Zenit v Bayer (2nd leg)

Seeems Skibbe has thrown the towel (resting key players, playing desperately out of shape Schneider). How un-German!

Zenit St. PetersburgBayer Leverkusen

Malafeev - Anyukov, Shirokov, Krizanac, Sirl - Denisov, Tymoshchuk, Zyrianov - Fayzulin, Arshavin - Pogrebnyak

R. Adler - Castro, Haggui, Callsen-Bracker, Sarpei - Vidal, Sinkiewicz - Freier, B. Schneider, Dum - Bulykin

$h!t, had Barnetta. Anyway, come on Zenit, loaded up on them and Bayern players (though I wouldn't mind seeing the Getafe fairytale continue).

If anythng I would've thought it would be Zenit who rest players. Seems like the same team that thumped them earlier

Think you can still sub, I just did.

Gomes
Tonel Lucio Anyukov
J Moutinho Vokcevic Ribery Zyrianov
Klose Toni Arshavin (c)

bench: Ujfalusi & non-players

Khadrim wrote:If anythng I would've thought it would be Zenit who rest players. Seems like the same team that thumped them earlier

Only 4 matches played in the Russian league, so depsite already being a few points of the pace, Zenit can focus on the UEFA Cup. First ever chance for them to win something. They just don't want to f@ck their 4-1 lead up. Furthermore Dutch (manager Advocaat) & Russians (especially from St Petersburg, which suffered 1M+ deaths because of the German siege) love beating Germans.

Not surprising. Bayer have a huge game against Stuttgart coming up which could have a considerable impact on their chances of getting European football next season. They've got little chance in this tie and it makes sense to rest players for the league rather than tire them out by travelling all the way to Russia, playing a game they've got little chance of progressing from, and then having a big league match to play on Sunday.

Leverkusen have an important game against Stuttgart on Sunday. The race for Uefa Cup and CL spots is very tight in the Bundesliga.

@de Guzman: Any way of talking about German football teams without World War II rhetoric?

Effenberg wrote:Leverkusen have an important game against Stuttgart on Sunday. The race for Uefa Cup and CL spots is very tight in the Bundesliga.

@de Guzman: Any way of talking about German football teams without World War II rhetoric?

It's not my cup of tea, the Russians brought it up, not me. I just put it down (i e copied it) to indicate how they view the match (in answer to the question asked about Zenit taking it seriously).

back to footy.

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I'ld rest players to if I were Skibbe.

This match starts soon doesn't it? Any good text commentary links? Stuck at work

UEFA's is the only one I know of: http://www.uefa.com/Live/Competitions/uefacup/matchday=11/day=1/match=301967/index.html

kas wrote:This match starts soon doesn't it? Any good text commentary links? Stuck at work

only in German (big blue button 'aktualisieren' is for 'refreshing'; if a goal has an assist, the assister is in between brackets):

http://www.kicker.de/news/live-news/livescores/livematch/object/850801

Leverkusen are attacking & Russian defence looks suspect

0-1 Bayer Bulyukin, who could have had 3 by now

Castro assist

3 to go for Bayer

FFS just brought Anyukov into my team this matchday

kas wrote:FFS just brought Anyukov into my team this matchday

already had him in my team, kind of had to play him. only play players in 'decided' returnlegs if I already have them & have no other option.

maybe he'll get an assist or a another goal. he's pretty attacking I was really gutted I had him on the bench last match day...

wasn't to blame for the goal either.

Advocaat will probably explode at HT. Bayer seem to want it more than Zenit. Bayer's Castro & Freier both picked up a yellow.

Bayer better up the pace if they have any hope of salvaging this tie.

FT 0-1

Adler saved a penalty in min 86.

Poor game really but all the damag was done in the first leg.

De Guzman wrote:Advocaat will probably explode at HT. Bayer seem to want it more than Zenit. Bayer's Castro & Freier both picked up a yellow.

What a disgrace. I think we will have to add Advocaat to the Cr@p Dutch Coaches thread!

Effenberg wrote:FT 0-1

Adler saved a penalty in min 86.

Adler saves 2 points for Germany in the UEFA ranking.