Chelsea Gets Big Win, AC Milan Loses Again
04/10/07 13:51 Filed in: Soccer
Chelsea Gets Big Win, AC Milan Loses Again
Striker Didier Drogba got the winner as Chelsea got by Valencia 2-1 in Champions League action. The Group B match was a huge win for Chelsea and new coach Avram Grant. Chelsea badly needed the win after losing manager Jose Mourinho two weeks ago. The victory was much-needed for Grant, whose team lost at Manchester United in his first league game before drawing 0-0 at home to Fulham. "It has been two difficult weeks but I told the players they should stay calm and get on with playing football as that is what they do best," Grant said,
On the other side of the coin, AC Milan lost another game as their season disintegrates. A last minute goal by Scott McDonald gave Celtic the 2-1 win. In other action last season's finalists and 2005 winners Liverpool suffered a surprising 1-0 loss at home to Marseille in Group A with Mathieu Valbuena getting the winner in the 77th minute. Elsewhere it was Goran Pandev getting a big goal in Lazio's 2-2 draw with Real Madrid. Spanish champions Real took a ninth minute lead when Dutch striker Van Nistelrooy took Wesley Sneijder's free kick past keeper Marco Ballotta. Lazio's Pandev tied it with a left-foot volley before Van Nistlerooy struck again but it was Pandev scored again to equalize it.
Also, Ricardo Quaresma scored the winner in stoppage time as 2004 champions Porto won 1-0 at Besiktas.
Werder Bremen lost in a Group C game 3-1 to Olympiakos. Also, Jermaine Jones and Kevin Kuranyi scored second half goals to give Schalke a 2-0 win at Norway's Rosenborg Trondheim. Benfica lost 1-0 at home to Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk with Jadson getting the goal in the Group D match.
Striker Didier Drogba got the winner as Chelsea got by Valencia 2-1 in Champions League action. The Group B match was a huge win for Chelsea and new coach Avram Grant. Chelsea badly needed the win after losing manager Jose Mourinho two weeks ago. The victory was much-needed for Grant, whose team lost at Manchester United in his first league game before drawing 0-0 at home to Fulham. "It has been two difficult weeks but I told the players they should stay calm and get on with playing football as that is what they do best," Grant said,
On the other side of the coin, AC Milan lost another game as their season disintegrates. A last minute goal by Scott McDonald gave Celtic the 2-1 win. In other action last season's finalists and 2005 winners Liverpool suffered a surprising 1-0 loss at home to Marseille in Group A with Mathieu Valbuena getting the winner in the 77th minute. Elsewhere it was Goran Pandev getting a big goal in Lazio's 2-2 draw with Real Madrid. Spanish champions Real took a ninth minute lead when Dutch striker Van Nistelrooy took Wesley Sneijder's free kick past keeper Marco Ballotta. Lazio's Pandev tied it with a left-foot volley before Van Nistlerooy struck again but it was Pandev scored again to equalize it.
Also, Ricardo Quaresma scored the winner in stoppage time as 2004 champions Porto won 1-0 at Besiktas.
Werder Bremen lost in a Group C game 3-1 to Olympiakos. Also, Jermaine Jones and Kevin Kuranyi scored second half goals to give Schalke a 2-0 win at Norway's Rosenborg Trondheim. Benfica lost 1-0 at home to Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk with Jadson getting the goal in the Group D match.