Dec 11, 2008

Olympique Lyonnais 2 - 3 FC Bayern München

FC Bayern München made a perfect score on last knockout stage match after defeating a French club, Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 and clinch first place in UEFA Champions League Group F. Bayern's striker, Miroslav Klose, scored two goals at minute 11 and 37, and the third goal was made by Franck Ribéry. It brought him to top scorer with Lionel Messi and Steven Gerrard. Jürgen Klinsmann, Bayern coach said, "I am totally satisfied with this victory which allowed us to finish first in the group. That was our wish before the game. The first half was good, the second more difficult. We allowed Lyon to stage a comeback, backed by the great support of their crowd."


Results of Matchday 6 - 10 Dec 2008

Man. United 2-2 AaB
Celtic 2-0 Villarreal
Steaua 0-1 Fiorentina
Lyon 2-3 Bayern
Porto 2-0 Arsenal
Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Fenerbahçe
Juventus 0-0 BATE
Real Madrid 3-0 Zenit


Clubs in group stage

Dec 9, 2008

AS Roma 2-0 Bordeaux



AS Roma topped Group A after comfortably defeating a disappointing FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. Second half goals from Matteo Brighi and captain Francesco Totti were enough to send Luciano Spalletti's men into the knockout stages for a third successive season and consign Bordeaux to the UEFA Cup.



PSV 1 - 3 Liverpool
Goals by Ryan Babel, Albert Riera and David N'Gog took Liverpool FC comfortably into the UEFA Champions League first knockout round as the winners of Group D and left PSV Eindhoven languishing at the bottom of the table with only three points.
Result Matchday 6 - 09 Dec 2008
Chelsea 2-1 CFR Cluj
Roma 2-0 Bordeaux
Panathinaikos 1-0 Anorthosis
Bremen 2-1 Internazionale
Basel 0-1 Sporting
Barcelona 2-3 Shakhtar
PSV 1-3 Liverpool
Marseille 0-0 Atlético

Nov 30, 2008

Chelsea 1 vs Arsenal 2


Scolari’s worry proved. An own goal from Johan Djourou gave Chelsea a 1-0 half-time lead, but it didn’t bring a glory for them. Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. They was scored by Robin van Persie in minute 59 and 62. It made their position in danger. Liverpool could be in top with the same score 33 on the table. Arsenal moved up to number 4 on the table of Premier League.

Manchester United also won the derby match against Manchester City on City of Manchester Stadium. Wayne Rooney’s 100th club goal was enough for Manchester United to confirm local supremacy over City at Eastlands. But Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off midway through the second half, after receiving his yellow card for a deliberate hand-ball in the box.
Full results of match on 29 and 30 Nov 2008
Aston Villan 0 – 0 Fulham
Middlesbrough 0 – 0 Newcastle
Stoke City 1 – 1 Hull City
Sunderland 1 – 4 Bolton
Wigan Athletic 2 – 1 WBA
Manchester City 0 – 1 Manchester United
Portsmouth 3 – 2 Blackburn
Tottenham 0 – 1 EvertonChelsea 1 – 2 Arsenal

Nov 28, 2008

Chelsea vs Arsenal : Big Match on Sunday 30th November 2008

Which team that be the winner on Sunday, Chelsea or Arsenal. Every team always hopes the victory surely. Luiz Felipe Scolari, Chelsea coach said, “You’re only champions at the end of the last game. Last season Chelsea were nine points behind United at the halfway point and even if you’re 15 points clear with five games to go, you’re not champions.” He confessed Arsenal is a great team with a great coach. “Defeat won’t end Arsenal hopes. Arsenal will continue to be a title threat even if Chelsea beat them on Sunday.“ A Chelsea victory will stretch their lead over Arsenal to 13 points, but he is reluctant to suggest that such a margin is still enough to rule them out of the race.

Chelsea go into this match unbeaten in five and top of the table, some 10 points ahead of Arsenal, who have failed to win four of the last five. Arsenal are bidding to avoid a third successive league loss for the first time in 59 Premier League outings and will buoyed by the knowledge Chelsea have lost more matches (15), conceded more goals (47) and dropped more points (67) to Arsenal, than to any other club in the Premier League.

