I wonder if we’ll be dropping in to this lot after the group stages…? One or two names I recognise, here.
Fixtures
Thursday 8 November
Anzhi 1 – 0 Liverpool
Nechi Baku PFC 0 – 1 Rubin Kazan
Académica de Coimbra 2 – 0 Atlético Madrid
AIK 1 – 0 PSV
Bordeaux 1 – 0 Marítimo
Club Brugge 2 – 2 Newcastle
FC København 0 – 2 Stuttgart
Fenerbahce 2 – 0 AEL Limassol
Marseille 2 – 2 M’gladbach
Molde1 – 2Steaua Bucharest
Napoli 4 – 2 FC Dnipro
Udinese 2 – 3 BSC Young Boys
Viktoria Plzen 4 – 0 H Tel Aviv
Athletic Bilbao 2 – 3 Lyon
Basel 1 – 0 Videoton
Bayer 04 3 – 0 Rapid Vienna
Twente 0 – 0 Levante
Hannover 96 3 – 2 Helsingborg
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona 1 – 1 Sparta Prague
Lazio 3 – 0 Panathinaikos
Metalist 3 – 1 Rosenborg BK
Partizan Belgrade 1 – 3 Inter
Sp Lisbon 1 – 1 Genk
T*ttenham 3 – 1 NK Maribor
I think I’d rather get thru’ the group stages and get knocked out immediately in the next round, given the choice.