Champions League Round 6 - Day 2 - Wrap

The group stage is over. Here are the results from today:

Club Brugge 1-1 Bayern Munich
Rapid Vienna 1-3 Juventus
Arsenal 0 - 0 Ajax
Sparta Prague 0 - 0 FC Thun

Udinese 0 - 2 Barcelona
Werder Bremen 5-1 Panathinaikos
Benfica 2-1 Man Utd
Villarreal 1 - 0 Lille

The big news is Manchester United failed to reach the knockout phase. That is bad enough, but by finishing last in their group, United also missed out on the Uefa Cup. This is going to cause some money issues for the Red Devils, as the Champions League was a major income source. On the flip side, Benfica is thrilled to be moving on. In the same group, Villarreal got the win against Lille to continue forward.

In Group C, Werder Bremen won big against Panathinaikos to lock up second place for them. Udinese had Barcelona tied up for till the final five minutes of the match, but then Barca did what they do so much, pulled out the victory.

All the other matches were just show matches since Groups A & B had already been decided.

Here are the tables:

Group A
1 Juventus 15
2 Bayern Munich 13
3 Club Brugge 7
4 Rapid Vienna 0

Group B
1 Arsenal 16
2 Ajax 11
3 FC Thun 4
4 Sparta Prague 2


Group C
1 Barcelona 16
2 Werder Bremen 7
3 Udinese 7
4 Panathinaikos 4

Group D
1 Villarreal 10
2 Benfica 8
3 Lille 6
4 Man Utd 6