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Post by ILR on Aug 26, 2004 9:16:42 GMT -5
The draw: Group A: Deportivo La Coruna Liverpool Monaco Olympiakos Group B: Real Madrid Roma Bayer Leverkusen Dynamo Kiev Group C: Bayern Munich Juventus Ajax Maccabi Tel-Aviv Group D: Manchester United Lyon Sparta Prague Fenerbahce Group E: Arsenal Panathinaikos PSV Eindhoven Rosenborg Group F: Barcelona Milan Celtic Shakhtar Donetsk Group G: Valencia Internazionale Anderlecht Werder Bremen Group H: Porto Chelsea Paris Saint Germain CSKA Moscow --------------------------------- I think we got an OK draw there Could've been better, could've been worse. Its just nice to be back here! ;D Groups B, C, F and G are the toughest ones.
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Post by ILR on Sept 16, 2004 11:40:10 GMT -5
Nothing to say but: couldn't have asked for a better start!
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Post by TennisHack on Sept 21, 2004 11:51:05 GMT -5
Whoa Roma pay a heavy price for missile Tuesday, September 21, 2004 Posted: 1621 GMT (0021 HKT) Roma must pay a heavy penalty for the incident that saw referee Frisk felled by a missile LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Dynamo Kiev have been awarded a 3-0 win over Roma after the abandonment of last week's Champions League match when the referee was hit by an object thrown from the crowd. Italian Serie A club Roma will also have to play their next two European home games against Bayer Leverkusen on November 3 and Real Madrid on December 8 behind closed doors. UEFA's disciplinary committee acted after Swedish referee Anders Frisk was injured at the Olympic Stadium. The incident came at halftime in Wednesday's game, shortly after Frisk send off Roma defender Philippe Mexes with Kiev leading the Group B tie 1-0. France's Mexes has been suspended for two matches "for particularly unsporting conduct," UEFA said. Roma can appeal against the decision before Friday midnight (2200 GMT). "In taking the decision the Control and Disciplinary Body took into account the seriousness of the nature of the incident, in which the referee Anders Frisk was injured and therefore led him to abandon the match," the UEFA statement said. Tuesday's decision satisfied the Ukrainian side who had demanded they be handed victory after the incident. "To be honest we were expecting it," Dynamo spokesman Serhiy Polkhovsky said. "It's a justified decision which will be to the benefit of the sport." A month ago, Israeli side Maccabi Tel-Aviv were awarded a 3-0 win over PAOK after the Greek club fielded a suspended player in a Champions League third round qualifier. In 2001, Paris St Germain were given a 3-0 win at Rapid Bucharest after their UEFA Cup tie had to be abandoned following a floodlight failure.
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Post by ILR on Sept 21, 2004 14:03:20 GMT -5
Thats definately the right decision, award Dynamo Kiev the 3 points. I saw many times on the replay the man in the crowd throwing the object and it hitting Frisk on the head. Not something you want to see
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Post by TennisHack on Sept 21, 2004 16:22:48 GMT -5
Poor Frisk, that must have been a really bad surprise Other sources are calling it a cigarette lighter and if it was one with edges that would hurt like a mofo. My was definitely to that picture.
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Post by ILR on Sept 21, 2004 16:35:27 GMT -5
Yeah, I was watching the Liverpool game and there were reports that the Roma match was suspended. Pretty weird but I put it down to floodlight failure or something. Then they showed the pictures and it was like woah
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Post by fatboy aphex on Sept 22, 2004 18:24:11 GMT -5
Roma and all Italian clubs always get away too easy from these kind of incidents. Remember English clubs were suspended for more than five years once. Juve fans were also involved in that Heysel tragedy. And a Polish club was suspended for a year or two for an incident like the Frisk-Roma one. Roma should get a couple of years suspension. It's not the first time there's serious trouble with their fans. But no, they get away with it again. Losing the match and a couple of empty house matches. WTF is that. The big bucks is in TV money anyway .
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Post by ILR on Sept 28, 2004 16:13:56 GMT -5
I think Im going to cry another woeful performance this season, a 1-0 defeat at Olympiakos. No goals, no shots, hardly a pass and terrible defending. I still believe ;D but its bitterly disappointing. Still 2nd in the table, so thats ok.
