Fenerbahçe vs. Sparta Prague (1-0)
1-0 (Pierre van Hooijdonk 16)
A Dutch striker, scoring for a German manager
of a Turkish football club.... such is the Champions League today.
Olympique Lyon vs. Manchester United (2-2)
1-0 (Cristiano Cris 35)
2-0 (Pierre-Alain Frau 44)
2-1 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 56)
2-2 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 61)
Manchester United almost got their European
Champions League campaign off to the most drastic of starts -- like Arsenal had a habit of
doing -- until Ruud van Nistelrooy demonstrated he was back by scoring a brace to cancel
out Lyon's first-half lead.
Manchester United vs. Sparta Prague (4-1)
1-0 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 14)
2-0 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 25pen)
2-1 Lucas Zelenka 53()
3-1 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 60)
4-1 (Ruud van Nistelrooy 90)
(Karel Poborsky, Sparta Prague, 87)
Olympique Lyon vs. Fenerbahçe (4-2)
0-1 (Selcuk Sahin 14)
1-1 (Mickael Essien 22)
2-1 (Florent Malouda 53)
2-2 (Tuncay Sanli 73)
3-2 (Honorato da Silva Nilmar 90)
4-2 (Honorato da Silva Nilmar 90)
(Servet Cetin, Fenerbahce, 75)