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Steaua Bucharest

Bayern

  • Van Buyten 15’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Steaua Bucharest
    • Bayern
    • 90+4 Game over at the Steaua Stadium. Bayern hold on despite a few hairy second-half moments, and Jurgen Klinsmann will be delighted with this away result against a stubborn, if rather unimaginative Steaua Bucharest. It finishes 0-1 to the Germans.
    • 90+1 The game has lost its steam in the last quarter. Despite the absence of Ribery and, in the second half, Klose, Bayern have looked in control for almost the whole game.
    • 90 We're into added time - 4 minutes - at the Steaua stadium.
    • 87 It's almost exactly 50-50 as far as possession goes but Steaua don't look anywhere near dangerous enough at the moment. PODOLSKI goes in the book for a late challenge.
    • 82 Bayern substitution: SCHWEINSTEIGER, who's had a cracking match, comes off, replaced by BOROWSKI.
    • 81 ANOTHER Steaua substitution: SZEKELY off, KAPETANOS on.
    • 77 Steaua substitution: TOJA off, PETRE on.
    • 75 A disallowed goal for Stueaua which looks totally unfair on the Romanians. A great effort by Dayro Moreno is spilt clumsily by Rensing and the follow-up by Stancu is tapped into the net. The ref seems to think keeper Rensing was fouled - he wasn't.
    • 75 Bayern subsitution: ZE ROBERTO off, OTTL on.
    • 70 Steaua substitution: BERNHARDT off, STANCU on.
    • 68 Schweinsteiger is left weeping into the grass after a late challenge by Lovin. It didn't look deliberate, but the Steaua defender goes into the book nonetheless.
    • 66 Luca Toni misses a golden opportunity to double the score. He's played in to a one-on-one with keeper Zapta and fires his effort straight at the feet of the Colombian keeper from inside the area. Toni should have done better.
    • 65 Steaua continue to push forward and Klinsmann is out of his dugout looking rather anxious.
    • 59 So, so close to an equaliser! Bayern are completely rattled as an offside-looking Arturo Bernhardt strikes the post from inside the area.
    • 56 Steaua continue to keep the ball well and are pressing, but no breakthrough yet. This game may yet yield more goals.
    • 53 It's really pouring down in Bucharest.
    • 49 It's a decent long-range effort by Szekely, saved for a corner by Rensing. Steaua are undeniably going for it now.
    • 46 Half-time Bayern substitution to report: KLOSE's injury has forced him off, to be replaced by Lukas PODOLSKI.
    • 46 And we're off. Can Bayern double their lead or will Steaua pull their fingers out and chase a goal?
    • 45 Half-time at the Steaua stadium. The Romanians can't complain about the scoreline - they could easily be two or three goals down by now. Schweinsteiger is running riot and if Steaua don't change the gameplan, they could well concede more. 0-1 at the interval.
    • 43 A feeble effort from just inside the area by Toni is easily saved by Zapata. The Italian isn't having much joy yet tonight.
    • 42 The rain is pouring down here, as Klose's injury holds up play. He looks OK to carry on, though.
    • 39 Bayern are running rampant now. Schweinsteiger has another long-range pop at goal. This one is fairly useless but he's causing all kinds of trouble down the right wing.
    • 35 Luca Toni is inches away from doubling the lead, then Schweinsteiger's super long-range strike is palmed away superbly by Zapata. It's all going on here. Toni's close-range effort from the left of the six-yard box is saved by Zapata, who is having a cracking night so far.
    • 30 Rensing nearly scores a spectacular own-goal! He manages to kick-deflect a strike by Dayro Moreno against his own post. Kick-deflect may be a new term but it sums up that howler from Oliver Kahn's replacement.
    • 28 Schweinsteiger does the hard work down the right flank, squaring it to Toni who completely mis-hits wide of goal.
    • 23 Fizzing right-footed strike from Toni, to the left of the area. It's clawed away by Zapata for a Bayern corner that comes to nothing.
    • 21 It's a superb long-range strike from Steaua's Lovin which Rensing can only palm away. The follow-up from Antonio Semedo is powerful but only hits the side netting. Best chacne of the night for Steaua.
    • 20 Bayern deserve their lead and at last Steaua are having to push forward. Not that they're creating any chances of note, mind you.
    • 15 GOAL! BAYERN MUNICH! It's Daniel VAN BUYTEN with a crucial, awesome header from a Schweinsteiger free-kick. The header sweeps across the goal and there's nothing Zapata can do to keep that one out. Super goal.
    • 13 The Romanians are defending sturdily and sitting rather deep, inviting Bayern pressure. But no clearcut chance yet for the Bundesliga boys.
    • 10 Decent effort by Steaua's Dayro Moreno, from just outside the area, but it's straight at keeper Rensing. A shot on target for the Romanian side.
    • 9 Still not a great deal to report, although Bayern look the more dangerous going forward. Luca Toni is making some useful runs and making his gangly presence felt.
    • 4 Steaua are working their way into the game, but Bayern look far more comfortable in midfield.
    • 2 The Germans are dominating possession in these early minutes. Schweinsteiger whips a decent ball into the box from the right but it's easily dealt with by the Steau backline.
    • 1 We're off at the Steau stadium.
    • -- The teams are on the pitch and they're shaking hands. The ref is Danish, Mr. Larsen. It's been raining in Bucharest and the pitch is slippery.
    • -- Teams are confirmed. Steau: Zapta; Ogararu, Goian, Szekely, Semedo, Dayro Moreno, Bernhardt, Juan Toja, Marin, Lovin, Ghionea. Bayern: Rensing; Lucio, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Toni, Ze Roberto, Van Bommel, Klose, Lahm, Lell, Schweinsteiger.
    • -- Bayern are still without French starlet Franck Ribery, as well as Hamit Altintop and Willy Sagnol. Steau's Banel Nicolita is suspended and captain Mirel Radoi leads a substantial injury list for the Romanians.
    • -- Jurgen Klinsmann's Bayern are yet to hit top gear in the Bundesliga, and Steau will fancy themselves to cause something of an upset.
    • -- Good evening and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text commentary of the Champions League match between Steaua Bucharest and Bayern Munich. Kick-off is at 7.45pm. Join us then for all the action.

