Champions League predictions - qualifying rounds

[Paul]

First result for today:

AC Sparta Praha - FC Torpedo Kutaisi 3-0

EIF got the exact score and joins Wernazuma and me at the top of the table.

[Victor Galis]

Bastard Georgians... failed to score even 2 lousy goals. To Hell with Georgia (hehe, that's our college's most common football cheer).

[Paul]

FC Skonto - PFC Levski Sofia 0-0

EIF now leads alone.

[Victor Galis]

Crap, and why is Haifa winning so utterly?

[Paul]

MÅ K Zilina - FC Basel 1-1
FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Pyunik 4-0

One exact score and a correct winner put me in first place. That last-minute goal by Dynamo cost me a second exact score. OFITG is doing well today with 7 out of maximum 8 points so far.

[Paul]

Maccabi Haifa - FC Belshina Bobruisk 4-0
Lillestrøm SK - FK Zeljeznicar 0-1
Hammarby IF FF - FK Partizan 1-1

I'm still leading, now 2 points ahead of EIF and Wernazuma.

[Paul]

FC Sheriff Tiraspol - Grazer AK 1-4

No changes at the top of the table.

[Wernazuma III]

Only fools could vote for Tiraspol...

[Paul]

Club Brugge FC - FC Dinamo Bucuresti 3-1
FK Vardar - Legia Warszawa 1-3

I'm now one point ahead of EIF.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Originally posted by Paul
MÅ K Zilina - FC Basel 1-1
FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Pyunik 4-0

One exact score and a correct winner put me in first place. That last-minute goal by Dynamo cost me a second exact score. OFITG is doing well today with 7 out of maximum 8 points so far.

nice... we will see about the rest of the day

[Paul]

Brøndby IF - KS Dinamo Tirana 1-0
NK Maribor - APOEL Nicosia FC 2-0
(edit: UEFA originally posted the result of this match as 2-0, but it was actually 2-1)

[Paul]

Zalaegerszegi TE - NK Zagreb 1-0

No changes at the top of the table. The result of Maribor-APOEL may be changed to 2-1. That result was reported by Livegoal.net and Dutch teletext, but UEFA still reports 2-0 as the final score.

[Paul]

UEFA now reports 2-2 as the result for Maribor-APOEL. If that really is the case EIF will join me in first place.

[Paul]

Boavista FC - Hibernians FC 4-0

UEFA now also gives 2-1 for Maribor-APOEL, so we'll go with that. That leads to the following standings:

1 Paul 27 (+12)
2 Wernazuma III 26 (+11)
3 End Is Forever 25 (+11)
4 OneFootInTheGrave 24 (+14)
5 Giovanni Wine 23 (+11)
6 Yaroslav 20 (+12)
6 Locutus 20 (+11)
6 Wille 20 (+13)
6 Sloth 20 (+13)
6 Eli 20 (+10)
11 Zopperoni 19 (+11)
11 MikeH 19 (+9)
13 JohnIII 17 (+9)
14 Fergus Horkan 16 (+11)
14 Sirotnikov 16 (+9)
16 Dalgetti 15 (+8)
17 Sagacious Dolphin 14 (+10)
18 Zealot 13 (+8)
18 Victor Galis 13 (+6)
20 Saint Marcus 12 (+1)
21 CyberShy 11 (+5)
22 Fistandantilus 10 (+10)
23 Dr. Stiby 4
24 Notyoueither 3
25 Juggler 2

The return matches will be played next week. Don't forget to post your predictions.

The spreadsheet with the results has been uploaded.

[Paul]

My predictions for next week's matches:

Wednesday, 07-08-2002:
1 NK Zagreb (CRO) v Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN) 2-0
2 FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) v Club Brugge FC (BEL) 1-1
3 FC Basel (SUI) v MÅ K Zilina (SVK) 2-1
4 PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 2-0
5 FC Pyunik (ARM) v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 0-2
6 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v Brøndby IF (DEN) 0-0
7 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v NK Maribor (SLO) 1-1
8 Legia Warszawa (POL) v FK Vardar (MKD) 2-0
9 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Boavista FC (POR) 0-3
10 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0-2
11 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v Lillestrøm SK (NOR) 1-0
12 FK Partizan (YUG) v Hammarby IF FF (SWE) 1-0
13 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 0-2
14 Grazer AK (AUT) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 4-0