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Tuesday December 11, 2007 Finished Stamford Bridge

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Chelsea

Valencia

  1. Group B: Chelsea held

    Group B: Chelsea held

    Chelsea drew with Valencia 0-0 as Schalke joined the already-qualified Blues in the last 16 of the Champions League with a 3-1 home victory over Rosenborg. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Chelsea
    • Valencia
    • FT And there is the final whistle - good performance from Chelsea but they couldn't pick up the win. Still they top the group - Valencia though are OUT of Europe. Thanks for joining us.
    • 90' A little bit of back chat from Canizares sees him booked - two extra minutes.
    • 88' Morientes nearly nicks the game for Valencia but a poor first touch allows Ben Haim to drive him wide and the chance was gone.
    • 87' Pizarro heads over a corner when he really should have done better.
    • 82' OFF THE POST FROM JOE COLE - A great effort from the winger who cut in from the left - he fired a low right foot-effort but Canizares did superb AGAIN to push it onto the woodwork.
    • 75' Pizarro now hits the outside of the post after being found in the box - will Chelsea ever score?
    • 74' Kalou misses a sitter!!! - A Cole free kick finds Pizarro at the back post - he heads the ball across to Kalou who was just eight yards out but he fired the ball off the underside of the bar with the goal gaping.
    • 72' A succesful return to first-team football for Ferreira - he sits down with Belletti coming on.
    • 71' Another nice move by Chelsea with a poor finish - Joe Cole screws the latest half-chance well wide.
    • 65' Pizarro side-foots a poor effort straight at Canizares after being well set-up, and then fails to control a cross moments later. He is just not having a great night. Fernandes is on for Miguel for Valencia.
    • 64' Pizarros slips the ball into Kalou who calmly finishes but he was JUST offside.
    • 62' Frank Lampard is given a rest - Joe Cole comes on - and Kalou will move up front as Chelsea go back to 4-4-2.
    • 55' Late flag by the linesman on Pizarro - the Peru man had produced a poor finish anyway that was straight at Canizares.
    • 51' The play is lot more boxed in now that Makelele has come on - it may well be a rather dull second-half.
    • 50' David Villa has hobbled off and Arizmendi has come on - another blow for Valencia.
    • 46' Back underway and an interesting sub at half-time - Makelele is on and Shevchenko goes off - Chelsea move to 4-3-3.
    • HT And there is the half-time whistle - Chelsea playing much the better football but there is still no score.
    • 45' Another excellent save by Canizares to stop a Pizarro drive - he has been the player of the half.
    • 44' Great storming run into the box from Lampard sees him get his head onto a cross but can't get enough power on the cross to trouble Canizares.
    • 43' Some good feet by Villa down the left - he then cuts into the box - plays a one-two with Silva - and tries a snap shot. Cech is there to save but the best bit of Valencia play so far.
    • 38' The final ball is spoiling some good Chelsea moves - Pizarro has been more guilty than most at being wasteful.
    • 33' Gone a bit quiet here at the Bridge - the fans are just waiting for something to happen.
    • 28' Another superb save by Canizares - Kalou checked the ball back to Lampard who was on the edge of the area. The midfielder powered one of his trademark strikes but Cainzares got a hand out to make his second world class save of the half.
    • 26' Villa now storms forward on the counter attack - he tries a long low drive but Cech had that watched all the way - still better from the Spanish.
    • 25' Valencia finally get some bodies forward but Wayne Bridge takes care of Vicente with some excellent defending down the left.
    • 23' Well maybe there is hope for Valencia yet - Rosenborg have just got one back in Germany.
    • 21' More bad news for Valencia is that Schalke are winning 2-0 over Rosenborg which will mean the Spanish side won't qualify for the UEFA Cup even with a win.
    • 19' Well we are back to Chelsea causing all sorts of problems down the wings - Canizares failed to get to the ball when going walkabout down the Chelsea left but he got away with it.
    • 14' Valencia seem to have settled into the match a bit more now - they have stopped the steady flow of Chelsea pressure but they are still not showing much going forward.
    • 11' Chelsea are playing some lovely stuff at the moment - bombing down both wings and creating havoc in the Valencia defence.
    • 7' All Chelsea in these early stages - a really bright start from Avram Grant's side.
    • 4' Great save by Canizares - Lampard made a superb run down the right and then played across a low ball - Shevchenko slid in to get his foot to it but the Valencia keeper got down quick to make a great save.
    • 2' Pizarro has an early chance as he slips in behind the defence but then the ball gets caught underneath his feet and he can't find Shevchenko.
    • 1' And we are underway...
    • - Players out on the pitch now and we are about to get underway. Nice to see a full house at Stamford Bridge for this game.
    • - Welcome to Stamford Bridge - Chelsea have nothing to play for in this Group B clash but the Blues still play a strong team with Petr Cech and Paulo Ferreira returing from injury. Bottom placed Valencia are hoping they can nick a UEFA Cup spot.
  • Team Stats

    Chelsea Stats Valencia
    55% Possession 44%
    20 Shots 5
    6 Shots on target 1
    0 Saves 0
    7 Corners 2
    8 Fouls 7
    7 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 22
    451 Accurate passes 318
    80 Bad passes 57
  • 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
      22 Tal Ben Haim 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 55 2 3
      18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 51 25 4
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 27 0 2
      26 John Terry 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 7 1
      5 Michael Essien 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 51 5 1
      8 Frank Lampard 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 37 11 0
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 28 1 4
      7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 0
      14 Claudio Pizarro 0 6 2 2 2 2 0 39 4 1
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 4 0 0 2 3 0 26 11 2
      10 Joe Cole 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17 6 1
      35 Juliano Belletti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
      9 Steve Sidwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 6 1
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Santiago Cañizares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 39 6 3
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 9 1
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 0 2
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2 2
      4 Raul Albiol Raul Albiol 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 2 3
      21 David Silva 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 56 16 3
      2 Stephen Sunday 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 2 5
      14 Vicente Vicente 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 27 4 0
      7 David Villa 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 11 6 2
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 8 0
      18 Nikola Zigic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 David Rodriguez Lomban 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
      34 Angel Montoro Sanchez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Manuel Fernandes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 1
      25 Jose Mora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Javier Arizmendi 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 0 0
  • Summary

    • 74' Kalou misses a sitter!!! - A Cole free kick finds Pizarro at the back post - he heads the ball across to Kalou who was just eight yards out but he fired the ball off the underside of the bar with the goal gaping.
    • 64' Pizarros slips the ball into Kalou who calmly finishes but he was JUST offside.
    • 45' Another excellent save by Canizares to stop a Pizarro drive - he has been the player of the half.
    • 28' Another superb save by Canizares - Kalou checked the ball back to Lampard who was on the edge of the area. The midfielder powered one of his trademark strikes but Cainzares got a hand out to make his second world class save of the half.
    • 4' Great save by Canizares - Lampard made a superb run down the right and then played across a low ball - Shevchenko slid in to get his foot to it but the Valencia keeper got down quick to make a great save.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski
  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    On the Field

    Subs

    • Cudicini
    • Cole
    • Makelele
    • Alex
    • Sidwell
    • Belletti
    • Mikel

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Valencia

    Manager: Ronald Koeman

    On the Field

    Subs

    • Gaspar "Edu"
    • Zigic
    • Mora
    • Fernandes
    • Arizmendi
    • Mata
    • Montoro

    Injured

    • Angulo
    • Baraja
    • Caneira
    • Joaquín
    • Alexis

    Suspended

    • Albelda