The Champions League is back in action on Wednesday and the schedule has a number of great matchups like Arsenal and Napoli as well as Barcelona in action and in Group G, Atletico Madrid takes on FC Porto and in Group E, Schalke 04 plays FC Basel and all those matches will have a big effect on the UCL tables as play moves towards the next round.
There are a number of teams already through into the knockout stages and while there is still placements to be finalized, teams on Wednesday will be looking for positive results. Chelsea is playing at Stamford Bridge after a couple of very tough defeats, while Juventus ended up losing to Galatasaray after their match was pushed due to snow to today. On Tuesday Manchester United got a victory and so did Real Madrid, with Phil Jones scoring the only goal in the match for Man U, while Ronaldo and Luka Modric had the scored for Real in their matchup with Copanhagen.
Check here for the Atletico Madrid vs. FC Porto and Schalke 04 v FC Basel coverage.
More from the Champions League from Reuters.com:
Two goals in three minutes from Goran Pandev were not enough to secure victory as Napoli threw away a 2-0 lead to draw 3-3 at home to Udinese in an end-to-end Serie A thriller on Saturday.
In the day's other game a stunning late free kick by Mario Balotelli, his second goal of the match, helped AC Milan snatch a 2-2 draw at Livorno.
Rafael Benitez's Napoli stay third with 32 points from 15 games, two points behind AS Roma and eight adrift of leaders Juventus who beat Bologna 2-0 on Friday.
Pandev tapped in the opening goal in the 38th minute after showing delicate control.
He quickly made it 2-0 when Gonzalo Higuain charged to the byline and pulled the ball back for Macedonian forward Pandev who spun well before guiding in his sixth league goal of the season.
Napoli defender Federico Fernandez scored an embarrassing own goal seconds before halftime when he clipped in a tame Thomas Heurtaux header.
Bruno Fernandes then deservedly drew Udinese level with a dipping shot that confused Napoli keeper Rafael Cabral with 21 minutes left.
Napoli went back in front when Blerim Dzemaili tapped in the rebound following a curling effort from Higuain.
Udinese refused to give up and equalised again with 10 minutes to go when Dusan Basta scored after a goalmouth scramble.
The visitors then almost snatched victory when Brazilian Maicosuel burst through on goal, only for Christian Maggio to thwart him with a superb sliding tackle.
(Reuters)
