Lazio extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to 10 wins and six draws. ...
09:53 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Karim Benzema opened the scoring for Real before Valencia's Jose Guardado added to his team's woes with an own goal. ...
08:02 AM, Jan 16, 2013
London: Chelsea produced a performance of resilience and ruthlessness to hand Barcelona their first Champions League loss in 14 months on Wednesday, winning 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to leave the semi-final delicately poised ahead of the second leg in Spain. The irrepressible Didier Drogba grabbed the winner in first-half injury time with Chelsea's only shot on target in a match they spent almost entirely on the back-foot, leaving Barcelona to...
02:42 AM, Apr 19, 2012
Madrid: While Barcelona and Real Madrid chase a clasico Champions League final, Sporting Lisbon are the only team that are keeping Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid and Valencia from making the Europa League finale an all-Spanish affair. Valencia travel to Atletico for the first leg of their semi-final on Thursday, when Athletic play at Sporting looking to maintain their status as competition favorites. Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa has managed to get...
07:40 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Madrid: Real Madrid's 2-1 Champions League reverse at Bayern Munich on Tuesday raised questions about the tactics of coach Jose Mourinho and prompted sharp criticism of hapless leftback Fabio Coentrao. After falling behind to a 17th-minute Franck Ribery strike in the semi-final first leg in Germany, Real battled back to 1-1 when Mesut Ozil tapped in what could prove a priceless away goal eight minutes after the break at the...
07:13 PM, Apr 18, 2012
London: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard insists Sundays FA Cup semi-final mauling of Tottenham has given his side the confidence to overcome the challenge of gaining revenge on Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday. Roberto Di Matteos side advanced to the FA Cup final after destroying Spurs 5-1 at Wembley on Sunday and will renew hostilities with the European defending champions at Stamford Bridge, three years after their controversial exit...
06:21 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Barcelona: Dani Alves claimed that Chelsea lost to Barcelona in their contentious 2009 Champions League semi-final because the English side showed 'fear'. The Premier League side led 1-0 in the second leg at Stamford Bridge after a scoreless draw in the first encounter and appeared to be on their way to the final when Barca were reduced to 10 men. However, Andres Iniesta's stoppage-time strike eventually sent the Catalans through,...
06:11 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Munich: Mario Gomez scored in the 90th minute to hand Real Madrid their first loss in the Champions league this season and give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win in a pulsating first leg of the semi-final on Tuesday between two sides with a combined 13 titles. Gomez's 12th goal of this year's competition boosted Bayern's hopes of becoming the first team to play the Champions League final at their own...
02:51 AM, Apr 18, 2012
London: Rejuvenated by their interim manager and fueled by a desire for revenge, Chelsea's players have a growing belief they can down the mighty Barcelona in their Champions League semi-final against the defending champions. Propelled by the magnificent scoring feats of Lionel Messi, the Spanish giants head to Stamford Bridge for Wednesday's first leg as heavy favourites to progress to their third final in four years. Yet, Chelsea have rediscovered...
09:13 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Naples: Chelsea's troubles worsened after sloppy defending led to a 3-1 loss at Napoli in the last-16 of the Champions League on Tuesday, with Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani again dampening English hopes in an entertaining first leg. Cavani, who struck a brace against Manchester City to eliminate the Premier League leaders in the group stages, was again in inspirational form as he raced past a ball-watching Branislav Ivanovic and...
04:54 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Moscow: CSKA Moscow equalized from the last kick of the match when Pontus Wernbloom scrambled the ball into the net, giving the Russian club a 1-1 draw against Real Madrid in the last-16 of the Champions League on Tuesday. The Swedish midfielder's debut game for CSKA ended with him poking the ball home in the third minute of stoppage time in the first leg at Luzhniki Stadium. Madrid had won...
04:38 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Marseille: Inter Milan have lost five of their past six games and pressure is mounting on coach Claudio Ranieri to get a win in Wednesday's Champions League match at Marseille. Inter, the 2010 champions, are looking to the Champions League to rescue their season following a dramatic drop in form. Inter had started talk of resurrecting their title chances after a streak of eight successive victories, but have now gone...
12:10 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Basel: Xherdan Shaqiri takes centerstage on Wednesday when the Switzerland star's current and future clubs, FC Basel and Bayern Munich, meet in the Champions League round-of-16. Shaqiri, who agreed a reported 11.6 million ($15.3 million) transfer this month, will join the German giants at the end of the season - though he appears to be needed now. Bayern are in crisis mode ahead of the first leg after being held...
12:30 AM, Feb 21, 2012
Naples: Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri has laughed off talk that his side are favourites ahead of Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first leg against Chelsea in Naples. Mazzarri is revelling in Napoli's progress to the knockout rounds after 22 years away, but was keen to point out that the Londoners had far more European experience despite their domestic woes. "Now we are simply happy to be here playing two matches against...
11:46 PM, Feb 20, 2012
London: Out-of-form and low on morale, Chelsea head to Napoli in the Champions League on Tuesday aiming to maintain English interest in the competition. With Manchester United and Manchester City shunted into the second-tier Europa League and Arsenal on the verge of elimination, Chelsea seem to be the only possible quarter-finalists from a country that provided six of the last 12 finalists. Chelsea have a strong pedigree, with four semi-final...
10:50 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Moscow: Real Madrid will be aiming to continue their perfect run in the Champions League on Tuesday when they face CSKA Moscow in sub-zero temperatures on the Luzhniki Stadium's artificial pitch. Madrid go into the last-16 match after winning all six of their group games in the competition and are also in fine form domestically, having won 18 of their last 19 matches to lead Barcelona by 10 points in...
10:26 PM, Feb 20, 2012
Madrid: Angel di Maria has been left out of Real Madrid's squad for Tuesday's Champions League match at CSKA Moscow after apparently aggravating a leg muscle injury. The Argentina international made his first appearance of 2012 in Saturday's 4-0 league win over Racing Santander, and scored the Spanish leaders' third goal 10 minutes after coming on in the 63rd. But Di Maria went down awkwardly near the end of the...
09:41 PM, Feb 19, 2012
Nyon: Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri has lost his appeal to UEFA challenging a two-match touchline ban, and is barred from the Champions League round-of-16 matches against Chelsea. UEFA increased Mazzarri's punishment for "improper conduct," after he pushed Villarreal forward Nilmar to protest time-wasting tactics during a group match in December. UEFA says its appeals panel added a third match to the sanction. The additional ban was deferred for a two-year...
03:47 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Leverkusen: After seeing his defenders thoroughly outclassed by Lionel Messi, Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller was dismayed that his players squabbled over the souvenir when Messi gave the shirt off his back - at half-time. Messi scored one goal, set up another and hit a post in Barcelona's 3-1 Champions League win at Leverkusen on Tuesday night, when two of the home team's players were a little too keen...
02:14 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Milan: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger branded his side's 4-0 defeat by AC Milan on Wednesday their worst ever performance in Europe. "We were never in the game, we were very poor offensively and defensively, and it as shocking to see how were beaten everywhere," he told reporters after the Champions League round-of-16 first leg at the San Siro. "It was our worst performance in Europe by far, there was not...
02:00 PM, Feb 16, 2012
