Football : UEFA Champion's League Draw
Arsenal vs AC Milan was the game of the first knock-out round. We has to now move on to the quarter finals and the semi finals. Just today, the draws for these matches was shown live on TV. I have been waiting for this for the whole week. I was a bit disheartened as Arsenal drew Liverpool at home. The first team to be picked out of the bowl was Arsenal. Chelsea and Barcelona got the easiest ties of them all. Barcelona got Schalke 04 and Chelsea got Fenerbahce. Both these matches, on paper are a sure win but its football and anything can happen.
If Arsenal can keep another clean sheet at home against Liverpool as they did against AC Milan, they have a good chance of going through to the semi-finals (I say this because of the away goals rules, if Arsenal can score at Anfield, they can just draw the game and win the tie).
Here are the draws that came out today:
Champions League quarter-final draw:
Arsenal v Liverpool (First leg 2 Apr/Second leg 8 Apr)
AS Roma v Man Utd (First leg 1 Apr/Second leg 9 Apr)
Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona (First leg 1 Apr/Second leg 9 Apr)
Fenerbahce v Chelsea (First leg 2 Apr/Second leg 8 Apr)
Champions League semi-final draw:
Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea
Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd
Arsenal have a tough tasks if they want to reach the final. Even if Arsenal beat Liverpool, they will most probably face Chelsea in the semi-finals. Well, I just hope and pray that all the Arsenal players are fit and in great form from the quarter final stage to the final match as I want to see Arsenal win their first ever UEFA Champion's League trophy.
Football: Champion's league last round matches
The UEFA Champion's league last group stage matches will be played today and tomorrow. There are still some top teams who haven't qualified for the knock out round yet so still there places for the small teams to kill off some giants.Lyon and Liverpool are some of those teams. Manchester Untied and AS Roma are through to the Knock out round, manchester united getting in as a winner of their group.
Below are the group tables of Group A and Group H. Liverpool have to win their last match for them to have their destiny in their own hands. Lyon are third in their table and have to play Rangers P W D L F A GD PTS 1 FC Porto 5 2 2 1 6 7 -1 8 2 Marseille 5 2 1 2 6 5 1 7 3 Liverpool 5 2 1 2 14 5 9 7 4 Besiktas 5 2 0 3 4 13 -9 6 P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Sevilla 5 4 0 1 11 7 4 12 2 Arsenal 5 3 1 1 12 3 9 10 3 Slavia Prague 5 1 2 2 5 13 -8 5 4 Steaua Bucharest 5 0 1 4 3 8 -5 1
You can view all the other tables as of now before the end of the last group stage first day match here. you can also view live match updates which is in text version or visit UEFA.com for a bit more visual live match updates.
Football: UEFA Champion's league wednusday's match
Liverpool has to win all their remaining games qualify to the UEFA champion's league knock our round. Liverpool got one step closer to qualify for the UEFA Champion's league knock out round after beating FC Porto. Still Liverpool aren't out of the jam yet, they still could be thrown out the competition in the league stage. If Liverpool want their destiny in their own hands, they need to win the last match of the UEFA Champion's League group stage.
Liverpool won 4-1 against FC Porto. Liverpool's star striker, Fernando Torres was the most influential player in the pitch and he started the the scoring for liverpool. He could have got a hat-trick but still two goals in a Champion's League match is no joke.
Looking at other Champion's League matches, Chelsea won against Rosenborg by 4 goals to nil. The Scottish team Celtic played against Shakhtar Donetsk. The result at the final whistle of the match was Celtic 2-1 Shakhtar Donetsk.All the top teams have secured their place in the knock out round accept Liverpool and Lyon.
Football: UEFA Champion's league Tuesday's match
The UEFA Champion's league group stage match is almost over and some teams have already qualified to go to the knockout round. Arsenal have already qualified for the UEFA champion's league knock out round before they played Sevilla yesterday. Lyon had to play Barcelona and they needed some points from that match as they haven't yet qualified. Lyon might still slip up in their last match. Manchester United played Sporting Lisbon and they looked like they would loose the match if you had looked at the half time scoreline.
Sporting Lisbon were leading with one goal against Manchester United but the lead didn't last long as the very influential Carlos Tevez scored the equalising goal by deflecting in Christiano Ronaldo's long ranged shot. Then in the last minutes of the match, Christiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal for Manchester United. Manchester United are through to the UEFA champion's league knock out round. 
