SUSPENSE, anxiety and anguish will be the order of the day at the Heineken Champions Planet in the final stretch of group stage matches of the UEFA Champions League.The consumers and the visitors to the Heineken Champions Planet House is largely dominated by followers of top clubs in the English Premiership with the trio of Manchester United, Chelsea and new entrant in the competition, Manchester City all at the brink elimination from the most glamorous football club competition.Assured of planetary view of all the matches from all the major stadiums spread across Europe, consumers and invited guests will watch with keen interest the break-or-bend group E match at the Stamford Bridge involving Chelsea and Valencia FC, who are tied on points in second position while group leader, Bayer Leverkusen will visit Racing Genk in a not too significant match.On same day, crowd pullers, Arsenal, already assured of top spot in group F will be the guest of Olympiakos, while APOEL, the surprise team of the competition, will attempt to extend their adventure as they host less inspiring Shakhtar Donestsk and the defending champions, FC Barcelona, already assured of top spot in group H are expected to parade second string side against BATE at the Camp Nou.The following day, the two Manchester teams risk elimination unless they record victory in their respective crucial match. Manchester City contesting for the second position in the group will have to muster more courage as they host one of the competition's favourite, Bayern Munich in a match they must win and hope that FC Napoli did not record away win at Villarreal.Manchester United and their army of supporters at the Champions Planet House will virtually be restless because their team, currently off-form, will need a crucial win against FC Basel in Zurich to survive, just as leaders Benfica FC will hope for home win against Otelul Galati and be assured top position in the seeding during the knockout stage.The visitors, mainly drawn from the facebook fan page, have been involved in Heineken's new UEFA Champions League campaign entitled 'Legendary Football,' which centres around two new films featuring five legends of the competition: Gianluigi Buffon, Rene Adler, Patrick Vieira, Clarence Seedorf and Ruud van Nistelrooy which was launched at the commencement of this season.The Heineken brand in partnership with UEFA continues to partner to create spectacular artistry that fans around the world can enjoy and in Nigeria, the Champions Planet continues to capture the imagination of visitors and consumers on match days of the Champions League season.The activation will resume February next year when the all important knock out stage of the UEFA Champions League commences and visitors will enjoy all the matches up till the final match at the Allianz Arena in Munich in MayThe Senior Brand Manager Heineken, Jacqueline van Faassen, explained that Heineken will continue to offer fans in Nigeria the opportunity to experience Legendary Football by bringing the matches to all Nigerians through the renewed terrestrial TV sponsorship.
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