Post by rjxsapri® on Mar 8, 2005 23:18:27 GMT -5
Ok...I made this so we can keep going discussing the most important club tournament in the world: The Champions League...here's a summary of Tuesday's games:
Chelsea, AC Milan and Lyon reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
John Terry's 76th-minute header lifted English leader Chelsea to a 4-2 victory over FC Barcelona, the Spanish league leader. Chelsea advanced 5-4 on aggregate despite losing to Barcelona 2-1 in Spain two weeks ago.
"It's great to beat a side like that,'' Terry said. "We're into the next round, but there's still a long way to go in the competition. But the main thing is we are there.''
AC Milan ousted Manchester United 1-0, advancing 2-0 on aggregate. Argentina forward Hernan Crespo scored the winning goal in both games.
"We had control of play throughout,'' Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "It was a victory of patience and attention... we never took risks. Certainly I expected more pressure from United.''
Three-time defending French champion Lyon demolished Werder Bremen 7-2, advancing 10-2. Sylvain Wiltord scored a hat trick, Michael Essien added two more goals and French international Florent Malouda and defender Jeremy Berthod added one each to complete the rout.
Four more games are on tap for Wednesday, with the winners reaching the quarterfinals.
Juventus trails nine-time champion Real Madrid 1-0 playing in Turin; Bayern Munich has a 3-1 lead going to Arsenal; Liverpool leads Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 going into the second-leg match in Germany; and host Monaco trails PSV Eindhoven 1-0.
In the remaining round of 16 game, Porto plays at Inter Milan on March 15. The two teams drew 1-1 in Portugal.
The Champions League quarterfinals are April 5-6 and April 12-13. The semifinals are April 26-27 and May 3-4, and the final is set for May 25 in Istanbul, Turkey.
At London, Chelsea took a 3-0 lead after only 19 minutes on goals by Eidur Gudjohnsen, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff.
But Ronaldinho rallied Barcelona with two goals - the second being enough to advance Barcelona on the away-goals rule at the time. That set the stage for Terry's deciding header from about 12 yards.
Ronaldinho made it 3-1 on a penalty in the 27th after Paulo Ferreira was called for a hand ball in the box by referee Pierluigi Collina. Ronaldinho made it 3-2 in the 38th, scoring on an 18-yard drive that caught goalkeeper Peter Cech flatfooted.
Chelsea has already won the English League Cup and leads the Premier League by eight points over Manchester United in manager Jose Mourinho's quest to win three major titles for billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
"With a game like today, the game was changing faces every five minutes,'' Mourinho said. "There was no time to breathe. There was no time to enjoy the moment and you just had to try and react as best you could.''
Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard declined to argue about the winning goal. Barca keeper Victor Valdes seemed to be blocked by Chelsea players from making the save.
"This is something the players saw,'' Rijkaard said. "After the game it's not necessary to talk about such things. The most important thing is we couldn't take what would have been a big step for Barcelona.''
Rijkaard also got into a shouting match after the game with what appeared to be a Chelsea official.
At Milan, Crespo headed in a second-half goal in AC Milan's 1-0 victory at San Siro. The six-time European champions also won 1-0 two weeks ago at Old Trafford on Crespo's goal.
"We showed a great form and determination against United. For sure we will be stronger with the return to action of Sheva (Andriy Shevchenko) and Pippo (Inzaghi),'' Crespo said.
Crespo, who is on loan from Chelsea, scored in the 61st, taking a cross from Cafu and sending the ball behind United goalkeeper Tim Howard.
"It was a hard game,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. "Losing the goal at Old Trafford was the killer for us.''
At Lyon, France, coach Paul Le Guen's team became the top scorer in the Champions League with 27 goals in eight matches. The score was tied for the second highest in the history of the Champions League.
Monaco holds the record with an 8-3 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna last season. In the 2000-01 season, Paris Saint-Germain beat Rosenborg 7-2 at Parc des Princes.
Lyon needed only four minutes to put the match beyond Bremen's reach when Wiltord scored with a composed finish after running onto a pass from Malouda. After than, it was no contest.
French players Johan Micoud and Valerien Ismael scored consolation goals for the German champions.
