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Well, it’s been another mixed bag for British teams in Europe this week.

Manchester United scraped a fairly lucky 1-1 draw away to Lyon in a game they were expected to win easily. I couldn’t believe that Boumsong, who’s now at Lyon, actually managed to PLAY WELL! Why he didn’t do that for Newcastle I’ll never know. I expect United to win the return leg at Old Trafford comfortably though.

Chelsea drew 0-0 at Olympiakos, which is actually quite a good result. Greece is a very difficult place to go to and to come away from the game without conceding is great. I also see Chelsea beating Olympiakos quite easily on the way to the next round.

Arsenal were also playing at home and they too drew 0-0, this time against AC Milan. On paper this looks not too bad, but the reality is that the San Siro is  an incredibly hard arena to score a goal in, never mind win! Unfortunately, I see Milan winning the return leg.

In the final Champions League game involving British teams, Celtic lost 3-2 to Barcelona at Parkhead. This brings to an end Celtic’s unbeaten record in home meetings in Europe, and I can see them going out of the competition in the next leg as well. They played very well on the night though, and were very unlucky to lose.

As I type this, Rangers have qualified for the next round of the UEFA Cup by drawing 1-1 away at Panathinaikos (they go through on the away goals rule after drawing 0-0 at home in the first leg) and Aberdeen have been humped 5-1 by Bayern Munich to the suprise of nobody.

Bolton, Tottenham and Everton are still playing - as it stands right now, they will all be going into the hat for the next round.

For any depressed Aberdeen fans, here’s a video of the first leg to cheer you up (it’s in German, but what the heck).

 

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