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, […]
Javier Mascherano’s agent has denied reports he is set to leave Barcelona for Italy in the summer. The Argentina international, 26, joined Barca from Liverpool in a controversial and protracted £18 million move at the start of the season but he has struggled to cement a first-team place at the Camp Nou, finding youth-team products […]
With the odds stacked against Shakhtar Donetsk following their 5-1 loss to Barcelona last week, Mircea Lucescu wants his players to enjoy their quarter-final decider and gain more “priceless experience” for their likely return to the Champions League next season. Though the Shakhtar coach admitted his side have a “very small” chance of progressing, opposite […]
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 […]
Andy Carroll scored two goals as Liverpool kept their faint hopes of a top-four finish alive with an emphatic 3-0 win against Manchester City FC. City started the evening 11 points ahead of their opponents in fourth, the final place for a Champions League qualifying berth, but Roberto Mancini’s men never looked like claiming a […]
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AC Milan will possibly have to make do without the services of star attacker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for up to four matches in the wake of the Sweden international’s red card against Fiorentina on Sunday. Ibra returned to the Milan starting lineup in the away match against Fiorentina at the weekend after serving a two-game ban […]
Both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo scored at the weekend at the two superstars continue their personal battle to be the top scorer in La Liga this season. La Liga Scoring Leaders (Penalties in Parentheses): Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 29 (3) Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 28 (5) David Villa, Barcelona, 17 Fernando Llorente, Athletic Bilbao, 15 […]