Filed under: European Soccer , UEFA Champions League

For about a half hour into Wednesday it looked like we might see some upsets in the Champions League, specifically in Group F where defending tournament champion Barcelona and Serie A-leaders Inter Milan where about to be ousted by a pair clubs from the ex-Soviet bloc.

However, the euphoria caused by the possibility of Dynamo Kiev and Rubin Kazan moving into the knockout stages didn’t last all that long as in the end, the European status quo prevailed.

Barcelona rallied from an early one-goal deficit to beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 at the Lobanovsky Stadium, while Mario Balotelli spurred on Inter to defeat Rubin Kazan 2-0 at the San Siro.

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