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Post by TennisHack on Sept 28, 2004 22:55:30 GMT -5
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Post by Partridge In A Pear Tree on Oct 19, 2004 16:03:37 GMT -5
Juventus beat Bayern 1-0
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Post by ILR on Oct 19, 2004 17:24:29 GMT -5
And I predicted that correctly in my predictions game ;D 0-0 here v Deportivo. Disappointing as we should have won. We'll have to win in Spain instead
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Post by RogiFan on Oct 19, 2004 22:36:49 GMT -5
Today was Real v. Kyiv... tomorrow it's FC Barca v. Milan... it was raining in Madrid today... not great weather there this week... a bit coolish too at 22C!! they featured Michael Owen to intro the match today, ILR!
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Post by ILR on Nov 4, 2004 14:35:31 GMT -5
Owen is doing ok at Madrid. Would love it if we knocked them out, maybe Owen would finally shut up about Gerrard and Liverpool. He wants to score the winner at Anfield, how could he be so cruel I know, I know he just wants to do his new club well. Liverpool 1-0 Depor ;D ;D An own goal from Jorge Andrade, but they all count! Absolutely brilliant performance, I am so proud and so happy! Puts us joint top with Olympiakos with 7 points, but because they beat us, they go 1st. A win in Monaco and we are through, regardless
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Post by TennisHack on Nov 4, 2004 23:46:54 GMT -5
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Post by ILR on Nov 23, 2004 15:53:30 GMT -5
We losr 1-0. Need to beat Olympiakos by 2 goals at home if we are to go through. NO! NO! *screams* Yet another injury! This time to Luis Garcia Not Luis.......why? A favourite of mine, and an exciting player. Its so unfair. He got injured in the 2nd minute, hamstring problem. Maybe a month out. We have been cursed by injures- Gerrard, Baros, Cisse, Nunez, Garcia, Josemi got a nasty head injury tonight also..........its just a curse.
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Post by ILR on Nov 23, 2004 17:48:33 GMT -5
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Post by Patrik Sjöberg on Nov 23, 2004 22:14:41 GMT -5
It's a horrible time for Liverpool in the context of injuries at the moment.
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Post by ILR on Nov 24, 2004 8:27:55 GMT -5
It's a horrible time for Liverpool in the context of injuries at the moment. I was wondering who you were then Yes it is
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Post by ILR on Nov 24, 2004 17:11:37 GMT -5
oh, and as if it couldn't get any worse: Yet another injury. Traore is out for 10 days with a twisted knee this is too much now.
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Post by Lee on Nov 24, 2004 17:22:16 GMT -5
:'(Liverpool
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Post by ILR on Mar 18, 2005 15:59:34 GMT -5
Champions league draw- Liverpool v Juventus AC Milan v Inter Milan Chelsea v Bayern Munich PSV v Lyon dont know what order they're in.....but the semi's go like this Liverpool/Juve v Chelsea/Bayern AC Milan/Inter v PSV/Lyon This is what its all about, playing the best teams in Europe We have nothing to lose!
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Post by Lee on Mar 18, 2005 18:33:34 GMT -5
Go Go Liverpool!!!
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Post by TennisHack on Mar 18, 2005 22:33:31 GMT -5
Best of luck to the boys in Red!
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Post by TennisHack on May 3, 2005 20:01:48 GMT -5
*bump* Liverpool's dream continuesReds knock out Chelsea, into Champions League final Posted: Tuesday May 3, 2005 4:48PM Updated: Tuesday May 3, 2005 5:27PM Liverpool's Luis Garcia (right) celebrates his decisive goal with teammates Steven Gerrard and John Arne Riise. Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images LIVERPOOL, England (AP) -- Luis Garcia scored in the fourth minute Tuesday to give Liverpool a 1-0 victory over English champion Chelsea and put the four-time winner into the Champions League final. The 1-0 aggregate loss ended Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho's reign as European champion. He led FC Porto to the title last season. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez, however, has a chance to add the Champions League title to the UEFA Cup he won last season with Valencia. Liverpool took an early lead when Steven Gerrard played a through pass to Milan Baros, who lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper and appeared to be brought down by Petr Cech at the same time. But play continued and Garcia managed to nudge the ball goalward, brushing Chelsea captain John Terry. Chelsea defender William Gallas tried to clear the ball off the line but it was ruled a goal -- the fifth for Garcia in 11 Champions League matches this season. "We're going to the final, that's the most important thing. Whether it was a goal or not, I'm sure people will comment on that, but we're happy we're going to Istanbul," Gerrard said. "Chelsea put us under pressure but we defended really well." The English rivals drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge last Wednesday. "The best team lost," Mourinho said. "Nobody knows if it was a goal, not even the linesman knows if it was a goal. But after that only one team played, the other team just defended. So, I think the best team lost and we are very sad that we did." Chelsea, which clinched the English title on Saturday for the first time in 50 years, almost snatched a vital away goal in the fifth minute of