Chelsea held Barcelona to a goalless draw in their Champions League semi-final first leg in the Camp Nou. The Blues defence held firm in the face of the Catalans’ majority of possession while the best chance of the night fell to Didier Drogba. With time ticking down in the first half, his shot was blocked by […]
A look the the history behind the Barcelona v Chelsea match tonight. FC Barcelona v Chelsea FC Tuesday 28 April – Camp Nou Wednesday 6 May – Stamford Bridge It is the third time the clubs have met in the latter stages. Barcelona won an epic quarter-final in 1999/00, 6-4 on aggregate after scoring twice […]
Kick-off: Tuesday, 28 February 2009, 20:45 CET –Camp Nou, Barcelona Barcelona’s Quest for Glory This is a huge two week period for Barcelona. While all the focus in England has been on Manchester United’s pursuit of the quintuple, in Spain the talk has been all about Barcelona’s quest for a history-making treble voyage. Barcelona faces […]
No sooner had Chelsea seen off one familiar foe in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League than another homed into view. After knocking out Liverpool in spectacular fashion in the quarter-finals, the Blues take on Barcelona in the last four. Judging by past meetings between the sides, we could be in for a tie […]
Marcelo Zalayeta struck 17 minutes from time to earn Napoli a shock 1-0 win over Inter Milan, their first victory under Roberto Donadoni. Inter boss Jose Mourinho saw his side’s lead over AC Milan cut to seven points with five games remaining after their earlier victory over Palermo at the San Siro. Inter dominated the first […]
Raul fired Real Madrid to within four points of Primera Division leaders Barcelona as his hat-trick helped see off third-placed Sevilla 4-2 at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Raul, who earlier this season become the leading scorer in Madrid’s history, struck in the 45th, 63rd and 66th minutes to continue his side’s amazing run of […]
It was a wild weekend in Major League Soccer. The Seattle Sounders got back to winning games, RSL hammered the Revolution 6-0 and DC United had an amazing comeback to beat the New York Red Bulls. Sounders FC 2, San Jose Earthquakes 0 Kasey Keller returned from a one-game red-card suspension to post his fourth […]
Alberto Gilardino scored twice as Fiorentina defeated AS Roma 4-1 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi and moved into Serie A’s final UEFA Champions League berth. Fiorentina lost 3-1 to Udinese last week and knew they had to register a victory to keep up the pressure on Genoa, who can retake fourth place by beating Bologna […]
Thierry Henry’s equaliser four minutes from time salvaged Barcelona a 2-2 draw at Valencia and denied the hosts a sixth consecutive Liga victory. Barcelona were in scintillating form on Wednesday as they swept aside third-placed Sevilla 4-0, and appeared to have picked up where they left off when they forged ahead after 24 minutes. A […]