2005-2006 European Football Cups Season

This thread is for debating what happens during this season of European cups.

The first leg in Champion Leags brought us another galactic defeat. Real lost at Lyon big time. ;) My favorites, Man. Utd. played like they think: they don't. That boy Rooney is a terchea-berchea (Romanian expression, not sure how to put this in English, but would not be removed by the filter). His gesture speaks for itself.

As I said last year, before the start of the Leage, I said it and say it this year, that Chelsea will claim the trophy at the end. And I'm sure this time they will really do it.

Well, in the UEFA cup, it was an incredible night for Romanian teams. Steaua Bucharest won at Valerenga, 3 - 0, Rapid Bucharest drew 1 - 1 at Fayernort, and my favorites Dinamo Bucharest wiped out Everton, 5 - 1. As UEFA.com put it, Dynamic Dinamo maul Everton. Well done, red dogs. :thumb: :D

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Originally Posted by cilu

This thread is for debating what happens during this season of European cups.

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During the football season, there is way waaaaayy too much football on TV and all other programs simply need to move or get thrown out...:sick:

Liverpool...Liverpool...Liverpool...

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Originally Posted by mrRee

Liverpool...Liverpool...Liverpool...

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Oh..c'mon...not again. That was one of the best Champions league for them. With an ordinary team. Carragher was the man who saved them with his solid defence..and then some lucky display in the front...without gerrard/alonso effective in the midfield..they are simply as pathetic as were England against Portugal in the last Euro.

By the way Cilu, nice thread :thumb: - Man U are my favs too... hope the improve. What I really think is they lack some charismatic midfield playmaker. The only players looking to impress me in their team are - Rooney, Rio, Hienze, and sometime Ronaldo, Ruud and scholes/keane/gary..else they are all so un-creative...

VDS is a great golie and its great that they got him..he saved their face against villareal...else they were destined to lose. Rooney seems to me the most impressive one but his such display of indiscipline just make everyone so mad about him...

Real Madrid's troubles are never ending ...without Zidane .. they look so dull. I dont know what has happened to that great squad. Possibly not a good manager...or may be adaptation.

Chelsea still look so solid in defence and with the strike force they have ... i am sure they are again going to far ahead...but the best thing i like about them is that they dont even seem to concede a goal...Man...thats awesome..with terry and gallas, makelele and del horno - peter czec looks so in peace.

My vote for the winner goes to Man U..they will for sure improve. And the other probable winners would be - Barcelona, AC Milan, Chelsea and Juve.

I dont follow the UEFA - they dont show it here...Champions league is also late night but i am to follow the EPL..so know quite a bit about the english clubs and their performances...others - just have read about them on soccernet.com.

Thats all from me for now. Pour in all you soccer fans... Regards.

Though I don't see Liverpool in the top 5 teams with the best chances to win this season, I believe the two matches between Liverpool and Chelsea will be the high points of the groups phaze. And I bet on Chelsea twice. ;)

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Originally Posted by cilu

Though I don't see Liverpool in the top 5 teams with the best chances to win this season, I believe the two matches between Liverpool and Chelsea will be the high points of the groups phaze. And I bet on Chelsea twice. ;)

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Yeah...but Liverpool are really unpredictable...and with Milan Baros gone...they are now even more unpredictable (but in the good sense). They will only get better after Baros' exit...He was so ineffective in the front...

But chelsea vs liverpool doesnt really matter at the moment..these two are only gonna go ahead of their grps. It all depends on the knock-out phase ties. Lets wish for the best action...Regards.

//Man U rulz.

BTW, today in EPL Liverpool plays agains Man. Utd. ;) Go Man. Utd.!

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Originally Posted by exterminator

Oh..c'mon...not again. That was one of the best Champions league for them. With an ordinary team. Carragher was the man who saved them with his solid defence..and then some lucky display in the front...without gerrard/alonso effective in the midfield..they are simply as pathetic as were England against Portugal in the last Euro.

