P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	GD
Monaco			6	3	2	1	15	6	11	9
Deportivo		6	3	1	2	12	12	10	0
PSV			6	3	1	2	8	7	10	1
AEK			6	0	2	4	1	11	2	-10

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10 December 2003

AEK					0-0			MONACO

No.


PSV					3-2			DEPORTIVO
de Jong 14, 94							Luque 59
Robben 48							Pandiani 83

John de Jong (what a great name) smashed Robben's deflected pass in off the post.
Depor dominated the rest of the half but it was PSV who took the lead early in the
second, Robben profiting from the charitable defending that has become Depor's
trademark. At 2-0 up, both teams would have been level on points and level
on head to head encounters and I didn't want to have to look up the rules and
explain what happens if such a scenario arises. Fortney substitute Luque saved
me the trouble when he pulled a goal back on the hour mark with a FANTASTIC left
footed strike from a free kick. After going close with another spectacular shot Luque
set up Pandiani for the equaliser. John de Jong slid the ball into an empty net after
King Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (no he's not really a king but with a name like that
should be) headed Kezman's cross against the bar.

Assists : Valeron, Luque


25 November 2003

DEPORTIVO				3-0			AEK
Hector 22
Valeron 51
Luque 71

Depor bounced back after their humiliating loss to Monaco by putting three past rubbish
AEK. Hector fired a ball through a ruck of defenders before Valeron caught out Mihailidis in
AEK's goal with a quickly taken shot. AEK forgot to play with centre backs, they must have,
as Valeron hit a pass straight down the middle and Pandiani unselfishly gave Luque a third
goal.

Assists : Victor, Pandiani


MONACO				1-1			PSV
Morientes 34							Vennegoor 85

Morientes headed in Rodriguez cross. The ref, who has to be some kind of complete ARSEHOLE,
sent off both Lucius and Zikos for 'protesting'. Giant striker Vennegoor equalised soon
after then Giuly was sent off for slapping Kezman on the back of head right in front of
the ref AFTER Kezman had pushed him in the face.

Assists : Rodriguez, ? (fk)
Red Cards : Lucius 49 (PSV), Zikos 83 (Monaco), Giuly 89 (Monaco)


5 November 2003

MONACO				8-3			DEPORTIVO
Rothen 2							Tristan 39, 52
Giuly 11								Scaloni 45
Prso 26, 30, 47, 49
Plasil 47
Cisse 68

Manuel Pablo headed Giuly's raking cross straight to Rothen and he beat Molina with a fantastic lob.
A FANTASTIC pass by Bernardi tore open Depor's offside trap, Giuly left the Depor defence in his wake,
danced past Molina and tapped into an empty net. Prso headed in two goals in four minutes. His first
from Rothen's corner and his second from Givet's header after some awful defending by Naybet. Tristan
controlled Amavisca's cross on his chest, turned and shot under Roma, 4-1. Five minutes later Scaloni
tapped into an empty net after the extremely unimpressive Roma parried Valeron's shot straight across
the face of goal. Depor, who came back from 0-3 down to beat PSG 4-3 two years ago, almost, almost set
the stage for the greatest comeback of all time but Roma flew off his line to clear as Tristan was about
to connect with Amavisca's center. Two minutes Prso completed his hat-trick. A fantastic pass by Giuly,
who just managed to vault Molina as he flew off his line, left Prso with an empty net, 5-2.

Two minutes after Munua came on for Molina he was picking the ball out of his net, he rushed off his
line to headed the ball away from Giuly, it fell to Plasi and he sent a 30yd, first time lob sailing over
Manua, 6-2. Prso became the third player in history (after Van Basten and Inzaghi) to score four goals
in a Champions League match. A tremendous run by Rothen and a precision pass left the big man
with a clear sight of goal and he finished superbly. Tristan beat two players with a dummy before
lobbing the ball over the onrushing Roma and Cisse scored Monaco's 8th goal with a deflected
shot after running half the length of pitch.

Gabrielle Marcotti on Talksport "How do you concede 7 goals in 50 minutes, even on Playstation?"

A new champions league high scoring record, beating the previous total set by PSV with their
7-2 win over Rosenborg.

Giuly is the best midget footballer in the World. In fact with Rothen he forms the best wing based
attack in Europe, these two guys are fabulous. Watching this match was an absolute privilege.

VIVE LE FRANCE, VIVE LE FRAP!!!!!!!!

Assists : Rothen (ck), Givet, Amavisca, Giuly, Rothen, Valeron


PSV					2-0			AEK ATHENS
Bouma 51
Robben 53

Bouma headed in Robben's corner and Robben just beat Kostenoglou to Kezman's center.

Assists : Robben (ck), Kezman


21 October 2003

DEPORTIVO				1-0			MONACO
Tristan 83

Tristan scored an awful goal in this disappointing tie. He tried his luck the
just inside the box, Roma flew off his line, the ball hit him and bounced into
the net.


AEK					0-1			PSV
Lucius 37

Mihailidis threw the ball out to one of his defenders, Kasapis. Kasapis flicked
the ball up, presumably before volleying it clear of his own half but Lucius ran
and stole the ball off his feet, his initial shot was parried straight back at
him, 0-1. Kezman is still rubbish, he missed an easy chance in the second half.


30 September 2003

DEPORTIVO				2-0			PSV
Sergio 19
Pandiani 51 (Pen)

Sergio scored with a deflected free kick. Hoflund gave away a penalty with a stupid foul
on Valeron. Pandini converted.

Assist : Valeron (won pen)


MONACO				4-0			AEK ATHENS
Giuly 23
Morientes 27, 57
Prso 86

AEK struggled with crosses all night. Chiotis went up for Evra's cross but only sent the ball
as far as Giuly who fired into the bottom corner. Squillaci headed Rothen's corner against the
bar, Morientes put away the rebound then headed in his second from another Rothen corner.
Prso came off the bench to smash in a fourth.

Assists : Rothen (ck), Giuly


17 September 2003

AEK					1-1			DEPORTIVO
Tsartas 86							Pandiani 12

Pandiani gave Depor a dream start with a header from Victor's cross. Depor surprisingly
failed to threaten the AEK after that and in the second half Okkas and Ivic wasted glorious
chances before Tsartas won them a deserved point when Molina let his shot slip through
his hands.

Assists : Victor (ck), Moras


PSV					1-2			MONACO
Bouma 65							Morientes 31
								Cisse E 56

Bouma messed up clearing a free kick allowing Morientes to head in at the far post.
Cisse started and finished a slick passing move to add a second before Bouma gave PSV
a lifeline with a superb free kick. The post and some wayward finishing denied PSV a
share of the points.

Assists : Morientes, Park (won fk)