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By Jonathan Stevenson
1705: Pedro Pinto and Melanie Winiger, a former Miss Switzerland, are the genial hosts of proceedings in Monaco, with the slightly less exotic David Taylor to conduct the draw part of the ceremony.From Harry, via text on 81111: “See 1625 - I take it you made up Cristiano Ronaldo”
*Haha.*From Fizmo1337 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A56392905)"For the people desperately talking about the ‘real’ European Cup with only the champions in it, this time there are 18 different countries represented in the Champions League. It almost feels like the good old European Cup!"1656: Very much time to focus on the Champions League group stage draw. We’ve got eight debutants this season: Standard Liege (Belgium), Unirea Urziceni (Romania), FC Zurich (Switzerland), AZ Alkmaar (Holland), Rubin Kazan (Russia), Wolfsburg (Germany), APOEL (Cyprus) and Debreceni VSC (Hungary).**1653: **There are more Uefa Europa League qualifiers later - don’t forget that particular group stage draw takes place on Friday at 1200 BST. **Everton **face Sigma Olomouc at 1700, 4-0 up, **Hearts **host Dinamo Zagreb at 1935, 4-0 down and **Aston Villa **entertain Rapid Vienna at 2000, 1-0 behind. Oh, and there’s a Carling Cup second round tie too, as **Crystal Palace **and Manchester City meet at Selhurst Park at 2000. That enough action for you1649: Full-time Amkar Perm 1-0 Fulham (agg: 2-3)
Fulham progress to the group stage of the Uefa Europa League.1647: Would you believe it Amkar Perm have only gone and bagged in the dying moments, through Martin Kushev. Is there any time for them to get another, a goal which would dump Fulham out of EuropeFrom Dan, via text on 81111: "What A Champions League draw where there is NO chance of Chelsea vs Liverpool What is going on"1643: Nothing going on in the furthermost reaches of Russia right now, with Fulham easing through to the group stage of the Uefa Europa League.1641: Incidentally, it’s gone transfer crazy.Middlesbrough duo Robert Huth and Tuncay are set for an £11m switch to Stoke City,whileWatford’s Tommy Smith has signed for Portsmouth for about £1.3mandManchester City captain Richard Dunne is set to leave after Aston Villa agreed a fee for his services.Finally (for now), Everton are set to snap up Portsmouth’s want-away centre-back Sylvain Distin. Ooh, deadline day should be a hoot.**1637: Everton **team to play Sigma Olomouc: Howard, Hibbert, Neville, Yobo, Baines, Osman, Rodwell, Pienaar, Fellaini, Gosling, Jo.1633: Let’s play a game called the Group of Life and the Group of Death. Here’s a *Group of Life for a British team: Manchester United, AZ Alkmaar, Besiktas, Unirea Urziceni. Here’s a Group of Death too: Arsenal, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Wolfsburg. Your turn.From Azeem, via text on 81111: “What are the odds on Ronaldo facing Man Utd Would love it if we could knock Madrid out!”
*Tell me Azeem, do you believe in fate I bet Cristiano does.1625: The nominees for the 2008/09 Uefa club football awards:
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech, Victor Valdes, Edwin van der Sar.
Defender: Gerard Pique, John Terry, Nemanja Vidic.
Midfielder: Steven Gerrard, Xavi, Andres Iniesta.
Forward: Samuel Eto’o, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo.
There will also be an overall award for the Uefa Club Lionel Messi Footballer of the Year 2009. I made two of those words up, actually.From biziclop on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A56392905)"Here’s a bit of tetrapyloctomy for you: even though the Hungarian team’s full name is Debreceni VSC, using Debreceni as a short form is wrong. It should be either Debrecen (the name of the city they’re from) or DVSC."1618: Fulham are edging closer to the group stage of the Uefa Europa League. They have half an hour to survive a Russian onslaught from Amkar Perm, who are trying to overturn a 3-1 deficit from the first leg. Bit drab at the moment but Bemvindo Jean Carlos almost caused a stir with a long-range effort pushed away by the hands of Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer.1617: Please feel free to enter the mixer today, in the usual fashion, with texts to 81111 andvia the debate on 606.But please don’t ask about these things: clubs from the same association cannot be drawn together, so no Chelsea/Arsenal in the same group, etc; and clubs from the same pot cannot be drawn together, so no Man Utd/Barcelona, etc. Capiche1613: But first, desperate to find out which pot your beloved boys are in Ponder no longer, amigos:
Pot One: Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man Utd, AC Milan, Arsenal, Sevilla, Bayern Munich
Pot Two: Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Porto, AZ Alkmaar, Juventus, Rangers
Pot Three: Olympiakos, Marseille, Dinamo Kiev, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux, Besiktas
Pot Four: Wolfsburg, Standard Liege, Maccabi Haifa, FC Zurich, Rubin Kazan, Unirea Urziceni, APOEL Nicosia, Debreceni1609: So, here’s a run down of proceedings, though let’s be honest, Uefa’s timekeeping is never 100% reliable. The Champs Lge group stage draw is due at 1700 BST, when Uefa will also reveal their players of the season for the 2008/09 season. The nominees, as if you couldn’t guess most of them, are coming up.1605: Firstly, a cupdate: Fulham are in Uefa Europa League qualifying action, 3-1 ahead after the first leg against the wonderfully-named Amkar Perm of Russia. As I haven’t got a visual on events from the Zvezda Stadium, I thought it pointless to attempt to provide regular chat. But the Cottagers are level at 0-0, andyou can find out just what is happening on the plastic pitch in the shadows of the Ural Mountains right here.1600: There’s some important live football going on today, you know. But I’d bet good money most of you are more interested in a bunch of balls being drawn out of some oversized glass bowls in the billionaires playground of Monaco, aren’t you (Me tooThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.