OFFICIAL UEFA Champions League 2005 thread

[BRObedoza]

Quarter finals (played April 5/6 and 12/13)
Liverpool vs Juventus
Milan vs Inter
Lyon vs PSV
Chelsea vs Bayern Munich

All good matchups in my opinion, with Liverpool vs Juventus being a huge one as its the teams' first meeting since the Heysel stadium disaster when 39 Juventus fans were killed when a wall collapsed on them after a melee, just before the European Cup final 20 years ago in 1985.

Milan vs Inter derby is always great. They met in the semifinal a few years ago with Milan coming out on top.

I'm still hoping moneybags Chelsea takes it all. It's like watching your superstar team from championship manager in real life

Semifinal matchups (played April 26/27 and May 3/4)
Winner of Milan/Inter vs Winner of Lyon/PSV
Winner of Chelsea/Bayern vs Winner of Liverpool/Juventus

Final to be played May 25th at Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul

I think Milan will take it all this year.

edit:
Semifinals
Milan vs PSV
Chelsea vs Liverpool

update going into today/tomorrow's matches

Milan 2-0 PSV
Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool

ESPN2 is showing Liverpool v Chelsea today at 11:30am PST. ESPN2 will be showing PSV v Milan tomorrow at 11:30am PST.

Should be a great two days of quality football/soccer! Come on Chelsea!

updated:

BLEH. Liverpool are through to the final :disgust:

 

[zbalat]

Chelsea all the way baby!!!!

What sport is this?

 

[spherrod]

Woo-hoo! My money is on Chelsea or AC Milan taking the title but they should be some great games

 

[BRObedoza]

quarterfinals today

Liverpool vs Juventus is on ESPN 2

Liverpool up 1-0!

Lyon up 1-0 in the other game against PSV

 

[Sheepathon]

goddamit soccernet.com is down, i'm in class, no idea wtf is going on

 

[BRObedoza]

Chelsea are up 1-0 (Lampard goal deflected in by Lucio) at Bayern Munich (5-2 aggregate)

AC Milan is up 1-0 (shevchenko goal) against Inter (3-0 aggregate)

 

[spartacus321]

half time at the moment

ac is up 1-0 at inter (shevchenko)

chelsea is up 1-0 at munich (lampard)

 

[spartacus321]

You can try going to eurosport.com

They do pretty well with updates on those games.

Who are you guys supporting to win it all? I'm a big Juve fan and i'm sure they'll pull off a great victory at Turin tomorrow over Liverpool!

 

[icejunkie]

Chelsea!

 

[ndee]

I hate Chelsea only because of Mourinho, he's such an arrogant lovely human, unbelieveable. I root for AC Milan and PSV

 

[BRObedoza]

i want to see Chelsea win it. They're like a real life game of football manager.

Milan look to be the most solid side though. I think it'll be them to take it all.

 

[BullsOnParade]

anyone know about coolstream

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
anyone know about coolstream

using it right now in the library on my laptop to watch the Chelsea game between class

 

[Sheepathon]

bayern scored, still gonna go down in flames

 

[BRObedoza]

Bayern applying alot of pressure. I can see them scoring one more goal.

Cleared off the line by Gudjonssen!

 

[spartacus321]

holy crap... lots of flares on the field at milan...

Dida got hit by one too....

 

[Sheepathon]

sleepmachine are you using the cool_42_exp to watch the game?

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: spartacus321
holy crap... lots of flares on the field at milan...

Dida got hit by one too....

Inter fans unhappy they had a goal disallowed. Disgraceful.

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: Sheepathon
sleepmachine are you using the cool_42_exp to watch the game?

yep coolstreams on channel ESPN

 

[BRObedoza]

Chelsea goaaaaalllll!!! DROGBA!!!! GAME OVER TO CHELSEA!!!

 

[BRObedoza]

MIlan players escorted out under a hail of missiles. The milan derby just got alot worse

 

[Sheepathon]

omg players leaving pitch wtf

 

[spartacus321]

i support italian clubs but when stuff like this happens its just a total shame for football...

i think a ban from all european competition for Inter at least for a year or two is in order.

 

[blakeatwork]

22:32 Could it have been pre-meditated?? The sheer amount of flares thrown would seem to suggest that the flare-throwing was planned..

22:30 What controversy.. it started when Merk booked Cambiasso for what appeared to me to be a legitimate goal. The Inter fans certainly didn't like the decision and the flares started falling.

22:27 Markus Merk has taken the only responsible decision available to him.. the players have been told to leave the pitch.. it appears that the game has been halted TEMPORARILY for the moment.

22:24 The refereee orders the players to leave the pitch as the flares continue to rain down...

22:22 The flares continue to land on the playing surface as the game is further delayed.. the referee has some big decisions to make.

22:20 Dida is receiving treatment.. the flare looks to have burnt his shoulder. It is unclear whether he will continue.

22:19 You can't even see the goal because of all the smoke..

73' HIGH DRAMA AT THE SAN SIRO!!! Dida has been hit on the right shoulder with a red flare... the Inter fans have completely bombarded his goal, and the game has been temporarily halted as the stewards move in..

 

[BRObedoza]

Originally posted by: spartacus321
i support italian clubs but when stuff like this happens its just a total shame for football...

i think a ban from all european competition for Inter at least for a year or two is in order.

agreed. Inter won't be playing in Europe next season no doubt.

Chelsea game ends 2-2. Chelsea through

errr crap 3-2 now to Bayern. I think there's less than a minute left. If they score one more it goes to extra time.