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Half time. Can't really fault the team's performance. Good energy and movement, could use a bit more quality going forward. I'd take Kalou off for Danny at the 60th min mark, he has offered verylittle so far.

Great shot raul. Even better save by the keeper.

What an effort by Torres. everything was perfect bar the finish. Keep it up Nando.

Benfica players' diving and whining to the ref is getting annoying. Paulo has been very solid so far, not that I expected anything but from him.

Deserved yellow card for Bruno Cesar. Why does mata take our free kicks??!

Yellow card for Meireles. Unnecessary tackle. Oh Cardozo was close.

Ramires is playing with intent. Great stuff from him so far.

Ashley cole and Luiz are a booking away from missing the return leg. They must be careful.

We have more Portuguese speaking players on the field than Benfica!

What a beautiful stadium!

Nothing like a CL night. Come on you blues!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_fPhOtBd3U&feature=g-u-u&context=G25b5b47FUAAAAAAABAA

:confused: How do they line-up? 4-5-1?

I really hope the Blanc links are just media speculations. I think I might prefer Benitez!

You know you're going to have a fight on you're hands when Jesus himself is threatening you before the match!

Thanks for the heads-up Alex.

Two great guys. Congrats to both of you and goodluck.

lol Yeah, but at least most of our fans know where the problem lies. I have a few friends who are die-hard Inter fans and they honestly believe that Cesar is the best keeper in the world and that Lucio is a world class defender They're almost as delusional as Liverpool fans....almost!

The trophy-less manager? No thanks!

Inter fans blamed ranieri for their results because they don't want to admit that most of their players are past it. I think Ranieri did very little wrong there.

You are probably right about Di Santo, but we didn't know that when he was sold from chelsea because he was never even given a chance to prove what type of player he is. Needless to say that I agree that Sinclair would be a much better option than Malouda or Kalou as is Borini a better striking option than our number nine.

I really didn't see much difference between his performance on the right and left wing. He made a couple of good dribbles on the left side, got behind the rightback, then disappeared completely in the second half. Typical Danny.

Del Piero is a god. There has never been or will ever be someone like the legendary Alessandro.

I hear Iva has traveled with the squad to portugal, hope he's fit, if there is anything we have right now it's a solid defense.

He was very unlucky, Zaragoza didn't manage a single chance before they were awarded a 'soft' penalty.