Football Fanats 2009

[CTG]

Nice Debrecen made it through, I do not remember ever having seen an Hungarian team in the CL main round before.

Ferencváros, 1995/96, defeating Anderlecht to qualify and then... well it wasn't a very successful part:

Grasshoppers (SWI) - Ferencváros 0-3
Ferencváros - Ajax Amsterdam 1-5
Real Madrid - Ferencváros 6-1
Ferencváros - Real Madrid 1-1
Ferencváros - Grasshoppers 3-3
Ajax Amsterdam - Ferencváros 4-0

1 Ajax Amsterdam 16 pts (15-1) amazing!!!
2 Real Madrid 10 pts (11-5)
3 Ferencváros 5 pts (9-19)
4 Grasshoppers 2 pts (3-13)

[BonzaiJoe]

I can't believe FC København fucked up vs that cypriotic team... Good luck to Debrecen.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

A Bayern, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa
B Man. Utd., CSKA Moskzkva, Wolfsburg,
C Milan, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, FC Zürich
D Chelsea, Porto, Marseille, APOEL
E Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen !!!
F Barcelona, Internazionale, Dinamo Kiev, Rubin
G Sevilla, Rengers, Stuttgart, Unirea Urziceni
H Arsenal, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiacos, Standard Liege

[CTG]

Prediction (dunno the exact order of matches now, so just the results), somehow I think Lyon will cause a surprise in the group:

Liverpool - Lyon 1-1
Liverpool - Fiorentina 2-0
Liverpool - Debrecen 6-0

Lyon - Liverpool 1-0
Lyon - Fiorentina 0-0
Lyon - Debrecen 4-0

Fiorentina - Liverpool 1-1
Fiorentina - Lyon 1-1
Fiorentina - Debrecen 2-0

Debrecen - Liverpool 1-4
Debrecen - Lyon 0-1
Debrecen - Fiorentina 1-3

Lyon 12 pts (8-2)
Liverpool 11 pts (14-4)
Fiorentina 9 pts (7-5)
Debrecen 0 pt (2-20)

[BonzaiJoe]

I don't think Debrecen will do that badly It's a very tough group though. Debrecen might even win vs Liverpool if they play in the last match, or get draws with Lyon and Fiorentina at home if they fight really hard.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

I hope for at least 1 home point against Lyon or Fiorentina. Fiorentina is the better team of these two, but they form is more fluctuating. And of course I wish as many goals as possible, and a decent play.

The weakened Kazincbarcika side reached fair results in NB II:

Kazincbarcika-Szolnok 0-0
Vecsés-Kazincbarcika 1-1 (0-0)

The team is 8th at the moment, with 5 points in 4 games. Next opponent is MTK Budapest II.

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Kazincbarcika-MTK Budapest II 1-3 (0-2)

Poor performance...

Hungary-Sweden 1-2 (0-1)

Poor performance...

BÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖÖFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Hungary-Portugal 0-1 (0-1)

All chances are lost...

[BonzaiJoe]

No they're not, you can still qualify by winning the last two matches.

[Chulk]

Is Gayano Ronaldo already out from South Africa 2010 WC? Because that would cause FIFA to freak out if Messi misses it too...

[Duplode]

Portugal can't qualify without depending on others' results any more, but there are a fair amount of scenarios which would give them qualification. The only Group 1 challenger which seems to be most definitely off is, sadly, Hungary, as they are the only team to have two expectedly difficult matches remaining (Portugal and Denmark away).

[Chulk]

How I'd love to see Portugal (Bah, Ronaldo) out of next WC! Only seeing England out of it would please me more (but I know the are qualified already).

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Champions' League, 1st round:

FC Liverpool - Debrecen 1-0 (1-0)
Kuyt 45.

Surprisingly good performance by the Hungarian side, even the English newspapers praised DVSC, they played well. It's a pity for that lucky goal, though it was deserved.

[Chulk]

I saw that match while studying so I couldn't really pay attention but got the feeling Debrecen was playing well. Certainly much better than I expected them to do against Liverpool...

[Akoss Poo a.k.a. Zorromeister]

Things get worse for Debrecen, after Lyon whitewashed us 0-4 at home... Again, decent play from Debrecen, but in the Champions' League, it's often not enough. The French played really well, and they capitalized on their chances.

Kazincbarcikai SC, as it was expected, is in serious trouble, we're having a big losing streak. Last time we lost in Cegléd 2-5, which is a terrible result against a weak team. If the financial status doesn't change until the winter, we'll find ourselves in the third division...