Champions' League/UEFA Cup results

[David Votoupal]

This week's Champions' League results, the knockout stages:

Bayern Münich 1 Milan 1
Benfica 1 Liverpool 0
PSV 0 Lyon 1
Real Madrid 0 Arsenal 1
Ajax 2 Inter 2
Chelsea 1 Barcelona 2
Rangers 2 Villareal 2
Werder Bremen 3 Juventus 2

Whoa, what results. All of these ties are still very much open but Lyon and Barcelona have a definite advantage owing to away wins. Am watching the Werder vs Juventus replay on ESPN right now.

UEFA Cup knockout round from last week:

Litex Lovech 0 Strasbourg 2
Artmedia Petrzalka 0 Levski Sofia 1
Lokomotiv Moscow 0 Sevilla 1
FC Basle 1 Monaco 0
Hertha Berlin 0 Rapid Bucharest 1
Lille 3 Shaktar Donetsk 2
Heerenveen 1 Steaua Bucharest 3
Rosenborg 0 Zenit St Petersburg 2
Schalke 04 2 Espanyol 1
Bolton 0 Marseille 0
FC Brugge 1 Roma 2
Udinese 3 Lens 0
Real Betis 2 AZ Alkmaar 0
FC Thun 1 Hamburg SV 0
Slavia Prague 2 Palermo 1
VfB Stuttgart 1 Middlesbrough 2

[JK]

That Werder result is a surprise, although with Juve being the masters of the 1-Nil job, will still be tough for them to progress ...

[David Votoupal]

Too close to call on that one, but Werder are one of the best attacking teams going around so it was a pretty good game. If they face Barcelona in the final it would be exquisite stuff.

[RoosterMarty]

Bolton were very unlucky

[David Votoupal]

The teams left are Barcelona, Juventus, Arsenal, Milan, Lyon, Benfica and Villareal. Inter vs Ajax was postponed 1 week.

[CedeNullis]

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW

Quarter-finals

Arsenal v Juventus
Lyon v AC Milan
Inter/Ajax v Villarreal
Benfica v Barcelona

# First legs to be played on March 28 & 29.
# Second legs to be played on April 4 & 5.

Semi-finals

Arsenal/Juventus v Inter/Ajax/Villarreal
Lyon/AC Milan v Benfica/Barcelona

# First legs to be played on April 18 and 19.
# Second legs to be played on April 25 and 26.

[JK]

Pretty good draw for Arsenal to miss Milan and Barca until the final .. Although all teams are top shelf here so naturally no easy opponent

[U LEGS]

Gee where is Liverpool this yeah. Oh I forgot, they lost! AHAHAHHAHA!

[JK]

Typical sniper, wait until they're out (which was after your mob) before you pipe up lol ... Good luck to ur lads in the next round of FA Cu ... Oh, thats right, ur not there!

[David Votoupal]

Not to mention we need a soccer equivalent of "Almost Footy Legends" in light of events of the past week

Gerrard's backpass to Henry... what a beauty that was

[Kevin]

Inter over Ajax last night.

3 Italian Clubs in the final 8 of the Champions League. There are more clubs from Milan in the final 8 than from the whole of Germany, Netherlands and England put together.

[JK]

Gerrard's backpass to Henry... what a beauty that was

ROFL .. Hard to defend that one .. You'd think he would have learnt his lesson after Euro 04'!!

[RoosterMarty]

what a sensational effort by Boro to get over Roma in Rome this morning, they went 1-0 up thanks to JFH but conceded before the break, then Ray Parlour (didnt even know he still played) came on and gave away a penalty to put Roma up
luckily for Boro , Magical Mark Schwarzer saved them with some brilliant saves and Boro go through on away goals
im not a Middlesborough man but its good to see a smaller club progress, especially when their keeper is an Aussie hero

[David Votoupal]

The UEFA Cup last eight are:

Sevilla
Schalke 04
Middlesbrough
FC Basle
Steaua Bucharest
Rapid Bucharest
Levski Sofia
Zenit St Petersburg

Half of those are from the former Eastern Bloc, something which hasn't happen in years!

[JK]

HUGE result for Middlesborough last night in their Eufa Cup Quarter-final .. Entering the game trailing 2-0 from the first leg away to Swiss club Basel, Boro found themselves 1-0 down in the 23rd minute, and needing 4 goals (whilst keep Basel from scoring again) to take the tie .. By the time Viduka scored twice and Hasselbank connected with a peach, the tie was locked at 3-3, with Basel holding the away goal advantage .. However in the final minute of regulation time Maccorone bobbed up for the Teesiders who held on for the final few minutes to record an incredible 4-3 aggregate win, in a game that must surely go down in Boro' folklore!!

In Champions league everything appears to be going right for Arsenal as they have hit top form after moving past Juventus and into the Semi's ... With heavyweights Barcelona and AC Milan playing off against one another in the other semi, the draw has opened up nicely for the Gunners who meet Villareal in their half of the draw ..

[Kevin]

Great result for the "Boro.

It will be a Schalke 04 vs. Boro Final.

[David Votoupal]

Barcelona 1-0 against Milan at the San Siro.

[Maddogmike]

Middlesborough lucky to only lose 1-0 last night in the Semi Final Leg 1. They are now a decent chance to at least take it to extra time, if not go straight through, as long as they dont concede a goal. Viduka back for leg 2 id say after being suspended leg 1

[CedeNullis]

U Legs wrote:

Gee where is Liverpool this yeah. Oh I forgot, they lost! AHAHAHHAHA!

We're in the 2006 FA Cup Final, that's where we are:

13 May 2006 Liverpool FC v West Ham FC at Cardiff.


Seen Man Utd off, dispatched Birmingham, dealt with Chelsea, now for the Hammers!

[David Votoupal]

Villareal and Arsenal drew 0-0 with Lehmann saving a last minute penalty from Riquelme and securing Arsenal a place in the Final.