Soccer-Champions League: The Champions League finally resumes!

After a long pause, the UEFA Champions League finally resumed on Oct. 18th, to help determine the placing of the group stages. When the groups were decided in the end of the summer, it was a long awaited draw which ended up to be very interesting. The groups being- click on this link: http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2012/standings/index.html. The most significant games have been played these past two days were: Inter 1-0 Lille, Otelul Galati 0-2 Man U, Real Madrid 4-0 Lyon, Bayern 1-1 Napoli, Man City 2-0 Villarreal, Chelsea 5-0 Genk, Marseille 0-1 Arsenal, AC Milan 2-0 Bate, and Barcelona 2-0 Plzen.

Some of the groups are by no means decided yet but there is definitively hype going on already. Group H isn't exactly the most difficult group but it sure has two of the best teams. It may be obvious that A.C. Milan and Barcelona will be the teams moving through but the competition between the clubs is definitively not over. Both teams are at seven points and can't seem to shake each other off. Bate and Plzen (both stuck at one point) are not going to catch up, but can still effect the outcome of who advances in what placing, considering that Milan and Barcelona are fighting for 1st and 2nd place. Perhaps the only deciding game will be the next match between these two clubs in Milano.

Every group- with the exception of Group F which is being dominated by Real Madrid- have tight races for either 1st or 2nd place. Actually, even Group F has a tight race for the second place right now. Hopefully teams like Inter Milan and Manchester United can remember that they're supposed to be some of the best teams in the world right now. Maybe then they`ll snap back into a good team. At least Man U has been great in the Premiere League, Inter Milan has been one of the worst teams in the Serie A lately. Is it just a slow start, or the beginning of a new era where Inter stops dominating?

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