injury time an Anfield when forward Eidur Gudjohnsen fired across the front of the goal after Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek had failed to clear a cross. Liverpool, which last won the European Cup in 1984, will meet either AC Milan or PSV Eindhoven in the final on May 25 in Istanbul, Turkey. Milan won the first leg 2-0. "At the end of the day it's only a semifinal and the Cup is still there to be won," Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said. Liverpool last reached the European Cup final in 1985, when 39 fans were killed at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, after Liverpool fans rioted. Liverpool was weakened by the absence of suspended Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso, while Fernando Morientes and Mauricio Pellegrino were unable to play because they played in the Champions League earlier this year for other teams. The pre-game atmosphere matched the buildup, and the noise at Anfield was deafening before kickoff. When the Liverpool fans stretched their scarves over their heads and sang their traditional song "You'll Never Walk Alone," the 6,000 Chelsea fans tried to match the sound with "We are the champions." As the two team walked out, the Liverpool fans gave their intimidating roar. Benitez had clearly instructed his players not to let the Chelsea stars slip smoothly into their patient passing game and they charged firmly but fairly into challenges all over the field. "We had a good game, the same as the first leg," Benitez said. "We have done a good job. When you have your supporters behind you, you run a bit more." The result was that Frank Lampard had little time to orchestrate Chelsea moves and striker Didier Drogba frequently lay on the turf after some strong challenges from Sami Hyypia and Carragher. Although Chelsea midfielder Joe Cole floated a cross over the top from the left and Dietmar Hamann forced Cech into a save with a snap shot out of a tackle, there were surprisingly few other chances before the break despite the breakneck speed of the game. While the 'keepers were having comparatively little to do, there was plenty of action right in front of them. When Lampard, Cole or Gudjohnsen fired in a powerful shot, there was a Liverpool leg to block it while Carragher was commanding in the air. Drogba drove a 25-meter (yard) free kick too high and, when Lampard fired one low from almost the same spot, it beat the defensive wall only for Dudek to dive low to his right to push it around the post. Knowing just one away goal would put his team through, Mourinho sent on Arjen Robben and Mateja Kezman for Cole and Tiago Mendes with 22 minutes to go. Robben, whose fitness had been in doubt, soon threatened with a shot that Carragher anticipated and blocked. Then the Dutch winger curled a shot just too high. Mourinho made his final gamble by sending on towering German defender Robert Huth to play up front. But it was Liverpool who threatened to score a second when substitute Djibril Cisse jumped to meet a cross only for his well-timed header to go too close to Cech.
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Post by TennisHack on May 3, 2005 20:02:46 GMT -5
For the gamblers among us Liverpool, who were 80/1 outsiders at the start of the season, are now 5/4 second favourites to win the Champions League with William Hill who make AC Milan 4/7 favourites and PSV 20/1. Hills make Chelsea 6/1 to win it next season.
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Post by ILR on May 3, 2005 20:04:19 GMT -5
If I was a betting woman maybe I'd have put some money on it Still, we're the only team officially in the final and we're not even favourites ;D
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Post by TennisHack on May 3, 2005 20:06:35 GMT -5
Eh, celebrations anyway! ;D I see the British press is going nuts with this, esp. after all that crap about next year's group. All important: PICTURES! ;D A jubilant Xabi Alonso, centre, of Liverpool celebrates with teammates John Arne Riise, left, and Djibril Cisse after his team's 1-0 win over Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final second leg soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday May 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Paul Ellis) I'm not digging Cisse's hairstyle at all.
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Post by ILR on May 3, 2005 20:08:19 GMT -5
Ahhhh....Xabi! Cisse is one on his own lol. OK, Luis and teammates ;D
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Post by TennisHack on May 3, 2005 20:09:01 GMT -5
Jubilant Liverpool players celebrate their 1-0 win over Chelsea during their Champions League semi-final second leg soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday May 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Paul Ellis) A Jubilant Jamie Carragher, left, of Liverpool celebrates with goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek after his team's 1-0 win over Chelsea in their Champions League semi-final second leg soccer match at Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday May 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Paul Ellis) Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez ,right, and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho watch their teams during their Champions League semi-final 2nd leg match at Anfield, Liverpool, England, Tuesday, May 3, 2005. (AP Photo/ Martin Rickett, PA)
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Post by ILR on May 3, 2005 20:10:54 GMT -5
Luis ;D more Luis ;D and more ;D you get the picture lol and how cute is this?
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