Chelsea, AC Milan and Lyon reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
John Terry's 76th-minute header lifted English leader Chelsea to a 4-2 victory over FC Barcelona, the Spanish league leader. Chelsea advanced 5-4 on aggregate despite losing to Barcelona 2-1 in Spain two weeks ago.
"It's great to beat a side like that,'' Terry said. "We're into the next round, but there's still a long way to go in the competition. But the main thing is we are there.''
AC Milan ousted Manchester United 1-0, advancing 2-0 on aggregate. Argentina forward Hernan Crespo scored the winning goal in both games.
"We had control of play throughout,'' Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti said. "It was a victory of patience and attention... we never took risks. Certainly I expected more pressure from United.''
Three-time defending French champion Lyon demolished Werder Bremen 7-2, advancing 10-2. Sylvain Wiltord scored a hat trick, Michael Essien added two more goals and French international Florent Malouda and defender Jeremy Berthod added one each to complete the rout.
Four more games are on tap for Wednesday, with the winners reaching the quarterfinals.
Juventus trails nine-time champion Real Madrid 1-0 playing in Turin; Bayern Munich has a 3-1 lead going to Arsenal; Liverpool leads Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 going into the second-leg match in Germany; and host Monaco trails PSV Eindhoven 1-0.
In the remaining round of 16 game, Porto plays at Inter Milan on March 15. The two teams drew 1-1 in Portugal.
The Champions League quarterfinals are April 5-6 and April 12-13. The semifinals are April 26-27 and May 3-4, and the final is set for May 25 in Istanbul, Turkey.
At London, Chelsea took a 3-0 lead after only 19 minutes on goals by Eidur Gudjohnsen, Frank Lampard and Damien Duff.
But Ronaldinho rallied Barcelona with two goals - the second being enough to advance Barcelona on the away-goals rule at the time. That set the stage for Terry's deciding header from about 12 yards.
Ronaldinho made it 3-1 on a penalty in the 27th after Paulo Ferreira was called for a hand ball in the box by referee Pierluigi Collina. Ronaldinho made it 3-2 in the 38th, scoring on an 18-yard drive that caught goalkeeper Peter Cech flatfooted.
Chelsea has already won the English League Cup and leads the Premier League by eight points over Manchester United in manager Jose Mourinho's quest to win three major titles for billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich.
"With a game like today, the game was changing faces every five minutes,'' Mourinho said. "There was no time to breathe. There was no time to enjoy the moment and you just had to try and react as best you could.''
Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard declined to argue about the winning goal. Barca keeper Victor Valdes seemed to be blocked by Chelsea players from making the save.
"This is something the players saw,'' Rijkaard said. "After the game it's not necessary to talk about such things. The most important thing is we couldn't take what would have been a big step for Barcelona.''
Rijkaard also got into a shouting match after the game with what appeared to be a Chelsea official.
At Milan, Crespo headed in a second-half goal in AC Milan's 1-0 victory at San Siro. The six-time European champions also won 1-0 two weeks ago at Old Trafford on Crespo's goal.
"We showed a great form and determination against United. For sure we will be stronger with the return to action of Sheva (Andriy Shevchenko) and Pippo (Inzaghi),'' Crespo said.
Crespo, who is on loan from Chelsea, scored in the 61st, taking a cross from Cafu and sending the ball behind United goalkeeper Tim Howard.
"It was a hard game,'' United manager Alex Ferguson said. "Losing the goal at Old Trafford was the killer for us.''
At Lyon, France, coach Paul Le Guen's team became the top scorer in the Champions League with 27 goals in eight matches. The score was tied for the second highest in the history of the Champions League.
Monaco holds the record with an 8-3 thrashing of Deportivo La Coruna last season. In the 2000-01 season, Paris Saint-Germain beat Rosenborg 7-2 at Parc des Princes.
Lyon needed only four minutes to put the match beyond Bremen's reach when Wiltord scored with a composed finish after running onto a pass from Malouda. After than, it was no contest.
French players Johan Micoud and Valerien Ismael scored consolation goals for the German champions.
i really hope they qualify (the previous match, we defeated valencia ;D)
I hope your team does well... 