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Liverpool..Liverpool...Liverpool...
post-mortem?...mmmmm!!!!!!...chuckle chuckle mumble...

yours, that way....mine, Liverpudlian way...mmmm!!!!!!...point point going...
check my sleeve son...18, 5, 6, 3, 7...mmm!!!!...still counting..

"Just go out and drop a few hand grenades all over the place son." Bill Shankly

//hey look...my chimp can cook!!...

Liverpool...Liverpool..Liverpoool

Liverpool...Liverpool...Liverpool

http://uk-app.buongiorno.com/liverpool/thumbs/2507.jpg

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I am so mad at the results for Man Utd...Cilu...any tricks for Fergie...??? Help him man!!! he badly needs it... :( :mad: :o :cry:

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Originally Posted by exterminator

I am so mad at the results for Man Utd...Cilu...any tricks for Fergie...??? Help him man!!! he badly needs it... :( :mad: :o :cry:

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Yeah. Perhaps it's time to quit. I said than since he get rid of Beckham. The team is a ruin since that day. :cry:

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Originally Posted by exterminator

I am so mad at the results for Man Utd...Cilu...any tricks for Fergie...??? Help him man!!! he badly needs it... :( :mad: :o :cry:

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*is glad that Utd lost* :p

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Originally Posted by Melian

*is glad that Utd lost* :p

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you're not alone in the house:D:D:p....

but Chelsea...money does talk....anyway, Liverpool vs Chelsea....
Liverpool will fight the money...but if Liverpool lost, it lost to the money...

Liverpool vs Chelsea...

what would it be... :rolleyes:...

losing is actually being in between the success...going left or right, in the end is success....
what is winning anyway....

maybe a loser talking:D....but it's a good motivation...

So last night Juventus finally won with more than one goal distance, in part due to a golad from Mutu. Ronaldinho scored three times agains Udinese, and Manchester suffered 85 minutes before securing victory. The only good part was that hapf of the team was under 24, and I expect them to perform great in 3-4 years.

Anyway, I expect the match between Liverpool and Chelsea tonight to be great. And I bet that Chelsea will win. It will be also interesting to see how Real Madrid performs tonigh.

Just a few minutes from the start - I will also put my bet - I think its going to be a draw or an upset for chelsea. The most probable scorelines:

Liverpool 0-0 Chelsea

Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea

Lets see how it goes... but this match really doesnt matter...but yes if chelsea lose this one they are gonna falter down possibly in the EPL as well. Cheers...Regards.

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Originally Posted by cilu

So last night Juventus finally won with more than one goal distance

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Yeah...else that always seemed to be stuck to 1-0 :D

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Originally Posted by cilu

Manchester suffered 85 minutes before securing victory. The only good part was that hapf of the team was under 24, and I expect them to perform great in 3-4 years.

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Can they not buy some good midfield talent?

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Anyway, I expect the match between Liverpool and Chelsea tonight to be great. And I bet that Chelsea will win. It will be also interesting to see how Real Madrid performs tonigh.

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My best wishes are with Liverpool :D and Real Madrid :rolleyes:

Well, Liverpool and Chelsea provided a great footbal match, but ended in a scoreless tie. It's not that surprizing after all. ;)

Real Madrid barely won their match against Olympiakos. Porto lost at home and Milan drew 2 - 2 in Germany with Schalke 04.

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Originally Posted by cilu

Well, Liverpool and Chelsea provided a great footbal match, but ended in a scoreless tie. It's not that surprizing after all. ;)

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goalless match...Liverpool keep pushing forward, but lack in finishing....Chelsea's defenders are good...Oct 2nd will be another clash with Chelsea in EPL...hope they didn't worn out after so much attacking..

Man U still got the young talents...
anyway, did you saw the Barca's match...Lionel Messi is a great prospect...in fact, he is already in the great standard...Diego Maradona wasn't wrong when he said the young lad is his successor...the young Messi surely can make the opponents's day messy...

