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Fenerbahce

  • Kazim 65’
  • Deivid 81’

Chelsea

  • Deivid 13’ (o.g.)
  1. Fenerbahce stun Chelsea

    Fenerbahce stun Chelsea

    Chelsea lost their unbeaten record in this season's Champions League as Fenerbahce came from a goal down to win 2-1 in the first leg of their quarter-final in Istanbul. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fenerbahce
    • Chelsea
    • 90'+2 There it is! All over in Istanbul! The Turkish side have the slight advantage heading into next week's return leg in London! Great game!
    • 89' Time running out for Chelsea!
    • 86' Chelsea look shellshocked... Joe Cole goes off and is replaced by Anelka...
    • 82' What a turnaround in Istanbul! The crowd are going to take the roof off the stadium if they're not careful!
    • 81' GOAL! WHAT A STRIKE! DEIVID PUTS FENERBAHCE AHEAD! It's an absolute screamer from 30 yards out, right into the top corner! And the hosts lead 2-1!
    • 78' A second goal still eludes Chelsea, and they may come to regret not having put this one beyond the Turkish side.
    • 76' Chelsea make their first change of the game... Mikel on for Lampard.
    • 74' There's a really different feel to the game now... the crowd are back in it and Fener are feeding off that!
    • 71' Here comes another Fener change... off goes Kezman and on come Senturk. Can he have the same impact as Kazim?
    • 67' But here come Chelsea again! Ballack forces a save out of Demirel!
    • 66' What a finish from the Kazim! And what a story! Chelsea have been dominant all game, but that goal has changed everything! The crowd are well back into this one now!
    • 65' GOAL! INCREDIBLE! IT'S COLIN KAZIM RICHARDS! The former Sheffield United striker springs the offside trap, takes the ball beautifully in his stride and fires past Cudicini! 1-1!
    • 63' That said, Alex fires goalwards! There's no power in his shot though and the ball rolls tamely through to Cudicini!
    • 60' Chelsea really don't look like losing this one here...
    • 58' BALLACK! The German shoots goalwards from outside the box! But Demirel saves well and manages to palm the ball out of harms way for good measure!
    • 56' Oooh! Carvalho heads well over the bar at the far post! Brave header from the Portuguese but he takes his eye off the ball a little and it flies into the stands behind Demirel's goal!
    • 55' Kezman attempts an overhead kick from close range! But Cudicini is well behind the poorly struck effort and the chance goes begging.
    • 54' Fener make a change now... and it's the player formerly known as Colin Kazim Richards who comes on! Kazim Kazim, as he's now known, replaces Boral.
    • 53' Chelsea have started the second half in menacing fashion... Drogba tries to bend one into the far corner here... straight at Demirel!
    • 52' Lampard picks up a loose header out of the Fener defence, but he drags his shot wide!
    • 50' This is good play from Fenerbahce now! Alex sprays the ball wide for Maldonado to cross... Alex gets on the end of it, but he can't finish the move he stared and his header glances wide of the mark!
    • 48' Drogba breaks with the ball now... he keeps going as no Fener player seems to want to touch him! On and on he goes! Eventually Lugano takes the ball off him, but what was going on in the Fener defence there?!
    • 46' Back underway in Istanbul! No changes to tell you about at half time.
    • 45'+2 And there goes the half-time whistle! Chelsea head in a goal to the good!
    • 45' Chelsea break quickly! Drogba might be through here! Oooh! Demirel is off his line like a whippet and he gets there a split second before the Ivorian!
    • 44' Turaci makes a break down the right hand side... he delivers a decent looking ball into the box... well dealt with by Terry!
    • 43' Here comes Drogba, right on cue, and Chelsea will just try and see out the half now...
    • 41' Drogba's down again... and again the referee is not convinced... he tells him to get up, Drogba limps off, but there's no doubt he'll be back on again in two minutes.
    • 40' Essien and Carvalho jump for the same ball, rather sandwiching Kezman in the process... but the ball falls kindly for Carvalho who is able to clear.
    • 38' But there could be a chance here for the hosts to get something! Carvalho slips in the box as the ball comes over, but Kezman isn't expecting it and it runs all the way through!
    • 36' The crowd are noticably quieter now - credit to Chelsea for that.
    • 34' Chelsea break now! It's five against four! Drogba has it... he opts to go it alone, but he drags his shot wide of the target!
    • 32' Aurelio takes a theatrical tumble in the Chelsea box, but the ref points to the corner flag, rather than the penalty spot! Good decision... that was nothing more than a shoulder barge from Ashley Cole.
    • 30' Super turn and shot from Drogba! Look at that! Such power from the striker as he turns and fires a shot towards the top corner! Excellent save from Demirel!
    • 29' The referee isn't taking any of Drogba's usual antics tonight... the Ivorian hits the deck once again, but play is rightly waved play on.
