5 December 2006
 
SPORTING 1-3

SPARTAK MOSCOW
Bueno 31  

Pavlyuchenko 7
   

Kalynychenko 16
   

Boyarintsev 89
   

 
The visitors broke down Sporting's right, Bystrov pulled the ball back to
Jiranek, his shot rebounded off the underside of the crossbar, hit Ricardo and
bounced towards the edge of the six yard box, Pavlyuchenko took off and planted
an overhead kick into the net. Less than ten minutes later the hosts were once
again undone by Bystrov from an identical position. This time he pulled clear of
Ronny with a brilliant feint on the edge of the box and smoked the other
defenders before checking his run and chipping a ball over to the back post
where Kalynychenko was waiting with a header. Bueno headed Sporting back into
the match from Ronny's cross. Boyarintsev tapped in Spartak's third from
Bystrov's deflected cross.

Attendance : 40,000
Assists : n/a, Bystrov, Ronny, n/a
 
 
BAYERN MUNICH 1-1

INTER
Makaay 62  

Vieira 91
     
Salihamidzic found Makaay with a superb lofted pass between Samuel and youngster
Andreolli (who has a striking resemblance to Inter legend Giacinto Facchetti)
and he rolled back the years with an excellent finish, bringing the ball under
control with his left foot before finding the inside of a post with his right.
Vieira, one of only four regular first teamers in the starting eleven, smashed
in the equaliser after Kahn ran off his line to block a shot from substitute
Grosso only he forgot to get his hands up and the ball bounced off his chest and
landed at the Frenchman's feet.

Admittedly not many people have tipped Bayern to win the competition this season
but the fact that they couldn't beat a second string Inter side speaks volumes
for their chances of making a genuine impact. On the bright side they could get
lucky and draw Celtic and win via a debatable penalty in Munich.

Attendance : 65,000
Assists : Salihamidzic, n/a
 
 
22 November 2006
 
INTER 1-0

SPORTING
Crespo 36  

 
   

 
Great goal by Crespo, so so match. Inter join Bayern in the last 16.

Attendance : 69,001
Assist : Stankovic
 
 
SPARTAK MOSCOW 2-2

BAYERN
Kalinichenko 16 (fk)  

Pizarro 22, 39
Kovac 72    
     
It's November in Moscow and looked bloody cold. Kalinichenko gave Spartak the
lead with a free kick that left Kahn rooted to the spot, the first goal Bayern
have conceded in the competition this season. Pizarro equalised with a lucky
flick header - facing away from goal near the penalty spot, there's no way he
meant to do it. His second was a superb curling shot from 25 yards. Mozart's
corner hit team-mate Kovac in the bollocks and he managed to stab the ball into
the net before grabbing his cock (as he celebrated), running towards the
touchline and collapsing on all fours in agony. I thought this was hilarious but
none of the commentators or pundits on the two highlights shows I watched
laughed.

Attendance : 38,000
Assists : Titov won fk, Lell, n/a, Mozart (ck)
 
 
31 October 2006
 
SPARTAK MOSCOW 0-1

INTER
   

Cruz 1
   

 
Attendance : 60,000
Assist : Ibrahimovic
 
 
BAYERN 0-0

SPORTING
   

 
Attendance : 65,000
Assist : n/a
 
 
18 October 2006
 
INTER 2-1

SPARTAK MOSCOW
Cruz 2, 9  

Pavluchenko 54
   

 
Recoba was given a rare outing by Mancini and rewarded his coach with an
 outstanding display. His free kick cannoned off Vieira and Cruz slammed the ball
in off the underside of the crossbar. Recoba chased down Stankovic's pass,
 drawing out the 'keeper in the process, by the time Kowalewski got back on his
line Cruz had darted into the box and headed in Recoba's cross. Quincy (ex-Arsenal)
 teased Cordoba before slipping a ball through to Boyarintsev and Pavluchenko
 slammed his centre past Cesar.

Attendance : 40,000
Assists : Vieira, Recoba, Boyarintsev
 
 
SPORTING 0-1

BAYERN
   

Schweinsteiger 19
   

 
Attendance : 48,000
Red Card : Schweinsteiger 47 (Bayern)
Assist : Lahm
 
 
27 September 2006
 
INTER 0-2

BAYERN MUNICH
   

Pizarro 81
   

Podolski 91
     
Ibrahimovic was sent off for two 'bookable' offences, I was playing X-Box 360 live
 so missed the first yellow but the second was ridiculous. He went in for a 50-50 ball
 with Schweinsteiger, the German midfielder got there first so Ibrahimovic ended up
 clipping his ankle, Schweinsteiger did a Klinsmann - rolling around in agony, bye bye
Ibrahimovic. That wretched old man Scholl should have been sent off for an
 absolutely disgraceful two footed lunge on Grosso. Makaay chipped a ball into
 Pizarro (according to UEFA it was Scholl, because it's really hard to tell those two
 apart, idiots), Grosso got a block on his shot but Julio Cesar had rushed off his line,
 the three players crashed into each other and the ball bounced into the net. Sagnol
 ran intoGrosso's elbow, it caught the top of his chin so he clutched his face, earning
 Grosso a straight red. Cordoba, who had a miserable game at the weekend, under-hit
 a back-pass, Podolski raced onto the ball, took out Julio Cesar with a superb dummy
 then blasted the ball into an empty net.

Attendance : 79,000
Red Cards : Ibrahimovic 59 (Inter), Grosso 85 (Inter)
Assists : n/a, n/a
 
 
SPARTAK MOSCOW 1-1

SPORTING
Boyarintsev 5  

Nani 59
   

 
Jiranek headed a ball into the box, Bystov pulled it down and as he turned team-mate
 Boyarintsev took it off his feet and thundered a right foot shot into the top corner.
 Ricardo made a phenomenal save to deny Pavlyuchenko a certain second. Yannick
 laid a pass into Nani and headed for the box, Nani ignored him and instead played
 and one-two with Liedson, pushed the ball wide of Kowalewski, who flew off his line
 at great speed, and chipped into an empty net.

Attendance : 75,101
Assists : Bystov, Liedson
 
 
12 September 2006
 
SPORTING 1-0

INTER
Caneira 65  

 
   

 
Attendance : 50,000
Red Card : Vieira 70 (Inter)
Assist : Tonel
 
 
BAYERN MUNICH 4-0

SPARTAK MOSCOW
Pizarro 48  

 
Santa Cruz 52  

 
Schweinsteiger 71  

 
Salihamidzic 84  

 
   

 
Sagnol released Pizarro down the right and he cut inside a defender before shooting
past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Kowalewski. The injury prone Santa Cruz
turned onto an excellent Van Bommel pass before sweeping the ball inside the
bottom left corner. Schweinsteiger fired in a deflected cross to make it 3-0 and
Salihamidzic robbed Podolski of his first Champions League goal by tapping the
youngster's goal-bound shot over the line.

Attendance : 63,000
Assists : Sagnol, Van Bommel, n/a, Podolski
 
R Mehdi