Wednesday October 1, 2008 Finished
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Drogba hurt in Chelsea draw
Chelsea were held to a drab 0-0 draw at Champions League newcomers CFR Cluj as Didier Drogba was carried off. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- CFR Cluj
- Chelsea
90+3' That's it and the minnows earn a creditable point. Both they and Chelsea top the group with four points after two games.- 90+2' A deep punt is headed out only as far as Lampard but he scuffs his shot from the edge of the penalty area wide of the post.
90+1' Dani booked for a foul on Belletti.- 90' Cluj force a late corner, just their second, but the delivery is too deep and the chance is lost.
89' Didi replaces Trica.
88' Probably Chelsea's best chance as a long diagonal ball reaches Anelka at the back post but instead of striking first time, he opts for a touch and his final effort is well wide.- 87' A give and go and Cech has to be alert to push Pereira's close range shot around the post.
- 85' Chelsea only have Anelka up and Lampard fails to find him with a long pass.
- 83' Belletti fails to hit the target.
- 81' Di Santo finds Ballack in the penalty area but again he is crowded out.
- 79' Trica works himself some space on the edge of the penalty area and his curling shot clips the outside of the post with Cech beaten. That has got the crowd excited.
- 77' Anelka harshly booked for high feet as Stanciou comes off his line to collect a bouncing ball.
- 75' A long throw is headed wide by Di Santo.
- 74' Young Franco Di Santo replaces Malouda.
- 72' A deep free-kick strikes the arm of Cadu but there was no movement of arm into ball and no penalty is awarded.
- 70' Pereira is booked for lashing the ball into the back of Mikel after the award of a free-kick.
- 68' Belletti handles Pereira's attempted cross but no free-kick.
- 66' Chelsea win just their third corner but Kone heads clear.
- 65' Ballack's header almost falls into the path of Anelka in the area but again Cluj have bodies back to block.
- 63' Almost a mix-up in the home defence but Stanciou races from his goal to collect ahead of Anelka.
- 61' Lampard's 20-yard shot trickles into the hands of Stanciou.
- 59' 4-3-3 now for Chelsea with Beletti and Malouda bombing down the wings in support of lone front man Anelka.
57' Drogba's ankle turned over in that collision and he is stretchered off to be replaced by Juliano Beletti.- 55' Malouda's cross from the left is fired into Drogba but de Sousa makes a vital interception.
- 53' A very ambitious long-range free-kick from Muresan sails wide.
- 52' Bridge's cross is flicked well wide by Drogba.
- 51' Anelka's dink into the penalty area is turned goalbound by Lampard but Cadu blocks the effort.
- 50' A promising run from Anelka at the heart of the Cluj defence but it is ended by a strong challenge.
- 48' A crisp free-kick from Tony is comfortably saved by Cech.
- 46' A change for Chelsea at the start of the second-half with Eurosport blogger Nicolas Anelka replacing Kalou.
- 45' Half-time and it's been a rather bland opening period. Cluj holding their own.
- 43' Lampard's free-kick is headed away by Cluj although Stanciou was poised to claim unchallenged.
- 41' A free-kick for Chelsea but Drogba fails to make any contact with his attempted volley.
- 39' Alex is harshly booked for a foul on Kone near the halfway line.
- 37' The closest we have come to a goal as Uruguyan left-back Alvaro Pereira unleashes a fierce diagonal shot that is narrowly wide of the left post.
- 36' Drogba plays the ball through to Kalou in a dangerous position but the Ivorian cannot control the bouncing ball and the chance is lost.
- 34' Cluj win a free-kick in a dangerous position, Muresan cannot get his shot off but the ball falls to Trica at the back post but his volley is off target.
- 32' Dani and Juan Culio combine neatly as Cluj break at pace but Kone strays offside.
- 30' A vital header from Alex prevents Tony's deep cross finding Trica.
- 29' Dubarbie lobs the ball through to Eugen Trica but the striker cannot make clean contact with the volley from 14 yards as the ball drops over his left shoulder.
- 27' A blatant dive from Kone - no free-kick but no booking.
- 25' Mikel tries his luck from long range but his 30-yard shot trickles into the arms of Stanciou.
- 23' Sebastian Dubarbier almost wriggles into the penalty area but John Obi Mikel ends the run.
- 21' Drogba turns away from one man but he snatches at the shot and it's high and wide.
- 19' Cluj are defending very deep, it's leaving their front men a little isolated but there is no room behind the back four.
- 17' A risky backpass from Andre de Sousa Galiassi that Eduard Stanciou just clears ahead of Drogba.