Arsenal were already guaranteed a place in the knock out round before Arsenal played Sevilla. Arsenal had already beat Sevilla by three goals to nil when Arsenal played them at the emirates Stadium. Arsene Wenger made some changes to his team and played some young players. Arsenal took the lead with the help of Eduardo Silva, the new arsene wenger signing who scored a good goal in the twelfth minute. But they failed to win it as Sevilla scored three more goals to win it 2-1 at the end.
Other full time results are as follows:
Group E
Lyon 2-2 Barcelona
VfB Stuttgart 3-2 Rangers
Group F
Dynamo Kiev 1-4 Roma
Man Utd 2-1 Sporting
Group G
CSKA Moscow 0-1 PSV
Inter Milan 2-0 Fenerbahce
Group H
Sevilla 3-1 Arsenal
Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Slavia Prague
UEFA Champion's League match day 3-4
After a one week gap, UEFA Champion's League group stage match took place this mid week. It was a phenomenal week. There were lots and lots of upsets in the group stage. One of them were AC Milan's defeat against Celtic. Dida, the Brazilian goal keeper of AC Milan made a horrendous just at the ninety minute mark which gave the home side (Celtic) the lead. The match was over as it was a late goal. Just after the goal, a celtic fan invaded the pitch and slapped Dida in the cheek. He was stretchered off the field. That didn't influence the match at all. It was a huge loss for AC Milan.
AC Milan 1-2 Celtic. Another upset came in the match against Lyon and Rangers. Lyon were looking good and were thought to have been back in form after a some wins in the domestic league. Lyon were on top of the french domestic league after some wins but in the UEFA Champion's League against Rangers, they looked very ordinary. Lyon were beaten by the Scottish side, Rangers by three goals. read Lyon 0-3 Rangers review on BBC.com here.
Another big upset was at Anfield. Liverpool played Marseille at home. It should have been a straight forward win for Liverpool as they were playing at home and the French side, Marseille who were horrendous in their domestic league. Liverpool had quality players in their side but still Liverpool lost. Read Liverpool 0-1 Marseille review on bbc.com.
UEFA Champion's League: First round of group stage matches concludes
A great start to the UEFA champion's league group stage first round. Not all the clubs got the desired result. Chelsea were the big losers as they lost a game where they should have secured all three points. Rosenborg are not a great site compared to chelsea. Liverpool also had a poor result but they were down to ten men after Jermaine Pennant was shown his second yellow card. Well if you consider that, Liverpool would be happy to get one point away from home with just ten men.
The team I support, Arsenal got a great start to their UEFA Champion's League campaign beating Sevilla 3-0 comfortably. Arsenal are the form team right now and the spirit that Arsenal are showing this season is just great. I hope this form continues to the end of the season. Well maybe thats just too much positive thinking. All teams have a bad patch at one point or another in the whole season.
Barcelona vs Lyon was another match to watch and it didn't disappoint at all. A very positive display by Barcelona. Lyon didn't show much and the whole game was dominated by Barcelona. Barcelona score three goals with no reply by Lyon. First goal Lyon conceded was an own goal but other two were not. The third and final goal of the match was scored by Thierry Henry. Manchester United played against Sporting Lisbon and won 1-0. So a good result for all the top teams on the second day of the champion's league group stage match.
2007-08 Champion's League campaign kicks off
After a four-five months, UEFA champion's league is back again. The UEFA champion's league group stage kicked off yesterday night. I am an Arsenal suporter and I hope they can manage a great Champion's League campaign this year. Arsenal have lost their talisman, Thierry Henry and I suppose that move has united the young Arsenal team. As you can see if you have followed Arsenal this year, they look very solid and they never give up. Great team spirit. Arsenal will be playing their first champion's league group stage match against Sevilla, whose playing style is very similar to Arsenal's.
Chelsea played FC Rosenberg at Stamford bridge and Rosenberg quickly took the lead. Chelsea were very disappointing and just managed to get a draw at home against a lesser team. Its football. You can read Chelsea 1-1 Rosenborg review on BBC here. Liverpool also played Porto yesterday away from home and they also just managed to get a draw against porto but it was an away match. You can read Liverpool 1-1 Porto match review on bbc here. Last years UEFA champion's league winner, AC Milan also played yesterday against Benfica and managed to get a comfortable victory. Real Madrid, last years La Liga title holder played against Werder Bremen and they also managed to put a great performance and won comfortably. Real Madrid look very solid. 
