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Steaua Bucharest

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  1. Group H: Arsenal beat Steaua

    Group H: Arsenal beat Steaua

    Robin van Persie gave Arsenal a 1-0 win after a hard fought match against Steaua Bucharest. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Steaua Bucharest
    • Arsenal
    • 90+3 Job done Arsenal! They closed out the game for the last 15 minutes in professional style, after being pushed by Steaua for much of the match. Two games, four goals and six points see Arsenal top of Group H. Thanks for joining us, see you for more Champins League action tomorrow.
    • 82' Arsenal must have strung 20 passes together there, they'll feel confident they can play keep ball for the last ten minutes. Surdu goes down injured and is taken off for Badoi.
    • 79' The Ghencea Stadium is now eerily quiet. That goal has taken the wind right out of Steaua's sails.
    • 75' GOAL! Adebayor pulls it back from the byline for Fabregas, but it goes behind him and comes to VAN PERSIE WHO FIRES INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET!!! Finally the deadlock is broken!
    • 73' Gilberto Silva comes on for Eboue as Arsenal have a corner. They can't make anything of it though.
    • 70' Iacob is clean through and the the flags stays down! He goes for the far corner but it's way over, high and wide! That was a huge chance!
    • 66' Iacob whacks a cross across goal. If the sub had looked up he would have seen two team mates who wanted it pulled back on the deck! Steaua have really come to life now, and so have their fans!
    • 64' Sagna climbs over Surdu to head a long ball away and concedes a free kick.
    • 59' Badea comes off to be replaced by Iacob. Theo Walcott is warming up for Arsenal.
    • 57' Almunia is off his line a DICA TRIES HIS LUCK! Kolo Toure recognised the danger and heads the dipping shot away!
    • 56' The cross comes in from deep for ADEBAYOR TO HEAD! Somehow Zapata SAVES IT WITH HIS HEEL! Shades of Rene Higuita there!
    • 54' Nicolita plays Badea through but he's offside. The Steaua striekr blasts a shot into the crowd but, unlke Adebayor, doesn't get booked! Very inconsistent refereeing tonight.
    • 53' Fabregas finds Hleb in space on the left. He beats a man and gets into the box before he knocks it out to Clichy. Clichy's ball doesn't beat the first man. Very diappointing after Hleb's good work.
    • 50' A muted start to the second half, nothing like the frantic beggining to the first. Surdu and Nicolita are trying to find space and drag arsenal players out of position by swapping sides.
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 45+2 Half time is signalled by the referee. The half full Ghencea Stadium will be buoyed by the fact their team have kept Arsenal out, and played some nice football themselves. Arsenal will need to find that cutting edge in the second half.
    • 45' Surdu has space to run into on the left but is just offside. Two minutes of added time will be played.
    • 39' Fabregas finds Clichy in acres of space on the left. The left back's cross deflects off Marin and is goalbound! Zapata is wrongfooted but does well to dive back, catch two-handed and hold it right on the line!
    • 36' A fantastic challenge in the box by Fabregas stops a Steaua attack and sets up an Arsenal one. Thad slide in had to be perfectly timed, otherwise it would have been a penalty. Cesc is a man on top of his game at the moment.
    • 31' Rada is booked for a foul on Van Persie. However, a split second after Petre put ain a very bookable challenge of his own on Hleb, but somehow escapes another yellow! He really should be off.
    • 28' Van Persie slips it through to Adebayor down the left channel in the box! He turns and squares the ball to no one! He really should have shot then!
    • 23' Van Persie plays it long and early for Adebayor to hold up. He knocks to Eboue who feeds Van Persie. He strikes from distance, but it's low and tame.
    • 20' Fabregas has a shot in the area! It's charged down well by Baciu! The Steaua box was full of Red shirts there. Arsenal are in white by the way.
    • 17' Van Persie fires straight into the wall. What a waste!
    • 17' Hleb makes the most of a challenge on the edge of the box, and Arsenal have a free kick in a great position. Van Persie, Toure and Fabregas are all around it...
    • 15' Sagna skips over a challenge out on the right and puts in a good cross, but Rada heads away with van Persie lurking at the far post!
    • 14' Adebayor latches onto a long ball but he's offside. not sure if he heard the whistle or not, but he lobs it over Zapata into the goal and gets a booking for kicking the ball away!
    • 11' A frenetic start here in Bucharest. No English side has ever won here at the Ghencea, and Steaua have shown they won't make it easy for Arsenal tonight.
    • 7' Hleb is at the byline in the Steaua box, and he pulls it back for FABREGAS! The Spaniard scoops it over from six yards out! How did he miss that?!
    • 6' It's in! Nicolita curls in a wicked free kick from the right and Surdu heads it downwards and it bounces into the roof of the net at the far post, but the flag was up! The winger was offside.
    • 5' Good ball in by Surdu, and BADEA! He mistimed his header after getting in behind Senderos and Toure, and Almunia watches it go over. An early scare for the Premiership leaders.
    • 4' An open start, with both sides having to clear forays into the box. This ground in Bucharest is not that full, but the fans that are here are making a lot of noise.
    • 1' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of the Champions League Group H clash between Steaua Bucharest and Arsenal! Alexander Hleb is back in the side for the Gunners, while Manuel Almunia continues in goal. The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Steaua Bucharest Stats Arsenal
    35% Possession 65%
    7 Shots 16
    0 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    0 Corners 5
    7 Fouls 15
    13 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    37 Tackles 23
    244 Accurate passes 500
    41 Bad passes 100

