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Week 5 (Dec. 1st)Olympiakos
vs Portsmouth
FC
(Athens, Greece) After a disappointing outing in their
mid-week draw versus Shakhtar Donetsk, Olympiakos hosted
Portsmouth FC in what promised to be another sure test
of will in the ever-close race for advancement in the
Champions League.
Kyle D., who recently started his own chain of hamburger
joints in Omaha called "K-Burgers", opened up
the scoring for Olympiakos with a great goal on an assist
from Drew V. Hunter K. then scored the first two goals
of his eventual hattrick, both on fine assists from Big
D. Nathan J. and K-Burger finished the first half scoring
with nice goals on fantastic individual efforts.
In the second half, Jack F. and Drew V. each scored early
goals. Our NBA correspondant, Big D, described Drew V's
footwork that led to his goal as "ankle-breaking."
Allen Iverson could not be reached for comment.
Perhaps the highlight of the evening was Jack's record-breaking
feat of taking the most shots in a half that hit either
the post, crossbar, or goalkeeper. Esurk Nayr was skeptical
of Jack's intentions at first. "I really thought
that the other team had bribed Jack before the match to
give the game away by shooting everywhere but "IN"
the goal. Jack is a good kid, but I guess everyone has
their price. For all I knew, Portsmouth had offered him
a Play Station 3 to throw the match!!" Junior (Drew
K.) finished off the scoring with a nice goal of his own
and "man-of-the-match" honors were split between
Hunter and our NBA correspondant Big D.
Lyon vs
Atletico Madrid
The warriors of Atletico Madrid ventured from the friendly
confines of their home Vicente Calderón Stadium
in Madrid, Spain, to Lyon, France.
Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply
Lyon) has enjoyed a wonderful late fall season.
"The whole Lyon team has played wonderful throughout
this session of champions,' said DT Houllier.
"But this evening game is of great concern to me,'
DT said as he continued in his pre-match comments, "We
are missing several players tonight. Gigi, Summer, Louise
and Lauren are all unavailable for this evenings contest.
We will be at the bare minimum of players, many of which
who will be asked to perform in unfamiliar roles. We face
a very difficult task indeed.'
The unfamiliarity was evident from the start, as Lyon
went behind early in the match, for the first time this
season. Lyon's competitive nature was quickly aroused
and the fought back to tie the game, with goal fashioned
by Lindsay and scored by Maureen.
The game was now afoot, as the two teams battled for
supremacy. Lindsay again provided the pass and Boo provided
the goal.
Atletico Madrid were unfazed and created a goal of the
own before the end of the half, two all at the break.
At the start of second half, Boo turned from scorer to
creator and set up an opportunity for Madeline who returned
Lyon to the lead. Madeline was on the beginning side of
goal number four as she provides the pass for Maureen
to claim her second of the match.
The Spanish lads fought back and closed the gap to one
again with a fine effort.
Several sparkling saves from Nicolette in goal and from
sweeper Grace kept Lyon in the lead. Grace who had provide
many fine passes from the back, finally connected with
Madeline late in the game. Madeline put away her second
goal of the evening and Lyon walked of the pitch victorious.
"It was great contest between two teams of courage
and determination,' remarked Houllier after the match.
Marseille vs
Liverpool
Marseille crossed the channel to take on Liverpool at
the old Anfield Stadium. The home side took the the early
lead but Marseille worked hard to earn a tie at half time
as Alyssa found Morgan unmarked in front of the Reds goal.
Liverpool picked up the pace in the second half and Marseille
were unable to match their speed and power. Goals by Alyssa
(from Laura) and Jordan (from Megan) were not enough to
offset the Liverpool firepower. It was a hard fought,
well played match.
AS Monaco vs
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge was filled to capacity as 42,000+ Chelsea
fans were anxiously awaiting the match with Monaco. The
Blues got off to a quick start with 3 goals before Kiki
finished with a heel shot on a pass from Megan and Alyssa
made it 2 on a rush through the middle. Chelsea came back
with two more tallies before Jordan took a pass from Ally
to score just before halftime. The second half was all
Chelsea as Monaco searched unsuccessfully for the right
player in goal. Monaco kwows they are in for a hard week
of conditioning as they couldn't match the physical play
of Chelsea.