    • 28' Lampard heads wide! He doesn't really get enough power on it to trouble Demirel in the Fener goal.... Chelsea are well in control.
    • 28' Back down to the other end, and Drogba plays a neat little pass into Cole... but the ball runs away from him and Fener can breathe again.
    • 27' Fener finally break into the Chelsea half... the ball eventually falls to Wederson 30 yards out! Well wide.
    • 26' Lampard swings it in, but it's easily headed clear this time...
    • 25' Cole wins a corner off Wederson and this will be another chance to get a decent ball into the box...
    • 24' Essien loops a cross over to the far post... DROGBA! Oooh! Just wide of the far post! What was Turaci doing there? He had no clue the Drog was storming in behind him!
    • 23' Aurelio chances his arm, or more accurately, his foot, from distance.... but it's not the best effort ever seen and the ball rolls wide of the Cudicini's upright.
    • 22' It's all Chelsea at the moment... Fener are hardly getting a look-in.
    • 20' Ballack shoulder barges Aurelio to the floor, and this time the referee does blow his whistle, and awards a free kick to Fenerbahce.
    • 19' Nearly 20 minutes of the clock, and Chelsea look very comfortable.
    • 18' OFF THE BAR FROM ESSIEN! What an effort from the Ghanaian! He unleashes a right footed drive from fully 25 yards out... Demirel is beaten all ends up, and Chelsea are only denied a second by the frame of the goal! Superb strike!
    • 17' Chelsea are enjoying the better of possession now... and you get the feeling the home crowd are getting a little impatient already.
    • 16' Drogba hits the deck - not for the last time tonight, one feels - but again the ref waves play on.
    • 15' Chelsea won't get an easier goal than that all season!
    • 14' That could well be that now... we all know how good Chelsea are at defending a lead...
    • 13' GOAL! CHELSEA TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH A FREAK OWN GOAL! Malouda crosses the ball in and Deivid, back doing a bit of ill-advised defending, stabs the ball into his own net! He's under no pressure at all really, yet he feels the need to stick a boot out! 1-0 Chelsea!
    • 11' Cole centres, but Drogba can't get to the ball... the Ivorian claims he was being held, but the Danish ref isn't convinced.
    • 8' Ballack gets forward well now... but his control lets him down and Lugano is able to clear his lines.
    • 7' Every time a Chelsea player gets the ball at his feet, a chorus of whistles resounds round the stadium... here we go again as Ashley Cole gets the ball...
    • 6' Wederson makes an undetected run from the back... but Cudicini is quickly off his line to hack the ball clear!
    • 5' The hosts have started confidently, passing the ball around nicely.
    • 4' Oh dear, that's a loose pass from Lampard... straight out of play and Fener have a throw, midway into their own half.
    • 3' Early free kick for Fener... Alex swings it in, but Ballack heads clear for Chelsea.
    • 2' Chelsea will do well to take inspiration from Manchester United's performance in Rome last night - they need to knock it around a bit and silence this crowd.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway in Istanbul, on the Asian side of the Bosporous!
    • - Here they come! And the stadium erupts! Banners are unfurled, including one that says The Rising Sun Over Europe!
    • - Our mole in the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium tells us the atmosphere is mental... and the game hasn't even started yet! There's a bit of a lull before the teams come out, but there'll be an explosion of noise when they do.
    • - And tonight's referee is Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark).
    • - And Chelsea: Cudicini, Essien, Carvalho, Terry, Ashley Cole, Makelele, Joe Cole, Ballack, Lampard, Malouda, Drogba - Subs: Hilario, Obi, Ferreira, Kalou, Wright-Phillips, Alex, Anelka
    • - The line-ups in full, starting with Fenerbahce: Demirel, Turaci, Lugano, Edu Dracena, Wederson, Maldonado, Aurelio, Boral, Deivid, Alex, Kezman - Subs: Kulbilge, Cakmak, Aslan, Kazim-Richards, Bilgin, Sahin, Senturk
    • - For the Turkish side, in-form striker Mateja Kezman leads the line ably supported by the dangerous Brazilian Alex. Colin Kazim Richards settles for a place on the bench.
    • - Michael Essien drops to right-back, while Carlo Cudicini continues to deputise for the injured Petr Cech in goal.
    • - Frank Lampard also makes a comeback to the side, having recovered from a bout of food poisoning and lines up alongside Michael Ballack and Claude Makelele in the Blues midfield.
    • - Florent Malouda returns as Chelsea travel to Istanbul to face Fenerbahce in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final. The Frenchman returns to the Chelsea starting line-up, having been largely overlooked in recent weeks, and will form an attacking trident with Didier Drogba and Joe Cole - and that means no place for Nicolas Anelka.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of tonight's big game in Istanbul!

