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Tuesday October 21, 2008 Finished

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Bayern

  • Klose 6’
  • Schweinsteiger 25’
  • Zé Roberto 90’

Fiorentina

  1. Bayern ease past Fiorentina

    Bayern ease past Fiorentina

    Cool finishing and a touch of luck in defence helped Bayern strengthen their grip on Champions League Group F with a 3-0 win over Fiorentina More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bayern
    • Fiorentina
    • FT There's the final whistle and Bayern are now firmly in control of their Group F now having taken seven points from their first three games.
    • 89' GOAL BAYERN! Ze Roberto ensures Bayern end the match on a high after a definate lull in the action. The Brazilian recieves the ball on his right foot in midfield, moves it on to his left foot to step around his man before unleashing a great shot from outside the box which just curls inside the left hand post! What a finish for the German side!
    • 84' Ribery takes the ball into the box from the left wing - he has Klose for company, waiting in the centre - but he is dispossed by Gobbi before he can get a shot off
    • 80' Mutu surges down the left wing before laying the ball across to Montolivo in the centre of the pitch - but the former Italy under 21 player fires the ball straight down the throat of the Rensig, who catches it with ease
    • 77' Fiorentina are not going to get a better chance than that tonight as Mutu's flying header across the goal drifts wide of the right post after a delightful ball from Kuzmanovic to the far post
    • 74' Mutu's header from the penalty spot again fails to force a save from Rensig as it drifts wide of the left post
    • 69' Bayern are beginning to look really comfortable now as Klose again comes close. Ze Roberto delivers a lovely through ball to the German, whose right-footed shot from the centre of the box is saved by Frey in the centre of the goal
    • 68' Demichaelis could not have headed that any better as Frey comes up with a brilliant stop to deny Bayern from close range off Oddo's free kick
    • 64' Oooo! Klose is literally a whisker away from getting his head to the ball as he throws himself into the air in an attempt to get on the end of Ribery's cross, albeit after it had taken a deflection from Vargas
    • 60' Podolski gets in behind the Fiorentina defence and almost makes it three nil with his first touch but Frey just gets a touch to the ball and takes it away from the Bayern substitute
    • 57' Toni stumbles to the ground holding his ribs, an area in he has been battling injury, and he is brought off shortly after to be replaced by Lukas Podolski
    • 51' Kuzmanovic unleahes an absolute bullet from just outside of the area - it drifts just wide of the left post but not by much and that had a number of the Bayern supports holding their breath!
    • 48' Bayern almost get themselves back off to the perfect start as Toni's header from the centre of the box requires a great diving save from Frey at the left post
    • 46' Christian Lell has come out for the second half as a replacement for Philipp Lahm, who picked up a knock in the first 45 minutes
    • 46' Second half underway in Munich ....
    • HT There's the half time whistle then and Bayern have looked good, comfortable even. Having said that Fiorentina have had a number of chances and if they convert even one of them we could be in for a frantic finish
    • 44' Gilardino has another great chance to get Fiorentina back in the match just before the interval but still he cannot find the back of the net and his right footed shot from the centre of the box hits the bar. What do Fiorentina have to do?!
    • 42' Gilardino gets his right shin on a ball over the top of the Bayern defence and almost scores what surely would have been the goal of the night! But the ball drifts wide and Fiorentina are frustrated yet again
    • 38' Toni receives the ball with his back to goal on the left hand side of the box ... he lays the ball back for the fast-approaching Ze Roberto to have a go at. But the Brazilian's shot is overhit and it flies over the bar. It worried Frey into leaping up for it though!
    • 34' Kuzmanovic this time looks for support and finds Mutu, but the former Chelsea man cannot find the back of the net either and his shot from outside the box goes wide
    • 33' Fiorentina, on the break, find themsleves two on two against Bayern but Kuzmanovic decides the go it for glory from the edge of the area and the ball is so far over the bar, it must have ended up in row Z
    • 29' Kuzmanovic is the first man to go in the book in Munich tonight as he goes for a bit of revenge on Ribery and leaps in two-footed. Not a horrific challenge but ill-advised certainly!
    • 27' The chance goes begging for the Italian side as the free kick is slammed into the wall and fails to make it any further goalward
    • 27' The Fiorentina fans are enraged as Ribery takes out Kuzmanovic in the area and Fiorentina have a dangerous, central free kick just outside the area
    • 25' GOAL BAYERN! Schweinsteiger makes it two nil to the hosts receiving the ball just on the edge of the are before pulling the ball inside and past his man before firing it across the goal and into the back of the net just inside the left post. Emphatic stuff from the German!
    • 20' Mutu whips a shot in from the left wing - Gilardo throws himself at the ball in a desperate attempt to get his head on it as he drifts wide but judging by Mutu's reaction, that was very much a shot!
    • 15' It's end to end stuff in Munich as Felipe Melo creates a great chance for himself, forcing his way through Bayern's back four before firing his shot along the ground towards the left hand corner of the net ... but Rensig just gets a finger too it and the ball goes behind for a corner, which again Rensig manages to divert away from goal
    • 9' Fiorentina's first real chance of the night and it almost catches Bayern off guard. Montolivo receives the ball on the edge of the box and unleashes an absolute bullet which bobbles along the ground and just wide of the right post
    • 6' Ze Roberto with a great chance to make it two! Ooo. The Brazialian runs in on the angle and has a gilt-edged chance to put the ball away as Frey slips. But again he takes an extra touch and the angle is too acute by the time he gets the shot off
    • 5' GOAL BAYERN! Van Bommel lobs the long ball forward which Toni heads on. Klose wins the ball in space, takes it to the left of the keeper before tucking it into the back of the net with the outside of his right foot. Great start from Bayern!
    • 4' Bayern have made a great start as Ribery races down the left wing and drills the ball over the top of the goal
    • 2' Schweinsteiger absolutely lets one rip from the right of the box - he maybe took one touch too many there and the ball caught a deflection as it whizzed behind for a corner
    • 2' Luca Toni gets a large cheer, and also a few boos, as he picks up the ball for the first time against his old club
    • 1' Fiorentina get the match underway ...
    • 19:39 Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Champions League clash between Bayern and Fiorentina

