Champions League Roundup: PSV carry first leg lead to London
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02/20/2007 -
Eindhoven, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Dutch champion PSV Eindhoven
handed English Premier League power, Arsenal, its first defeat in any
competition of 2007 when the UEFA Champions League resumed with the first leg
of the first knockout phase on Tuesday.
A brilliant strike by Ecuadorian International Edison Mendez is the 61st
minute proved to be the difference in the game as Arsenal put forth a
lackadaisical effort for most of the Round of 16 contest.
The game started passively for both sides, but Arsenal had the first quality
scoring chance 13 minutes in.
Thierry Henry fed Tomas Rosicky with a one-two on the left side of the area,
and the Czech midfielder found a seam. He fired a low shot at the far post
which was saved by PSV's Brazilian goalkeeper Gomes, but not without some
suspense. He got a hand on the ball to stop it as he was falling away, leaving
the ball inches from the goaline before Carlos Salcido cleared it away.
Mendez got PSV's first shot on goal in the 21st minute from 20-yards but the
effort was easily saved by Arsenal 'keeper Jens Lehman.
About five minutes later, Arsenal striker Henry had another quality effort
from the left side, but bent a shot over the crossbar.
PSV had the next quality chance in the 39th minute when Jason Culina touched
the ball around a defender in the midfield and found space where he raced on
goal before unleashing a shot. Lehman made the save with little difficulty,
however, as the shot was right at him.
Henry had a couple of minimal chances before the break, but was able to do
little with them and the teams went into halftime tied at 0.
The teams came out with little energy to start the second half before Mendez
was able to put the home squad on top.
After taking a well placed pass from Arouna Kone, Mendez struck a low hard
shot into the bottom-left corner of the net to give PSV the lead at the hour
mark. The 25-yard strike just eluded the fingertips of a diving Lehman to
find the back of the net.
After the goal, PSV made history by subbing in Sun Xiang, who made his
Champions League debut - the first ever appearance by a Chinese player in
UEFA Champions League competition.
The Gunners created few chances the rest of the way with Francesc Fabregas'
effort from about 20-yards out being the best about 20 minutes to time.
His strong strike was deflected over the crossbar by Gomes as he drove to his
left to ensure the slim lead.
Arsenal outshot PSV 12-9 in the contest while Gomes made six saves to earn the
win. The loss is the first for Arsenal at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven in
three Champions League matches there - this the first in the knockout phase.
In the other UEFA Champions league matches on Tuesday, Spanish power Real
Madrid outscored German champion Bayern Munich 3-2 behind two goals from Raul,
Celtic and AC Milan battled to a 0-0 draw and Manchester United used a
controversial quick start, freekick goal by Ryan Giggs seven minutes from time
to secure a 1-0 win at Lille.
The rest of the first leg contests will be played Wednesday with Barcelona, FC
Porto, Inter Milan and Roma hosting Liverpool, Chelsea, Valencia and Lyon,
respectively.
At the conclusion of the first leg matches Wednesday, Champions League matches
will resume March 6-7 at the higher seeds' home stadiums for the second leg of
the Round of 16 phase.
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Work left to do: Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, Kansas State
 Texas joins Texas A&M and Kansas as locks after getting league win No. 11. Texas Tech greatly helped its own hopes and crippled OK State's with the two-point win Saturday. Is K-State the last reasonable hopeful? Could be an elimination match in Stillwater on Tuesday, at least for the Cowboys.
Work left to do:
Texas Tech [18-11 (7-7), RPI: 44, SOS: 12] A critical two-point win over OK State leaves the Red Raiders with Baylor and at Iowa State left. Get both and the Red Raiders likely are good to go. Get one and there could be some interesting comparisons with a K-State team that could finish two or three games "ahead" of them in the standings but doesn't have any of the quality wins Texas Tech has. Not a lot in nonconference play (against Arkansas in Little Rock being the best win, by far) to lean on.
Oklahoma State [18-9 (5-8), RPI: 50, SOS: 35] Still without a road win, the Cowboys now need to win two on the road just to get to .500 in conference play. It's hard to recall a team (OK, other than Clemson) falling so precipitously from lock status to almost certainly out of the NCAAs at this point. There are wins to be had in the last three, including a very big home game against K-State on Tuesday, but this team is reeling. Can you tell the pressure to win is getting to them with the way the final possession played out at Texas Tech? There are some good nonconference performances to lean on, specifically beating Missouri State and Syracuse on neutral floors and Pitt in OK City, but if the Pokes don't right this very, very soon, that won't be enough.
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