Chelsea though have won two of their last three home Premier League meeting with Arsenal, having failed to do so any of the previous nine.In 29 meeting in all competitions since 1998 there has been just one goalless draw; that being at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League on 20 April 2005.

Nov 26, 2008

UEFA Champions League Knockout Stages





Until the 5th matchday, Barcelona FC got the biggest score on the scoreboard of UEFA Champions League with 13 point and ascertained as final qualifier. It happened after they defeated Sporting Clube de Portugal 5-2 yesterday. It scored by Thierry Henry (14), Gerard Piqué (17), Lionel Messi (49), Marco Caneira (o.g.) (67) and Bojan Krkić (pen) (73).


Liverpool also kept to final qualifying after won 1-0 yesterday to defeat Olympique de Marseille, and the hero was the captain, Steven Gerrard on minute 23.


Result matchday 5 - 26 Nov 2008

Bordeaux 1-1 Chelsea
CFR Cluj 1-3 Roma
Internazionale 0-1 Panathinaikos
Anorthosis 2-2 Bremen
FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5-0 Basel
Sporting 2-5 Barcelona
Atlético 2-1 PSV
Liverpool 1-0 Marseille

UEFA Champions League : Matchday 5 - 25 Nov 2008



Group E - H had finished their 5th matchday at UEFA Champions League knockout stages.

In group F Bayern Munchen scored 3 - 0 to defeat Steaua Bucureşti, Miroslav Klose as the hero with 2 goals and another from Luca Toni.


The top list of group E, Manchester United just got 1 point, which scored 0 - 0 draw against Villareal FC. But The Red Devils booked its place in the UEFA Champions League knockout stages with Villareal FC. Striker Wayne Rooney said, "It doesn't seem to me that they go after the victory as much as we do." So no worries for Rooney.



All Matchday 5 - 25 Nov 2008

Villarreal 0-0 Man. United
AaB 2-1 Celtic
Bayern 3-0 Steaua
Fiorentina 1-2 Lyon
Fenerbahçe 1-2 Porto
Arsenal 1-0 FC Dynamo Kyiv
Zenit 0-0 Juventus
BATE 0-1 Real Madrid

Nov 20, 2008

Which’s the best football league, English Premier League (EPL), Italy Serie A or Spain La Liga?





This topic always become a debate among mass media, civilian, even football players. But until now it’s really difficult to prove which is the best league. Probably, all people have their own opinion. Each one, off course, analyzes from different aspect. It’s better to start this debate now on my blog...This is my analysis…

The amusing game :

According to my perception that Spain La Liga is the most amusing. EPL is just like Serie A, great match for only the big teams.


Technique and player quality:

No offense to EPL’s fans, La Liga and Serie A are better.

Many of SUPERSTAR

Thing that can be a star-meter is FIFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD. These started from 1991 to 2006 (Lothar Mattheus, Marco Van of Basten, Roberto Baggio, Romario, George Weah, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, Luis Figo, Ronaldinho, Fabio Cannavaro). Look that the players mention before, were dominated by La Liga and Serie A. The greatest players played for Serie A. Remember that football legend players like Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini, Marco Van Basten, Ruud Gullit, Batistuta, Zidane, Buffon, Ronaldo, Mattheus, Totti, Platini, Figo, Nedved, Zico, Baresi and of course Diego Maradona. Last but not least, the most impressive players were the 23 whose won the World Cup 2006, all of them played for Serie A.

Now, many great players interest to play at EPL, like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ballack, Shevchenko, Terry, Lampard, Rooney, Torres, etc. Of course because purchasing power of the clubs that become rich suddenly, caused by costly their broadcast rights. It’s possible in the future more players want to play at EPL. And the names above were not given more solid contribution in club and also country level.

Trophy

The best clubs in Europe play on Champions League. The winner of Champions League is the best in Europe surely, and again La Liga and Serie A defeat EPL. In last 20 years, only Manchester United (1999) and Liverpool (2005) were from EPL.

Overall Judgement
Finally, my analysis in all aspect, Serie A is still the best league in the world. Maybe in the few years later, EPL will be a powerful league because of rich clubs progressively. But if they can’t control the expenses, it’s possible they’ll be like Lazio, Parma or Fiorentina. La Liga is dominated Barcelona and Real Madrid only, just like Celtic and Rangers in Scotland.



So… now please debate… use fact….