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Chelsea

  • Malouda 6’
  • Drogba 48’

Schalke

  1. Group B: Drog on target

    Group B: Drog on target

    Goals early on in each half from Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 2-0 win over Schalke at Stamford Bridge while Rosenborg pulled off a stunning 2-0 victory over Valencia. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Schalke
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    • 90+3' That's it, it's all over. Chelsea 2-0 Schalke. A deserved win with goals from Malouda and Drogba, though Schalke will wonder quite how they haven't scored tonight.
    • 90+1' Petr Cech takes another deep cross brilliantly! He hasn't had much to do tonight, but everything he has done has been perfect.
    • 90' Drogba bulldozes his way through the Schalke defence and unleashes a vicious right foot shot just past the post!
    • 89' Sheva is on for Cole late on.
    • 88' Drogba appeals for a penalty after being scythed down by Bordon in the box, but the referee waves play on!!! That was a stone-wall penalty!
    • 84' Alex underhits his pass back to Cech, hauls down Larsen, and the referee waves play on!!! The Schalke players are up in arms. It was just outside the area, he was last man, and should have been sent off for it.
    • 81' Zlatan Bajramovic is on for the injured Dario Rodriguez.
    • 78' Westermann is forced to hack clear for a corner with Drogba breathing down his neck!
    • 74' Schalke are in the midst of a fine spell at the moment, Rakitic now blasts one from 25 yards, but it flies well over the bar.
    • 73' Jones battles well in the Chelsea area and manages to get his shot away...and it goes just past the far post! Tat was dangerous, Cech was beaten all ends up.
    • 70' John Obi Mikel is on for Michael Essien for Chelsea.
    • 66' Chelsea are in control now. They are dominating the possession in midfield.
    • 62' Schalke have thrown on Ivan Rakitic in place of Gerald Asamoah. The young Swiss is a big, big talent. He can pull the strings in midfield for them.
    • 60' Rafinha crosses perfectly for Larsen, he gets in front of Alex...and his header comes straight back off the post and into the arms of the grateful Petr Cech!! It's not going to be Schalke's day.
    • 58' Rodriguez lays it off for Larsen at the back post...but the Dane shins his shot straight into the hoardings.
    • 57' Gorgeous ball from Lampard for Bridge down the left. Lampard hasn't made such an impression with his forward ventures today, but his passing in midfield and workrate have both been superb.
    • 55' Space is opening up now for Chelsea. Essien takes a touch and has a crack from 30 yards, though Neuer takes it comfortably.
    • 54' Drogba with a fine knock down for Essien, he leys it off for Cole..whose low shot skims just wide of the near post. Neuer had it covered.
    • 53' Drogba with a high ball over the top for Joe COle to chase, but he is offside by several miles.
    • 52' Lovely move from Schalke as Grossmüller spread it wide to Asamoah, he crosses to the back post, but all the Schalke plaeyrs had gone to the front post.
    • 50' Essien wis it in midfield and tries to play in Drogba, but Westermann is there to clean up.
    • 47' Superb goal for Chelsea!!! It's Didier Drogba!!!Ferreira starts the counter-attack, surges down the right wing, and fires a wonderful cross into Drogba at the near post, who sends his glancing header flying beyond Neuer!
    • 46' Chelsea get the second half underway.
    • 45' Joe Cole buys himself a yard of space on the right wing against Rodriguez and drives in a vicious low shot...that Manuel Neuer saves well, and manages to parry clear of the lurking Drogba.
    • 44' Ernst makes a superv tackle on Joe Cole to stop a Chelsea counter-attack.
    • 43' Fabian Ernst now sends a shot from 25 yards whistling over the crossbar.
    • 42' A pacy ball into the box from Cole causes commotion in the Schalke defence, but eventually Bordon manages to get it back to his 'keeper.
    • 40' Lovenkrands with a low ball across the box for Larsen at the back post, he flicks it up for Grossmüller who tries to send a header over Petr Cech, but the big goalkeeper takes it effortlessly.
    • 38' Lovely ball from Bridge into Drogba, he flicks it on for Cole...but the offside flag is up!
    • 39' Lampard's fine ball forces Rodriguez into conceding a corner. Malouda takes it...it comes out to Makelele, but Schalke get it clear and relieve the pressure.
    • 37' Bordon gives it straight to Essien, he surges towards goal, goes to ground under Bordon's challenge, but no free-kick.
    • 33' Gorgeous crossfield ball from Cole for Malouda, he swings in a peach of a cross for Drogba who beats Westermann to the ball, and Neuer is forced into a fine save!!! Fantastic stuff from Chelsea.
    • 30' Lovenkrands battles well to win a corner off Ferreira. Grossmüller trots across to swing it in, but Drogba heads away.
    • 29' Asamoah crosses from the right for Schalke, it's knocked back into the path of Carlos Grossmüller, who fires his volley low past Peter Cech and in!! But the flag is up - it won't count.
    • 27' Carvalho gives away a free-kick in the Chelsea half, Peter Lovenkrands fires in the free-kick, but it's headed clear by the first man.
    • 26' Cole crosses low to the near post for Essien, and Bordon hacks it out for a corner. Malouda swings it in...Essien wins it at the near post, but sends his header just voer the bar. He was left unmarked.
    • 24' Jermaine Jones is booked for scything down Wayrne Bridge. Rafinha remonstrates with the referee about that. Lampard swings the free-kick deep into the area, but this time Manu Neuer collects well.
    • 20' Lovely ball from Malouda into Cole, he looks for Drogba in the box, he wins it in the air, but can't quite get enough purchase on it to force it goalwards.
    • 19' Eidur Gudjohnsen is sitting next to John Terry in the stands.
    • 17' Fabian Ernst wins Schalke their first corner of the match. It's swung in towards Larsen at the back post, but it goes all the way through for a goal kick. Larsen seemed to catch Westermann in the air, and now he's down injured.
    • 14' Appeals for a penalty from the away fans as Soren Larsen goes down in teh area under the challenge of Wayne Bridge, but the referee correctly waves play on.
    • 11' Lovely ball in from Rodriguez from the left for Asamoah, but he sends his header wide! He was a little uinsighted there. Nice move from Schalke, they got their passing going there.
    • 9' Lovely exchange between Drogba and Malouda sends the Ivorian through...he tries to square it for Lampard, but Bordon comes across to make a vital interception.
    • 7' This is just the start Chelsea were looking for against a strong Schalke side, albeit one deprived of their main man Kevin Kuranyi.
    • 6' Rafinha now goes straight through the back of Malouda and gives away a free-kick.
    • 4' Drogba flicks a long ball on to Malouda, he twists and turns past Rafinha on the left side of the area, and his shot DEFLECTS OFF RAFINHA AND GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH MAUEL NEUER!!! Chelsea have an early lead!!!
    • 4' Lovely ball to the back post from Bordon to Asamoah, and he sends his header into the crowd.
    • 3' Drogba looks to seize onto a knock down from Joe Cole, but he's ruled offside.
    • 2' Lampard releases Bridge down the left, and Rafinha concedes the first corner of the game. Cole swings it in, but it's headed clear.
    • 1' Schalke get the first half underway.
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  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Schalke
    60% Possession 39%
    11 Shots 14
    6 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 0
    4 Corners 7
    12 Fouls 19
    4 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 19
    481 Accurate passes 302
    75 Bad passes 49

