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CL semis ..

  • 09-04-2008 09:48AM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭


    Someone said here that the chelsea liverpool semi 2nd leg will be in stamford bridge ?

    I can't find the fixtures on BBC or uefa.com , how does one know this ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭abelard


    Er, not sure where there's "official" notice, but it's been said on tv, today's papers etc, so you can probably take it as definite. SOrry if that doesn't really help :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    2nd leg is at Stamford Bridge. That was the way the teams came out at the quarter final draw


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 697 ✭✭✭oobydooby


    From the BBC
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/champions_league_fixtures/default.stm
    bbc wrote:
    Wednesday, 23 April 2008
    Liverpool v Chelsea, SF, L1, 19:45
    Schalke 04/Barcelona v Roma/Man Utd, SF, L1, 19:45

    Wednesday, 30 April 2008
    Chelsea v Liverpool, SF, L2,
    Roma/Man Utd v Schalke 04/Barcelona, SF, L2, 19:45

    Assuming it's Barca - Manchester United in the other game, it's a great line-up. Also 3 of last year's semi-finalists present again. Will be very interesting to see how Benitez plays it. I'm sure he'll go hell for leather in the first leg and try to keep Gerrard and Carra on the bench for the second leg (if they aren't suspended)


    Manchester and Chelsea play each other in between these two games in the English league, which will hopefully not be decided by then. Be interesting to see how they rotate their squads that week.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Ah ffs, all matches are on the Wednesday?

    Is Liverpool going to be on a non sky sport channel or have RTE and ITV both opted for the Utd match?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 17,555 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    I'm pretty sure it'll follow the usual Tuesday/Wednesday as every other year in the CL did.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭s_carnage


    The semi final matches are on the Tues, Wed days as normal.

    From the UEFA Website:

    Semi-finals
    22 - 23 April 2008
    29 - 30 April 2008

    The first round of matches on the 22/23rd are:

    Liverpool v Chelsea
    Schalke/Barcelona v Roma/Man Utd


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,606 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    chelsea have got lucky with the fixture times from what i have seen.

    They'll play the tuesday night the first week, with United playing in Barcelona on the Wednesday. Then there is the gamer at SB on the Saturday. Then United playing on the tuesday night, with chelsea on the wednesday.

    So they get maximum time off before both the game agaisnt United and the second leg of the semi. Damn them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭dobsdave


    Tauren wrote: »
    chelsea have got lucky with the fixture times from what i have seen.

    They'll play the tuesday night the first week, with United playing in Barcelona on the Wednesday. Then there is the gamer at SB on the Saturday. Then United playing on the tuesday night, with chelsea on the wednesday.

    So they get maximum time off before both the game agaisnt United and the second leg of the semi. Damn them.

    Supposing Utd and Barca make it to the semis.;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,698 ✭✭✭IrishMike


    Right, the reason Liverpool beat Chelsea is that Rafa is better at slaggin than Maureen
    Are you taking the piss?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭dobsdave


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..


    How was Aggers goal dodgy?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,698 ✭✭✭IrishMike


    He doesnt realise that liverpool beat chelsea in 2 semi finals :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,606 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..

    People have said Milan would beat them, Inter would beat them, Barcelona would beat them, Chelsea would beat them (twice) and Liveprool have come out on top every time. I don't want liveprool to make the final, but they certainly have it in them, especially considering they can rest key players in the league unlike chelsea.

    As for Drogba, he is having a very quiet season, no real reason to think he will rip them apart.

    As for Grant, he may not get in a slagging match like Jose, but he is also no where near as good a manager as Jose. Chelsea have not been performing well under him consistently (grinding out results is great, but you'll fail to nick it at some point). Chelsea under Grant are a lot more beatable than under Mourinho.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,839 ✭✭✭Hobart


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..

    Lol, way to go. I have rarely seen a post better than that. Well done you, keep it up.

