UEFA Champions League Recap and Video Highlights: Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The UEFA Champions League continued its group stage with some great matches on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The most notable was Internazionale (Inter Milan) v FC Barcelona at the San Siro. Other teams in playing were Liverpool, Arsenal, Rangers, Sevilla, Lyon, and Fiorentina. Here’s a recap of all the matches from Wednesday along with video highlights.
UEFA Champions League Recap – Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Most of the favorites won on Wednesday as Liverpool, Arsenal, Lyon, and Olympiacos all had victories. In the marquee matchup, Internazionale was able to hold off Barcelona for a scoreless draw. Barca had most of the chances and had 65% of possession in the match. Inter had to play very defensive, especially in the second half, as they relied on counterattacking to get any chances. Barcelona appear to be in good form and had a few close offsides calls that could have changed the outcome of the match.
Arsenal looked rough in the beginning at Standard Liege as they went down 0-2 and had to score 3 unanswered goals to win. After the bad start, Arsenal recovered and controlled the rest of the match as they continue to look strong in all competitions. Liverpool won 1-0 at home against Debrecen but continues to look mediocre early in the season. They won the match which is most important but lacked the sharpness that should have made it 3-0 win.
The rest of the results weren’t too surprising as most of the home teams won except for Rangers who earned a draw at Stuttgart. The Scottish club is in one of the weaker groups and has a very good chance to advance to the knockout stage. Every team has now played on match in the group stage with five more to go before the knockout stage.
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