31st minute Vieira wins the ball, Wiltord stopped by Radet's challenge. Cole has to track back at the other end to end the threat from a long ball. Cisse has yet to play this year in CL. He's out with a foot injury at least for another 3 weeks.
Goalfests throughout Europe, crazy day so far. A Madrid loss would arguably make us the best team in Europe.
33rd minute Mwaruwaru with a high-deflection shot which doesn't trouble Seaman. Lauren blocks a cross behind for a corner.
35th minute Henry goes down on the edge of the box under Radet's challenge. Free kick. Henry takes and Cool is forced into the save.
Re: Re: CL Live PBP: Auxerre v. Arsenal [R] I think you will find that same arguement on the Premiership forum
36th minute At the other end, Cygan fouls Tainio about 30 yds out. Auxerre try to do too much with it and the offside flag goes up.
40th minute Arsenal beginning to assert themselves in possession, but first Cygan, then Toure, followed by Kanu are denied by the Auxerre back line. Becoming sloppy. *** The whistles are out for Cygan, who played in Le Championnat last season.
42nd minute. Now Auxerre build. Cygan concedes a corner, then Vieira blocks a Tainio shot. *** Real Madrid pulls back a goal.
Halftime. Auxerre 0, Arsenal 0. The Gunners have kept the Burgundy side at arm's length, but at the same time, have not asserted their usual attacking flair. How long before Ljungberg is called into action?
Halftime stats from uefa.com: Arsenal 2 Shots On Goal 3 Shots Wide 10 Fouls Committed 1 Corners 1 OffSides Auxerre 1 Shots On Goal 2 Shots Wide 9 Fouls Committed 4 Corners 1 OffSides
I'm a little hungry. Maybe I should grab a VEAL PARM HERO and a CHERRY COKE! How about you, Ian, care for anything?
Elsewhere at HT PSV Eindhoven (Hol) [0 - 1] B'sia Dortmund (Ger) Jan Koller (21') Liverpool (Eng) [3 - 0] Spartak Mosc. (Rus) Emile Heskey (7') Bruno Cheyrou (14') Sami Hyypia (28') Valencia (Spa) [4 - 0] Basel (Swi) John Carew (10') John Carew (12') Fabio Aurelio (18') Ruben Baraja (28') AEK Athens (Gre) [3 - 2] Real Madrid (Spa) Vasilis Tsartas (7') Zinedine Zidane (15') Christos Maladenis (25') Demis Nikolaidis (28') Zinedine Zidane (40') Racing Genk (Bel) [0 - 0] AS Roma (Ita) Inter Milan (Ita) [0 - 1] Lyon (Fra) Sidney Govou (21') Rosenborg (Nor) [0 - 0] Ajax Amsterd. (Hol)
From the Fiver... Hopefully this will be in a future version of Schadenfreude of the Week. (Oh, please God, let it come to pass...): QUOTE OF THE DAY "We have shown we are the best team in the group and we want shooting if we don't go through as winners now" - Gary Neville decides to tempt fate after last night's Big Cup win against Olympiakos.