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Originally Posted by mrRee

goalless match...Liverpool keep pushing forward, but lack in finishing....Chelsea's defenders are good...

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Sympathies with Liverpool...the referee wasnt fair with them else they could have had easily got a few penalty chances...Cheers. :thumb: (mrREE must be happy that they didnot lose...they played good in fact and did not spend the time defending :thumb: )

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Diego Maradona wasn't wrong when he said the young lad is his successor...

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I heard this line plenty of times, most of the times with disapointing outcomes... So, let's see what future holds.

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Originally Posted by cilu

I heard this line plenty of times, most of the times with disapointing outcomes... So, let's see what future holds.

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did you saw him yet...but from what I saw, he really got what it take to be a great player...very skillful...I think he can match Ronaldinho's skill:rolleyes:...

Well done ROMANIA!!! 3 Romanian teams have made it for the UEFA Cup group phase. Steaua (who got rid of Valerenga), Rapid (who upset Fayernoord) and Dinamo (who outtopped Everton). Bucharest is the first city of Europe with 3 teams in this stage of the competition.

Well, I'm a little bit upset that Dinamo actually lost yesterday in Liverpool against Everton, but the agregate 5 - 2 says it all. I hope they learned something from yesterday's match. And I'm trully relieved to hear that Arteta is ok, that he even joked about the worries about his condition, after the clash with Plesan, though at this point doctors don't know if we will be able to play or not Sunday against Man City. I was really concerned that he had an injury at the spine. His spasm on the field were awful.

Anyway, well done, Romanian Teams! :wave:

:D :D MrRee :D :D Liverpool thrashed at home by Chelsea....4-1....hahaha...I couldnt stop laughing ... its horrible..I did not see the match but its really amazing that when they won against chelsea in last champion's league and drew with them last week...with such a great performance ...how could they lose so miserably this weekend??? My sympathies would always be with Liverpool..by the way I supported them against AC Milan in the last champions league final ... and thought they let me down in front of my friends but in the end they did not...I even wrote a blog post on this....Here is the link if you are interested - Its noon and I am feeling sleepy. Disclaimer - dont bug me if the post bored you. :D

As for Utd..I am happy that they are back to their winning form .. and the trend of coming from behind to win matches...I hadnt seen many such acts by them recently..

I could not watch the match, but I've seen the events unfolding live on the net. 1 - 4! Wow, that's total humiliation. ;)

I watched the second half
I think owen should move back to this team :p ,I was very happy not to see gerald in liverpool:D

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As for Utd..I am happy that they are back to their winning form .. and the trend of coming from behind to win matches...I hadnt seen many such acts by them recently..

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Yeah, but Chelsea is already 7 points clear into the table. 8 straight wins. ;)

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Originally Posted by mehdi62b

I watched the second half
I think owen should move back to this team :p ,I was very happy not to see gerald in liverpool:D

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That is Gerrard as in Steven Gerrard...or are you referring to the old manager of theirs? Houllier ? Owen cannot come back to that team...that would be aweful for him...Newcastle is a good one for him...and he will get plenty of action...plenty to play...that will help him improve...at Real Madrid ..I just felt sorry for him not starting in the games... Regards.

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Originally Posted by cilu

Yeah, but Chelsea is already 7 points clear into the table. 8 straight wins. ;)

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Yeah...that makes it horrible...And the worst thing is they dont even seem to be drawing leave alone losing...but hope some team gives them surprises...they are on a similar run as were arsenal two seasons back...even better...conceding almost nothing...C'mon Utd...keep winning now...(hope so :cry: )

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Originally Posted by exterminator

:D :D MrRee :D :D Liverpool thrashed at home by Chelsea....4-1....hahaha...I couldnt stop laughing ...

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same for me...I was so fruiting happy...I won the bet...and how I bet against the Reds, that will need some weed talking:D....the bong help me won:D...

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My sympathies would always be with Liverpool..

