CL 23-11 - AJAX @ juve (+bayern v maccabi updates) [R]

well, we need a double miracle tonight...

previews in english & dutch

i expect to see:

...................vonk
trabelsi..de jong..escude..maxwell
.................galasek
.......sneijder*....van der vaart
..rosales.......babel......mitea

* or perhaps obodai as a 2nd Dmid with galasek

i can do PbP if people come in here and tell me they want one

 

i hope they play legrottaglie and blasi hehe

 

AJAX: Vonk; Trabelsi, Grygera, Escudé, Maxwell; de Jong, Galásek, van der Vaart; Rosales, Babel, Boukhari

Bench: Stekelenburg, Obodai, Vermaelen, Anastasiou, Sneijder, de Ridder, Mitea

Juventus: Buffon, Birindelli, Montero, Thuram, Zambrotta; Emerson, Tacchinardi, Camoranesi, Nedved; Ibrahimovic, Zalayeta

Bench: Chimenti, Tudor, Appiah, Blasi, Kapo, Olivera, Cannavaro

 

these are listed as mystery CL webcasts, dont get mad at me if they dont work :

mms://222.52.68.14/ben

mms://media.brturbo.com/scc.wmv

http://www.vtuner.com/vtunerweb/mms/mms9917.asx

mms://221.5.99.9/tvonline

let us know if any work

 

we're underway...

 

[result]after an initial maccabi flurry, bayern have taken over on possession 0-0 8'[/result]

 

long rosales cross juuuust too tall for open babel

12'

 

from munich [result]pizarro 1-0 bayern 12'[/result]

and seconds later... zalayeta scores after a maxwell screwup 15'

 

babel and rosales with some sweet moves down low, but mauro has his hot blocked

rafi immediately dumped 24M straight out, he wants it... great diving save from buffon, that was steaming for the far post

CK rafi... cleared

28'

 

from munich - [result]macabi hits the crossbar, still 0-0 29'[/result]

 

rafi with a late harsh challenge and montero gets up to slap him in the face - they both see yellow

33'

 

rosales wins a FK on the far right, rafi to serve... headed to galasek who fires a roller straight to buffon

37'

 

from munich - [result]salahamidzic 2-0 bayern 37'[/result]

 

babel hauled down on the left after a brilliant move on birnidelli, no card - VDV restart cleared and juve race downfield for zlatan to shoot wildly into the stands from 20M

43'

 

HT 1-0 juve

well, they actually look decent - they are truly stuck in, playing very physical to match juve - mitea should have played instead of the reluctant boukhari - maxwell has recovered from an early pair of gaffes (thankfully, only the one was punished) - juve has drawn a line a few meters past the area, with the hope of not allowing us behind it with the ball - we need to break that line more often, because we've looked very dangerous and creative on the few occasions we have

from munich - [result]frings 44' 3-0 bayern[/result]

 

2nd half underway...

 

birindelli pops boukhari in the face, not so much as a call because bitchindelli goes down like HE was shot and fake limps off when the stretcher comes

this is easily the 4th soft decision on cardable juve offenses

53'

 

btw i forgot to mention that zlatan has been up to his usual tricks, but grygera and escude have defended him beautifully

babel gets space 20M oout, but blasts wildly over

54'

 

i wouldnt be surprised to see mitea and/or sneijder soon

 

mitea on for boukhari

57'