Real Madrid ripped Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich side apart in Munich on Wednesday winning 4-0 to complete a 5-0 aggregate victory. Holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg, a first-half brace from Sergio Ramos and two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, which took his season’s UEFA Champions League tally to a record 16, handed Real […]
Champions League
In as dour a semi-final as you will ever see, Jose Mourinho’s parked the bus at the Vicente Calderon Stadium on Tuesday night and left Madrid with a goalless draw. Lone striker Fernando Torres, starting against his former club, was ignored almost all match as Chelsea packed men behind the ball, with Gary Cahill marking […]
Real Madrid’s hopes of winning a 10th Champions League title were dealt a blow on Thursday when it was revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo injury is worse than originally thought: The club’s medical update reads: “Medical tests performed on Cristiano Ronaldo have revealed an injury to the player’s left biceps femoris muscle. Pending a medical evaluation.” […]
Bayern Munich’s dream of becoming the first team to retain the Champions League remains alive after a 4-2 aggregate win over Manchester United, while Atletico Madrid reach the semi-finals for the first time in 40 years with a 2-1 defeat of Barcelona. Koke’s fifth-minute goal was enough to send Atletico through to the last four, […]
Chelsea and Jose Mourinho dare to dream of European glory once more after overcoming a two-goal deficit to advance to the Champions League semi-finals at the expense of Paris Saint-Germain. Mourinho raced down the touchline in celebration of substitute Demba Ba’s 87th-minute goal, which secured the 2012 winners a 2-0 win and a place in […]
Real Madrid eased towards a fourth consecutive Champions League semi-final as Cristiano Ronaldo equalled another goalscoring record in their 3-0 win over Borussia Dortmund at the Bernabeu. Looking to avenge their last-four defeat at the hands of the Germans last season, the Spanish giants flew out of the traps and were ahead within three minutes […]
It finished 1-1 at both Manchester United and Barcelona, as Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid both left with crucial away goals in a pair of enthralling Champions League quarter-final first-legs. Unlike Arsenal, United will travel to Germany with their Champions League hopes still alive after holding the much-vaunted Bayern Munich at Old Trafford despite being […]
Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund wrapped up the last two available places in Friday’s Champions League quarter-final draw on Wednesday’s. United did the improbable, beating Olympiacos 3-0 at home to win 3-2 on aggregate. Meanwhile last season’s runners-up Dortmund progressed despite losing at home to Zenit. It was a night of high drama at Old […]
A pair of comfortable wins saw Chelsea and Real Madrid advance to the Champions League quarter-finals as they beat Galatasaray 3-1 and Schalke 9-2 respectively on aggregate. While all the attention had been focused on the reunion with Didier Drogba, it was a Chelsea striker who got the ball rolling Chelsea’s way with a strike […]