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hey, don't sympathize..a man felt stoopid if anyone had a pity on him...just pick on him(with a good sense though)...

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Originally Posted by cilu

Wow, that's total humiliation.

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it does seems like a total humiliation...but it's not...it just some humiliation:D...anyway, if we always win, we'll not become so eager to push back...the big lost will be our strenght from now on :rolleyes: to fight back...

for the first 20 minutes, the game was a balance game...but, maybe they're so tired after the previous clash, they play some mistakes....

Owen?...Real Madrid want to sell him for twice of they bought him...so, Liverpool boss say no....and Rafa is waaaay differ from Houllier:D...

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Originally Posted by exterminator

That is Gerrard as in Steven Gerrard...or are you referring to the old manager of theirs? Houllier ? Owen cannot come back to that team...that would be aweful for him...Newcastle is a good one for him...and he will get plenty of action...plenty to play...that will help him improve...at Real Madrid ..I just felt sorry for him not starting in the games... Regards.

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yes,Gerrard!
so owen left Real, very good,I just didn't get why ronaldo plaied while owen not!
nowadays I bet for barcelona!:D

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Originally Posted by mehdi62b

yes,Gerrard!

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But gerrard played...he even scored the only goal for liverpool...the equalizer and they conceded 3 more... :D

About Barca - yup :thumb:

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Originally Posted by mrRee

Owen?...Real Madrid want to sell him for twice of they bought him...so, Liverpool boss say no....and Rafa is waaaay differ from Houllier:D...

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:D ..funny...and yes Rafa seems to be much better with the european success but the EPL seems to the same old sad story for them...just the reverse of arsenal..doing good in EPL and horribly failing in Europe.. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by exterminator

:D ..funny...and yes Rafa seems to be much better with the european success but the EPL seems to the same old sad story for them...just the reverse of arsenal..doing good in EPL and horribly failing in Europe.. :rolleyes:

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hey....don't talk to my team like that...I'll break your legs:D...
the season was just begun....even though Liverpool can't win the title this season, I'll still and will always be Liverpudlian....so, watch out as the Reds goes marching in...

Thank you Holland! :) The victory in Praga keeps our (Romanian) hopes that we can still go for the play-offs for the 2006 World Cup. If the Czechs don't win in Finland.

The Poles and English should also be thankful, because with Holland's victory they are both qualified no matter the result of their last match (in England) and their position in the final results table. And same for Croatians, who secured they presence in Germany with their victory against Sweden as best positioned runner-ups.

May good things happen in Helsinki on Wednesday. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

that's right...many countries should give Holland a toast...

//Marco Van Basten...he was great player until Serie A killed his career;)...

The Serie A killed many carriers. Take Ronaldo for example. ;)

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Originally Posted by cilu

The Serie A killed many carriers. Take Ronaldo for example. ;)

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Ronaldo..the Brazilian? or the Portuguese? Or any other...they play in Spain and england respectively. By the way...all the best to your team for the expected results..

This weekend went quite boring since none of the footer matches were coming up due to the internationals and they dint even show those. Cricket was happening with Australia nailing down the rest of the world XI... :D

Ronaldo, the Brazilian of course. He played for Inter Milan and nearly ended his career there. Ronaldo, the Portuguese never played in Serie A.

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Originally Posted by cilu

Ronaldo, the Brazilian of course. He played for Inter Milan and nearly ended his career there. Ronaldo, the Portuguese never played in Serie A.

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Oh...you went that back...I was not thinking abt it..Yeah...true...

//are we 4 - yourself, mrRee, mehdi and me the only guys with bias towards soccer :D

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Originally Posted by exterminator

Oh...you went that back...I was not thinking abt it..Yeah...true...

