25 November 2008



ZENIT 0

JUVENTUS 0



Attendance : 20,000

Assists : n/a





BATE 0

REAL MADRID 1 (Raul 7)



Attendance : 5,500

Assists : n/a





VILLARREAL 0

MANCHESTER UNITED 0



Attendance : 26,000

Red Card : Capdevilla 83 (Villarreal)

Assists : n/a





AAB AALBORG (McManus 73, Caldwell 87 og)

CELTIC 1 (Robson 53)



Robson gave Celtic a shock away lead when he headed in a deep inswinging cross from the left. On initial viewing Aalborg's Brazilian midfielder Caca scored a goal his more illustrious namesake would have been proud of but replays showed his shot took a massive deflection of McManus. When attempting to clear a centre Loovens kicked the ball against Caldwell who in turn wrong footed the helpless Boruc.



Caldwell's late, desperately unlucky own goal was a mercy killing, bringing to an end another of Celtic's tiresome Champions League campaigns.



Attendance : 12,647

Assists : Wilson, n/a, n/a





BAYERN MUNICH 3 (Klose 57, Toni 61, Klose 71)

STEAUA BUCHAREST 0



Luca Toni rediscovered his Euro 2008 form and once again embarrassed the great legacy of Italian footballers. The useless big goof did however played a part in the opening goal. He horribly miscued a volley and full back Oddo ran onto the loose ball and fired a mid height cross towards the penalty spot, Ribery's attempted diving header fell kindly for Klose to volley in from 6 yards. Toni made it 2-0 with a diving header.

Ze Roberto started a counter attack with a tackle deep, deep in his own half, Ribery skipped away from a challenge on the half way line onto his pass, ran upfield and wisely ignored Toni before feeding Klose for his second.



Attendance : 65,000

Assists : Ribery, Klose, Ribery





FIORENTINA 1 (Gilardino 45)

LYON 2 (Makoun 15, Benzema 27)



Keita ran onto a double deflection off a Govou shot and pulled the ball back across the face of goal, Benzema held up possession and waited before centring for Makoun to smash past Frey. Montolivo, Saturday's two goal hero, was caught in possession by Juninho and he released Benzema who beat Frey with a perfectly placed shot from 25 yards. Gilardino gave Fiorentina hope with a superb header from a Santana cross but as in the previous tie Prandelli's young side failed to take any of the numerous chances they created.



Fiorentina should find the UEFA Cup more forgiving assuming they don't screw up in their last match against Steaua Bucharest.



Attendance : 35,000

Assists : Benzema, Juninho, Santana





FENERBAHCE 1 (Alves 63 og)

PORTO 2 (Lisandro 19, Lisandro 28)



Lisandro pounced on a gift from Fenerbahce's briefly brilliant hulking goalkeeper Volkan to give Porto the lead. He should earn a ban for his second goal. He used his arm to bring a throw in under control before beating Volkan after his initial effort was saved. Kazim's speculative shot from 25 yards took a wicked deflection off Bruno Alves past his own goalkeeper. UEFA are seriously idiots, how in the hell is that a goal for the striker?



Attendance : 35,000

Assists : n/a, n/a, n/a





ARSENAL 1 (Bendtner 87)

DYNAMO KYIV 0



Attendance : 59,374

Red Card : Aliev 89 (Dynamo Kyiv)

Assist : Fabregas