Uefa Cup 1/8 Finale - Rückspiele

[Gigi]

Heute kommt es zu den Rückspielen im Uefa Cup die wie folgt aussehen:

FC Barcelona - Celtic Glasgow

FC Brügge - Girondins Bordeaux

Real Mallorca - Newcastle United

FC Valencia - Genclerbirligi

Olympique Marseille - FC Liverpool

Inter Mailand - Benfica Lissabon

AS Roma - Villareal

PSV Eindhoven - AJ Auxerre

Alle zu den Spielen HIER rein!

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gibt's davon eigentlich irgendwas bei uns im fernsehen live zu sehen?

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Marseille sing Houllier's tune

'Indecent' early celebration will lift my team, says manager

Dominic Fifield in Marseille

Thursday March 25, 2004

The Guardian

The lingering memory is of raucous singing in the visitors' dressing room taunting the Liverpool players as they stewed in bitter disappointment. In the seething Stade Vélodrome this evening, Gérard Houllier's side can ensure those provocative, celebratory chansons françaises were horribly premature.

Liverpool arrived here last night with the late equaliser conceded to Marseille a fortnight ago still smarting and their passage to the Uefa Cup quarter-finals precarious. Only victory or a high-scoring draw will suffice this evening, but they remain a side on a mission.

"Maybe Olympique think they are through already, but it's a bit early to be singing," said Sami Hyypia, summing up the mood of grim defiance in the squad. "If they want to sing when it's 1-1, when it's only half-time in the tie, they can. But it's not over yet. We have to make sure that we are the ones singing after Thursday's game."

Houllier went so far as to brand the response to the first- leg draw "indecent", quick to remind the hosts that Bruges players did a lap of honour after beating Lyon 4-1 two years ago and capitulated 3-0 in the return. "It was premature, indecent," said the Frenchman. "You can never get carried away after the first leg. Now, for my players, it is a matter of pride. They [Marseilles] have done my pre-match team talk for me."

Marseille's coach José Anigo put his players' elation down to their Mediterranean spirit - "Excuse us for not crying," he said, mystified by the fuss - and, given their display, they were entitled to satisfaction. Yet, for all that Liverpool's form over a season of intense anticlimax has only ever been fitful at best, they will retain hope of progress despite Didier Drogba's equaliser at Anfield.

"This tie is still open," insisted the Liverpool midfielder Bruno Cheyrou, who is unbeaten in his two visits to this arena with Lille. Even if he does not start, Cheyrou can offer his team-mates an insight into the vitriolic atmosphere. "We have shown our strengths away from home in Europe and we are more than capable of getting a result here."

There is hope, particularly as Marseille's own recent showings have been depressingly slapdash. They were beaten 4-3 at Rennes on Sunday, with Fabien Barthez putting in a familiarly erratic perfor mance, to leave them distant in sixth place with qualification for Europe next season looking ever more remote. The Manchester United loanee was excellent at Anfield but will be wary of Michael Owen's recent return to form, with the England striker due to play his 50th European game tonight.

"People say he's only scored 14 goals this season, but in France that would be counted as a lot," said Anigo, who has been scrutinising videos of Liverpool's recent games. "He's a great player, an exceptional talent, and someone we simply can't ignore. It is ridiculous to hear that he has been criticised. But, while Liverpool have a stronger squad than ours, we know their team does have weaknesses which we can exploit."

That much is clear. Drogba gave Hyypia in particular a torrid evening on Merseyside. Confirmation from the Finn's own manager that the Ivorian was dominant at Rennes - "He was magnificent," said Houllier - will have alarmed Hyypia, though it has long been Liverpool's porous rearguard which has anchored their season in underachievement.

Hyypia's long-standing partnership with Stephane Henchoz has been broken up in recent weeks, either by injury or choice, with Igor Biscan asked to inject pace into the back-line. Inevitably, communication has since proved problematic between Finn and Croat.

"There's been a lot of swapping around recently and that makes it difficult when the lads are changing next to you," admitted Hyypia. "That's one factor which has made it more difficult this season. Igor is a great player; his physical ability and skill on the ball is top quality, but he thinks in a different way in certain situations to what I'm used to with Stephane. It takes time to gel, but I think it's getting better."

Tonight, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, it must be watertight.

Marseille (3-4-1-2, probable): Barthez; Beye, Hemdani, Meite; Ferreira, N'Diaye, Flamini, Dos Santos; Batlles; Marlet, Drogba.

Liverpool (4-1-3-2, probable): Dudek; Carragher, Hyypia, Biscan, Riise; Hamann; Murphy, Gerrard, Kewell; Owen, Cheyrou.

Referee: A Ibanez (Spain)

Bin schon sehr gespannt wie das heute wieder laufen wird. Ist ja schlussendlich die letzte Möglichkeit für uns einen Titel zu holen ! Die Chancen stehen gar nicht so schlecht sollten wir einmal in normlar Form agieren. Bei einer ähnlichen Vorstellung wie im Hinspiel kann dass aber auch ein sehr bitterer Abend werden.