//are we 4 - yourself, mrRee, mehdi and me the only guys with bias towards soccer :D

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Everything is biased: beauty, inteligence, justice, etics, truth, football. ;)

I prefer to talk only about computers and programs at codeguru, but since I'm a fan of soccer and there are not many people around me to whom I can talk about that subject, I'll post just a few words here to say that yesterday was a great day for the French team, because, at last it has qualified for the world championship in Germany. The French footballers were so bad they were third in their group before that last day of qualification. It was very likely that the Swiss team would win against the Irish team, and in that case, the French had to score five goals to Cyprus in order to finish ahead of the Swiss.

In the first half, the French put three goals. In the second half, they put one goal, but then ... nothing. At the same time in Ireland, there was no goals.
In the end, the weak French team did not manage to score a fifth goal, but it was lucky becasue Switzerland did not win.

So see you in Germany.

Liverpool won!!!!!
But only 1 to zero binary...
But they won!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by olivthill

So see you in Germany.

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Welcome to the thread ..by the way, me wont be there in Germany so you won't be able to see me...Anyways..have fun if you are planning to go there... :thumb:

Yesterday's results:

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Bayern Munich (Ger) 2 - 1 Juventus (Ita)
Rapid Vienna (Aus) 0 - 1 Club Brugge (Bel)
Ajax Amsterd. (Hol) 2 - 0 Thun
Sparta Prague (Cze) 0 - 2 Arsenal (Eng)
Panathinaikos (Gre) 0 - 0 Barcelona (Spa)
Udinese 1 - 1 Werder Bremen (Ger)
Manchester U. (Eng) 0 - 0 Lille (Fra)
Villarreal (Spa) 1 - 1 Benfica

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Goal scorers (in the above match order):

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S. Deisler (32'), M. Demichelis (39'), Z. Ibrahimovic (90')
B. Balaban (75')
Y. Anastasiou (36',55')
T. Henry (21', 74')
A.D. Natale (86'), D.D.S. Felipe (o.g.) (64')
J.R. Riquelme (pen.) (73'), M. Fernandes (77')

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Man Utd again failing to register a victory in a supposedly simple match. Paul Scholes took a red card. Was not able to see any of the matches since there seems to be some problem with our cable service provider. Ree...hold on your breath...liverpool fight for a win tonight with Anderlecht (probably a Belgian club, where is Marc??? :) probably supporting his country's club :) )

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Originally Posted by exterminator

Ree...hold on your breath...liverpool fight for a win tonight with Anderlecht

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no need to hold my breath anymore....WE WON...

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Originally Posted by mrRee

no need to hold my breath anymore....WE WON...

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Yeah...seems so...Here are the results of last night matches:

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AC Milan (Ita) 0 - 0 PSV Eindhoven (Hol)
Fenerbahce (Tur) 3 - 3 Schalke (Ger)
Lyon (Fra) 2 - 1 Olympiakos (Gre)
Real Madrid (Spa) 4 - 1 Rosenborg (Nor)
Anderlecht (Bel) 0 - 1 Liverpool (Eng)
Chelsea (Eng) 4 - 0 Real Betis (Spa)
FC Porto (Por) 2 - 0 Inter Milan (Ita)
Rangers (Sco) 0 - 0 Petrzalka

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The goal scorers:

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F. Luciano (14'), M. Nobre (73'), S. Appiah (79'), Lincoln (59', 62'), K. Kuranyi (77')
P. Juninho (4'), S. Govou (89'), P. Kafes (84')
J. Woodgate (48'), Raul (52'), I. Helguera (68'), D. Beckham (82'), R. Strand (40')
D. Cisse (20')
D. Drogba (24'), R. Carvalho (44'), J. Cole (59'), H. Crespo (64')
M. Materazzi (o.g.) (22'), B. McCarthy (35')

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What a match last night between Real Madrid and Rosenborg. A football lesson taught in the second half by Real. Great football.

Ah, the Red Devils dissapointed me again. Lucky that the other match in the group ended in a draw too.

Chelsea are on fire!!! There goal scoring has improved a lot...they scored 5 against Bolton Wanderers last weekend and then here they score 4. Who is gonna stop them this time?