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Manchester United v Wolfsburg Live

by Griff on 30 September, 2009

Manchester Utd host the German champions Wolfsburg tonight. Michael Owen missed training but is believed to be fit enough to play.

Park Ji-Sung has been ruled out with an infection, but Patrice Evra is back and available for selection.

Edwin van der Saar has returned to training but his broken finger is not fulled healed so Ben Foster will remain in goals for the United.

Wolfsburg captain Josue is an injury doubt, having not fully recovered from knee surgery.

Brazilian striker Grafite will start for Wolfsburg, having scored a hat trick in Wolfsburgs first ever Champions League game against CSKA Moscow.

Alex Ferguson commented:

“Ji-sung has a virus, Patrice Evra had it at the weekend. After the Stoke game he felt a bit uneasy – he was in bed on Sunday and didn’t come to training, but he came in for a bit on Monday, came in on Tuesday and he should be all right.

Michael should also be all right for Wednesday.

He had a tight groin in training on Monday, nothing serious. But obviously for the game we didn’t want to be pushing that. Other than that everyone’s fit.”

Manchester Utd v Wolfsburg Live

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Apoel Nicosia v Chelsea Live

by Griff on 30 September, 2009

Chelsea travel to Apoel Nicosia tonight with Michael Ballack and John Mikel Obi who are both injured.

Didier Drogba and full-back Jose Bosingwa are both suspended. Ashley Cole is suffering from a knee injury and will have a late fitness test before Carlo Ancelotti decides on his inclusion.

Joe Cole and Deco return to the squad after missing the Wigan game with the flu.

Carlo Ancelotti said:

“Against Wigan it was not a good day. On Wednesday I want to see a good reaction. Not a reaction: action. We are not worried. We don’t think about losing another game. Our thinking is to work hard, to play well and to maintain our play every game.”

Tonights game kicks off at 7.45pm UK time.

Apoel Nicosia vs Chelsea Live

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Rangers v Sevilla Live

September 29, 2009

Rangers host Sevilla tonight in their first home game of this seasons Champions League group stage.
Pedro Mendes should be back in the starting 11 after serving a domestic suspension.  Walter Smith will hope to have Sasa Papac and Steven Davis in his team, with both facing late fitness tests.
Seville’s 4 Argentian stars are all out [...]

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Fiorentina v Liverpool Live

September 29, 2009

Liverpool travel to Fiorentina tonight with Yossi Benayoun, despite him picking up an injury in the 6-1 win over Hull.
Javier Mascherano has stayed in Liverpool for treatment to a hamstring injury.
Fiorentina are without top scorer Alberto Gilardino who is suspended.  Stevan Jovetic and Adrian Mutu are likely to start up front together.
Liverpool have scored an [...]

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Arsenal v Olympiakos Live

September 29, 2009

Arsenal host Olympiakos tonight without Nicklas Bendtner, who was injured when he crashed his Aston Martin on Sunday.
Arsene Wenger said:
“Fortunately there was no real long-term damage, but he was bruised and we thought it better he did not train. He should be back for Sunday’s game (against Blackburn).”
Manuel Almunia is still suffering from a chest [...]

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Inter Milan v Barcelona Live

September 16, 2009

Inter Milan host Barcelona in their Champions League opener tonight.
Jose Mourinho will fancy his chances after the 4-0 destruction of derby rivals AC Milan, followed by a 2-0 victory over Parma.
Eto’o, who joined Inter in an unusual player swap involving Zlatan Ibrahimovic, will get the chance to face off against his old Barcelona teammates.
Barcelona have [...]

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Stuttgart 1 – 1 Rangers Highlights

September 16, 2009

Rangers will be happy with their opening game in Group G, taking a point away to Stuttgart.
Sasa Papac made a bad mistake in defence to allow Pavel Pogrebniak to snatch the opener in 18 minutes.
Rangers in general had a pretty poor first half, but looked like a different team in the second.
Bougherra slammed home a [...]

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Standard Liege 2 – 3 Arsenal Highlights

September 16, 2009

Eduardo grabs a late winner as Arsenal recover from 2-0 down to secure a precious 3-2 win against Standard Liege in a thrilling Champions League Group H opener.
Eliaquim Mangala shot in and Milan Jovanovic had given Standard Liege a shock 2-0 lead before Nicklas Bendtner pulled one back.
Song set up Belgium international Vermaelen to equalize [...]

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Liverpool 1 – 0 Debrecen Highlights

September 16, 2009

Liverpool opened their Champions League campaign in an unconvincing fashion with a 1-0 victory over Debrecen.
Dirk Kuyt’s goal just before the half time whistle was all that separated the two teams.
Vukasin Poleksic failed to hold a low shot from Fernando Torres, leaving an easy finish for Kuyt.
Rafael Benitez will be relieved that Liverpool started Group [...]

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FC Zurich 2-5 Real Madrid Highlights

September 16, 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo ensured Real Madrid kicked off their UEFA Champions League campaign successfully as they eventually coasted to victory with a 5-2 win against FC Zurich on Tuesday.
The world’s most expensive player opened his European scoring account for the Spanish giants from a trademark free-kick before Raul Gonzalez and Gonzalo Higuain added further first-half goals [...]

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Chelsea 1- 0 FC Porto highlights

September 15, 2009

Chelsea started their quest to claim the Champions League crown that has remained tantalisingly out of reach with a hard-fought victory against Porto at Stamford Bridge.
Nicolas Anelka’s strike early in the second half proved decisive against a dangerous Porto side that even threatened to snatch a point as Chelsea survived anxious moments in the closing [...]

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Besiktas 0 – 1 Manchester United highlights

September 15, 2009

Paul Scholes earned Manchester United a hard-fought win at Besiktas in their opening Champions League Group B game.
Scholes steered in a header after Nani’s stinging shot had been parried into his path by keeper Hakan Arikan.
The goal was reward for United’s persistence in trying to find a way through the massed Besiktas ranks in a [...]

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