Diego Milito’s double ended a 45-year-long wait for Inter fans as Inter defeated Bayern Munich 2-0 at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu to win the Champions League and complete an unprecedented treble. The undisputed star of the show, Milito struck ten minutes before half time and scored his second 25 minutes after the restart to add […]
Champions League
Ten-men Inter Milan put on a textbook example of how to defend in Barcelona and knocked the defending champions out and sent Inter to their first Champions League Final since 1972. Once again Jose Mourinho showed why he is the “Special One. His tactics proved decisive as Inter not only overcame the loss of Goran […]
Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery is set to miss the Champions League final on 22 May after being banned for three games. Ribery was shown a straight red card by Italian referee Roberto Rosetti in the Champions League semi-final against Lyon. He missed last nights Bayern win in France through suspension, but had hoped to play […]
It has been a roller coaster ride in the Champions League for Bayern Munich fans this season. In the group stages they had to beat Juventus in Turin in the last game to even advance to the knockout stages. Then in the knockout stages it took two wonderful Arjen Robben goals to see off Fiorentina. […]
Inter Milan stunned Barcelona to take a 3-1 first-leg lead in their UEFA Champions League semi-final. José Mourinho’s team inflicted only a fourth defeat of the season on a Barcelona side bidding to make modern history by retaining the trophy. Instead, the goals from Wesley Sneijder, Maicon and Diego Milito, in response to Pedro Rodríguez’s […]
Jose Mourinho maintained his 100% record in the Champions League quarter-finals as Inter knocked out CSKA Moscow to reach the semi-final stage for the first time since 2002/03. Wesley Sneijder scored the all-important early goal at the Luzhniki Stadium to add to Diego Milito’s 65th-minute strike in Milan, leaving Inter in charge of their destiny […]
Manchester United will evoke memories of their 1999 triumph after drawing Bayern Munich in the last eight. Should they progress the Red Devils will face the winners of the all French tie between Lyon and Bordeaux. Manchester United fans must fancy their chances of making their third consecutive Champions League final after this draw. The […]
Arsenal will face holders Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The tie will be a repeat of the 2006 final in Paris, when the Gunners led until late in the game before Barca turned the game around to lift the trophy. It will also mean a return to the Emirates Stadium for former […]
The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the Champions League will be made tomorrow at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight winners of the Champions League first knockout round ties will go into the quarter–finals, with the pairings determined by an open draw. At this stage of the tournament, no teams are seeded […]