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 77 14 1
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 43 18 1
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 36 1 4
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 0 1
      10 Joe Cole 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 24 1 1
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 75 8 2
      8 Frank Lampard 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 69 17 2
      5 Michael Essien 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 40 4 2
      15 Florent Malouda 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 39 5 2
      11 Didier Drogba 1 3 1 4 1 0 1 13 4 0
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 1
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
    • Schalke
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Manuel Neuer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      2 Heiko Westermann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2 0
      16 Dario Rodriguez 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 6 2
      18 Marcio Rafael Ferreira de Souza 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 40 0 8
      5 Marcelo Jose Bordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 24 4 1
      21 Carlos Großmüller 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 38 5 2
      13 Jermaine Jones 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 45 5 2
      8 Fabian Ernst 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 38 10 3
      11 Peter Lövenkrands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 1
      14 Gerald Asamoah 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 17 0 0
      9 Søren Larsen 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 13 3 0
      25 Zlatan Bajramovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
      23 Benedikt Höwedes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ivan Rakitic 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 15 4 0
      33 Mathias Schober 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Mimoun Azaouagh 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Drogba appeals for a penalty after being scythed down by Bordon in the box, but the referee waves play on!!! That was a stone-wall penalty!
    • 84' Alex underhits his pass back to Cech, hauls down Larsen, and the referee waves play on!!! The Schalke players are up in arms. It was just outside the area, he was last man, and should have been sent off for it.
    • 73' Jones battles well in the Chelsea area and manages to get his shot away...and it goes just past the far post! Tat was dangerous, Cech was beaten all ends up.
    • 60' Rafinha crosses perfectly for Larsen, he gets in front of Alex...and his header comes straight back off the post and into the arms of the grateful Petr Cech!! It's not going to be Schalke's day.
    • 47' Superb goal for Chelsea!!! It's Didier Drogba!!!Ferreira starts the counter-attack, surges down the right wing, and fires a wonderful cross into Drogba at the near post, who sends his glancing header flying beyond Neuer!
    • 33' Gorgeous crossfield ball from Cole for Malouda, he swings in a peach of a cross for Drogba who beats Westermann to the ball, and Neuer is forced into a fine save!!! Fantastic stuff from Chelsea.
    • 4' Drogba flicks a long ball on to Malouda, he twists and turns past Rafinha on the left side of the area, and his shot DEFLECTS OFF RAFINHA AND GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH MAUEL NEUER!!! Chelsea have an early lead!!!
    • - Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE text commentary on the Champions League Group B match between Chelsea and Schalke from Stamford Bridge.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: Frank Lampard

    On the Field

    • Cech
    • Ferreira
    • Carvalho
    • Alex
    • Bridge
    • Makelele
    • Essien
    • Cole
    • Lampard
    • Malouda
    • Drogba

    Subs

    • Pizarro
    • Cudicini
    • Shevchenko
    • Belletti
    • Ben Haim
    • Kalou
    • Mikel

    Injured

    • Ballack
    • Terry
    • Cole

    Suspended

    None

  • Schalke

    Manager: Mirko Slomka

    Captain: 5. Marcelo Bordon

    On the Field

    • Neuer
    • Rafinha
    • Westermann
    • Bordon
    • Rodriguez
    • Jones
    • Ernst
    • Grossmüller
    • Asamoah
    • Lövenkrands
    • Larsen

    Subs

    • 33. Schober
    • 25. Bajramovic
    • 22. Kuranyi
    • 26. Azaouagh
    • 10. Rakitic
    • 23. Höwedes

    Injured

    • 3. Kobiashvili
    • 7. Varela
    • 19. Altintop
    • 24. Pander
    • 4. Abel
    • 17. Özil

    Suspended

    None