Liverpool in Europe - 2009/10 Champions League

Round:

Group E : M2

Stadium:

Stadio Artemio Franchi

Date:

Tuesday, 29th September 2009

Attendance:

33,426

Time:

20:45 (local time)

Referee:

Felix Brych

Coach:

Cesare Prandelli

Coach:

Rafael Benitez

VALIDATED

ACF FIORENTINA

LIVERPOOL

Sebastian Frey

25.

Pepe Reina

Dario Dainelli (C)

Glen Johnson

Alessandro Gamberini

Steven Gerrard (C)

Juan Vargas

Fernando Torres

Stevan Jovetic

28 1:0 37 2:0

12.

Fabio Aurelio

10.

Adrian Mutu

15.

Yossi Benayoun

15.

Cristiano Zanetti

18.

Dirk Kuyt

18.

Riccardo Montolivo

21.

Lucas Leiva

19.

Massimo Gobbi

22.

Emiliano Insua

25.

Gianluca Comotto

23.

Jamie Carragher

32.

Marco Marchionni

37.

Martin Skrtel

Marco Donadel

Mutu 83

Diego Cavalieri

20.

Martin Jorgensen

Vargas 75

10.

Andriy Voronin

Kuyt 80

29.

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Marchionni 90

11.

Albert Riera

16.

Sotiris Kyrgiakos

19.

Ryan Babel

Insua 72

26.

Jay Spearing

28.

Damien Plessis

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy

Dirk Kuyt match issued shirt.

Official programme. 48 pages.

Fiorentina Informa. Special edition of the Official Club Magazine dated the day of the match. Difficult to obtain at the match; it is regarded as the official issue for the match.

Official team sheet from UEFA website.

Official programme. 8 pages.

il Nuovo Corriere di Firenze. Newspaper available outside the stadium which is also considered an official issue.

Official programme. 8 pages.

Tutto Viola. Fiorentina fans newspaper available at the stadium which is also considered an official issue.

Images courtesy of Andy Marsden

The twenty four page il Brivido Sportivo newspaper was available in some bars around the stadium.

Image courtesy of Andy Marsden

Image from

Steven Gerrard match worn shirt.

FORM GUIDE

Going further back in time, in 2009/10 Liverpool lost 2-0 at Fiorentina in the #UCL group stages, Stevan Jovetić scoring twice in Florence.#ATALIV | #AtalantaLiverpool pic.twitter.com/TLQJXmylfG
— Vieri Capretta (@VieriCapretta) November 3, 2020

🤩 29 Settembre 2009, un giovane ventenne segna una doppietta al #Liverpool in #ChampionsLeague, la #Fiorentina vince 2-0. Il suo nome è Stevan #Jovetic ⚽💜 pic.twitter.com/LhyCMafmAl
— Passione Fiorentina Tweet (@PassioneFTweet) September 29, 2020

Fans Liverpool mungkin masih ingat tahun 2009 lalu saat Liverpool takluk dari Fiorentina di Liga Champions 2-0, pic.twitter.com/9TWFTUUuxI
— Citizen Bandung (@MCI_RegBandung) April 13, 2014

💜🌟 Throwback to the 2009 Champions league when a baby faced, 20 year old unknown striker from Montenegro announced himself to the World with all 2 Goals for Fiorentina vs Liverpool

Stevan Jovetic... The streets will never forget 🙃 pic.twitter.com/pOW1hv4rhu
— Football Fans Tribe 🇳🇬 ⚽ (@FansTribeHQ) December 1, 2021

▶️ 29 Settembre 2009, la Fiorentina batte il Liverpool a Firenze per 2-0 grazie allo show di Stevan Jovetic 🤩 #ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/B1m7drFdKG
— Passione Fiorentina (@PassioneFiorent) September 29, 2022

Stevan Jovetic MASTERCLASS against Liverpool in the @ChampionsLeague ⚽⚽#OnThisDay in 2009 📅#ForzaViola 💜 #Fiorentina #UCL pic.twitter.com/2ieCua628n
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) September 29, 2020

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The following Sunday Liverpool lost 2:0 to league leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The match had a 4:00 PM kick-off time. Nicolas Anelka gave Chelsea the lead after an hour. Substitute Florent Malouda wrapped up the points in the last minute. The result left Liverpool in 5th position in the Premier League on 15 points after 8 matches; 6 points behind leaders Chelsea.

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