Today, Arsenal will play against Sevilla at the Emirates Stadium. Barcelona play against Lyon. This match should be great match to watch. Manchester United will be playing Sporting Lisbon, which should be an easy match for Manchester United, the current English Premier League champions. You can read UEFA champion's league match day two live text updates on bbc here or visit UEFA.com for live updates.
UEFA Champion's League Highlight : Manchester United vs AC Milan first leg
Manchester United and AC Milan played the first leg of the UEFA Champion's League at Old Trafford ( Manchester United's home ground). It was a great display of individual skills by both teams but especially from AC Milan's attacking player, Kaka. The match ended Manchester United 3-2 AC Milan . Both teams has some advantage going into the next leg at the San Siro ( AC Milan's home ground). AC Milan had two vital away goals even though they lost this match and Manchester United were leading AC Milan by one goal. Well watch the video I embedded below to watch the highlights of the UEFA Champion's League Semi-final first leg between Manchester United and AC Milan.
Uefa Champion's League 2006-2007
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Tomorrow , the Champion's league final of the 2006-2007 season will be played at Athens' Olympic stadium. This is like a recap of the 2005 UEFA Champion's league finals .That was an amazing finals as Liverpool came back from a huge goal deficit . Liverpool were down 3-0 to AC Milan at half time but in the amazing six minutes in the second half, Liverpool scored three goals and they were back in level terms and Liverpool went on to win the UEFA Champion's League in the penalty shoot-outs.
What will happen this time around?? Will AC Milan take revenge on Liverpool??Will Liverpool do the double on AC Milan??Will this match go to penalties??
Who knows what will happen...Football is an unpredictable sport , the best sports ever, too much emotion, too much exciting (well some matches are boring) but still I am proud to say I am addicted to football.
Both , Liverpool and AC Milan will be playing with five men in the mid-field and only one striker. I don't know what the formation is going to be but I will put my money of AC Milan playing with five man mid-field. Don't know much about Liverpool, Rafa Benitez is just too unpredictable.
Review: Manchester United vs AC Milan Champion's League 2nd leg
Wow. I didn't expect that kind of performance from Manchester United. It was a poor performance to say the least. It was very unlike Manchester United. AC Milan were brilliant and in the first half , they scored two goals. The first goal was scored by Kaka and the second one was scored by Clarence Seedorf . In just about 30 minutes from the kick off ,Manchester United were two goals down . The aggregate goal tally at that time was Manchester United 3-4 AC Milan . I thought Manchester United will give a good performance in the second half , but I was damn wrong. It was the same story , Manchester United gave away possession too cheaply and the didn't threaten AC Milan's goal at all. On the other hand, AC Milan's tactics was great and Kaka was the brilliant spark for AC Milan. Genaro Gattuso was also vital in stopping the mid-field of Manchester United . Manchester United were chasing the game and in about 70 minutes or so, Gilardino caught out Manchester United's defence and he just needed to beat the keeper, Edwin Van Der Saar. He did so with quite a composure and a brilliant finish. It was all over for Manchester United then. Manchester United had to score 3 goals to win the semi-final and it was a lot to ask from any team and especially from that lack lustered Manchester United team. The match ended Manchester United 0-3 AC Milan and the aggregate was Manchester United 3-5 AC Milan.
AC Milan and Liverpool will be playing for the UEFA Champion's League trophy. It will be a repeat of the 2005 UEFA Champion's League finals and AC Milan will be eying to take revenge on Liverpool . Liverpool somehow stole the trophy from AC Milan's grasp with three goals in six mad minutes back in 2005. We will have to wait three weeks to watch this UEFA Champion's League final.
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Preview: Manchester United vs AC Milan Champion's League 2nd leg
Wow. It was a great night for Liverpool yesterday. Liverpool won in the penalty shoot-outs against Chelsea. Manchester United and AC Milan play the second leg of the UEFA Champion's League . Manchester United won 3 goals to 2 against AC Milan in the first leg semi-final match. But Manchester United are in a bit of a disadvantage because of AC Milan's 2 away goals. Still , Manchester United just need to draw against AC Milan tonight to go to the UEFA Champion's League Finals which will be held in Athens. I would prefer to see two English teams battling for the UEFA Champion's League trophy but you can't underestimate an Italian team. Manchester United will play AC Milan at San Siro ( AC Milan's home ground). San Siro is quite an intimidating place to play but I think Manchester United will do the job and advance to the UEFA Champion's League finals.
