Category: UEFA

Champions league 2012-13 quarter-final draw

| March 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

The draw for the quarter-finals of the the 2012-13 edition of the Champions league was held in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday, March 15. For the first time since 1996, no English team has qualified for the last eight. Ironically, the final of this edition of the Champions league is scheduled to be played at the Wembley [...]

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Champions league 2012-13 preview: Bayern Munich vs Arsenal

| March 10, 2013 | 0 Comments

Match timing: 20.45 CET, 13 March 2013 Venue: Fußball Arena München, Munich Finalists of the last season Champions league, Bayern Munich play hosts to an under-fire Arsenal team with one foot already placed in the Champions league quarter-finals. The first leg played at the Emirates stadium saw the North Londoners crash to a humiliating 3-1 defeat at the [...]

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Champions League 2013 Round of 16 Preview: Man United Vs Real Madrid

| March 4, 2013 | 0 Comments

The 4-0 defeat that Manchester United inflicted on Norwich on the weekend would surely have served to make the Real Madrid camp jittery ahead of their Champions League clash at Old Trafford on Tuesday night. Home advantage should hold United in good stead against an extremely strong Madrid side. United have had an all-win record [...]

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UEFA Champions League 2012-13 Preview: Arsenal Vs Bayern Munich

| February 19, 2013 | 0 Comments

On Tuesday, February 19, Arsenal host Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in a round of 16 tie of the Champions League in which the hosts will not be under any pressure of expectation. Bayern are clear favourites in the match but they would be wary of Arsenal’s attacking potential added to the fact that Gunners will [...]

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Europa League 2012-13 Round of 32: Chelsea to Face Sparta Prague

| December 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

Chelsea have been handed a relatively easy outing in the Europa League Round of 32, having been drawn to face Sparta Prague. A win in the tie would probably bring the Stamford Bridge squad up against Dutch giants Ajax, in the round of 16. Chelsea, defending champions in the Champions League, made an ignominious exit [...]

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Champions League 2012-13: Round of sixteen draw

| December 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The battle lines have been drawn as the Champions league moves to the knock-out stages. The top two teams from each of the eight groups waited with bated breath as the draws were announced. The process was conducted with two seeding pots: the group winners and the group runners-up. The group winners include Paris Saint-Germain [...]

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Didier Drogba Powers Chelsea to Champions League Crown

| May 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
Didier Drogba Powers Chelsea to Champions League Crown

Chelsea became unlikely European champions, on Saturday, when they beat Bayern Munich on penalties after the Champions League final ended in a 1-1 stalemate. Didier Drogba was the hero on the night after heading in an equaliser on 88 minutes and later scoring the decisive penalty. Roman Abramovich, watched from the stands, as caretaker manager [...]

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Why Di Matteo Will Lose His Job If Chelsea Lose To Bayern

| May 18, 2012 | 0 Comments
Why Di Matteo Will Lose His Job If Chelsea Lose To Bayern

It’s Saturday Night fever for Chelsea who have set up a date with Bayern Munich on May 19, 2012. This is only the Blues’ second entry to the final of the Champions League and the final frontier as far as Chelsea owner, Russian billionaire, Abramovich is concerned. And as we all know (see the other [...]

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Will Chelsea Be Second Time Lucky in the Champions League Final?

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

English Premier League side Chelsea will face Bayern Munich in the final of the UEFA Champions League on May 19, 2012. This is the Stamford Bridge squad’s second appearance in a Champions League final, the first coming four years ago, when they met Premier league rivals Man United, in Moscow. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought [...]

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Champions League 2011-12: Bayern Munich Vs Chelsea Preview

| May 15, 2012 | 1 Comment

Venue: Fußball Arena München, Munich Kick-off: 20:45 CET on 19th May, 2012 German heavy-weights Bayern Munich play host to English club Chelsea in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final this Saturday. While Chelsea performed a miracle of sorts by pulling off a victory against Barca in the semi-finals, Bayern defeated Spanish champions Real Madrid on [...]

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