D Wednesday, December 9, 2009 METROSPORT 23 fixtures SOCCER (7.45 unless stated) UEFA Champions League Group E Liverpool v Fiorentina ....................... Lyon v Debrecen............................... Group F Dynamo Kiev v Barcelona ................ Inter Milan v Rubin Kazan................. Group G Sevilla v Rangers.............................. VfB Stuttgart v Unirea Urziceni......... Group H Olympiacos v Arsenal....................... Standard Liege v AZ......................... The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON Second Round Replay Millwall v Staines Town..................... Coca-Cola Championship Barnsley v Scunthorpe..................... Coventry v Newcastle ...................... HORSE RACING Hexham, Kempton, Leicester, Lingfield champions League group a Juventus .........1 B Munich .........4 Trezeguet 19 Butt 30 pen Att 27,500 Olic 51 Gomez 83 Tymoschuk 90 Mac Haifa .......0 Bordeaux ........ 1 Jussie 13 Att 17,500 P W D L F A Pts Bordeaux 6 5 1 0 9 2 16 Bayern Munich 6 3 1 2 8 8 10 Juventus 6 2 2 2 4 7 8 Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 6 0 8 0 group b Besiktas ..........1 CSKA Mosc ... 2 Bobo 86 Krasic 41 Att 28,000 Aldonin 90 Wolfsburg .......1 Man United .... 3 Dzeko 56 Owen 44, 83, 90 Att 29,000 P W D L F A Pts Man Utd 6 4 1 1 10 6 13 CSKA Moscow 6 3 1 2 10 10 10 Wolfsburg 6 2 1 3 9 8 7 Besiktas 6 1 1 4 3 8 4 group c FC Zurich ........1 AC Milan ......... 1 Gajic 29 Ronaldinho 64 pen Att 22,000 Marseille .........1 Real Madrid ... 3 Gonzalez 12 Ronaldo 5, 80 Att 55,000 Albiol 60 P W D L F A Pts Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 7 13 AC Milan 6 2 3 1 8 7 9 Marseille 6 2 1 3 10 10 7 FC Zurich 6 1 1 4 5 14 4 group d At Madrid ........0 Porto ............... 3 Att 45,000 Alves 2 Falcao 14 Hulk 76 Chelsea ...........2 Apoel Nic ....... 2 Essien 19 Zewlakow 6 Drogba 26 Mirosavljevic 86 Att 40,917 P W D L F A Pts Chelsea 6 4 2 0 11 4 14 Porto 6 4 0 2 8 3 9 Apoel 6 0 3 3 4 7 3 At Madrid 6 0 3 3 3 12 3 fa cup second round Stockport ....... P Torquay ..........P second-round repLays Aldershot ........1 Tranmere ........ 2 Barnet .............0 Accrington ..... 1 Barrow ............3 Oxford U ......... 1 Leeds ..............5 Kettering ........ 1 (after extra time) Luton ...............3 Rotherham ..... 0 coca-coLa championship Doncaster .......1 Sheff Wed ....... 0 Sharp 78 Att 12,825 Ipswich ...........0 Peterboro ....... 0 Att 19,975 Leicester .........1 Bristol City ..... 3 Fryatt 90 Sproule 19 Skuse 29 Sno 76 Att 19,349 Middlesbro .....0 Blackpool ....... 3 Taylor-Fletcher 21, 26 Adam 83 Att 18.089 Preston ...........0 Derby .............. 0 Att 11,755 Reading ..........2 Crystal Pal ..... 4 Pearce 31 Clyne 7 Ambrose 45 Sigurdsson 80 pen Moses 45, 88 Att 16,629 Sheff United ...0 Nott Forest ..... 0 Att 26,490 Swansea .........1 Plymouth ........ 0 Trundle 52 Att 14,004 West Brom ......0 Cardiff ............ 2 Att 20,742 Burke 18 Whittingham 85 P W D L F A Pts Newcastle 19 13 3 3 31 10 42 West Brom 20 11 5 4 41 19 38 Cardiff 20 10 3 7 37 22 33 Nottm Forest 20 8 9 3 28 18 33 Swansea 20 8 8 4 18 17 32 Blackpool 20 8 7 5 32 22 31 Leicester 20 8 7 5 23 23 31 Bristol City 20 7 9 4 25 23 30 Sheff Utd 20 7 7 6 30 30 30 Watford 20 8 6 6 30 32 30 Middlesbrough 20 8 5 7 30 24 29 Crystal Palace 20 7 8 5 24 23 29 QPR 20 7 7 6 33 29 28 Preston 20 6 8 6 24 25 26 Doncaster 20 5 9 6 26 26 24 Barnsley 18 7 3 8 23 29 24 Derby 20 6 4 10 23 31 22 Scunthorpe 19 6 3 10 22 36 21 Reading 20 5 5 10 22 32 20 Coventry 19 4 7 8 21 29 19 Sheff Wed 20 4 6 10 23 32 18 Ipswich 20 2 12 6 19 29 18 Plymouth 19 4 3 12 16 30 15 Peterborough 20 2 8 10 23 33 14 blues progress is marred by fears over essien injury CHELSEA 2 APOEL NICOSIA 2 Chelsea were stunned last night afterapoel Nicosia came from behind to share the points in their final Cham- pions league group game. But of more concern to Blues boss Carlo ancelotti will be the hamstring injury sustained by Michael essien, which looks to have ruled him out of saturdays Premier league match with everton and possibly beyond. essien had cancelled out Marcin Zewlakows opener for apoel in the 19th minute but he limped off soon after