By Elliot Ball Last updated: 2nd October 2008
Donati: Bamboozled
We want to speak to Celtic. Massimo is unhappy, he is not playing and was left out of the Champions League squad for Villarreal
Massimo Donati's agent Andrea D'Amico.
Quotes of the week
Celtic's Massimo Donati is bamboozled to why he was left out of Tuesday's UEFA Champions League clash against Villarreal.
Donati has endured a miserable time since his move to Glasgow in 2007, and the 27-year-old was not even picked in the squad to travel to Spain in midweek.
The former AC Milan man played in the reserves' defeat at Hamilton on Monday and his agent Andrea D'Amico has spoken of the midfielder's frustration
"We want to speak to Celtic," said D'Amico in the Evening Times.
"Massimo is unhappy, he is not playing and was left out of the Champions League squad for Villarreal.
"He cannot understand what he has done wrong. It's strange, the manager explained to Massimo in the summer that Celtic wanted him."
| Time | Fixture |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 24th November | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| 17:30 | Rubin Kazan vs Dynamo Kiev |
| 19:45 | AZ vs Olympiacos |
| 19:45 | Arsenal vs Standard Liege |
| 19:45 | Barcelona vs Inter Milan |
| 19:45 | Debrecen vs Liverpool |
| 19:45 | Fiorentina vs Lyon |
| 19:45 | Rangers vs VfB Stuttgart |
| 19:45 | Unirea Urziceni vs Sevilla |
| Wednesday 25th November | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| 17:30 | CSKA Moscow vs Wolfsburg |
| 19:45 | AC Milan vs Marseille |
| 19:45 | Apoel Nicosia vs Atletico Madrid |
| 19:45 | Bayern Munich vs Maccabi Haifa |
| 19:45 | Bordeaux vs Juventus |
| 19:45 | FC Porto vs Chelsea |
| 19:45 | Man Utd vs Besiktas |
| 19:45 | Real Madrid vs FC Zurich |
| Tuesday 8th December | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| 19:45 | Atletico Madrid vs FC Porto |
| 19:45 | Besiktas vs CSKA Moscow |
| 19:45 | Chelsea vs Apoel Nicosia |
| 19:45 | FC Zurich vs AC Milan |
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Wednesday 4th November | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Lyon 1 - 1 Liverpool | |
| Fiorentina 5 - 2 Debrecen | |
| Dynamo Kiev 1 - 2 Inter Milan | |
| Rubin Kazan 0 - 0 Barcelona | |
| Unirea Urziceni 1 - 1 Rangers | |
| Sevilla 1 - 1 VfB Stuttgart | |
| Standard Liege 2 - 0 Olympiacos | |
| Arsenal 4 - 1 AZ | |
| Tuesday 3rd November | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Maccabi Haifa 0 - 1 Juventus | |
| Bayern Munich 0 - 2 Bordeaux | |
| Besiktas 0 - 3 Wolfsburg | |
| Man Utd 3 - 3 CSKA Moscow | |
| Marseille 6 - 1 FC Zurich | |
| AC Milan 1 - 1 Real Madrid | |
| Atletico Madrid 2 - 2 Chelsea | |
| Apoel Nicosia 0 - 1 FC Porto | |
| Wednesday 21st October | |
| UEFA Champions League | |
| Juventus 1 - 0 Maccabi Haifa | |
| Bordeaux 2 - 1 Bayern Munich | |
| Wolfsburg 0 - 0 Besiktas | |
| CSKA Moscow 0 - 1 Man Utd | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arsenal | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Olympiakos FC | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Standard Liege | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | AZ Alkmaar | 4 | 2 |
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