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Barça go into tonight's fourth round second leg UEFA Cup match trailing 0-1 from the first leg. But the fans who will pack the Nou Camp tonight are confidant Barca will qualify for the quarterfinals.

The magic of the big nights of European football in the Nou Camp, and the state of grace of Brazilian star Ronaldinho, are grounds for cautious optimism against tough opposition, in a tie that looks difficult to call.

Barca forced to make changes

Frank Rijkaard will be forced to make a few changes from what has become his usual starting eleven in the league. Thiago Motta and Javier Saviola are both suspended after being red carded in the away leg, while influential Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids remains ineligible for European competition. Gerard López will probably slot into the midfield line with Xavi Hernández and Philip Cocu, while Luis Enrique Martínez will once again fill in as striker, as he did against Mallorca.

Luis Garcia is fit again and should be back in the attack in place of Marc Overmars. The only real doubt hangs over the availability of defender Carles Puyol, who suffered a heavy blow to the stomach in the Real Sociedad game. He withdrew early from the last training session as a precaution but should be OK for tonight.

Celtic come to defend

Celtic coach Martin O'Neill has a number of selection headaches which, combined with the result from the first leg, suggest he will opt for a defensive approach to the game. Central defender Dianbobo Baldé is suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards and his possible substitute, Joss Valgaeren, is out injured. John Kennedy will probably accompany Slovak giant Stalislav Varga in the centre of the Celtic defence.

The biggest doubts for Celtic are in attack. Swedish star Henrik Larsson will definitely start but his usual strike partner, Chris Sutton, is only just returning from injury and a question mark still hangs over his match fitness. However, he's been training normally in recent days and he is expected to start. Alan Thompson, scorer of Celtic's goal in the first leg and victim of a hard tackle by Saviola that resulted in a red card for the Argentine striker, will miss the game through injury.

Celtic like to play a direct long ball game rather than the patience passing game usually seen in the Spanish league. They'll be looking to sit back and soak up the pressure from Barca and hope to get that vital away goal on the break.

fcbarcelona.com

IT WILL SURELY BE A GREAT NIGHT

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Brügge - Bordeaux 0:0

nach 35 minuten

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Eindhoven - Auxerre 0:0

Anstoss

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Eindhoven - Auxerre 1:0

4. Kezman

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AS Roma - Villarreal 0:0

auf gehts!

Die Roma läuft einem 0:2 hinterher, mal sehen was da noch geht heute

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Brügge - Bordeaux 0:0 Hinspiel: 1:3

nach 60 min

Aufstellungen:

Brügge: 1 Verlinden 2 De Cock 3 Simons 4 Rozehnal 5 Van der Heyden 6 Clement 7 Verheyen 9 Sæternes 19 Lange 24 Smolders 36 Blondel

Bordeaux: 16 Ramé 2 Jemmali 3 Marco Caneira 6 Jurietti 7 Costa 8 Celades 11 Riera 27 Planus 29 Chamakh 36 Mavuba 37 Francia

Schiedsrichter: Massimo De Santis (Italien)

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Eindhoven - AJ Auxerre 1:0 (Hinspiel: 1:1)

nach 15 min

Die Aufstellungen

PSV Eindhoven: 23 Waterreus 20 Colin 29 Hofland 5 Bouma 3 Lee 6 Van Bommel 13 Van der Schaaf 7 Park 8 Vennegoor 25 John de Jong 9 Kezman

AJ Auxerre: 1 Cool 3 Jaures 4 Boumsong 6 Violeau 8 Lachuer 11 Akale 13 Grichting 18 Mathis 23 Kapo 26 Perrier-Doumbe 27 Sirieix

Schiedsrichter: Graham Poll (ENG)

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AS Rom - Villarreal 0:0 (Hinspiel: 0:2)

nach 10min

Die Aufstellungen

AS Roma: 22 Pelizzoli 5 Zebina 19 Samuel 4 Chivu 32 Candela 30 Mancini 11 Emerson 15 Dacourt 8 Lima 10 Totti 18 Cassano

Villareal: 25 Reina 7 Belletti 16 Quique Alvarez 5 Coloccini 3 Arruabarrena 23 Jose Mari 4 Marti 21 Battaglia 20 Roger 8 Riquelme 9 Sonny Anderson

Schiedsrichter: Gilles Veissiere (Frankreich)

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AS Rom - Villarreal 1:0

Tor für Roma, 1:0, Emerson (10.)

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c'mon you AS Roma!!

Ich hoffe es geht sich aus!

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Eindhoven - AJ Auxerre 2:0

Tor für Eindhoven, 2:0, Kezman (28.)

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Mallorca - Newcastle 0:0 (Hinspiel: 1:4)

Ankick

Aufstellung

Mallorca:13 Miki Garro 3 Nagore 6 Lussenhoff 10 Nene 16 Poli 17 Bruggink 18 Marcos 19 Perera 24 Finidi 28 Gonzalez 33 Ramis

Newcastle: 1 Given 5 O Brien 7 Jenas 9 Shearer 11 Speed 17 Ambrose 19 Bramble 23 Ameobi 27 Woodgate 32 Robert 35 Bernard

Schiedsrichter: Konrad Plautz (Österreich)