  • 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
    • Steaua Bucharest
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robinson Zapata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
      17 Eugen Baciu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 0 3
      18 Petre Marin 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 26 0 7
      13 Ifeany Emeghara 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 8 9
      5 Ionut Rada 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 1 2
      10 Nicolae Dica 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 39 9 0
      8 Petre Ovidiu 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 31 4 6
      16 Banel Nicolita 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 22 5 4
      84 Romeo Surdu 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 13 2 1
      9 Valentin Badea 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 3 2 2
      25 Adrian Neaga 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 22 7 3
      15 Mihai Nesu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Dorel Zaharia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Vasilica Cristocea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      29 Valentin Badoi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      12 Cornel Cernea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Marius Croitoru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Constantin Iacob 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 1 0
    • Arsenal
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Manuel Almunia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0
      5 Kolo Toure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 3 1
      22 Gaël Clichy 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 52 17 3
      3 Bacary Sagna 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 56 1 2
      6 Philippe Senderos 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 38 9 7
      4 Francesc Fabregas 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 63 15 4
      16 Mathieu Flamini 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 63 8 2
      27 Emmanuel Eboue 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 33 0 2
      13 Alexander Hleb 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 48 23 1
      11 Robin Van Persie 1 4 1 1 3 0 0 40 8 1
      25 Emmanuel Adebayor 0 1 0 1 1 4 1 35 13 0
      15 Denilson Pereira Neves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Theo Walcott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Lassana Diarra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Nicklas Bendtner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Vasiriki Abou Diaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Lukasz Fabianski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Gilberto Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0

  • Summary

    • 75' GOAL! Adebayor pulls it back from the byline for Fabregas, but it goes behind him and comes to VAN PERSIE WHO FIRES INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET!!! Finally the deadlock is broken!
    • 70' Iacob is clean through and the the flags stays down! He goes for the far corner but it's way over, high and wide! That was a huge chance!
    • 57' Almunia is off his line a DICA TRIES HIS LUCK! Kolo Toure recognised the danger and heads the dipping shot away!
    • 56' The cross comes in from deep for ADEBAYOR TO HEAD! Somehow Zapata SAVES IT WITH HIS HEEL! Shades of Rene Higuita there!
    • 39' Fabregas finds Clichy in acres of space on the left. The left back's cross deflects off Marin and is goalbound! Zapata is wrongfooted but does well to dive back, catch two-handed and hold it right on the line!
    • 7' Hleb is at the byline in the Steaua box, and he pulls it back for FABREGAS! The Spaniard scoops it over from six yards out! How did he miss that?!
    • 6' It's in! Nicolita curls in a wicked free kick from the right and Surdu heads it downwards and it bounces into the roof of the net at the far post, but the flag was up! The winger was offside.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Terje Hague

  • Steaua Bucharest

    Manager: Massimo Pedrazzini

    Captain: Banel Nicolita

    On the Field

    • Zapata
    • Marin
    • Baciu
    • Rada
    • Emeghara
    • Petre
    • Nicolita
    • Surdu
    • Neaga
    • Dica
    • Badea

    Subs

    • Nesu
    • Iacob
    • Cernea
    • Badoi
    • Cristocea
    • Croitoru
    • Zaharia

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Arsenal

    Manager: Arsene Wenger

    Captain: Kolo Toure

    On the Field

    • Almunia
    • Sagna
    • Toure
    • Senderos
    • Clichy
    • Eboue
    • Fabregas
    • Flamini
    • Hleb
    • Adebayor
    • van Persie

    Subs

    • Gilberto Silva
    • Diarra
    • Diaby
    • Bendtner
    • Denilson
    • Walcott
    • Fabianski

    Injured

    • Lehmann
    • Rosicky
    • Gallas

    Suspended

    None