Champions League Matchday 4 Tuesday LiveBlog

By: Daryl | November 4th, 2008
   

Anyone feeling a bit of déjà vu? That’s because Matchday 4 is the flipside of Matchday 3, with home and away reversed.

And just like last time, we’ll be LiveBlogging all the action as the goals go in. All comments very welcome, especially to let me know about any goals I’ve missed. We’ll also be playing the “total goals
scored today” prediction game, just to pass the time.

Final scores:

CFR CLuj 1-2 Bordeaux
Roma 3-1 Chelsea
Anorthosis 3-3 Inter
Werder Bremen 0-3 Panathinaikos
Sporting 1-0 Shakhtar (Sporting through to last 16)
Barcelona 1-1 Basel
Liverpool 1-1 Atletico Madrid
Marseille 3-0 PSV

Total goals: 24. So our total goals prediction game winner is…a tie between Arvind (23) and Dickon (25). Congrats to both. Next time we’ll have to have a tie-breaker of some sort.

Full-time. Atletico must be absolutely gutted. I’m sure Liverpool fans will disagree, but that’s a horrible penalty decision. If anything Gerrard fouled Pernia, not the other way around.

90+5 And Gerrard puts it away. Weirdly inevitable (see minute 63′). Liverpool 1-1 Atletico.

90+4 I think Liverpool have been awarded a penalty. If so, it’s one of the weirdest I’ve seen in a long time. Gerrard flew in for the ball and clashed with a defender (Pernia) and then somehow a pen was given.

90+ Most games going into stoppage time right about now.

Current total goals: 23 (action packed day). Arvind and his prime number have it right now.

83′ Tziolis puts another nail in Werder Bremen’s Tuesday night coffin. Werder 0-3 Pana. That shouldn’t happen at home.

82′ And young Derdiyok has just equalized for Basel with a weird low volley. It’s Barca 1-1 Basel.

82′ Cruz just headed home for Inter and it’s now Anorthosis 3-3 Inter. Great game.

81′ Deco is headed for the showers in the Roma vs Chelsea game. Red card. Not sure what for though.

We’re now at 20 goals total. I’m hoping for no more, but chances aren’t good.

75′ Roma 3-1 Chelsea. John Terry pulls one back. Possibly with a handball. Will need to see that again.

73′ Derlei has only been on for four minutes, but he’s opened the scoring for Sporting. It’s SCP 1-0 Shakhtar in Lisbon.

71′ Aguero’s on for Atletico. Definitely worse subs to bring on when you’re already 1-0 up. I feel a little sorry for Liverpool, they’ve just brought on N’Gog for Keane. Which isn’t quite the same.

70′ And Ben Arfa just put Niang through for Marseille’s third. O’M 3-0 PSV

69′ Another one for Panathanaikos. Bremen look sunk. Wonderful strike by Karagounis from outside the area straight into the upper 90. Bremen 0-2 Pana

66′ Liedson just went very very close, but it’s still no goals in Sporting vs Shakhtar.

So… 16 goals now. And if Atletico hold on at Anfield then they’ll qualify for the knockouts. Don’t bet against a late Steven Gerrard leveller. Just because that sort of thing seems to happen a lot.

63′ And Niang has just volleyed one home at the Velodrome. It’s OM 2-0 PSV.

62′ Leo Messi comes off the bench. Two minutes later Leo Messi scores. The man is ridiculously talented. Barca 1-0 Basel.

That’s 14 goals total, for those who are counting (like me).

59′ Vucinic just ran around Mikel like he wasn’t there and beat Cech at the near post. Roma 3-0 Chelsea, and Vucinic at the bottom of a big Roma dogpile.

58′ Mantzios has given Panathinaikos the lead at Bremen. 1-0 to Pana there.

49′ Unreal. Anorthosis are now 3-2 up on Inter. Burdisso’s lame clearance didn’t get past Frousos, who fired past Julio Cesar. Anorthosis 3-2 Inter.

48′ Vucinic has just put Roma 2-0 ahead of Chelsea. Huge result on the cards there.

45′ Second half is go.

Half time scores:

CFR CLuj 1-2 Bordeaux
Roma 1-0 Chelsea
Anorthosis 2-2 Inter

Werder Bremen 0-0 Panathinaikos
Sporting 0-0 Shakhtar
Barcelona 0-0 Basel
Liverpool 0-1 Atletico Madrid
Marseille 1-0 PSV

That’s 10 goals total so far, with Barcelona still to open Basel’s floodgates.

For a guide to who can qualify for the knockouts today and how, check out Rob’s preview on Champions League Offside.

45′ That didn’t last long. Anorthosis 2-2 Inter. Looks like Cambiasso headed it against an Anortho player (Panagi) and it deflected past Julio Cesar.

44′ Good week for Marco Materazzi. First the Daily Mail apologized, then he heads home a corner to make it Anorthosis 1-2 Inter. Nearly a diving header, but not quite.

