Real Madrid, 5th in a row!

on March 21, 2011 None comments

“El Derbi madrileño “ has a history of 82 years with Real Madrid leading the hostilities. Los Blancos have won 80 times and drew 31 times, losing 35 games. Atletico was not on before Real’s 11 years, and in the last 20 years has won only 3 times.

Real Madrid managed to obtain the fifth victory in a row, a victory well earned after a good game in the Spanish capital derby with Atletico 2-1.

Karim Benzema opened turned on the scoring board for Real Madrid in 11 minutes, the advantage being doubled 33 minutes with help from Mesut Ozil with a shot under the bar.

Aguero has reduced the difference to the final four minutes, but it was too less and too late to change anything in the game.

Jose Mourinho‘s team remains five points behind Barcelona after the Catalans have won the match with Getafe(2-1), keeping the bar high for competition.

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UEFA Champions League quarter-final draws

on March 18, 2011 None comments

Here is the draw for the next stage in UEFA Champions League, another little step for the London final.

Quarter-final draw:

Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea v Manchester United
Barcelona v Shakhtar Donetsk
Inter Milan v Schalke

Semi-final draw:

Inter Milan/Schalke v Chelsea/Manchester United
Real Madrid/Tottenham Hotspur v Barcelona/Shakhtar Donetsk

Show is ahead. Stay tuned!

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Europa League quarter-final draws

on March 18, 2011 None comments

Today were the draws for the next stages in the Europa League. And without more chat, these are the games:

Quarter-final draw (7 &14 April)

FC Porto – FC Spartak Moskva
SL Benfica – PSV Eindhoven
Villarreal CF – FC Twente
SC Braga – FC Dynamo Kiev

Semi-final draw (28 April & 5 May)

1: Braga/Dynamo – Benfica/PSV
2: Porto/Spartak – Villarreal/Twente

Who will get to the semifinals? Who is good enough? Watch and see!

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Europa League, what a beautiful night!

on March 18, 2011 None comments

Manchester City FC 1-0 FC Dynamo Kiev (agg: 1-2)
Dynamo Kiev managed to qualify after a good game against one of the wealthiest club, Manchester City, a ten men crew this match, and just one goal scored.
After a reasonable 2-0 from the first leg for Kiev, City’s hopes sprung but the one goal scored was not enough.

Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-1 SL Benfica (agg: 2-3)
Another successful year for Benfica, no. 2 in a row, caught the qualification train after a good first leg, a well played game.

FC Zenit St Petersburg 2-0 FC Twente (agg: 2-3)
The Russians struggled giving everything they had, but, even with two goals scored it wasn’t enough for a ticket to the next stage.

FC Spartak Moskva 3-0 AFC Ajax (agg: 4-0)
Ajax was no match for Spartak offensive force, giving up three times before a final whistle. The Russians march in speed for the draws to the next stage.

Villarreal CF 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (agg: 5-3)
Leading 3-2 after last week’s first leg, and with some help from Santi Cazorla and Giuseppe Rossi lead the Yellow Submarine into the next stage of Europa League.

FC Porto 2-1 PFC CSKA Moskva (agg: 3-1)
Awesome start for the Dragons with a goal in the first minute, shattering all the hopes for Moskova. Qualification for Porto.

Rangers FC 0-1 PSV Eindhoven (agg: 0-1)
PSV managed a good game against the Rangers. The victory was well deserved and even with just one goal scored, the qualification was in their hands.

Liverpool FC 0-0 SC Braga (agg: 0-1)
Braga is the surprise in this stage, after two good games against Liverpool FC. They kept the one-goal advantage and with a more or less emotions they where the name in the extraction urn for the next stage.

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Chelsea, qualification achieved.

on March 17, 2011 None comments

Starting teams:

Chelsea – Cech, Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole, Ramires, Mikel, Lampard, Zhirkov, Anelka, Drogba

Copenhagen – Wiland, Wendt, Zanka, Antonsson, Bengtsson, Bolaños, Claudemir, Kvist, Vingaard, Gronkjaer, N’Doye

This match starts also with a moment of silence and the message display, ”With you Japan ”, kept by both teams.
Hoping for miracles on English soil and trying to recover from a 2-0 defeat in Copenhagen, the Danish players start in force. But Chelsea is not there to act like a spectator in their hometown!

Copenhagen is overwhelmed in blue, Chelsea players are everywhere, an avalanche of occasions but no ball in the net.

Chelsea succeeds to accomplish its mission, obtaining the qualification after a good first leg in Denmark.

An so, Chelsea is the 3rd English team after Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United in the quarterfinals.

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