  • Team Stats

    Steaua Bucharest Stats Bayern
    44% Possession 55%
    18 Shots 18
    6 Shots on target 10
    6 Saves 1
    3 Corners 6
    10 Fouls 19
    2 Offsides 4
    2 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    19 Tackles 18
    327 Accurate passes 410
    43 Bad passes 72

  • 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 8 2 0
      3 Dorin Goian 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 39 3 0
      18 Petre Marin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 8 3
      2 George Ogararu 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 45 0 3
      24 Sorin Ghionea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 2
      14 Juan Carlos Toja 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 5 5
      20 Florin Lovin 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 40 6 4
      9 António Semedo 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 10 2 1
      7 János Székely 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 23 1 1
      10 Dayro Moreno 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 24 5 0
      11 Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 26 4 0
      12 Cornel Cernea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Pantelis Kapetanos 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Ovidiu Petre 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 0 0
      30 Tiago Filipe Figueiras Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Pawel Golanski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Bogdan Stancu 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0
      17 Eugen Baciu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bayern
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Michael Rensing 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0
      6 Martin Demichelis 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 43 1 1
      5 Daniel van Buyten 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 55 21 0
      21 Philipp Lahm 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 52 18 4
      30 Christian Lell 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 33 3 0
      3 Lucimar Ferreira da Silva 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 40 1 0
      17 Mark van Bommel 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 50 5 2
      15 Zé Roberto Zé Roberto 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 34 7 4
      31 Bastian Schweinsteiger 0 3 1 1 4 0 1 52 2 4
      9 Luca Toni 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 13 2 0
      18 Miroslav Klose 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0
      20 José Ernesto Sosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Breno Vinicius Borges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Andreas Ottl 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 2
      24 Tim Borowski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      11 Lukas Podolski 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 19 8 0
      23 Massimo Oddo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Hans-Jörg Butt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 75 A disallowed goal for Stueaua which looks totally unfair on the Romanians. A great effort by Dayro Moreno is spilt clumsily by Rensing and the follow-up by Stancu is tapped into the net. The ref seems to think keeper Rensing was fouled - he wasn't.
    • 66 Luca Toni misses a golden opportunity to double the score. He's played in to a one-on-one with keeper Zapta and fires his effort straight at the feet of the Colombian keeper from inside the area. Toni should have done better.
    • 59 So, so close to an equaliser! Bayern are completely rattled as an offside-looking Arturo Bernhardt strikes the post from inside the area.
    • 49 It's a decent long-range effort by Szekely, saved for a corner by Rensing. Steaua are undeniably going for it now.
    • 35 Luca Toni is inches away from doubling the lead, then Schweinsteiger's super long-range strike is palmed away superbly by Zapata. It's all going on here. Toni's close-range effort from the left of the six-yard box is saved by Zapata, who is having a cracking night so far.
    • 30 Rensing nearly scores a spectacular own-goal! He manages to kick-deflect a strike by Dayro Moreno against his own post. Kick-deflect may be a new term but it sums up that howler from Oliver Kahn's replacement.
    • 23 Fizzing right-footed strike from Toni, to the left of the area. It's clawed away by Zapata for a Bayern corner that comes to nothing.
    • 21 It's a superb long-range strike from Steaua's Lovin which Rensing can only palm away. The follow-up from Antonio Semedo is powerful but only hits the side netting. Best chacne of the night for Steaua.
    • 15 GOAL! BAYERN MUNICH! It's Daniel VAN BUYTEN with a crucial, awesome header from a Schweinsteiger free-kick. The header sweeps across the goal and there's nothing Zapata can do to keep that one out. Super goal.
    • 10 Decent effort by Steaua's Dayro Moreno, from just outside the area, but it's straight at keeper Rensing. A shot on target for the Romanian side.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Claus Bo Larsen

  • Steaua Bucharest

    Manager: Marius Lacatus

    Starting line-up

    • R. Zapata
    • G. Ogararu
    • D. Goian Yellow Card
    • S. Ghionea
    • P. Marin
    • F. Lovin Yellow Card
    • J. Toja
    • A. Semedo
    • J. Szekely
    • D. Moreno
    • A. Bernhardt Substitution Out (72′)

    Subs

    • F. Tiago Gomes

    Injured

    • M. Radoi
    • O. Petre
    • M. Plesan
    • I. Emeghara
    • B. Nicolita
    • P. Golanski

    Suspended

    None

  • Bayern

    Manager: Jürgen Klinsmann

    Captain: 17. Mark van Bommel

    Starting line-up

    • M. Rensing
    • F. Lucio
    • M. Demichelis
    • D. Van Buyten Goal
    • M. van Bommel
    • C. Lell
    • B. Schweinsteiger Substitution Out (84′)
    • J. Zé Roberto Substitution Out (76′)
    • P. Lahm
    • M. Klose
    • L. Toni

    Subs

    • 22. H. Butt
    • 24. T. Borowski Substitution In84′
    • 23. M. Oddo
    • 11. L. Podolski Yellow Card
    • 16. A. Ottl Substitution In76′
    • 20. J. Sosa
    • 35. V. Breno

    Injured

    • 2. W. Sagnol
    • 8. H. Altintop
    • 7. F. Ribéry

    Suspended

    None