and, although Didier Drogba put the hosts ahead in the 26th minute, Nenad Mirosavljevic levelled for the Cypriots three minutes from time to silence stamford Bridge. With top spot in Group D already secured ancelotti drafted in Gael Kakuta and he may well see more action if essiens injury is serious. however, the youngsters first start was overshadowed by the visitors who took the lead on six minutes when Constantinos Charalambides set Zewlakow free and he slipped the ball past Ross Turnbull deputising in goal for Petr Cech. a fierce 30-yard drive from essien levelled things up before Drogbas emphatic finish put Chelsea ahead. Captain John Terry looked to have sealed the victory as he fired home from close range late on only to see his goal ruled out for offside, before Mirosavljevic raced straight down the other end to beat Turnbull and earn the Cypriots a memorable draw. Chelsea: Turnbull, Belletti, Terry, Carvalho, Zhirkov, Mikel, Essien (Lampard 26), Joe Cole, Kakuta (Borini 73), Malouda, Drogba. Booked: Zhirkov Apoel: Chiotis, Poursaitides, Broerse, Paulo Jorge, Haxhi (Elia 34), Morais, Michael, Charalambidis, Pinto, Kosowski (Mirosavljevic 70), Zewlakow (Breska 82). Booked: Poursaitides Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy). MATCH FACTS SOCCER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Highs and lows: Michael Essien celebrates his opener for Chelsea, although his joy was short-lived as he limped off with an injury just minutes later Picture: Action Images By JACK FOx LASt NIgHtS RESuLtS Long wait: Aquilani Waiting game over at last for Aquilani LIVERPOOL will give Alberto Aquilani a full debut against Fiorentina tonight, seven weeks after he made his first appearance for the club. The Italy midfielder has played just 21 minutes of first-team football since a reserve outing against Sunderland in October after making a slow recovery from ankle surgery. But manager Rafael Benitez insists his 20million summer signing has accepted why he had to wait for his chance. Alberto understands, he said. When a player has been out for a long time, you must keep building his fitness. It was wrong to play him in difficult, physical games against Everton and Blackburn. Weve been waiting for the right moment. Star striker Fernando Torres returns to the Liverpool squad tonight but will start on the bench after his rehabilitation from a groin problem. GOALKEEPER Jose Reina insists he couldnt imagine playing for another club as Liverpool prepare for new contract talks with the Spain international. The Anfield club have already held preliminary discussions with Reina and his agent over a new deal, with his current contract still having more than two years to run. More talks are expected soon, with the player saying: I would like to stay here a long, long time, I am certain about that. I couldnt imagine playing for another club and pulling on another shirt. The club knows how I feel about this, so hopefully there will be some developments soon. I am ready to talk. Reina eager to stay Butt out Juventus: Keeper is spot on as Bayern advance JuVEnTuS crashed out of the Champions League with a miserable performance in front of their own fans as they capitulated to a rampant Bayern Munich. Bayern goalkeeper Hans-Jorg Butt had little to do at his own end, but he levelled from the penalty spot on the half-hour mark after David Trezeguet had given Juve the lead against the run of play in Turin. Ivica Olic then put Bayern ahead in the 51st minute, before Mario Gomez and substitute Anatoliy Tymoschuk gave the scoreline a one- sided look which did not flatter the visitors. The win saw Bayern claim second place in Group A behind Bordeaux and a place in the last 16, while Juve, who were undefeated in 16 home European games before this evening, dropped into the Europa League. Ronaldo fired Real Madrid into the knockout stages with two goals, including a trademark free-kick, in a 3-1 win at Marseille. Real topped Group B with AC Milan second despite drawing 1-1 at Zurich. Elsewhere, Porto claimed second place in Group D behind Chelsea with a 3-0 win over Atletico Madrid. 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