Champions League
Champions league 3rd qualifying round 09 videos
Arsenal once again got the better of Steve McClaren as they dispatched his FC Twente side in the first leg of the qualifying round. Second half goals from William Gallas and Emanuel Adebayor were good enough to give the gunners the cushion need to take back to the Emirates in 2 weeks.
Meanwhile in Belgium Liverpool [...]
Champions League qualifying draw 08/09
The draw for the preliminary rounds of the Champions league took place this morning and it through up an interesting battle between the ‘wally with the brolly’ and ‘Le Proffeseur’ as Arsenal drew FC Twente. The Dutch side who beat Ajax in a playoff at the end of last season to secure their Champions league [...]
John Terry penalty jokes
If you have to use the internet at work you’ve probably been bombarded with John Terry jokes by your humourous friends and workmates especially if your a Chelsea fan and your friends are Man united fans. In an attempt to get it all out in one go here is my favourite video compilation of the [...]
Chelsea fans riot after final
Chelsea fans didn’t take their Champions league defeat in the best spirit as they violently clashed with Police in London after the match. Thankfully both sets of supporters were impeccably behaved in Moscow but that can’t be said for around 100 Chelsea fans who chose to watch the game on the Fulham road near Stamford [...]
Champions league final teams
Manchester United
Van der Sar
Brown Ferdinand Vidic Evra
Hargreaves Carrick Scholes
Ronaldo Tevez Rooney
Substitutes: Kuszcak, Silvestre, O’Shea, Fletcher, Anderson, Nani, Giggs.
Chelsea
Cech
Essien Carvalho Terry A Cole
Ballack Makelele Lampard
J Cole Drogba Malouda
Substitutes: [...]
Chelsea to wear ‘Batman capes’
While Manchester United stayed on the island to find their Champions league tailor (Paul Smith), Chelsea are looking for a little Italian ‘luck’ and have got suited up by Giorgio Armani. Armani proves he has a sense of humour, as the jackets have a Roman shoulder line.
In an interview with fashion magazine Vogue, the designer [...]
All change in the Champions league
The hold of the big 4 on the Champions league places may be unbreakable in England but not so elsewhere in Europe. As the last day of season rolled round in many of Europes top leagues a few shock names were entered into next seasons Champions league draw. The biggest losers were AC Milan who [...]
Lehmann angered by Arsene and Almunia
Jens Lehmann has hit out against Arsene Wenger hinting that Manuel Almunia has cost Arsenal the chance of hoisting a trophy this season. Lehmann speaking to German football magazine Kicker told of his anger at firstly being left out of the side and also the team crashing out of the Champions League and title race:
“For [...]
‘Big head’ Ronaldo is a Real favourite
Cristiano Ronaldo is quickly gaining the respect and admiration he deserves for his incredible performances this season after another goal and top class display in Rome last night. In england we’ve been singing his praises ever since he came back from the World cup 2006 with a new attitude but elsewhere it has taken a [...]
Wembley woes continue
The FA have lost the bid to have the 2010 Champions League final held at their showpiece Wembley stadium because of taxes. UK tax law means that players could have been taxed for playing there. The UEFA line is that footballers should only be taxed in their domicile country, which is understnadable. Spain has no [...]
Hleb had Ice Cream date with Inter agent
Arsenal’s Aleksander Hleb is at the centre of another tapping up row according to the Daily Mirror. The Arsenal winger was caught out last year with Hamburg director Michael Schroeder at a London restaurant after he had failed to impress in his debut season and now it seems he’s been dining with the opposition again. [...]
Sky win first round of Champions league Rights
Sky sports have won the first round of bidding for the Champions league rights to show the tournament from 2009 till 2012. The deal is reported to be worth £80m a season and will see a significant increase in the number of games Sky are allowed to show. Sky will now show 15 games [...]
Champions league draw
Here it is then. The news the top four have been waiting for:
Quarter finals (To be played 01/02.04.2008 and 08/09.04.2008)
Arsenal FC vs. Liverpool FC
AS Roma vs. Manchester Utd
FC Schalke vs. FC Barcelona
Fenerbache vs. Chelsea
Semi-finals (To be played 22/23.04.2008 and 29/30.04.2008)
Arsenal/Liverpool vs. Fenerbache/Chelsea
FC Schalke/Barcelona vs. Roma/Manchester Utd.
Final
Winners semi-final 2 vs. Winners semi-final 1
So, Arsenal and Liverpool [...]
Footballs moving home
With the FA Cup and England home internationals moving from the BBC and Sky to Setanta and ITV, the Champions League looks to be on the move as well. The BBC now has no live football rights after being priced out of the domestic game, but may have their eye on the Champions League rights [...]
The press twist Gerrard’s words
Steven Gerrard has lashed out at his treatment at the hands of the UK press. Gerrard was quoted in the LFC club magazine as saying he was disappointed with the club’s league form this season, which some papers twisted to ‘Gerrard doesn’t want to win the Champions league’. Other papers saw it as an indication [...]
Chelsea ban Greeks from buying tickets
Chelsea have taken the extraordinary step of outlawing the sale of Champions league tickets to people with Greek surnames.
“Nonmembers of a Greek nationality buying tickets for the Olympiakos game will have their orders canceled,” Chelsea said on its official website.
The blues defended their policy claiming it was in accordance with UEFA regulations regarding segregation but [...]
