Posts Tagged ‘Champions League’

UEFA Champions League Draw

UEFA Champions LeagueA very interesting draw was today, for the UEFA Champions League 3rd round. Let’s take a look at the matches:

Anorthosis / Rapid Wien – Olympiacos
Guimares – Goteborg / Basel
Shakhtar – Domzale / Dinamo Zagreb
Schalke 04 – Atletico Madrid
Aalborg / FK Modrica – Rangers / Kaunas
Barcelona – Beitar / Wisla
Levski – Anderlecht / BATE Borisov
Standard Liege – Liverpool FC
Inter Baki / Partizan – Fenerbahce / MTK Budapest
FC Twente – Arsenal
Spartak Moscow – Drogheda / Dynamo Kyiv
Juventus – Tampere Utd / Artmedia
Brann / Ventpils – Ol. Marseille
Fiorentina – Slavia Prague
Galatasaray – Steaua Bucharest
Panathinaikos / Dinamo Tbilisi – Sheriff / Sparta

Terry “haunted forever”

John TerryJohn Terry, who missed the 5th shot on goal which could have given the Champions League by Chelsea in the final against Manchester United, will be “forever haunted” by the memory of that failure. “I’m so disappointed to have missed the penalty and deprive you and you, fans, teammates, families and friends, a chance to become champions of Europe,” Terry wrote in an open letter to fans published on the site Internet Chelsea. “Many people told me that I need not say that, but I want to do so. It is in my habits. I have relived that moment every minute. I have not slept and only a few hours each morning, I hoped that it would be a bad dream, “adds Terry. (more…)

For Messi, the Olympics rather than the Champions League

Lionel MessiThe Argentinian striker Lionel Messi announced Thursday it had decided to play the Olympic tournament in Beijing in August with the selection of less than 23 years, thus renouncing the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League with FC Barcelona.

“It’s up to me to decide and I can never participate in the Olympics,” said Lionel Messi at a press conference near Barcelona (north-east), stating that he did not yet talked with Barça.

“The leaders of the catalan club talked to me and they said “I understand and I do not think there will be problems with it”.”, said “Leo” Messi, 20 years.

The Barça, who finished 3rd Championship of Spain, will compete in a preliminary round to reach the group phase of the Champions League 2008-2009.

Highlights: UEFA Champions League Final | Manchester United 1-1 (6-5 after pen.) Chelsea

Watch right now the highlights of the big match of yesterday, which was live on SoccerZip.com!

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UEFA Champions League Final | Agony and trance: Manchester United are happy, Chelsea are shocked

Manchester United
Nine years after his coronation in 1999, Manchester United back on top of Europe, offering a third victory in the Champions League and a doubled-C1 Championship. Buteur and author of the only penalty missed by MU, Cristiano Ronaldo was omnipresent. For his last performance in red?

ChelseaThey cried as kids. Professionals adults, football players are big children. For John Terry, Chelsea captain symbol, the night of May 21 in Moscow remain tragic. Worse than the elimination of the England team for Euro 2008. When it moves to take the fifth penalty of Blues, where Didier Drogba, before getting stupidly expel, had been appointed, Terry has the trophy after his right foot. Concentrate, it will mark. He Captain courage to Chelsea, who saved his family a head in front of his miraculous line in overtime. Edwin Van der Sar chooses to dive to his right, Terry has chosen to capitalize on the left of goalkeeper mancunien. But the English defender and slid his shot struck the post left by Van der Sar. For the third time in the evening, Chelsea found the amounts of Manchester United. It’s too much to hope for winning a final of the Champions League. Terry is only the hapless hero of this final with Nicolas Anelka, author of the shooting but failed to offer the victory to MU (1-1, ap, 6 tab 5). (more…)

DRAMA: John Terry has remplaced Drogba

John TerryThe Chelsea captain, John Terry, whose shot missed the goal has claimed the Champions League his team face Manchester United Wednesday, attended the meeting in place of Didier Drogba, excluded at the end of match, “said the assistant coach Henk Ten Cate. (more…)

SPECIAL: UEFA Champions League Final | Manchester United won the cup beating Chelsea on penalties!

Manchester United Champions LeagueManchester United won the 2007-2008 Champions League final by beating Chelsea (1-1, 6 tab 5). A equality at the end of regulation time and then extensions, the two English clubs were départagés the sudden death of the meeting of shots on goal. The shooting of Nicolas Anelka, stopped by Van der Sar, seals the victory of the Red Devils. MU won the 3rd Champions League history and directed the doubled-C1 Championship in England. (more…)

SPECIAL: UEFA Champions League Final | Giggs beat the record by Bobby Charlton

Ryan GiggsThe Welshman Ryan Giggs broke the record for the number of matches played for Manchester United held by Sir Bobby Charlton, to come into play during the final Champions League against Chelsea on Wednesday in Moscow.

Giggs, 34 years, has focused for the 759th time the Red Devils jersey Wednesday, replacing Paul Scholes in the 87th minute.

Aged 70 years, Charlton, who has played 758 matches with Manchester United between 1954 and 1973, was present at Loujniki to see Giggs beat his record.

SPECIAL: UEFA Champions League Final | Moscow is preparing for Manchester United – Chelsea

Champions League FinalSome 40.000 English fans at Manchester United and Chelsea arrived in Moscow, Wednesday, which will play in the evening finals of the Champions League between the two clubs. They will be joined in the stands of the stadium Loujniki by one of the most wanted men in Britain, Andrei Lougovoï.

This ex-KGB agent, the main suspect in the eyes of London in the assassination of former Russian agent became the Kremlin opponent Alexander Litvinenko, will support the London club Chelsea. “It is a great supporter of football, and there goes with his son,” said a spokesman for Mr. Lougovoï. (more…)

PREVIEW: UEFA Champions League Final | The “Revenge hour!”

Manchester United - Chelsea LIVEManchester United ahead of Chelsea in a league for two points. But the Blues do not care. Their chairman, Roman Abramovich, would dream of the Champions League. In Moscow, venue of the finale, a setback is unimagin

Real Madrid-Valencia in 2000, Milan-Juventus in 2003. Manchester United-Chelsea will be only the third final of the C1 pitting two clubs in the same country. Normal, since the former Cup champions Europe clubs only granted that the national champions and not the second, third and even fourth of several championships. But this pattern is repeated called for considering the specificity of the Champions League, although the final 100% French is not for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and then because England and its omnipotence Financial extends its dominance over the European continent. They were already three English clubs in the semi-finals of the C1 last year, but the AC Milan had blocked the road. This year, FC Barcelona was eliminated as the others. (more…)