|
Barcelona, Bremen claim notable comeback wins
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-02-23 09:10
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - On a remarkable night of Champions League
comebacks Barcelona beat 10-man Chelsea 2-1 in London while Werder Bremen scored
twice in the last three minutes to beat Juventus 3-2 in their first knockout
round first legs.
Samuel Eto'o (R)
scores past Chelsea's goalkeeper Petr Cech (L) and defender Paulo Ferreira
(C) during their Champions League first knockout round first leg soccer
match at Stamford Bridge in London, February 22, 2006.
[Reuters] | Inter Milan recovered from 2-0 down to
draw 2-2 at Ajax Amsterdam while Rangers twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with
Villarreal in Glasgow.
What had been billed as the game of the round at Stamford Bridge looked to
have been spoiled by a red card for Chelsea's Spanish fullback Asier Del Horno
in the 37th minute for a wild lunge at Argentine teenager Lionel Messi.
On a muddy pitch, depleted Chelsea battled on and took the lead with a Thiago
Motta own goal after an hour.
Another own goal, by Chelsea captain John Terry, levelled it 12 minutes later
and Samuel Eto'o headed Barcelona's precious winner 10 minutes from time.
SAME SCORE
Barcelona won by the same score at the same stage last season, but that was
at the Nou Camp and Chelsea won the home return 4-2.
Werder enjoyed a topsy-turvy night against Serie A leaders Juventus, leading
1-0 at halftime after a scrambled goal by fullback Christian Schulz having
peppered the Juve goal with 17 shots and headers.
Juve hit back to lead with goals by Pavel Nedved (73) and David Trezeguet
(82) but Tim Borowski's near-post flick levelled the scores in the 87th minute
and Johan Micoud then scrambled in an injury-time winner.
Ajax produced one of their best first-half performances of the season to lead
Inter with goals by Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Mauro Rosales inside the first 20
minutes.
Inter kept cool however, and after hitting the bar twice in the same attack,
pulled one back with a deflected Dejan Stankovic shot three minutes into the
second half and poured on the pressure before equalising when Julio Cruz swept
in from close range four minutes from time.
|