- The Stade Veledrome pitch, where Marseille are currently leading PSV 1-0, is almost muddy enough to qualify for Sunday league status.

38′ Wendel just scored a free kick for Bordeaux, so it’s now Cluj 1-2 Bordeaux.

37′ Goal in Liverpool, but nor for LFC. Maxi Rodriguez flicked it up past Carragher and smashed it in the bottom corner. Liverpool 0-1 Atletico.

33′ Goal in Italy. Panucci has knocked in a Cicinho cross and it’s Roma 1-0 Chelsea. Huge goal for Roma.

- Five goals after 30 minutes. I’m not maths genius, but at current rate we’ll have 15 total and Ian takes the crown.

30′ Bad news for The Special One. Anorthosis have equalized though Bardon. It’s Anorthosis 1-1 Inter.

29′ Bakary Kone has scored for Marseille. So it’s OM 1-0 PSV in the battle of the acronyms. PSV can kiss the knockouts goodbye I think.

17′ Incredibly. Barca still haven’t scored against Basel. Yet.

13′ Inter have one. Balotelli. So it’s Anorthosis 0-1 Inter.

9′ And Dani has equalized! It’s now Cluj 1-1 Bordeaux.

6′ Goal in Romania. It’s Cluj 0-1 Bordeaux through Yoann “maybe the new Zidane” Gourcuff.

0′ And we’re off.

Final total goals scored guesses:

Ian: 17
Rob: 18
Eirik: 19
Daryl: 20
Chris: 21
Diana: 22
Arvind: 23 (because it’s prime!)
Dickon: 25
Inara: 26

- 5 minutes til kickoff. My ESPN2 programming guide says they’re showing Marseille vs PSV. But I’m looking at Steven Gerrarda in the tunnel right now, so… either there’s been some huge transfer news that I missed, or ESPN2 are actually showing Liverpool vs Atletico.

Latest news (thanks Diana!) is that all games are on. But at least two of them are going to be very very wet.

-30 minutes til kick off. Total number of goals scored predictions so far:

Ian: 17
Rob: 18
Daryl: 20
Chris: 21
Diana: 22
Dickon: 25

Anyone else?

-45 minutes to kick off. Random team news:

Once again, Sergio Aguero isn’t starting for Atletico against Liverpool. Apparently Javier Agguire learned nothing last matchday.

Good news for Basel is that Barcelona are resting Messi and Eto’o. Bad news is that they’re fielding Henry, Bojan, Hleb and Iniesta. So we’re still on spankwatch.

Marseille need a win against PSV, and are going for Niang and Kone up front with Ben Arfa behind them.

Roma aren’t holding back against Chelsea either, and Spaletti’s going with two strikers for the first time in years. Follow Chris’s LiveBlog here.

Here are today’s matches:

CFR CLuj vs Bordeaux
Roma vs Chelsea (maybe, weather doesn’t look good)
Anorthosis vs Inter
Werder Bremen vs Panathinaikos
Sporting vs Shakhtar
Barcelona vs Basel
Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid
Marseille vs PSV

Group tables look like this before kick off.

Latest news from my sources (ie Chris) is that the Roma vs Chelsea game is on.

First order of business: predictions for total goals. mele419 won last time with a bullseye prediction of 17 total goals in all games. I’m going to open with a prediction of 20 total goals scored today. Anyone else brave enough to predict before kick off?


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  • Mat
    Daryl can we expect soon a rant as good as the one's you write against CRonaldo on Gerrard's diving skills?? ;)
    that was an absolute disgrace to football... he still had the shame to stay on the field after the game!
  • mele419
    =[ 24 goals.
    wayy off. I knew from the start it was gunna be a goalfest...
  • Rob
    I'm actually shaking my head. How do they do it?
  • Drabik
    Never a penalty for Liverpool! And never a yellow card for Sergio Aguerro, he is entitled to shoot from kick off!!

    Should be a win for Atletico!
  • old apple
    worst decision ever

    no way that was a pk for gerrard.
    Champions league honestly seems rigged for liverpool
  • Rob
    Basel have scored! Sensational.
  • Rob
    Cruz just knocked one in for Inter.
  • Rob
    Deco sent off!
  • Rob
    haha at Raimi.
  • Barack Obama scores the winner! Wait, sorry wrong blog :P
  • Rob
    Aw Sporting have ruined my chance of winning the goal thing.
  • Rob
    Those two goals have just happened. At Pana and for OM.
  • Rob
    So i need there to be just 2 goals in the last 25 minutes. This seems unlikely to me.
  • Rob
    see you later Dickon, safe journey.
  • Dickon
    Off for the hour-long commute home. I'll see you all tomorrow!
  • Rob
    OM are 2 up. Its all going on now.
  • Rob
    Messi has scored. Who else?
  • Rob
    3-0 in Rome. Thats a great result.
  • Dickon
    I'm hoping for a Diawara goal for Bordeaux and no more cards.

