Real Madrid set up a mouth-watering Champions League semi-final against Barcelona after Cristiano Ronaldo’s second-half goal completed a comprehensive aggregate defeat of Tottenham Hotspur. Ronaldo’s speculative 50th-minute effort, fumbled into his own net by Heurelho Gomes, ended any faint hopes of a Tottenham comeback and confirmed Madrid’s progression to a record 22nd semi-final in the […]
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Barcelona are through to the Champions League semi-finals for the fourth successive season after a 1-0 victory rounded off a 6-1 aggregate triumph. Shakhtar played valiantly and created a couple of excellent early chances. However, as in the first leg poor finishing was their Achilles heel and once the Spanish visitors had weathered that early […]
Manchester United are one step from once again playing at Wembley in a Champions League final after beating ten-man Chelsea 2-1 on the night, 3-1 on aggregate. Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti gambled on the out-of-form Fernando Torres instead of Drogba. Torres played as a lone striker, supported by Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda, […]
It is the only Champions League quarter-final match-up that hasn’t been settled. These two fierce Premier League rivals are separated by Wayne Rooney’s goal at Stamford Bridge in the first leg. Can Chelsea got to Old Trafford and get a repeat of their 2-1 win in the Premier League last season? Sir Alex Ferguson, United […]
Barcelona have one foot in the Champions League semi-finals after a 5-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk that left the visitors ruing a hatful of first-half misses. The quarter-final first leg was absorbing from the opening kickoff. The first half was only two minutes old when Messi took off on one of his trademark runs. The […]
Manchester United took a big step towards a Champions League semi-final berthafter Wayne Rooney’s first-half strike gave them a priceless away goal against Chelsea. Neither side were able to hit their usual stride in the early stages, and it was nearly 20 minutes before the first chance fell to Didier Drogba, whose rasping shot from […]
Real Madrid are set to reach their first Champions League semi-final for eight years after thrashing ten-man Tottenham Hotspur 4-0. Spurred on by a spectacular pre-match introduction, Madrid started strongly with Ronaldo firing wide before Di María forced a corner off Vedran Ćorluka. From Mesut Özil’s subsequent centre, Adebayor connected with a downward header that […]
Chelsea eased into the Champions League quarter-finals after a goalless draw against FC Copenhagen having done much of the hard work three weeks ago. After having won 2-0 in Denmark in the first leg, Chelsea were heavily favoured to progress to the quarter-finals and although they dominated possession and created the better chances at Stamford […]