UEFA Champions League Group Stage, Matchday #1: Blues Clobber Bordeuax; Transylvanian Club Takes Bite Of Roma

Action in the group stage of the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League opened on Tuesday:

Group A:

At London:

Goals from Frank Lampard (14'), Joe Cole (30', seen here congratulated by teammates), Florent Malouda (82'), and Nicolas Anelka (90'+2) proved plentiful as Chelsea opened up group stage play with a frontier-styled 4-0 home fistbeating of Bordeaux.


At Rome:

Juan Culio's double (27', 49') enabled CFR Cluj to come from behind to post a shocking 2-1 road win over AS Roma, in the Romanian club's first-ever Champions League group stage match. Here, we see the star of the match celebrating with teammates.











GROUP A STANDINGS:

1. Chelsea (GP: 1; GD: +4; PTS: 3)
2. CFR Cluj (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. AS Roma (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
4. Bordeaux (GP: 1; GD: -4; PTS: 0)



Group B:

At Athens:

Inter Milan, with goals courtesy of Mancini (27', seen here celebrating) and Adriano (85'), blanked Panithinaikos 2-0 on the road.

At Bremen, Germany:

In the first-ever Champions League group stage match played by a club from Cyprus, Anorthosis Famagusta held homestanding Werder Bremen to a 0-0 draw. Bremen goalkeeper Tim Wiese shows his frustration.





GROUP B STANDINGS:

1. Inter Milan (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
2. Anorthosis (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
3. Werder Bremen (GP: 1; GD: 0; PTS: 1)
4. Panathinaikos (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



Group C:

At Basel, Switzerland:

Goals from Fernandinho (25', seen here celebrating with teammate Olexandr Kucher) and Jadson (45'+1) enabled Sao Paolo East, a.k.a. Shakhtar Donetsk to hold off hosts FC Basel 2-1.

At Barcelona:

Barcelona got their group stage campaign on the right foot, defeating visiting Sporting Club Portugal 3-1. Rafael Marquez (21', seen here celebrating), Samuel Eto'o (PK-60'), and Xavi Hernandez (87') each tallied once for Barca.








GROUP C STANDINGS:
1. Barcelona (GP: 1; GD: +2; PTS: 3)
2. Shakhtar Donetsk (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. FC Basel (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
4. Sporting (GP: 1; GD: -2; PTS: 0)



Group D:

At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

Sergio Aguero's first-half double (9' 36') powered Atletico Madrid to a 3-0 road manhandling of PSV Eindhoven. Here's Sergio celebrating one of his tallies.

At Marseille, France:

Steven Gerard's double (26', PK-32', seen here celebrating after the second goal) allowed visiting Liverpool to overcome a 1-0 deficit to defeat Marseille 2-1.



GROUP D STANDINGS:

1. Atletico Madrid (GP: 1; GD: +3; PTS: 3)
2. Liverpool (GP: 1; GD: +1; PTS: 3)
3. Marseille (GP: 1; GD: -1; PTS: 0)
4. PSV Eindhoven (GP: 1; GD: -3; PTS: 0)

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