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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The 21st of May will be a magic day. I’m not referring to the last tour of Bruce Springsteen or anything about magicians, I’m talking about football, about european football (well in this occasion, in English football). The 21st of May is going to be the major event of the European Champions League, the final! This year’s edition will take place in Moscow.
The summer is really near, you are starting to feel that spring is finishing, you are looking forward the summer holidays, and you are looking forward traveling… now is your occasion to combine tourism and football at the maximum level. Visit Moscow, a very nice city, and enjoy the Champions League final.
Chelsea and Manchester United will fight the second round of a combat (Manchester United won the first round (Premier League)). The best teams in Europe will offer a spectacular match to decide who brings to England the cup. If Manchester United wins the match will be the 3rd Champions cup, if on the other hand Chelsea wins the match it will be the first. “Chelski” will play at home, with the presence of Roman Abramovich and his compatriots. Abramovich is extremely happy, because after 5 years of spending huge amounts of money in building a team finally he has succeed in achieving the Champions League final, now we’ll see if Chelski can defeat the Premier League’s champion. Wayne Rooney vs. Ricardo Carvalho, Cristiano Ronaldo vs. Essien, Drogba vs. Ferdinand, Scholes vs. Lampard, Cech vs. Van der Sar,… The best players of the world in the best match of the world, buy tickets!
Tags: Champions League, Moscow Final
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
The Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in the city of Moscow, Russia. Now its total capacity is 84,000 seats, all covered. The stadium is part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, previously called the Central Lenin Stadium. Its field is used mainly for football games by Torpedo Moscow club, which is owned by the sports complex itself, and Spartak Moscow.It is also one of the few major European stadiums to use an artificial pitch, as it installed a FIFA-approved Field Turf pitch in 2002. The pitch is necessary for the cold Russian climate, as regular grass pitches are often destroyed during a typical winter and must be replaced at high cost. However, natural grass has been installed for the 2008 Champions League Final.The Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium was the chief venue for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, the spectator capacity being 103,000 at that time. The events hosted in this stadium were the Opening and Closing ceremonies, Athletics, Football finals, and the Individual Jumping Grand Prix. The Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the final game of the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship between Sweden and the Soviet Union, attended by a crowd of 55,000 and setting a new world record for this sport.It was built in 1956 in a zone close to Moscova river and under the name of “Central Lenin Stadium” the official opening take place on 31st July 1956 with a football match in which the Soviet Union team won the China Popular Republic team by 1-0. It was renewed in 1995-1997 and its name changed to the present name. Quality and safety of the stands was improved, capacity was optimised to 84,000 seats and it was fully covered. This is the Stadium where all football fans will be present, in situ or trough the TV, next 21st May.
Tags: FIFA, final, Moscú
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
When maximum only 7 or 8 Day matches must be played, let’s have a quick glance over the Major European Leagues to try to bet on which could be the future champions in the different national leagues. In Portugal, Scotland, France and Holland the final results are almost decided whilst in Germany, Italy, England and Spain the final decision must wait. To better understand the above mentioned quick information, we provide hereunder detailed situation of Major European Leagues.Portugal (Liga bwin): After Day 24 matches out of 30, Porto is first with 60 points followed by Benfica and Vitoria G both with 44 points.Scotland (Premier League): After Day 32 matches, Glasgow Rangers is first with 74 points followed by Celtic Glasgow with 68 points. France (Ligue 1): After Day 31 matches out of 38, Olympic Lyon is first with 67 points followed by Grindings Bordeaux with 58 points.Holland (Eredivisie): After Day 31 matches out of 34, PSV Eindhoven is first with 65 points followed by Ajax with 60 points.Germany (1 Bundesliga): After Day 26 matches out of 34, Bayern Munich is first with 54 points followed by Hamburg with 47 points.Italy (Serie A): After Day 31 matches out of 38, Inter is first with 69 points followed by Rome with 65 points.England (Premiership): After Day 32 matches out of 38, Manchester United is first with 76 points followed by Chelsea with 71 points.Spain (Primera Division): After Day 30 matches out of 38, Real Madrid is first with 65 points followed by Villarreal with 59 points.If we make any prediction we will only need to wait a few days to know whether we get right.
Tags: Glasgow Rangers
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
With four Premier League clubs through to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League the question today is: Will two English teams attend the Final in Moscow next May? The prospect of Liverpool meeting Manchester United or a London derby between Arsenal and Chelsea, as in the last eight in 2003/04, is one for which the players would rather wait. Save it for the semis or Moscow is the general consensus.
It is the first time four sides from one country have reached the last eight and it is a measure of the Premier League’s dominance that two sides were able to win in San Siro to advance. No English side had ever beaten Milan there before Arsenal knocked out them last week and Liverpool’s victory against Inter was their first in the famous stadium, albeit at only the second attempt.
In 2003 three Italian teams reached the semi-finals, with Juventus and Milan ultimately contesting the final in Manchester. With the financial riches on offer, packed stadiums and the lure of European success, there is no doubting why the Premier League attracts the world’s top players. But there is a downside to this success. In the second legs only two English players started in Liverpool’s win at Inter, four in Chelsea’s victory against Olympiacos, none in Arsenal’s San Siro triumph and four in United’s defeat of Olympique Lyonnais.
That, though, is a matter for another day. For the moment, one man at least is looking forward to the possibility of facing off with the likes of Arsène Wenger and Rafael Benítez on an even bigger stage. “We will relish the chance to face another English team in the quarter-finals if that happens,” United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said. “But it doesn’t really matter who you play in the quarter-finals, they’re all going
Tags: Alex Ferguson, Premier League
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Friday, March 7th, 2008
After the matches played last Tuesday and Wednesday, Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Rome, Ferenbahçe and Schalke 04 are already qualified for last-eight games of Champions League 2007/08. Internazionale and Liverpool will play on March 11 to decide the last team to be qualified for this phase which corresponding matches (as well as possible semi-finals) will be draw on Friday March 14 in Nyon.
But one of the important facts is that Lionel Messi will miss both legs of FC Barcelona’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie after being ruled out for six weeks with a torn thigh muscle. The 22-year-old Argentinean was forced to leave the pitch 38 minutes into Tuesday night’s 1-0 win against Celtic FC, which completed a 4-2 aggregate victory for Frank Rijkaard’s side. Suffering the damage during a sprint, Messi left the field in distress having also torn muscle in his left thigh in a league game against Valencia CF in December, an injury which resulted in a one-month absence from the first team.
Club doctors have ruled Messi out for six weeks, meaning he will miss a crucial period with Barça still in the running for three trophies. He is expected to miss six Liga First Division games, both legs of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and he will also stop his career to obtain the tittle of maximum scorer where he is now on top together with Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United with 6 goals each. He will also miss the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final against Valencia and also the final on April 16, should Barça make it.
Tags: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, UEFA Champions League
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