AC Milan vs Manchester United UEFA Champion's League second leg line up.
Milan (4-4-1-1):
Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf; Kakà; Inzaghi.
Subs: Kalac, Cafu, Bonera, Favalli, Brocchi, Serginho, Gilardino.
Manchester U. (4-4-2):
Van Der Sar; O'Shea, Brown, Vidic, Heinze; Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick; C. Ronaldo, Giggs; Rooney.
Subs: Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Eagles, Richardson, Smith, Solskjaer, Saha.
Lets see what happens.
UEFA Champion's League semifinal: Chelsea vs liverpool
Today Chelsea and Liverpool played the second leg of the UEFA Champion's League semi-final match. This game will decide which team will go to the UEFA Champion's League finals. It was a great tactical battle between Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez but Rafa Benitez came out on top. In the first half, Liverpool played a high tempo game and in the 22nd minute, Liverpool got a free kick . It was a training ground free kick and Daniel Agger scored a goal for Liverpool and it was all square for both teams. The aggregate was Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea ( no away goals) after that goal. Liverpool played really well and they could have rapped up the game in the second half but that didn't happen. The match went to extra time and again Liverpool could have won the tie in Extra time. Chelsea created chances few and far between . I felt that if the match went to the penalty shoot-outs , Liverpool would win it because in the past couple of years they have always won shoot-outs. I was dead right. In the penalty shoot-outs , Chelsea missed two penalties. Arjen Robben and Geremi missed the penalties . Zenden took the first penalty and scored , then Arjen Robben took the penalty (I just knew that he wouldn't score) and the Jose Reina saved it. Xavi Alonso , Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard all scored. It was 3-1 for Liverpool. And then it was Geremi's turn. Geremi took the penalty but again Jose Reina saved it. Now if Liverpool scored, they would go to the UEFA Champion's League finals. It was Dirk Kuyt's turn to take the penalty. He took the penalty and scored . Liverpool are in the UEFA Champion's League finals. Now tomorrow Manchester United will play against AC Milan and the winner will have to play Liverpool in the UEFA Champion's League finals which will be held in Athens. I can't wait for tomorrow's Manchester United vs AC Milan UEFA Champion's League semi-final second leg match.
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Preview: Chelsea vs Liverpool Champion's League 2nd leg
Chelsea vs Liverpool Champion's League 2nd leg is about to kick off and Liverpool are one goal down in aggregate.Liverpool need to score a goal to make the aggregate score level.If the match ends this way, it will go to extra time and eventually the penalty shoot-outs. If chelsea score just one goal , this match will be decided in the ninety minutes. If this happens, Liverpool will have to win by a two goal margin because of the away goal rule so Liverpool will have to be careful in the back. Last time out, Chelsea's striker Didier Drogba murdered Liverpool defender Daniel Agger and both the players will be playing today. Lets see who wins that battle today. I think Javier Mascherano will be vital for Liverpool. I don't like Chelsea so I will be supporting Liverpool . Even though Liverpool are one of the rivals of Arsenal ( the team I support ), I will be rooting for Liverpool because I just don't like Chelsea aka Chelski (because of the Russian tycoon Roman Ibrahimovic ) .
UEFA Champion's League semifinal 1st leg results
It was an exciting semi-final as expected and Manchester United vs AC Milan was he highlight of the semi-final first leg and Wayne Rooney and Kaka were stars. The score line at the end of the final whistle was Manchester United 3-2 AC Milan. It is a good result for Manchester United . Now Manchester United just need get a draw at San Siro ( AC Milan's home ground) to go through to the UEFA Champion's League finals. On the other hand, Chelsea will also go through to the UEFA Champion's League finals if they draw their match against Liverpool which will be played at Anfield( Liverpool's home ground). I think Chelsea vs Liverpool will be a hard game for both the teams. They might go to extra time. I think Liverpool and Manchester United will go through to the UEFA Champion's League finals.
UEFA Champion's League semifinal 1st leg
Well after quite an exciting UEFA Champion's league quarter final second leg matches, Manchester United , Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan are through to the semi-final stage. Manchester United will play AC Milan and Chelsea will play Liverpool. It is going to be an exciting UEFA Champion's League Semi-finals. Manchester United vs AC Milan will be played at Old Traford and Chelsea vs Liverpool will be played at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United and Chelsea will have to win without conceding lots of goals if they are to have any chance of going through to the UEFA Champion's League finals. San Siro and Anfield is a hard place to play and score goals so both Manchester United and Chelsea be careful and not concede lots of goals at their home ground because of the away goal rules. Well we will have to wait and see if Manchester United and Chelsea do get a good result at home.
