Champions' League - Gameday 2
Hold on to your hats - it's Gameday 2 of the Champions' with Arsenal and ManYoo representing Blighty. Since I'm stuck here at the office and won't have a chance to watch later, I'll be manning the LOB trenches once again. Join me if you're out there in the ether and feel like a footie chat.
Here's the full fixture schedule for today.
Benfica vs. ManYoo
Celtic vs. Copenhagen
Arsenal vs. Porto
CSKA Moscow vs. Hamburg
AEK Athens vs. Anderlecht
Lille vs. Milan
Real Madrid vs. Dynamo Kiev
Steaua Bucharest vs. Lyon
posted by gatorbob @ 2:38 PM
15 Comments:
CSKA have already beaten Hamburg in an earlier scheduled match, so Hamburg will no doubt be bottom of the table after having lost to the Arse two weeks ago.
Here's the United team to face Benfica tonight:
Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Heinze, Ronaldo, Carrick, O'Shea, Scholes, Rooney, Saha.
Subs: Kuszczak, Evra, Brown, Smith, Solskjaer, Richardson, Fletcher.
A bit negative for my taste, with O'Shea and Carrick stopping up the middle. I'd love to see Smithy get a game today.
A bit of a slow start to the proceedings this afternoon. Here's how 365 describes the United - Benfica game:
"The game has become scrappy with neither side able to string many passes together."
Not sure this is what the organizers of the CL had intended. If I wanted to watch "scrappy play" I'd watch more MLS.
Real Madrid have scored against Kiev.
Anderlecht are now one up away to AEK Athens.
Benfica have just gone close thru Nuno Gomes, but for an excellent save by Van der Saar.
Still no score in the games involving the "English" sides.
Real are now two up against Kiev and running away with it.
AEK have levelled matters against Anderlecht.
Celtic have opened the scoring against Copenhagen from a penalty that apparently was pretty dodgy, Nakamura having gone all floppity in the penalty area. Strange, the Japanese usually aren't up for that kind of gamesmanship. Wee Gordon has obviously shown him an Old Trafford trick or two.
Yeah, I reckon so. Glad you're enjoying it out there. How's everything?
TH-14 has opened the scoring for the Arse right before half time. Eboue with a fantastic cross from the right, and it's that rare headed goal from Henry. Actually he scored one at the weekend too, but I love a good trope.
Half time whistles going now.
I'm off to talk about Horace Mann with my afternoon class.
Enjoy the matches, lads.
Sorry I couldn't follow the matches with you. I work all day long on Tuesdays. Did you guys not watch the United victory on ESPN2?
Chelsea is the match on today. I won't be able to watch it again. Thomas has a game.
Did watch the United game and again it's kinda scary that your boys continue to win without being convincing winners. Benfica were falling all over the place, but interestingly all the cards that you picked up were totally deserved. I think the players correctly figured that Benfica would flop around so why not put the hurt on them. Heinze especially battered anyone in range. Still, with nothing happening, nothing looking likely, you guys with four passes won the game. You must be pleased with the result if not completely convinced of the form.
I thought the United win was professional but negative. Playing O'Shea and Carrick together is the same thing as sticking Geoff Boycott out there at #1 batsman to set out the stall. Negative but effective. I really thought that it was going to go to a draw before Saha nicked a goal against the run of the play. Then they hang on like grim death. Unfortunately that's what a lot of high-level, high-stakes football has come to. People in the game like Ferg have forgotten that this is supposed to be a bloody entertainment form!
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