    I would say looking at Chelsea last night and at the weekend, that they would present no fear for Rafa.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,814 ✭✭✭dobsdave


    IrishMike wrote: »
    He doesnt realise that liverpool beat chelsea in 2 semi finals :rolleyes:

    You think?:)
    I never saw Rafa as the instigator of the slagging or the baiting in interviews on TV and press, in fact the opposite.
    You're a bit of the pace today sqaull20, but thats understandable,I am too:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭vorbis


    I hope to god Chelsea beat Liverpool and for Barcelona to win the other semi. If that shower from Liverpool fluke their way to another final, it'd be a disaster!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    Fluke their way??? I love it. Like i said in 2005, if Luis Garcia's goal wasn't given, then we'd have had a penalty, Cech would have been sent off, we'd be one nil up anyway except we'd be facing ten men. We might therefore have won by more and not had to go through the tension and anxiety that we did.
    As for last year's semi, (and Arsenal fans listen up). In extra time, Dirk Kuyt had a perfectly good goal disallowed for offside. He wasn't offside. But instead of whining and moaning about it and using it as an excuse for defeat, we just went ahead and won anyway. It's the winning mentality, you see!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    vorbis wrote: »
    I hope to god Chelsea beat Liverpool and for Barcelona to win the other semi. If that shower from Liverpool fluke their way to another final, it'd be a disaster!

    How long does it take for it too stop being a fluke?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..

    Ah come off it will you..


    Regardless of the previous semi finals, we have played them twice this season. We should have beaten them at home only for that penalty and outplayed them at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea are a good team, with a great squad, and are of course more than capable of beating us if things go their way. They are also due a result against us. But then again, I think Rafa will be able to out strategise Grant.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,952 ✭✭✭✭citytillidie


    Stekelly wrote: »
    How long does it take for it too stop being a fluke?


    Only when the fans of other teams say so.

    I cant see how Liverpool fluked there way to two finals.

    Lets see in 2005 They beat Bayern Leverkusen 6-3 winning both legs 3-1 that is the same team that won each home game in the Group Stage 3-0.

    Then there was Juvr raining champions from Italy beat them 2-1 with a great display in Turin.

    Then came Chelsea beat them 1-0 the special one says it was a phamtam goal but i think he would rather have that, than had is keeper sent off and been down to 10 men.

    Then well there was final what can you say about that crap 1st half but excellent from then on in.

    Last season

    There was Barca drew 2-2 going through on away goals and still been the only English team to beat Barca in Camp Nou.

    Then it was PSV beat them 4-0 not much to be said were the weakest team in the draw.

    Again face Chelsea losing the 1st leg 1-0 and winning the tie on pens after have a perfectly good goal disallowed in extra time.

    Can someone please tell me where the flukes were in them games

    ******



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭vorbis


    yeah sure :rolleyes:

    Liverpool fans have a goldfish memory about that CL final. Liverpool were good for six minutes. Aftre that, Milan began to reassert control and it took an extraordinary save from Dudek to deny Milan the cup in extra. Calling it a save is a little generous as I doubt Dudek knew f*k all about it.

    I didn't say every tie was luck but they've gotten far more luck in previous seasons than other teams. I was actually shocked to see Milan beat them last season. I thought they would win via a dodgy goal.

    This season has been the luckiest so far. They get two dodgy ref calls going their way against Inter and another two against Arsenal. Thats why I think they'll fluke their way to the final.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    That level of begrudgery is unhealty vorbis..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    No mention of Vieras handball in Anfield Vorbis? Or are you just trying to be an arse?

    and now you're clinging onto the "you were only good for 6 minutes" ****e, after being shown up for your "fluked their way to two finals".

    For such a ****e team who are sooooo boring, Liverpool seem to have been involved in some of the classic games of the last few years, Istanbul, cardiff, Anfield. take your pick; fact is, Liverpool achieve other peoples dreams.

    Also beat Chelsea in FAcup semi final in 2006 Squall, not a phantom goal in sight. You are on form today.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Sqaull20 wrote: »
    Man U vs Barca game can go either way, Pool wont beat Chelsea,lets be honest the last time you did was cause of that dodgy goal, I fancy drogba to rip um apart..

    Jose got it wrong twice, but I dont see Grant getting caught in a slagging match like he did..

    heh. Liverpool have drawn with Chelsea home & away this season. One game would have been a win had it not been for the peno that should never have been.

    Liverpool have knocked Chelsea out of the champions league in the semis twice in the last four years. Your comment is idiotic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    and the FA cup semi tusky, which makes his comment even more idiotic, as well as hammering them in Anfield Jan last if i'm not mistaken ;)

    the tie is evenly poised, the only people still going on about phantom goals is jose and squall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    fact is, Liverpool achieve other peoples dreams.

    Can you please stop saying ****E like this when representing my club?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    Can the Liverpool fans stop feeding the trolls, we've been over this before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    sorry, but i'm representing no one but myself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,442 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Mr Alan wrote: »
    sorry, but i'm representing no one but myself.

    You aren't doing yourself any favours so..


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,372 ✭✭✭✭Mr Alan


    I can live with that.


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