UEFA Champions League - Nov 25 / 26 - Game 5
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Tuesday, 25 November 2008
UEFA Champions League
Gp E
Villarreal v Man Utd, 3:45
AaB v Celtic, 3:45
Gp F
Bayern Munich v Steaua Bucuresti, 3:45
Fiorentina v Lyon, 3:45
Gp G
Fenerbahce v FC Porto, 3:45
Arsenal v Dynamo Kiev, 3:45
Gp H
Zenit St Petersburg v Juventus, 1:30
BATE Borisov v Real Madrid, 3:45
Match on Tv :
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Channel 23: "Live"
Zenit St Petersburg v Juventus - 1:30 am
Villarreal v Man Utd - 3:45 am
Channel 24: "Live"
Arsenal v Dynamo Kiev - 3:45 am
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
UEFA Champions League
Gp A
Chelsea v CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca, 3:45
Roma v Bordeaux, 3:45
Gp B
Panathinaikos v Anorthosis Famagusta, 3:45
Werder Bremen v Inter Milan, 3:45
Gp C
Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk, 3:45
Basle v Sporting, 3:45
Gp D
Marseille v Atletico Madrid, 3:45
PSV v Liverpool, 3:45
Match on Tv :
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Channel 23: "Live"
Chelsea v CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca - 3:45 am
Channel 24: "Live"
Werder Bremen v Inter Milan - 3:45 am
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Wednesday, 26 November 2008
UEFA Champions League
Gp A
Bordeaux v Chelsea 3:45
CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca 3:45
Gp B
Anorthosis Famagusta v Werder Bremen 3:45
Inter Milan v Panathinaikos 3:45
Gp C
Shakhtar Donetsk v Basle 3:45
Sporting v Barcelona 3:45
Gp D
Liverpool v Marseille 3:45
Atletico Madrid v PSV, 3:45
Match on Tv :
Wednesday, 26 November 2008
Channel 23: "Live"
Liverpool v Marseille - 3:45 am
Channel 24: "Live"
Bordeaux v Chelsea - 3:45 am
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
UEFA Champions League
Gp E
Man Utd v AaB, 3:45
Celtic v Villarreal, 3:45
Gp F
Steaua Bucuresti v Fiorentina, 3:45
Lyon v Bayern Munich, 3:45
Gp G
Dynamo Kiev v Fenerbahce, 3:45
FC Porto v Arsenal, 3:45
Gp H
Juventus v BATE Borisov, 3:45
Real Madrid v Zenit St Petersburg, 3:45
Match on Tv :
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Channel 23: "Live"
Man Utd v AaB - 3:45 am
Channel 24: "Live"
FC Porto v Arsenal - 3:45 am
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Bomb blast puts Zenit game in doubt
Juventus' Champions League clash with Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday could be called off after a grenade exploded near Zenit's training ground.
Three people died, including a child, when the device went off inside a taxi near a metro station.
The driver of the vehicle was also seriously injured.
It is not known whether the bomb was intended to be set off in the metro system which was packed with commuters, but the Minister for National Emergencies immediately increased security.
Reports suggest the government could ask European Football's governing body UEFA to postpone the match.
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omfg, may god bless them.
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Gerrard back in Reds contention
Steven Gerrard trained on Tuesday and is back in the Liverpool squad for Wednesday's Champions League group D qualifier at home to Marseille.
Gerrard missed Saturday's draw with Fulham after sustaining a groin muscle tear the previous weekend against Bolton. But manager Rafael Benitez has yet to decide whether his captain can play the full 90 minutes against the French side.
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Frank Lampard sees red as Chelsea fail to capitalise on Nicolas Anelka advantage
Bordeaux (0) 1 Chelsea (0) 1
Deflection: Nioclas Anelka scores in Bordeaux, deceiving Mathieu Valverde with the help of a defender's foot.
Chelsea suffered another forgettable European away night when they failed to claim the win they needed to qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League and finished with 10 men after Frank Lampard was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Chelsea were second best for long spells but when Nicolas Anelka stole a 60th minute goal against the run of play it seemed the gloom had been lifted off Chelsea. Yet, with seven minutes remaining, Alou Diarra headed Bordeaux equalizer and, two minutes later, Lampard was shown a red card for fouling Fernando, meaning he williss the visit of FC Cluj, a game they need to win to make certain of qualification.