UEFA Champion's league quarter final second leg
UEFA Champion's League quarter final matches are on this mid week.Today the Second leg quarter final matches will be played and I think it will be a huge night.
Manchester United Play AS Roma and Chelsea play Valencia and both the English clubs have in a bit of a disadvantage.Manchester United are down by 2-1 in aggregate and Chelsea have conceded home goal so this is a plus point for Valencia.Anything can happen in football and I think both the
English clubs will get through to the semi-finals.Manchester United will go through to the UEFA champion's league semi finals if they win by 1-0 today.If the score line is 2-1 at end of the ninety minutes, this game will be decided on extra time and if there is no change ...on penalty shootouts.
Chelsea on the other hand will have win tonight or get a 2-2 draw to win at the end of ninety minutes.If the score line is 1-1 at the end of the ninety minutes, the match will go to extra time as well.
Uefa Champions League quarter finals second day
Last night ,two UEFA Champion's League quarter final matches were played.It was the second round of the first leg of the quarter finals .Manchester United played AS Roma and Chelsea played Valencia yesterday and it was some what of a good result for all the teams as all have a chance to go to the semi-final round.Manchester United a little bit hammered in the first half as AS Roma put lots of pressure on manchester United.Second half was a bit different and the game was quite open for the whole of the second half.The score at the final whistle was Manchester United 1-2 AS Roma.The main thing is Manchester United have a vital away goal which count a lot in the UEFA Champion's League.The second match was played between Chelsea and Valencia.It was a hard fought game and Valencia took the lead in Stamford Bridge .Then later Didier Drogba equalised for Chelsea.The scoreline for this match was Chelsea 1-1 Valencia.The second leg of this match will be played at valencia's home ground which is a very hard place to play Valencia.The second leg of this quarter finals will be played next week.I hope all the English teams will get through to the semi final stage except Chelsea.
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Uefa Champions League quarter finals
Last night ,the first leg of the UEFA champion's league quarter final match .The first round of teams played their first leg of the two part quarter final match .PSV Eindhoven played Liverpool and AC Milan played Bayern Munich.Its was a very disappointing day for PSV Eindhoven and their fans after they were beaten by Liverpool last night.PSV Eindhoven vs Liverpool was played at the Phillips Stadium( PSV Eindhoven's home ground) and the score at the final whistle was PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Liverpool.It was a pretty disappointing evening for PSV Eindhoven and they have to climb a huge mountain to progress to the semi finals.Away goals are very valuable in the UEFA Champion's League and Liverpool have three of them.PSV Eindhoven have to score three goals in the next leg and not conceed any to just go to extra time.AC Milan vs Bayern Munich was played at the San Siro( AC Milan's home ground) and Bayern Munich have the upper hand after the final whistle.Bayern Munich have two away goals and it is a huge advantage for them.The score line was AC Milan 2-2 Bayern Munich.I will be watching todays matches .I hope Chelsea get beaten and Manchester United win comfortably.
Lots of changes
The new president of UEFA ,Michele Platini has promised lots of changes in the way that UEFA Champion's league will be played.He plans to eliminate the group stage and introduce knock out type matched for the whole of the UEFA champion's league campaign.And Michele Platini also plans to cut back the number of teams from the top countries.Now four teams from the English premier league ,spanish liga ,Italian serie A and the Bundeshliga.He plans to cut the teams to three but I do not think it will be successful at all.The format the UEFA Champions league is played makes a lot of money and I do not think that people would want to abandon the tried and tested format rather than a drastically different view which has a lot of financial risks.
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The UEFA Champion's League knock out stage is about to start and there is no better football competition than it.I feel that UEFA Champion's League is even better than the World Cup.I watched the last World Cup but it was just too boring.I would rather watch Italian Serie A than the World Cup.UEFA Champion's League knock out stage will start this month after a couple of months break after the group stage.I bet that there will be lots of drama .One of the favorites to win the competition is Barcelona and Chelsea .But Barcelona has to over come Liverpool before they can proceed to the quarter finals.And for Chelsea ,they are not in a great form right no so can't say anything.I would really like to see Arsenal win the Champion's league and they almost did last year but luck was not on their side.
