It was a game that had everything. In an enthralling encounter Chelsea was the team celebrating a fifth UEFA Champions League semi-final appearance in the last six seasons. But at halftime Liverpool fans had to be dreaming of an improbable comeback as they jumped to a 2-0 lead inside the first 30 minutes. The 3-1 […]
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Jürgen Klinsmann got his wish as Bayern Munich departed the Champions League competition with heads held high, even if Seydou Keita denied them victory on the night as Barcelona eased through to the semi-finals with a comfortable 5-1 aggregate triumph. After their 4-0 first-leg defeat in Catalonia, Bayern were determined to restore pride, and appeared […]
Barcelona take a 4-0 advantage to Munich but are wary of Bayern’s wounded pride when they face the Germans on Tuesday in their Champions League quarter-final return leg. Barca coach Pep Guardiola warned their high scoring victory in Spain last week could bring the best out of the German champions, who have called the defeat […]
Interesting data on the UEFA site about this weeks Champions League quarter-final games. Call it a statistical look at this week’s games. Chelsea v Liverpool (first leg: 3-1) Chelsea have never lost a European tie after taking a first-leg advantage back to Stamford Bridge. Liverpool have found the net at Stamford Bridge just twice in […]
Villarreal have been dealt another significant injury blow after Marcos Senna was ruled out of Wednesday’s second leg against Arsenal with a left hamstring problem. The Spanish international picked up the knock in the second half of Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat by Málaga, limping off ten minutes from time as his side, having already made […]
Real Madrid were again able to haul themselves back to within six points of Liga leaders FC Barcelona, this time with a 2-0 home win against Real Valladolid, but third-placed Sevilla suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat by Getafe. Barcelona had asked questions of the Spanish champions with Saturday’s 2-0 win at home to RC Recreativo […]
FC Barcelona defeated lowly Recreativo de Huelva 2-0 at the Camp Nou to stretch their Liga lead over Real Madrid to nine points, on a day when Villarreal’s hopes of a top-four finish were dented by Málaga. Josep Guardiola’s team quickly set about their relegation-threatened opponents and were a goal to the good after a […]
Earlier this week we reported on Manchester United’s latest financial report. Well today our sister publication Premier League Tickets has an article about Forbes now values Man United about Real Madrid as the richest team in the world. Manchester United have passed Real Madrid and are the world’s richest football club according to Forbes magazine. Forbes estimates […]
Tottenham’s conquerors Shakhtar Donetsk took a big step towards the last four of the UEFA Cup after beating Marseille 2-0 in their quarter-final first leg. Tomas Hubschman set the Ukrainian side on their way in the first half and Rodrigues Jadson added a second after the break as Shakhtar continued their impressive run. Shakhtar beat Spurs […]