match 2-2 and thus qualified on the basis of away goals.
For the results of the first leg click HERE
results:
Arsenal 3-1 Celtic (overall 5-1)
goals: (Eduardo 28', Ebue 53', Denilson 74') (M Donati 90')


Fiorentina 1-1 Sporting Lisbon  (overall 3-3)  Fiorentina qualifies on the basis of away goals.
goals: (S Jovetic 54') (J Moutinho  35')


VFB Stuttgart 0-0 Timisoara  (overall 2-0)
goals: ***


Olympiakos Piraeus 1-0 FC Sheriff  (overall 3-0)
goals: (K Mitrogleau 82')


APOEL Nicosia 3-1 FC Copenhagen  (overall 3-2)
goals: (K Kossowski 2', C Michael 18' P, C Michael 41' ) (D N' Doye 22')

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