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 […]
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 […]
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi wants to sign Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, according to reports in the Italian media. Ronaldo has a contract at Real until 2015, but that hasn’t stopped Berlusconi from revealing his interest in the second best player in the world. He said: “My dream is to have Cristiano Ronaldo in […]
In tonight’s Champions League match against Shakhtar former Barcelona player Dmytro Chygrynskiy will be tasked with marking Lionel Messi. Chygrynskiy also happens to be one of a long line of poor transfer decisions that Barcelona have made in past couple of years. Barcelona loves to note that its battle with Real Madrid is more than […]
In tonight’s Champions League match against Shakhtar former Barcelona player Dmytro Chygrynskiy will be tasked with marking Lionel Messi. Chygrynskiy also happens to be one of a long line of poor transfer decisions that Barcelona have made in past couple of years. Barcelona loves to note that its battle with Real Madrid is more than […]
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu says that Barcelona “are simply the strongest team in football history” as he weighed up the Ukrainian side’s Champions League quarter-final opponents. It is an opinion shared by too many, fears Josep Guardiola, who dismissed the notion that Barça can already start planning for the last four. “If we are […]
A huge night for Major League Soccer as Real Salt Lake became the first MLS to reach the finals of the CONCACAF Champions League. RSK lost 2-1 to Costa Rican club Saprissa on Tuesday, but progressed to the final 3-2 on aggregate after winning the first leg 2-0 at home. When Luis Cordero scored from […]