  • Team Stats

    Fenerbahce Stats Chelsea
    45% Possession 54%
    10 Shots 15
    4 Shots on target 5
    4 Saves 1
    4 Corners 4
    11 Fouls 11
    4 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 26
    321 Accurate passes 376
    30 Bad passes 67

  • 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
    • Fenerbahce
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Volkan Demirel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      2 Diego Lugano 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 23 1 1
      6 Wederson Luiz Da Silva Medeiros 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 23 3 4
      19 Onder Turaci 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 3
      36 Edu Dracena 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 28 1 5
      15 Mehmet Aurelio 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 46 7 1
      33 Claudio Maldonado 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 51 2 2
      20 Alex Alex 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 29 2 1
      25 Ugur Boral 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 5 1
      9 Mateja Kezman 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 6 1 1
      99 Deivid Deivid 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 36 7 3
      22 Serdar Kulbilge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Kemal Aslan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Selçuk Sahin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Ali Bilgin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Semih Sentürk 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 1 1
      5 Yasin Cakmak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Colin Kazim-Richards 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 2
    • Chelsea
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0
      6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 43 1 2
      3 Ashley Cole 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 39 13 5
      26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 37 3 0
      10 Joe Cole 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 24 2 0
      4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 44 7 6
      8 Frank Lampard 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 49 19 2
      13 Michael Ballack 0 2 2 5 0 0 0 28 2 2
      5 Michael Essien 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 46 1 5
      15 Florent Malouda 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 12 2
      11 Didier Drogba 0 6 2 2 3 1 0 14 3 2
      21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Nicolas Anelka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      12 John Obi Mikel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 81' GOAL! WHAT A STRIKE! DEIVID PUTS FENERBAHCE AHEAD! It's an absolute screamer from 30 yards out, right into the top corner! And the hosts lead 2-1!
    • 67' But here come Chelsea again! Ballack forces a save out of Demirel!
    • 65' GOAL! INCREDIBLE! IT'S COLIN KAZIM RICHARDS! The former Sheffield United striker springs the offside trap, takes the ball beautifully in his stride and fires past Cudicini! 1-1!
    • 63' That said, Alex fires goalwards! There's no power in his shot though and the ball rolls tamely through to Cudicini!
    • 58' BALLACK! The German shoots goalwards from outside the box! But Demirel saves well and manages to palm the ball out of harms way for good measure!
    • 56' Oooh! Carvalho heads well over the bar at the far post! Brave header from the Portuguese but he takes his eye off the ball a little and it flies into the stands behind Demirel's goal!
    • 55' Kezman attempts an overhead kick from close range! But Cudicini is well behind the poorly struck effort and the chance goes begging.
    • 50' This is good play from Fenerbahce now! Alex sprays the ball wide for Maldonado to cross... Alex gets on the end of it, but he can't finish the move he stared and his header glances wide of the mark!
    • 30' Super turn and shot from Drogba! Look at that! Such power from the striker as he turns and fires a shot towards the top corner! Excellent save from Demirel!
    • 24' Essien loops a cross over to the far post... DROGBA! Oooh! Just wide of the far post! What was Turaci doing there? He had no clue the Drog was storming in behind him!
    • 18' OFF THE BAR FROM ESSIEN! What an effort from the Ghanaian! He unleashes a right footed drive from fully 25 yards out... Demirel is beaten all ends up, and Chelsea are only denied a second by the frame of the goal! Superb strike!
    • 13' GOAL! CHELSEA TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH A FREAK OWN GOAL! Malouda crosses the ball in and Deivid, back doing a bit of ill-advised defending, stabs the ball into his own net! He's under no pressure at all really, yet he feels the need to stick a boot out! 1-0 Chelsea!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

  • Fenerbahce

    Manager: Artur Coimbra Zico

    Captain: 20. D. Alex

    On the Field

    • Demirel
    • Turaci
    • Lugano
    • Edu
    • Vederson
    • Maldonado
    • Boral Substitution Out (54′)
    • Aurelio
    • Deivid Own Goal Goal
    • Alex
    • Kezman Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • Senturk Substitution In72′
    • Bilgin
    • Sahin
    • Kemal
    • Kulbilge
    • Yasin
    • Kazim Substitution In54′ Goal

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Gokhan

  • Chelsea

    Manager: Avram Grant

    Captain: John Terry

    On the Field

    • Cudicini
    • Essien
    • Carvalho
    • Terry
    • Cole
    • Makelele
    • Lampard Substitution Out (76′)
    • Ballack
    • Cole Substitution Out (86′)
    • Malouda
    • Drogba

    Subs

    • Anelka Substitution In86′
    • Wright-Phillips
    • Alex
    • Ferreira
    • Kalou
    • Mikel Substitution In76′
    • Sampaio

    Injured

    • Cech

    Suspended

    None