Posts Tagged ‘Champions League’
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Le tirage pour les quarts de finale de la ligue des champions à accouché de 2 gros chocs et on ne va pas s’en plaindre.
Le premier sera une affiche anglaise avec les Blues de Chelsea (actuel 3e de la première league) qui devront défier les Reds de Liverpool (actuel 2e de la première league).
Nous auront aussi le droit à un savoureux Barça – Bayern qui promet énormément avec un match dans le match entre 2 des joueurs les plus rapides des terrains d’ Europe, Ribery et Messi.
De l’autre coté du tableau le leader de la première league, les Red Devils de Manchester United ont profité d’un tirage plutôt clément puisqu’ils devront affronter le leader de la ligue portugaise le FC Porto, une des 2 équipes les plus prenables avec Villareal (sur le papier…).
Villareal d’ailleurs devra batailler pour venir à bout des Gunners d’Arsenal, cela sera l’occasion de jauger le 4e de la première league face au 4e de la liga.
Correspondant à Barcelone : Julianito.
Tags: Barça, bayern, Champions League
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
It is hard to deny that the Primiership league is the crème de la crème of European Football leagues. Hey, we new that before but the performances by Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea left no room for a doubt. Our Spanish counterparts didn’t do to shabby either qualifying 3 of their own.
Manchester and Liverpool simply out played their opponents while Chelsea and Arsenal struggled a bit but got by into the next round.
It is now put in place that the majority of the quarterfinals will be an ultimate showdown between the two best leagues in Europe.
We are all waiting until next Friday to find out who is playing whom but one thing is for sure, we are all in for a treat as the Primiership and La Liga face off for bragging rights.
Tags: Arsenal, Champions League, Chelsea, English, Liverpool, Man U
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Looks like Liverpool is up to their Champions league magic again. Their 1- 0 result over Real Madrid has all of Spain wondering, if they do in fact get past Real in the second leg, who will be their next victim from La Liga.
Could FC Barcelona get a rematch from a few years back with everthing on the line?
We will all have to wait and see.
Liverpool manager , Rafeal Benítez, admitts that it is just one game and the team will have to play better the second time around but for now they deserve to enjoy this moment for it was a pleasant game to the eye.
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Tags: Champions League, FC Barcelona, Liverpool, Real Madrid
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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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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Have you ever been to the Theatre of Dreams? No, what a pity! Is a wonderful place! Instead of a proper stage there’s a field full of the greenest grass you’ve ever seen. Instead of actors and actresses there are the greatest players you’ve ever seen. Instead of a theatre there’s the nicest stadium you’ve ever seen. Instead of costumes there are the reddest t-shirts you have ever seen. Instead of Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando or Meryl Streep there are Cristiano Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney… on stage. Would you waste the chance of dreaming awake? In the theatre of dreams everything is possible.
After a good match in Barcelona (the European semi-final’s first leg), you’ve got a second opportunity to watch one of this year’s greatest match. In Camp Nou, Barcelona was superior. FCB did know how to play this complicated match. Not loosing any balls in the midfield with the return of Deco and the security given by Yaya Toure. Good transitions to the forward players. And good chances of scoring goals. Eto’o, Messi, Henry, Bojan played good but didn’t find how to create serious problems for United’s goalkeeper, Van der Sar.
Ferguson didn’t transmit to ManU players all the intentions he had planning the game. Maybe when Cristiano Ronaldo missed the penalty kick everything went upside down for Ferguson’s plans.
But now we’ve got a second chance of enjoying (in the theatre of dreams – Old Trafford) the second leg of what was a marvellous game of football. The dice are thrown and there’s only an aim: Moscow!
Buy tickets!
Tags: Champions League, semi-final, UEFA
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