After the goalstravaganza of yesterday, I'm sure we're in for a slew of cagey 0-0 draws. It's not like anyone's watching anyway.
Lineups and stuff after the jump. Maybe we'll see more sliding celebrations from the Dutch Sloth.
Today's schedule:
Bordeaux v. CFR Cluj, Group A
Spartak London v. AS Roma, Group A
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Inter Milan v. Anorthosis Famagusta, Group B
Panathanaikos v. Werder Bremen, Group B
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Basle v. Barcelona, Group C
Shakhtar Donetsk v. Sporting, Group C
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Atletico Madrid v. Liverpool, Group D
PSV v. Marseille
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Lineups:
Atletico: Franco, Seitaridis, Perea, Joshua, Antonio Lopez, Camacho, Maniche, Luis Garcia, Simao, Forlan, Sinama Pongolle.
Subs: Bernabe, Pernia, Heitinga, Raul Garcia, Aguero, Paulo Assuncao, Miguel.
Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Dossena, Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun, Gerrard, Riera, Keane.
Subs: Cavalieri, Aurelio, Pennant, Kuyt, Babel, Leiva Lucas, Darby.
Former LFC lads Luis Garcia and Florent Sinama-Pongolle starting for Atletico tonight, while super-goal hero Dirk Kuyt takes a seat on the subs bench for a bit.
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Carvalho, Bridge, Deco, Mikel, Lampard, Kalou, Anelka, Malouda.
Subs: Cudicini, Ivanovic, Di Santo, Ferreira, Alex, Belletti, Stoch.
AS Roma: Doni, Cicinho, Panucci, Mexes, Riise; Taddei, De Rossi, Aquilani, Brighi, Totti, Vucinic.
Subs: Artur, Loria, Perrotta, Tonetto, Montella, Menez, Okaka Chuka.
did the bbc updater have a coronary?
ReplyDeleteHe's crap anyway. Move to the Guardian for pith by the boatload
ReplyDeleteapparently their liveblogging technology broke. jesus.
ReplyDeleteguardian it is
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wow that was perfectly timed. nice one robbie, nice one.
ReplyDeletekeane shouldve buried that, nice cross
ReplyDeletebarca with three already.
ReplyDeleteHmm why would Keane and Berba want to leave us??!! 3 goals btwn them thus far. Nice finish by Keano.
ReplyDeletei think berbabent should change his name to RomanBent.
ReplyDeletewow nice dive luis
ReplyDeleteeven better dive by riera.
ReplyDeletedoesnt he look like he should be tying a broad to traintracks in some stock footage from the thirties?
second dive yellow of the game. maniche. ref is doing a great job keeping them all honest. unless their was a sniper, that was a bad dive.
ReplyDeleteI don't like to make a habit of agreeing with Tommy Smyth, but both of the yellows for diving have been utter bullshit.
ReplyDeleteRiera got tripped, an the fellow from ATL got kicked. Niether should have been granted a penalty, nor should they have been given yellows for diving.
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ReplyDeletei disagree but maybe because im watching on a stream and dont have the clearest picture
ReplyDeletecant you get a card for embellishing though?
Berba left us because he knew he could only get away with offside goals if he were wearing a ManU shirt.
ReplyDeleteKeane left because he knew Ramos was a bleeding fool, which is the same reason Bale, Bentley, and Hutton will be gone.
Not sure about the card for embellishing, Georger, though is that's the case, then the last one was justified. He got kicked, but reacted as if he'd been shot.
ReplyDeletei was about to ask why you erased that post but now i see, gotta catch em all!
ReplyDeleteim sure there will be bitching that keane was offsides but that was too close to call i think. unlike yesterdays 'goals'
Yeah, Keane's was way too close, but then again, I'm fairly biased when it comes to Keano.
ReplyDeleteAfter yesterday's debacle, I propose that SAF be banned from bitching about officials for the remainder oft he season.
Aguero on for ATL. Smyth's been pining for him the entire first half. I think Tommy's got a bit of a crush.
ReplyDeletegotta say that was the right call on that one. damnit.
ReplyDeleteon second thought, i think it was wrong
ReplyDeleteoh well, makeup call i suppose
Smyth is fucking stooge. He says Keane, who was pretty much even, was off, but Benayoun, who was 3 yards off, was "too close to call."
ReplyDeleteAnd that's a curious substitution by Rafa. Thinking ahead to Saturday maybe?
gamecast says keane out with groin injury.
ReplyDeleteahahahaha what a terrible call
ReplyDeletearbeloa is getting worked like a two dollar whore out there.
ReplyDeletebut as the only defensive subs are darby and aurelio ....
That's a pretty suspect offside call there.
ReplyDeleteAnd Tommy is really laying the Aguero love on pretty thick right now.
madrid is going to score (and it will count) soon. damn
ReplyDeleteMy God. I don't know if Kyut could have been more clumsy and inept with that. Ye gods, that was ugly.
ReplyDeleteThe more I watch Kuyt, the more convinced I am that he deliberately plays bad football to lull his markers to sleep. Then, when they finally stop caring about him near the box, up he pops with the winning goal and subsequent knee-slide celebration.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap, Kyut can't even keep i his feet. Oaf.
ReplyDeleteand there it is. terrible defense. way to give it up, jesus.
ReplyDeleteSlick finish from Simao there.
ReplyDeleteLike it really matters. That said, this is the result PSV and Marseille would have wanted, as it gives them a faint hope of catching up.
ReplyDeletenothing wrong with a point from this game, if they can manage that, but giving it up that late is awful
ReplyDeletewhere the hell was agger?
Wow. What a save.
ReplyDeletethat wasnt offside either. this has been a terribly called game.
ReplyDeleteand im pretty sure babel was offside there even though he got a rectal exam from a boot
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Georger. Officials tonight have been pants.
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