  • Team Stats

    Bayern Stats Fiorentina
    59% Possession 40%
    15 Shots 23
    7 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 4
    4 Corners 10
    19 Fouls 11
    6 Offsides 2
    2 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 13
    323 Accurate passes 198
    59 Bad passes 25

  • 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
    • Bayern
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Michael Rensing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1
      3 Lucimar Ferreira da Silva 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 1
      21 Philipp Lahm 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 6 2
      23 Massimo Oddo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 1 1
      6 Martin Demichelis 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 30 3 3
      17 Mark van Bommel 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 46 2 1
      15 Zé Roberto Zé Roberto 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 39 11 3
      31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 22 1 2
      7 Franck Ribéry 0 1 0 2 4 0 0 44 13 1
      18 Miroslav Klose 1 3 2 0 4 4 0 13 3 1
      9 Luca Toni 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 9 4 0
      16 Andreas Ottl 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Christian Lell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 23 6 1
      11 Lukas Podolski 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 6 0
      24 Tim Borowski 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 1 2
      5 Daniel van Buyten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Hans-Jörg Butt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 José Ernesto Sosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fiorentina
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Sebastien Frey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      5 Alessandro Gamberini 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 11 0 0
      6 Juan Vargas 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 1
      14 Luciano Zauri 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 3
      3 Dario Dainelli 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 15 1 6
      88 Felipe Melo 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 34 2 1
      22 Zdravko Kuzmanovic 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 32 2 1
      18 Riccardo Montolivo 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 33 4 1
      24 Mario Santana 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 10 2 0
      10 Adrian Mutu 0 8 1 0 1 1 0 16 4 0
      11 Alberto Gilardino 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 8 0 0
      9 Pablo Daniel Osvaldo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      44 Federico Masi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Stevan Jovetic 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
      29 Giampaolo Pazzini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Marco Donadel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Massimo Gobbi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
      13 Marco Storari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' GOAL BAYERN! Ze Roberto ensures Bayern end the match on a high after a definate lull in the action. The Brazilian recieves the ball on his right foot in midfield, moves it on to his left foot to step around his man before unleashing a great shot from outside the box which just curls inside the left hand post! What a finish for the German side!
    • 77' Fiorentina are not going to get a better chance than that tonight as Mutu's flying header across the goal drifts wide of the right post after a delightful ball from Kuzmanovic to the far post
    • 69' Bayern are beginning to look really comfortable now as Klose again comes close. Ze Roberto delivers a lovely through ball to the German, whose right-footed shot from the centre of the box is saved by Frey in the centre of the goal
    • 68' Demichaelis could not have headed that any better as Frey comes up with a brilliant stop to deny Bayern from close range off Oddo's free kick
    • 64' Oooo! Klose is literally a whisker away from getting his head to the ball as he throws himself into the air in an attempt to get on the end of Ribery's cross, albeit after it had taken a deflection from Vargas
    • 51' Kuzmanovic unleahes an absolute bullet from just outside of the area - it drifts just wide of the left post but not by much and that had a number of the Bayern supports holding their breath!
    • 48' Bayern almost get themselves back off to the perfect start as Toni's header from the centre of the box requires a great diving save from Frey at the left post
    • 25' GOAL BAYERN! Schweinsteiger makes it two nil to the hosts receiving the ball just on the edge of the are before pulling the ball inside and past his man before firing it across the goal and into the back of the net just inside the left post. Emphatic stuff from the German!
    • 5' GOAL BAYERN! Van Bommel lobs the long ball forward which Toni heads on. Klose wins the ball in space, takes it to the left of the keeper before tucking it into the back of the net with the outside of his right foot. Great start from Bayern!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: . Benquerença

  • Bayern

    Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

    Captain: 17. Mark van Bommel

    Starting line-up

    • M. Rensing
    • M. Oddo Yellow Card
    • F. Lucio
    • M. Demichelis
    • P. Lahm Substitution Out (46′)
    • M. van Bommel
    • B. Schweinsteiger Goal Substitution Out (65′)
    • J. Zé Roberto Goal
    • F. Ribéry Yellow Card
    • L. Toni Substitution Out (56′)
    • M. Klose Goal

    Subs

    • 22. H. Butt
    • 24. T. Borowski Substitution In65′
    • 5. D. Van Buyten
    • 11. L. Podolski Substitution In56′
    • 30. C. Lell Substitution In46′
    • 16. A. Ottl
    • 20. J. Sosa

    Injured

    • 8. H. Altintop

    Suspended

    None

  • Fiorentina

    Manager: Claudio Cesare Prandelli

    Captain: 3. Dario Dainelli

    Starting line-up

    • S. Frey
    • L. Zauri
    • A. Gamberini
    • D. Dainelli Yellow Card
    • J. Vargas Yellow Card Substitution Out (73′)
    • F. Melo
    • Z. Kuzmanovic Yellow Card
    • R. Montolivo
    • M. Santana Substitution Out (64′)
    • A. Mutu
    • A. Gilardino

    Subs

    • 4. M. Donadel
    • 19. M. Gobbi Substitution In73′ Yellow Card
    • 13. M. Storari
    • 29. G. Pazzini
    • 9. P. Osvaldo
    • 8. S. Jovetic Substitution In64′
    • F. Masi

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None