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By Jonathan Stevenson
1942: Teams come out of tunnels as news breaks from Reuters agency that Belgium boss Dick Advocaat has taken over at Dutch champions AZ Alkmaar following the sacking of Ronald Koeman.From prawnmonkey on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60472127)“See 1850 - Real Madrid have not yet qualified. They can still go out if Milan win and Marseille beat Real by a hatful.”
That’s true that is. Good work, prawnmonkey1938: Here’s a brilliant stat I foundwhile reading FourFourTwo’s website earlier:NoBallon D’Or winnerhas ever gone on to win the World Cup the following summer. It’s not especially relevant to tonight, but it’s a good stat nevertheless.1935: Gael Kakuta, who has had more than his fair share of headlines this season, becomes the youngest Chelsea player to ever represent the club in the Champions League. As for Man United, they are unbeaten in their last 14 Champs Lge away games.From Chris in London, via text on 81111: "Let’s hope Ross Turnbull doesn’t have a lot to do tonight, he is useless and I’m sick of Chelsea goalkeeping calamities."1928: There is much yet to be finalised in Man United’s group. CSKA Moscow can progress if they better Wolfsburg’s result, but theywill be without defenders Aleksei Berezutski and Sergei Ignashevich after both were provisionally suspended by Uefaafter providing positive doping tests. CSKA have put it down to a “clerical error”.From KnightM2901 on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/KnightM2901)"The irony is the least defensive of that back four is Evra, the only actual recognised defender!"1923: So, Chelsea keeper Petr Cech has been left out for the meaningless tie with APOEL afterhis blunder saw the Blues lose 2-1 at Manchester City on Saturday.The honourable Cechhas held his hands up, though, and admitted his culpability.Just like ashe did when his last-gasp error knocked the Czechs out of Euro 2008.1919: I haven’t even mentioned the nine Championship games and five FA Cup second round replays taking place tonight too. A fair bit going on, then, so let us be thankful that Euro Cheesy will bring us action from around the continent, while Champo and FA Cup Macca will hit us with the rest of the chat. PS There’s a Final Score, too - and if you refresh, it’ll magically appear.1916: Lots of chat about one member of Man United’s squad for tonight’s game - namely Oliver Gill.The 19-year-old is the son of the club’s chief exec David, but says that is irrelevant:"Nobody takes any notice of my relationship to my dad. I’ve been in the academy for six years and most people have simply forgotten. It’s just not the way Manchester United do things."From moltres89 on 606:](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60472127)"Mr Stevenson, perhaps you should post an entry telling how Man United have already qualified as some people on here don’t seem to realise that! The thing to remember in the Champions League is that head-to-head counts and not goal difference."Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson: "Winning the group is our motivation - I’ve no idea of the shape of the side tonight! We’re an attacking side and we’ll have to go forward and look for goals. They have a great atmosphere here and that should help us, the players relish it."1909: Sir Alex Ferguson makes five changes from the starting XI that saw off West Ham at the weekend. With 15 players missing for the trip to Wolfsburg, the Manchester United back four consists of Park Ji-sung, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, and Patrice Evra, while Michael Owen gets a rare start up front alongside Danny Welbeck. Let’s see how they’ll cope with German Footballer of the Year and Ballon d’Or nominee Edin Dzeko.1908: Wolfsburg v Manchester United line-ups:
Wolfsburg: Benaglio, Schafer, Barzagli, Ricardo Costa, Riether, Josue, Gentner, Hasebe, Misimovic, Dzeko, Grafite.
Subs: Lenz, Simunek, Ziani, Johnson, Madlung, Pekarik, Dejagah.
Man Utd: Kuszczak, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Evra, Gibson, Scholes, Nani, Welbeck, Anderson, Owen.
Subs: Foster, Valencia, Obertan, Eikrem, James, Gill, Stewart.
Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland)From anon, via text on 81111: "From what I’ve seen of Kakuta, he’s well worth Chelsea’s possible transfer ban."From sebpotts on Twitter:](http://twitter.com/sebpotts)I’m amazed that everyone is injured except Michael Owen, first time ever"1900: Stevo’s Champions League Predos:
Atletico Madrid 2-2 FC Porto
Besiktas 1-1 CSKA Moscow
Chelsea 2-0 APOEL Nicosia
FC Zurich 1-2 AC Milan
Juventus 1-1 Bayern Munich
Maccabi Haifa 0-1 Bordeaux
Marseille 2-1 Real Madrid
Wolfsburg 2-1 Manchester United1857: Chelsea v APOEL line-ups:
Chelsea: Turnbull, Belletti, Terry, Carvalho, Zhirkov, Mikel, Essien, Joe Cole, Kakuta, Malouda, Drogba.
Subs: Hilario, Ivanovic, Lampard, Anelka, Bruma, Borini, Philliskirk.
Apoel Nicosia: Chiotis, Poursaitides, Broerse, Paulo Jorge, Haxhi, Morais, Michael, Charalambidis, Pinto, Kosowski, Zewlakow.
Subs: Kissas, Papathanasiou, Satsias, Elia, Jean Paulista, Mirosavljevic, Breska.
Referee: Matteo Trefoloni (Italy)1855: Juventus v Bayern Munich line-ups:
Juventus: Buffon, Caceres, Legrottaglie, Cannavaro, Grosso, Camoranesi, Felipe Melo, Marchisio, Diego, Trezeguet, Del Piero.
Subs: Manninger, Salihamidzic, Amauri, Poulsen, Giovinco, Grygera, Tiago.
Bayern Munich: Butt, Lahm, Van Buyten, Demichelis, Badstuber, Muller, Van Bommel, Schweinsteiger, Pranjic, Gomez, Olic.
Subs: Kraft, Braafheid, Altintop, Robben, Breno, Klose, Tymoschuk.
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)BBC Sport’s Phil McNulty at Stamford Bridge: "Gael Kakuta gets the chance to show what all the fuss is about as he starts for Chelsea against Apoel. John Terry has recovered from a knock on his knee at Manchester City and plays, while there is also a start for Joe Cole and keeper Ross Turnbull. So it’s a night off for Frank Lampard and Nicolas Anelka, who are on the bench, while Petr Cech has a complete rest."1852: You can get involved via the usual avenues:Twitter,](http://twitter.com/Stevo_football)by texting to 81111 (UK) and +44 7786200666 (worldwide) and byhitting the debating crew on 606.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A60472127)1850: Tonight we’ve also gotChelsea v APOEL at Stamford Bridge,though the Blues havealready wrapped up top spot in Group D.More crucially, Juventus face Bayern Munich in a winner-takes-all contest in Turin, and AC Milan and Marseille are still to decide who will join Real Madrid in the last 16 from Group C.1848: Well, you never know. Tonight, Michael Carrick will play in the unfamiliar position of central defence asManchester United face Wolfsburg in Germanystill needing a result to guarantee top spot in Champions League Group B.United are[URL=“http://www.skysports.com/football/match_preview/0,19764,11065_3190152,00.html”]missing 15 players through injury,including EIGHT defenders.Down to the bare bones.1845: Fast forward six months, and disaster strikes: England face a World Cup quarter-final against France, but Rio Ferdinand’s back injury rules him out and John Terry and Matthew Upson are both suspended. Joleon Lescott will take one centre-back berth, but who will have the other Step forward Michael Carrick..This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.