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Tuesday December 11, 2007 Finished Stamford Bridge

0 - 0

Chelsea

Valencia

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
Num	Name	S	SoT	F	FW	O	AP	BP	T
1	Petr Cech	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0
22	Tal Ben Haim	0	0	1	0	0	55	2	3
18	Wayne Bridge	0	0	1	0	0	51	25	4
20	Paulo Ferreira	0	0	2	1	0	27	0	2
26	John Terry	1	0	0	0	0	56	7	1
5	Michael Essien	0	0	1	1	0	51	5	1
8	Frank Lampard	2	2	0	0	0	37	11	0
24	Shaun Wright-Phillips	1	0	0	0	2	28	1	4
7	Andriy Shevchenko	4	1	0	0	0	11	1	0
14	Claudio Pizarro	6	2	2	2	2	39	4	1
21	Salomon Kalou	4	0	0	2	3	26	11	2
10	Joe Cole	2	1	0	1	0	17	6	1
35	Juliano Belletti	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0
9	Steve Sidwell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Alex da Dias Costa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Claude Makelele	0	0	0	0	0	35	6	1
23	Carlo Cudicini	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	John Obi Mikel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Valencia
Num	Name	S	SoT	F	FW	O	AP	BP	T
1	Santiago Cañizares	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
5	Carlos Marchena	0	0	3	0	0	39	6	3
24	Emiliano Moretti	0	0	1	1	0	24	9	1
23	Luis Miguel	0	0	2	0	0	24	0	2
15	Ivan Helguera	0	0	0	0	0	26	2	2
4	Raul Albiol Raul Albiol	0	0	2	0	0	21	2	3
21	David Silva	0	0	0	1	0	56	16	3
2	Stephen Sunday	0	0	0	0	1	30	2	5
14	Vicente Vicente	1	0	0	3	1	27	4	0
7	David Villa	2	1	1	1	0	11	6	2
9	Fernando Morientes	0	0	0	0	1	15	8	0
18	Nikola Zigic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	David Rodriguez Lomban	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Juan Manuel Mata García	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
34	Angel Montoro Sanchez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manuel Fernandes	1	0	0	0	0	15	1	1
25	Jose Mora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Javier Arizmendi	1	0	0	1	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
- Cech
- Ferreira
- Terry
- Ben Haim
- Bridge
- Wright-Phillips
- Kalou
- Lampard
- Essien
- Pizarro
- Shevchenko
Subs
- Cudicini
- Cole
- Makelele
- Alex
- Sidwell
- Belletti
- Mikel
Injured

None

Suspended

None
Valencia

Manager: Ronald Koeman

On the Field
- Cañizares
- Miguel
- Albiol
- Helguera
- Moretti
- Marchena
- Sunday
- Silva
- Villa
- Rodríguez
- Morientes
Subs
- Gaspar "Edu"
- Zigic
- Mora
- Fernandes
- Arizmendi
- Mata
- Montoro
Injured
- Angulo
- Baraja
- Caneira
- Joaquín
- Alexis
Suspended
- Albelda