Apr
16
Ronaldo goal against Porto video
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal last Tuesday against FC Porto for Champions League will go down in history as not only one of the most beautiful goals scored from 40 yards out but also as the goal that for the first time allowed an English team to beat Porto away from home.
Ronaldo’s incredible shot stunned everyone [...]
Mar
20
The Champions League Draw.
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Well the conspiracy theory didn’t come true. There was only one all-English quarter final drawn (Liverpool v Chelsea) which left one tie without an English team, this turned out to be Bayern Munich v Barcelona, which promises to be a fantastic tie. It will be interesting to see how Bayern play after crushing Sporting Lisbon [...]
Mar
12
Arsenal’s So-so Performance.
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If yesterday’s Champions League Round of 16 game had been a 90 minute game Arsenal would have been booed by their fans as they went off at full time and Wenger would have been facing more criticism. Nicolas Bendtner would have been hounded out of North London for having the touch of a donkey and [...]
Nov
7
Del Piero goals against Real Madrid
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Alessandro Del Piero is all class and at the age of 34 he proved once more that he is a force to be reckoned with scoring 2 goals for Juventus to give his team a win away from home against Real Madrid. Del Piero’s performance at the Estadio Bernabéu last Wednesday for the Champions League [...]
Nov
5
Karagounis’ goal against Bremen
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I can’t decide what I like most: the way Giorgios Karagounis celebrates his goal, the French sportscaster’s voice, or the unbelievable volley that gave Panathinaikos their second goal against Werder Bremen on the way to a 3-0 away victory? Watch the below video and you will understand.
Sep
16
Chelsea shuts out Bordeaux, 4-0
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Chelsea started out their Champions League quest on a very bright note with an expected, but still stunning victory over Bordeaux. A goal by Frank Lampard during the 19th minute only began the domination by the Blues. The momentum continued to build throughout the game and culminated into very happy celebration once the game went [...]
Aug
28
As usual the English teams dominate this year UEFA Champions League teams and they should have the winning team come up on top. As always there were sixteen teams who made it to the Champions League automatically and then another sixteen teams who qualified for the league. There will be a grand total of seventeen [...]
Aug
26
Juventus will be in great shape to make their first UEFA Champions League since way back in 2005 and we’ll know today whether or not they will move on. In the third leg of the qualifying matches Juventus was able to beat FC Artmedia Petrzalka by the score of 4-0. They will need to perform [...]
Aug
8
Claude Puel has a lot of pressure on him this year with Olympique Lyonnais
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As we all know Olympique Lyonnais has done exceptional the past decade basically and have won seven straight French Ligue 1 championships. Now with new coach Claude Puel onboard they will be looking to continue this championship run into this season which begins tomorrow. Last year coach Alain Perrin managed to take the team into [...]
Jul
30
Barry to stay
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The ongoing speculation of Liverpool acquiring Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry may be coming to an end soon as the club has said that the star player will be staying with them. Barry had expressed interest in joining Liverpool, but it doesn’t seem like things will turn out the way he wanted. Villa was willing [...]