6 December 2006
 
ANDERLECHT 2-2

AEK
Vanen Borre 38  

Lakis 75
Frutos 63  

Cirillo 81
     
Vanen Borre scrambled the home side in front after some dreadful defending by
the Greeks inside their own box. The unfortunately names Tchite forced
Sorrentino into a point blank save and Frutos fired in the rebound. AEK needed
to win this match to grab second place in the group and began the fight back a
bit too late. From a quick throw in the ball was worked out wide to Georgeas and
Lakis met his laser precision cross with a standing header into the corner.
Cirillo volleyed AEK level after Anderlecht wasted several chances to clear a
cross.

Attendance : 18,000
Assists : n/a, n/a, Georgeas, n/a
 
 
MILAN 0-2

LILLE
   

Odemwingie 7
   

Keita 67
     
Following a nice exchange of passes Lille forward Bodmer unleashed a shot from
about 35 yards but the giant Kalac, well positioned, got a hand to it only
instead of pushing the ball out for a corner he dropped it straight down to
Odemwingie who smashed it into the back of the net before it hit the ground.
Kalac redeemed himself with a couple of good saves as the Lille attack made an
old and lethargic Milan look old and lethargic. Odemwingie, who I actually
signed for Milan in a Championship Manager game many years ago, back heeled a
pass to Keita. I'm not sure how to describe what he did to Jankulovski as he
came in for a tackle but it was a bit like a lollipop, he moved infield, between
Jankulovski and Pirlo and fired past Kalac as he collected Bodmer's return pass.
Kalac and the crossbar sparred Milan further humiliation. Lille had almost three
times as many shots on target.

Although Milan had already qualified Ancelotti was making noises about winning
this match needless to say he failed miserably.

Milan's potential last 16 opponents : Barcelona, PSV, Real Madrid, Celtic,
Arsenal

Unless Ancelotti is replaced Milan haven't a prayer of making the last 8.

Lille's potential last 16 opponents : Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Liverpool,
Valencia, Manchester United, Porto

Porto would appear to be the weakest of the teams Lille can draw but I still
don't fancy their chances. It was good while it lasted.

Attendance : 40,000
Assists : n/a, Bodmer
 
 
21 November 2006
 
LILLE 2-2

ANDERLECHT
Odemwingie 28  

Mpenza 38, 48
Fauvergue 47    
     
Odemwingie FOULED Deschacht as he tried to shepherd a ball out of play and
passed to Fauvergue, Fauvergue gave it back and Odemwingie tapped into the
corner amidst protests by the Belgians. Hassan got the faintest of touches to
Biglia's through pass, taking out Rafel and leaving Mpenza to side foot past
Sylva. Fauvergue restored Lille's lead after his initial shot was blocked by an
old looking Bart Goor (he's 33). Mpenza equalised less than a minute later after
combining with the unfortunately named Tchite on the right flank and, despite a
stupid foul by Rafael in the box, beat a poorly positioned Sylva.

I believe Anderlecht are out of the running despite two draws with Lille because
of their results against the other teams in the group. Lille need to better
AEK's result in their last group game against Anderlecht to make the last 16. A
draw for Lille in the San Siro, which isn't anywhere near as difficult as it
sounds, will be enough if the Greeks lose due to Lille's superior head to head
results.

Attendance : 35,000
Red Card : Van Damme 88 (Anderlecht)
Assists : Fauvergue, Hassan, n/a, Tchite
 
 
AEK ATHENS 1-0

MILAN
Julio Cesar 32 (fk)  

 
     
Attendance : 70,000
Assist : Liberopoulos (won fk)
 
 
1 November 2006
 
AEK ATHENS 1-0

LILLE
Liberopoulos 74  

 
     
Attendance : 32,000
Red Cards : Tavlaridis 22 (Lille)
Assist : Zikos?
 
 
MILAN 4-1

ANDERLECHT
Kaka' 6 (Pen), 22, 56  

Juhasz 61
Gilardino 88  

 
     
Gilardino's theatrical dive allowed Kaka' to blast Milan into an early lead from
the penalty spot. He played a one-two with Cafu after instigating an attack on
the left flank the hit an exquisite first time lob over Zitka. Kaka' completed his
 hat-trick with a fantastic shot from the left hand side of the box, similar to Deco's
 goal against Chelsea on Tuesday. Juhasz headed in a corner and Hassan should
 have scored a second but missed from close range following more poor defending
 on a set piece. Brocchi chipped a ball over Gilardino's right shoulder and he ended
his 13 game Champions League drought with a brilliant half volley into the
bottom left corner.

Attendance : 42,300
Assists : Gilardino (won pen), Cafu, Gilardino, ? (ck), Brocchi
 
 
17 October 2006
 
LILLE 3-1

AEK ATHENS
Robail 64  

Ivic 68
Gygax 82    
Georgeas 91 og    
     
The Greeks has the best of the first half chances but Puel's half time team
talk did the trick. Keita wriggled his way past three players inside the box
before pulling the ball across the face of goal for Robail to tap-in.
Liberopoulos flicked on a longball, Ivic pulled it away from a defender with his
first touch and found the back of the net with his second. Gygax scored within
four minutes of replacing Robail and his goal was a carbon copy of Lille's
first. Makoun 'scored' a third with the help of a big deflection off Georgeas.

Attendance : 15,000
Assists : Keita, Keita, Liberopoulos, n/a
 
 
ANDERLECHT 0-1

MILAN
   

Kaka' 58
   

 
Attendance : 20,129
Red Card : Bonera 48 (Milan)
Assist : Seedorf
 
 
26 September 2006
 
AEK ATHENS 1-1

ANDERLECHT
Julio Cesar 28  

Frutos 25
     
Frutos, who is named after a children's yoghurt drink (probably), volleyed Boussoufa's
 clever pass wide of Sorrentino. Julio Cesar (this one is a midfielder) scored a fortuitous
 equaliser when he managed to intercept and then control a long range shot from
team-mate Hatemaj and as the Anderlecht defence were busy appealing for offside
 he put the ball into the back of the net.

Attendance : 60,000
Assist : n/a
 
 
LILLE 0-0

MILAN
   

 
Attendance : 22,500
Assist : n/a
 
 
13 September 2006
 
ANDERLECHT 1-1

LILLE
Pareja 41  

Fauvergue 80
     
Pareja gave Anderlecht the lead with a superb diving header. Keita's pass was played
out wide to Odemwingie and Fauvergue completely miss-hit his centre but fortunately
 the ball bounced in off a post. Anderlecht almost stole the points at the death when
 Keita's cross/shot forced Zitka into a spectacular one handed save.

Attendance : 25,000
Assists : Boussoufa (ck), Odemwingie
 
 
MILAN 3-0

AEK ATHENS
Inzaghi 17  

 
Gourcuff 41  

 
Kaka' 76 (Pen)  

 
   

 
No Pirlo for Milan so Ancelotti took the very strange decision to play Brocchi in front
 of the defence, not that it would have mattered against this opposition. Gourcuff,
 Favalli and Maldini traded passes on the left flank before Maldini ran past Kapetanos
 and floated a cross straight onto Inzaghi's head, 1-0. Gourcuff, already a firm
 favourite with Ancelotti, scored his first Milan goal with a powerful header from a
 deep Kaka' cross. Inzaghi lost his balance when fighting Moras for possession in the
 box, the ref pointed to the spot and the ever brilliant Kaka' converted.

Attendance : 45,000
Assist : Maldini, Kaka', Inzaghi (won pen)
 
R Mehdi