The draw for the last sixteen in the Champions League brought together some mouth watering ties as English and Italian teams will meet in three games. The biggest match is probably the one between holders Manchester United and Serie A leaders Inter Milan who are coached by Jose Mourinho. Mourinho has knocked United out of […]
Champions League
The lineup for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League has been finalized as Manchester United, Bayern Munich, FC Porto and Juventus each clinched their places in the first knockout round as winners of their respective sections. Group Winners AS Roma (ITA) Panathinaikos FC (GRE) FC Barcelona (ESP) Liverpool FC (ENG) Manchester United FC […]
It wasn’t pretty but Champions League holders were given a scare at home to AaB Aalborg as Sir Alex Ferguson’s side did just enough to stretch their unbeaten record in the competition to 19 games. Danish side Aalborg threatened to pull off a shock result at Old Trafford before reigning champions United came back to […]
It wasn’t pretty but Chelsea secured their place in the first knock-out round of the Champions League following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over CFR Cluj on Tuesday. A late goal from Didier Drogba secured the win for Chelsea and left the Blues second in Group A behind Roma who beat Bordeaux 2-0 in Rome behind […]
The BBC had a really interesting post about how Uefa president Michel Platini is looking to shake things up. What Platini wants to do is reduce the number of non-champions from countries such as England, Spain and Italy and increase the number of champions from the likes of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Latvia in the competition. To […]
With its Premiership title hopes hanging in the balance, Arsenal went to Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge and snatched three crucial points to remain in the title hunt. Dutch forward Robin van Persie scored two second-half goals. The second of which all but knocked the wind out of the Chelsea supporters. His two goals came within a three minute […]
With a host of La Liga news-and-information sites and blogs found throughout the Internet, Soccer Tickets Online points you towards some of this month’s more interesting topics. Diego Forlan Sets His Sights on the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League – Forlan leads his club Atletico Madrid with 6 league goals. He and his teammates have already qualified for the final 16 […]
Five-time winner Liverpool, Italian champion Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid all moved on to the knockout phase of the Champions League on Wednesday but last season’s runners-up Chelsea still has work to do in the final round of games after a 1-1 tie with Bordeaux. Steven Gerrard, coming off a groin injury, scored on a […]
Glasgow Celtic was stunningly knocked out of Europe after a terrible 2-1 loss to Danish minnows Aalborg. The loss is the latest is a series of disappointing European road games for Celtic who have been unable to win away from home in 18 attempts in the Champions League. The loss not only knocked Celtic out […]