inter (teknik direktör: roberto mancini) olio cesar soares espindola, maicon douglas sisenando, ivan ramiro cordoba, marco materazzi, nicolas andres burdisso, luis filipe madeira caeiro figo (santiago hernan solari 89'), dejan stankoviç, esteban matias cambiasso (olivier dacourt 31'), javier adelmar zanetti, hernan jorge crespo (julio ricardo cruz 68'), zlatan ibrahimoviç
valencia (teknik direktör: quique flores) santiago canizares, luis miguel brito, raul albiol, roberto ayala, emiliano moretti, miguel angel angulo (joaquin sanchez 83'), carlos marchena, david albelda, david silva (jorge lopez 90'), david villa, fernando morientes (hugo viana 76')
yardımcı hakemler: fredrik nilsson (swe), henrik andren (swe)
4. hakem: martin ingvarsson (swe)
internazionale: júlio césar (gk), iván córdoba, javier zanetti (c), dejan stanković, luís figo (dk. 89 santiago solari), zlatan ibrahimović, maicon, nicolás burdisso, hernán crespo (dk. 68 julio cruz), esteban cambiasso (dk. 31 olivier dacourt), marco materazzi
yedekler: francesco toldo (gk), maxwell, adriano, walter samuel
teknik direktör: roberto mancini (ita)
valencia: santiago cañizares(gk), miguel, roberto ayala, carlos marchena, david albelda (c), david villa, fernando morientes (dk. 76 hugo viana), miguel ángel angulo (dk. 83 joaquín), raúl albiol, david silva (dk. 90+1 jorge lópez), emiliano moretti
yedekler: ludovic butelle (gk), david navarro, curro torres, miguel pallardó
teknik direktör: quique sánchez flores (esp)
goller: 1-0 esteban cambiasso dk. 29 1-1 david villa dk. 64 2-1 maicon dk. 76 2-2 david silva dk. 86
sarı kartlar: dk. 85 nicolás burdisso, dk. 89 javier zanetti (c) (internazionale) dk. 28 david albelda (c), dk. 41 carlos marchena (valencia)
valencia revival frustrates inter published: thursday 22 february 2007, 0.45cet
fc internazionale milano 2-2 valencia cf
the spanish side twice came from behind to deny inter and take the initiative in the first knockout round tie.
by richard aikman from san siro
valencia cf claimed two priceless away goals after coming from behind twice to frustrate fc internazionale milano in the first leg of their first knockout round tie.
fightback inter had led in both halves of an engaging encounter at the stadio giuseppe meazza, but the strikes from midfielders esteban cambiasso and maicon were nullified by long-range efforts from david villa and david silva as valencia refused to concede defeat.
home pressure inter's fans may have been reduced in number but that only served to ramp up the volume in the curva nord and the home side responded by carving out some fine early opportunities. their first chance came as a result of a mistake by santiago cañizares, whose attempted clearance rebounded off zlatan ibrahimović and looped back over his head towards goal. roberto ayala was on hand to spare his blushes with a crucial clearance.
dominance from the ensuing throw-in, maicon's curling cross was met by a glancing header from ibrahimović but this time it was the post and then raúl albiol that came to the spanish goalkeeper's rescue. inter, dominant throughout the first half, next tried their luck from distance through javier zanetti and hernán crespo, who were both denied by cañizares. yet when it came, the opening goal was scored from close range.
cambiasso header along with zanetti and cambiasso, luís figo was justifying his selection with an excellent performance and, after luring david albelda into a foul on the right flank on 29 minutes, the 34-year-old delivered a curling free-kick which was touched goalwards by ibrahimović. cañizares made a fine reaction save but the reflexes of cambiasso were even quicker as he stooped to head in the rebound.
close calls valencia, seemingly affected by an injury-depleted squad, were largely reduced to chasing shadows although villa almost equalised in the 44th minute when he drove wide of the far post from 15 metres after flicking the ball over iván córdoba. that would have been harsh on the hosts, who should have doubled their lead a minute earlier when crespo dived headlong to send dejan stanković's centre narrowly wide.
villa reply the second half continued in the same vein as figo squandered two openings, first finding his shot blocked by albiol following another sweeping nerazzurri move, then failing to make clean contact with an angled attempt from ten metres. valencia barely threatened but, against the run of play, pulled themselves level on 64 minutes when villa unleashed a venomous strike. the visitors were awarded a free-kick 30 metres from goal and the spanish international stepped up to beat júlio césar for pace and accuracy.
back in front valencia's tails were up and they began to pass the ball around with confidence but with a quarter of an hour remaining, they conceded again. maicon, excellent all night, set off on another foraging right-wing run, exchanged passes with substitute julio cruz and sidefooted the ball in from six metres for a goal his selfless industry merited.
vital strike the primera división team were not done yet, though. they grabbed a lifeline four minutes from time when silva volleyed in from the edge of the area following a half-cleared corner to secure a second away goal and leave the tie weighted in valencia's favour for the return leg on 6 march.
avrupa futbolunun en büyük kupa mücadelesi olan şampiyonlar ligi'nde kuralar çekildi.
isviçre'nin nyon kentinde yapılan kura çekiminde 16 takım çeyrek final mücadelesi öncesi birbirileriyle eşleşirken, galatasaray'ın grubundan lider olarak çıkan ingiltere takımı liverpool, geçen yılın şampiyonu barcelona ile çeyrek finale çıkma mücadelesi verecek.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde çeyrek finale çıkma mücadelelerinin ilk maçları 20-21 şubat 2007, rövanş karşılaşmaları ise 6-7 mart 2007 tarihlerinde oynanacak.
avrupa futbolunun önde gelen kulüplerinin katıldığı şampiyonlar ligi kura çekiminde almanya şampiyonu bayern münih, bu kupayı en çok kazanan ispanyol devi real madrid'i çekti.
grup mücadelelerinin en başarılı takımı fransız olimpique lyon ise çeyrek finale çıkmak için italyan as roma'yı elemek zorunda kalacak.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde final maçı ise 23 mayıs 2007'de atina'da yapılacak.avrupa şampiyonlar ligi'nde bir üst turda eşleşen takımlar şöyle:
fc chelsea (ingiltere) - porto (portekiz) bayern münih (almanya) - real madrid (ispanya) liverpool (ingiltere) - barcelona (ispanya) valencia (ispanya) - inter (italya) olimpique lyon (fransa) - as roma (italya) manchester united (ingiltere) - losc lille (fransa) arsenal (ingiltere) - psv eindhoven (hollanda) ac milan (italya) - celtic fc (iskoçya)