Chelsea went into the game attempting to make up for a poor year in Europe. Since they won 4-0 in Norway, against Rosenborg a year ago, Chelsea had played six away games in the Champions League without a victory, including May Champions League penalty defeat by Manchester United in Moscow.
On the occasion of their last away win Didier Drogba scored twice in the opening 20 minutes. It was a bitterly cold night in Scandinavia and, on a similarly frosty evening in France, Drogba was left on the bench following the controversy over an alleged meeting with Inter Milan officials.
All the parties alleged to have been involved were keeping their heads down, though Drogba did reveal in an interview conducted over the weekend that he has suffered the worst six months of his life.
The striker was referring to a succession of injuries, his sending of in Moscow and the coin throwing incident against Burnley, a faux-pas that has cost him a three game suspension.
Given his domestic ban it was anticipated that Drogba would start on Wednesday night, with Nicolas Anelka kept on the bench ahead of Sunday’s Premier League visit of Arsenal, a key confrontation in the battle for domestic supremacy.
Instead, Anelka started, along with Michael Ballack with the German in the starting line-up for the first time since early October. Ballack had come on as a substitute in the previous two games following his recovery from a foot injury, and his return was welcome, given that Deco was absent through suspension, having been dismissed in the previous tie, the 3-1 defeat in the Olympic Stadium by Roma.
Given that the final of the Champions final takes place in the same arena, in May, it was a damaging reverse and it was Bordeaux who threatened first, with Fernando’s long range attempt tipped around his right post by Petr Cech in the sixth minute.
Shortly afterwards a tremendous through-ball, from Marouane Chamakh, fell invitingly for Yoan Gouffran but again Cech as equal to the threat, rushing out to gather at the forward’s feet.
The atmosphere inside this stylish bowl was magnificent, the Bordeaux fans sensing a chance to overtake Chelsea in Group A and when defender Matthieu Chalme struck a half volley from the edge of the area, it took another impressive save from Cech to deny the Frenchmen an opening goal.
In the 22nd minute John Terry, the Chelsea captain, was harshly cautioned after tripping with Yoann Gourcuff, who was also booked for his part in the incident in a game that was causing the visitors more problems than they may have anticipated.
Cech made a fourth impressive save, from Gourcuff – on loan from AC Milan -- after Ballack gave the ball away, then Frank Lampard received the game’s third yellow card for upending Chamakh – the most fouled player in the Champions League this season. Another booking followed in what was becoming a fractious and feisty affair when Ashley Cole fouled Chalme.
Joe Cole made a telling challenge inside his penalty area, on Franck Jurietti, as Bordeaux maintained the pressure. Indeed, by half-time Chelsea had failed to trouble Matthieu Valverde, the Bordeaux goalkeeper, or even win a corner.
The second half began in similar fashion, with Wendel and Chamakh combining for Gourcuff, whose cross was met by the head of Terry before Cech gathered under pressure.
Yet, on the hour and still against the run of play, Chelsea took an invaluable lead. Frank Lampard’s ball was missed by Alou Diarra, allowing Anelka a run at goal and the Frenchman held off a challenge from Marc Planus and the onrushing Valverde before finishing in some style.
It was Anelka’s 14th goal of the season but was to prove his last involvement. In the 62nd minute, with the job done and an eye on Arsenal, he was replaced, with Drogba coming on.
The goal seemed to inspire Chelsea and, seconds later a free kick from Lampard sailed just over the target.
Cech, who had been outstanding, almost erred when, rushing to clear from outside his area, he succeeded only in kicking the ball against a Bordeaux player but, fortunately for the goalkeeper, it rebounded into touch when it could see easily have ricocheted towards his goal.
Lampard was denied again, in the 79th minute, when he shot was parried by Valverde, but Bordeaux claimed a deserved equalizer when Diarra was left unmarked at the near post to convert Gourcuff’s corner.
And Chelsea’s frustration spilled over when, with five minuets remaining, Lampard was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
Group A
Chelsea must beat Cluj to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. If Bordeaux win in Rome, they will be on 10 points, leaving Roma on nine. A draw would take Chelsea onto nine, but on head-to head results with Roma, they would go out.To play: Dec 9: Chelsea v Cluj, Roma v Bordeaux.
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chelsea to win and go though and face Inter.. that will be a match to watch..
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chelsea drew.
disappointed on their performance recently....