    4 goals: Gourcuff, Dani, Wendel and Diawara
    4 yellows: Gourcuff, Wendel, Diawara and Dani
  • Rob
    1-0 to Panathinaikos. I don't speak German but the fella on this stream is not happy.
  • Incredible. 3-2.
  • Rob
    and Inter are [i]losing[/i]
  • Rob
    Roma have got a second!
  • mele419
    So at this rate, 19 seem pretty plausible.
  • 2-2 already between Anorthosis and Inter? Insane.
  • Dickon
    And daryl has 10 goals at half... He's on good pace!
  • '44′ Good week for Marco Materazzi.'
    I was thinking the same thing, Daryl.
  • Rob
    If things stay the same, Atletico are through to the KO stage.
  • Rob
    2-2 in the Inter game! Blimey.
  • Rob
    Goal for Matrix
  • Eight goals now.
  • Correct scorer, Rob. I had just checked.
  • Arvind
    seven goals so far.
  • Arvind
    Barcelona have not scored yet???amazing
  • Dickon
    ****

    LFC 0 - 1 atletico
  • Dickon
    ****

    1-0 atletico
  • Rob
    Goal for Roma! Panucci, I think!
  • Rob
    Jose Mourinho looks like someone just killed his cat. Which can only mean one thing...
  • Rob
    OM just scored a goal in the style i score all my goals on Pro Evo
  • Rob
    My stream of all the games is in German, but even I can tell a "Super Mario" joke just came up re Balotelli
  • Rob
    25 minutes and 3 goals. Stankovic just missed a sitter for Inter.
  • Dickon
    where = wear.

    Yikes. Apologies for that....
  • Dickon
    Maybe Robbie should where one underneath his Liverpool kit....
  • Rob
    The rain going down the steps at the Stade Velédrome is quite spectacular. Very, very wet.
  • Rob
    Robbie Keane would have scored that if he was in a Spurs shirt.
  • Rob
    Goal for Inter! They only need a win today to be thru.
  • mele419
    Oh and it's Yoann "The Original 'New Zidane'" Gourcuff =P
  • Dickon
    Eirik has a friend at 19!
  • That was quick. Two goals already.
  • Dickon
    You're right, Arvind. I could deal with 36... Better than 16 too... :)
  • mele419
    I retire as champion of the "Goal Guessing Game"
    But I say... 19 this time =P
  • Rob
    10 minute mark, we have 2 goals. If it carries on at that rate, i win.
  • Dickon
    2 every 10 is 18! We're on the rise!
  • So fast already...a goal? Wow.
  • Dickon
    One goal every 6 minutes = 15 goals.....
  • Rob
    Cluj have one back! What a game that is thus far.
  • Arvind
    Dickon, if it has to be a perfect square, i'd rather that it be 36 :P
  • Rob
    Bordeaux off the mark!
  • Dickon
    FYI at HT it's Shrewsbury Town 3 - 0 Dagenham and Redbridge, incase people were wondering....
  • Dickon
    23 may be prime, but so is 17 and 19. 25 is the only perfect square!! :)
  • *starts humming Champions League anthem*

    :)
  • Arvind
    23.
    It has to be a prime number!
  • Rob
    Champions League anthem time. The chaaaaaaampioooooons!
  • Rob
    Oh god - with Eirik's guess, it could all come down to a last minute goal winning it or losing it for someone!
  • Rob
    Ian's guess messes up my guess lower than everyone else tactic and then I have a bigger chance of winning. :D Now gotta get it on the nose..
  • Eirik
    19, and we have the gaps filled.
  • Ian
    17. No argument as to why - just feel good about 17. Barca may score half that against Basel and kill me, but otherwise, I'm going low.
  • News just in from Reuters regarding Marseille-PSV match: It will still go ahead as scheduled.

    http://football.uk.reuters.com...

    Regarding predicting number of goals scored...I say, 22. Me always suck in my football predictions and so I have nothing to lose. :P
  • Seems Scolari's starting to like Malouda.
  • Chelsea team to play Roma

    Cech, Bosingwa, Alex, Terry (c), Bridge, Mikel, Malouda, Lampard, Deco, Joe Cole, Anelka

    Subs: Cudicini, Di Santo, Belletti, Ferreira, Drogba, Ivanovic, Kalou
  • Dickon
    I'm hoping for 25.

    5 of those by LFC would be nice....
  • I'm going to one up Daryl and go with 21. Subject to change according to the weather, of course.
  • Daryl, the Marseille-PSV may or may not be able to go ahead. According to what I read, there has been torrential rain since morning in the city itself.

    http://www.sportinglife.com/fo...
  • Rob
    I'm gonna get right in and say 18 goals, assuming Roma/Chelsea kicks off. If not 16 goals.

    Would also like to reccomend this to everyone http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.... - if it works as it did last time out, a chance to watch every game, at once, it goes to each game when something interesting happens in them.

    Wearing my blogger hat, I've also got a list of who can qualify out of the groups today at the Champions League Offside.
    http://cl.theoffside.com/group...

    Looking forward to it.
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