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Champions League Watch - July 2008

Joan Laporta, president of perennial Champions League giants FC Barcelona, will be subject to a vote of confidence on 6 July. The vote will determine whether Laporta remains at the helm of one of Europe's leading football clubs or is removed from the post.

The measure was prompted by a petition by club member Oriol Giralt in the wake of a downward turn in Barcelona's fortunes in the past few seasons. Despite winning their domestic championship two years in a row in 2005 and 2006, the Catalan club finished just third in Spain's La Liga this season and were dumped out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage by eventual winners Manchester United



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Champions League 2008/09 Begins

July 1st 2008 16:14
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At 12:00 CET today at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, the draw for the Champions League First and Second Qualifying Rounds marked the kick-off of the 2008/09 Champions League. Here are the match-ups for the first two rounds:



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Here's UEFA's calendar for the upcoming season of the Champions League:


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