The final day of group play in the UEFA Champions League has arrived, though much has already been decided among the four groups in action on Wednesday.
Most eyes will be on the surprisingly tight Group H, where Arsenal could be in danger of being eliminated. Fortunately for the Gunners, who are tied for second place with Braga and trail Shakhtar Donetsk by three points, they face point-less Partizan at home. Considering Arsenal's goal total, a win would secure advancement regardless of the Braga-Shakhtar outcome.
Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid and AC Milan are all already through to the knockout stage, and Marseille, currently second in Group F, is essentially through given its three-point lead and 12-goal edge over Spartak Moscow.
Here's the TV schedule for all of Wednesday's games (all start at 2:45 p.m. ET):
- Fox Soccer Channel/DirecTV – Arsenal vs. Partizan
- Fox Soccer+/Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – Marseille vs. Chelsea
- Fox Deportes/Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – Real Madrid vs. AJ Auxerre
- Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – AC Milan vs. Ajax
- Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – MSK Zilina vs. Spartak Moscow
- Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – CFR 1907 Cluj vs. AS Roma
- Fox Soccer.TV/DirecTV – Bayern Munich vs. FC Basel
- DirecTV – Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Braga
If you will be watching any or all of Wednesday's matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action!
Knowing the luck of Arsenal, they will play Madrid.
Madrid are absolutely beatable. Arsenal’s passing game will play well against them.
Nasri with a clinical finish, but Song really made that goal with some nifty moves into the area.
so…. Arsenal will meet either Schalke, Barca, Bayern, or Madrid in the knockout round. i’m hoping for Schalke.
who’s this alex merkel kid for milan? merkel for robinho? i understand that there is a need at forward with pato and pippo out, but what about dihno and strasser, and nnamdi?
3-1 final.
appreciate the comments. you’re the only im getting my soccer fix from while at work.
Nasri is on fire. 3-1.
Theo!!!!! What a strike. 2-1 Gunners.
And Denilson is beyond worthless.
1-1. Arsenal’s back line is a mess.
He’s a beast, but it’s safe to say that Chamakh has one of the worst haircuts in all of world soccer, which has to place him in the running for worst haircut in the world.
Gunners better put six past Partizan.