- 16' Chelsea win their first corner as Tony heads behind but Cluj clear.
- 15' Didier Drogba, playing his first Champions League game since being sent-off in last year's final, is penalised for a foul on Cadu.
- 13' Ashley Cole was left out as a precaution due to a back injury.
- 11' Promising move from the hosts but Dani strays offside when he really should have been looking along the line.
- 9' Frank Lampard is just unable to get his shot away.
- 7' Kalou tries to feed Michael Ballack in the penalty area but a nice challenge from Cadu denies the German a sight at goal.
- 5' Kone has the first shot at goal but after a nice trick, he curls his shot high over the crossbar.
- 3' A bumpy pitch with a few divots may cause the Chelsea players, wearing all yellow, some problems.
1' The first ever Champions League game in Cluj is underway in this compact stadium.
19:35 Romanian minnows Cluj shocked Roma with a 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico and have four South Americans, three Portuguese and Ivory Coast striker Yssouf Kone in their XI.- 19:30 Salomon Kalou will start after shrugging off an ankle injury. Joe and Ashley Cole are out as are Deco and Ricardo Carvalho.
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Team Stats
CFR Cluj Stats Chelsea 35% Possession 64% 10 Shots 11 2 Shots on target 3 0 Saves 1 2 Corners 4 15 Fouls 14 3 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 25 Tackles 22 205 Accurate passes 424 42 Bad passes 80 -
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
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CFR Cluj G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 44 Eduard Stancioiu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0 27 André de Souza Galiassi 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 2 2 6 Gabriel Muresan 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 34 2 0 33 Alvaro Pereira 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 24 14 5 2 Anthony Da Silva 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14 1 2 20 Ricardo Manuel Ferreira Sousa 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 4 10 Eugen Trica 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 17 5 0 31 Daniel da Silva Soares 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 28 3 5 19 Emmanuel Culio 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 14 7 3 17 Yssouf Kone 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 14 4 1 7 Sebastian Dubarbier 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 1 3 15 Hugo Alcantara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Diego Ruiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Cristian Panin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Ciprian Deac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Nuno Claro Simoes Coimbra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Cleidimar Magalhaes Silva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 Emmanuel Koné 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Chelsea G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Petr Cech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 0 4 18 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 17 3 17 José Bosingwa 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 45 0 3 26 John Terry 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 44 12 1 8 Frank Lampard 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 64 14 1 12 John Obi Mikel 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 76 12 4 13 Michael Ballack 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 49 8 4 15 Florent Malouda 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 27 12 1 11 Didier Drogba 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 7 3 0 21 Salomon Kalou 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 8 1 0 19 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 Miroslav Stoch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Franco Di Santo 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Branislav Ivanovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Nicolas Anelka 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 35 Juliano Belletti 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 8 1 1
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Summary
- 88' Probably Chelsea's best chance as a long diagonal ball reaches Anelka at the back post but instead of striking first time, he opts for a touch and his final effort is well wide.
- 87' A give and go and Cech has to be alert to push Pereira's close range shot around the post.
- 51' Anelka's dink into the penalty area is turned goalbound by Lampard but Cadu blocks the effort.
- 37' The closest we have come to a goal as Uruguyan left-back Alvaro Pereira unleashes a fierce diagonal shot that is narrowly wide of the left post.
- 19:35 Romanian minnows Cluj shocked Roma with a 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico and have four South Americans, three Portuguese and Ivory Coast striker Yssouf Kone in their XI.
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Florian Meyer
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CFR ClujManager: Maurizio Trombetta
Captain: 2. ; Tony
Starting line-up
- E. Stancioiu
- ;. Tony
- .. Cadu
- A. Galiassi
- A. Pereira
- E. Trica
- R. Dani
- G. Muresan
- E. Culio
- Y. Kone
- S. Dubarbier
Subs
- C. Panin
- .. Deac
- 15. H. Alcantara
- E. Kone
- 1. S. Nuno Claro
- 99. D. Ruiz
- 29. C. Didi
89′
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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ChelseaManager: Luiz Felipe Scolari
Captain: John Terry
Starting line-up
- P. Cech
- J. Bosingwa
- J. Terry
- .. Alex
- W. Bridge
- M. Ballack
- F. Lampard
- J. Mikel
- F. Malouda
- S. Kalou
- D. Drogba
Subs
- N. Anelka 46′
- P. Ferreira
- J. Belletti 47′
- B. Ivanovic
- H. Hilario
- F. Di Santo 74′
- M. Stoch
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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oh ma god no comments accordin 2 ma comp and oh ma god on da score arsenal (ma team) should play cfr clij or watevr
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