valencia (teknik direktör: claudio ranieri) santiago canizares, cristobal “curro” torres, david navarro, carlos marchena, amedeo carboni, francisco rufete (bernardo corradi 57'), david albelda (mohamed sissoko 72'), ruben baraja, vicente rodriguez, pablo aimar (stefano fiore 76'), miguel angel angulo
anderlecht (teknik direktör: hugo broos) daniel zitka, lamine traore, vincent kompany, olivier deschacht, michal Żewlakow (goran lovre 80'), besnik hasi (pär zetterberg 55'), walter baseggio, christian wilhelmsson, anthony vanden borre, mbo mpenza, aruna dindane
yardımcı hakemler: bruno faye (fra), franck leloup (fra)
4. hakem: philippe kalt (fra)
valencia: santiago cañizares(gk), carlos marchena, david albelda (c) (dk. 72 mohamed sissoko), rubén baraja, miguel ángel angulo, vicente, amedeo carboni, david navarro, francisco rufete (dk. 57 bernardo corradi), pablo aimar (dk. 76 stefano fiore), curro torres
yedekler: andrés palop (gk), marco di vaio, marco caneira, emiliano moretti
teknik direktör: claudio ranieri (ita)
anderlecht: daniel zítka (gk), olivier deschacht, michał Żewłakow (dk. 80 goran lovre), mbo mpenza, walter baseggio (c), besnik hasi (dk. 55 pär zetterberg), christian wilhelmsson, aruna dindane, vincent kompany, lamine traoré, anthony vanden borre
yedekler: tristan peersman (gk), nenad ještrović, junior, mark de man, jonathan legear
early efforts ensure valencia victory published: tuesday 14 september 2004, 21.45cet
valencia cf 2-0 rsc anderlecht vicente rodríguez and rubén baraja are on target at the mestalla.
by graham hunter at the mestalla
valencia cf kicked off their uefa champions league campaign with the same scoreline by which they won last season's uefa cup final, beating rsc anderlecht 2-0 in group g.
early goals first-half goals from vicente rodríguez and rubén baraja were enough to earn three points as the spanish side put in a compelling display of powerful football. in his first champions league match in charge of valencia, coach claudio ranieri fielded a team comprised almost entirely of the club's 2003/04 uefa cup winning heroes. roberto ayala is still injured and mista remains out of favour despite finishing as valencia's leading scorer last season.
aimar return but the return of revered argentinian playmaker pablo aimar to the side, having missed so much of 2004 with a succession of injuries, was something to please the valencia fans. anderlecht coach hugo broos, in spain to win three points, used anthony vanden borre as a man-marker for aimar who featured as the link between midfield and the strikers in a 4-4-1-1 formation.
attacking start broos had asked his team to go on the attack in an attempt to end their run of one away victory in 18 european matches and to emulate their last victory in spain which came, at this same stadium, 20 years ago. however valencia played with the greater cohesion and urgency from the first minute and aimar danced around goalkeeper daniel zitka, with lightning fast footwork, but miguel angulo's header was made more difficult by a slight touch away from him by vincent kompany.
good kompany kompany then outdid himself with a fantastic block as angulo, again, was about to score. aimar found francisco rufete whose left-footed chip enabled angulo to muscle past lamine traore just six metres from goal, and as the spaniard prepared to shoot, kompany arrived with an outstandingly timed tackle.
vicente opener valencia finally went ahead in the 16th minute as aimar found rufete and the midfield player's chip into the area was spilled by zitka and the ball fell kindly to vicente, who fired home a low shot from just inside the box.
aimar movement as anderlecht struggled to find time on the ball or movement from aruna dindane and mbo mpenza up front, aimar casually lost his marker with clever movements to either side of the pitch. and with half-time approaching, vicente changed wings from left to right, cut inside and fed baraja who changed the ball from right foot to left, beating vanden borre, and slotted home a low shot past zitka.
new approach anderlecht were far more competitive after the break with the tempo of the play immediately higher as broos converted midfielder christian wilhelmsson into anderlecht's third striker.
mpenza comes close dindane's mazy left-wing run almost benefited from the change when wilhelmsson played a brilliantly weighted wall-pass with the ivory coast striker. inside the area, dindane shot across goal but it was slightly too far ahead of mpenza to score.
immediate reply ranieri's answer was to withdraw rufete, introduce bernardo corradi and move angulo to the right wing, allowing aimar to play as the second striker. the reward was some lovely flowing football – but no immediate third goal when angulo's firm right-footed shot was disallowed for offside.
wilhelmsson impresses wilhelmsson confirmed his status as the belgian side's best player in the second half with a powerful run down three quarters of the left side of the pitch to earn a corner, but anderlecht could not find a way through to goal.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde grup maçları bu akşam saat 21:45'te e, f, g ve h grubu'nda oynanacak karşılaşmalarla başlayacak. g grubu'nda emre'li ınter, sakat olan ümit davala'nın görev yapamayacağı maçta werder bremen ile karşılaşacak. şampiyonlar ligi'nde oynanacak diğer maçların programı şöyle:
e grubu: panathinaikos-rosenborg, arsenal-psv, f grubu: shakhtar-milan, celtic- barcelona, g grubu: valencia-anderlecht, ınter- werder bremen, h grubu: psg-chelsea, porto-cska moskova
şampiyonlar ligi'nde ilk hafta e, f, g ve h grubunda yapılan maçlarla başladı. g grubu'nda milli futbolcumuz emre belözoğlu'nun 90 dakika formasını giydiği ınter, ümit davala'nın oynamadığı karşılaşmada werder bremen'i adriano'nun iki golüyle 2-0 mağlup etti. grubun diğer maçında valencia da anderlecht'i aynı skorla geçti.
