For download:  uefa-champions-league-2012-13-group-stage-md-1.pdf

After a Matchday 1 with a few surprises, Clint is our early leader, largely through his support of Shakhtar Donetsk–only one other player has last year’s Ukrainian champions reaching the knockout rounds.

I wrote in the last message that we had 13 players; it’s only 12. Wishful thinking on my part, I suppose, and we’ll therefore be playing for prizes of $60, $30, $18 and $12.

Next matches are October 2 and 3, and teams that played away from home will be playing as hosts this time around. Enjoy the games!

Group Stage
1 Clint 60
2 John L 50
3 Michael 48
4 Wes 40
5 Evan 36
6 Pedro 34
7 Scooby 32
8 Steffen 30
9 John W 28
10 Joel 26
11 Dave 16
12 Doug 8

Note: I have applied a tie-breaker of the UEFA club coefficient to the teams tied in groups B, C, E and G. Therefore, please take the standings with a further grain of salt! For players new to this game, ties are generally resolved by the end of Matchday 3, and UEFA has to resolve all ties at the end of the Group Stage, as each of the 4 places in each group is important for how/if each club progresses in the Champions League and Europa League.