Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea continue to surprise everyone as they managed to overcome Barcelon'a attacking wave and grabbing a ticket into the final without picking up any defeat in two leg of Champions League semifinal.

After beating the defending champions 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, the Blues' bravery was displayed again at Camp Nou as they successfully held Pep Guardiola's men into a 2-2 draw, despite playing with 10 men for a large part of the game.

Barcelona: Pinto; Dani Alves, Piqué, Puyol y Abidal; Xavi, Busquets e Iniesta, Fabregas; Messi y Alexis Sánchez. DT: Pep Guardiola
Real Madrid: Casillas; Arbeloa, Albiol, Sergio Ramos y Marcelo; Lass, Xabi Alonoso y Coentrao; Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo e Higuaín. DT: José Mourinho
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Bayern Leverkusen's chance's of gaining a Champions League quarter final spot are all but impossible given the match facts, despite Barcelona's injury list including defender Eric Abidal and double goalscorer in the first leg Alexis Sanchez.

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These sides have met on seven occasions in European competition, with Barcelona winning the last four encounters.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th top-flight goal for Real Madrid as the Liga leaders returned to winning ways after ten-man Barcelona had pout the pressure on them by beating Mallorca earlier in the day.

Having had their advantage over Barcelona reduced to six points in the last week following successive 1-1 draws, Madrid were back to their free-scoring best against Real Sociedad, Gonzalo Higuaín setting them on their way.

21.04.2012 - Con goles de Khedira (´16) y Cristiano Ronaldo (´73), Real Madrid venció (1-2) a Barcelona (Alexis sanchez ´67) en el Camp Nou y se despega en la Liga a 7 puntos a falta de cuatro fechas.
Fue una final (adelantada) y, finalmente, después de 20 meses y 7 derbys, cayó Barcelona en casa: Real Madrid rompió el maleficio y conjuró la sombra catalana en su propio estadio para festejar un título de alta congratulación.

Where do I start on one of the greatest nights of our history considering the circumstances. Up against it before the game, written off and with members of the press and media thinking that Barcelona just needed to turn up to win the game, Chelsea produced a performance that is right up there with the best of them.

24.04.2012 - Con goles de Ramires (´45) y Torres (´90), Chelsea le empató (2-2) a Barcelona (Busquets ´34, Iniesta ´42) en el Camp Nou y, después de ganarle (1-0) en Inglaterra, lo eliminó de la Champions League para consagrarse como primer finalista.

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has voiced his frustration at the manner in which Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez convinced the referee's assistant to issue a red car to Blues captain John Terry at Camp Nou last night.

Terry was sent off in the 37th minute of Chelsea's 2-2 draw (a 3-2 win on aggregate) for kneeing Sanchez when both players were off the ball.

Editor's Note: This piece filed last week by Eric Giardini. The editors at TSG idiotically missed it floating in inbox ether...

Pirlo, the LL Cool J of Serie A...Reader's choice: "Don't Call It Comeback" or "Doing it and doing it and doing it...well."

If there is any weekend to pick-up your Serie A match watching, this is the one.

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Barcelona vs Getafe 4-0 Highlights 2012 Messi Pedro Alexis Sanchez Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Barcelona vs Getafe 2012 ( Barca Getafe 2012 VIDEO BELOW) Final score and result:- Barcelona vs Getafe 4-0 ( Alexis Sanchez*2, Messi, Pedro) Camp Nou, Barcelona- 10 April, 2012- Tuesday- 20.

In an ideal world, there would be only two football clubs in Spain. They will both go around the country and play in 20 grounds every season, but they will always only play each other. That way, the other teams don't have to all exert the energy and pressure of playing each other in a meaningless fight for 3rd and below, or play one of these two teams and get hearts and souls crushed.

For the longest time, they labelled Fernando the £50 million flop. "Give him a ball, they said, "and he'll show you his mop!" But over the weeks, old Torres remained the same Till yesterday, when football returned to the Beautiful Game Pique, Messi, Alexis and Iniesta, they all tried None could break through when Ramires took flight And in the 81st minute, when Torres came on, Chelsea began to hum a strange song An hour of combing his blonde mane Had left the poor Spaniard quite insane, But who's to say what money can buy?

The idiocy of John Terry, it's not something we've yet discussed around these parts. Neither have we got around to recapping one of the greatest nights in Chelsea history. It's not because we couldn't be bothered; more like, we haven't had the time, what with me slammed at the office and Devin trying to shake off an illness (get better, trick).

They may be ruled out of tonight's match against Malaga due to injuries and feeling sad about Guardiola's departure but Pique and Alexis Sanchez aren't going to let it get to them. Chin up! / via Sport

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By Chris Wright

With Ashley Young consigned to the gym after picking up a bit of ouchie against Norway at the weekend, the rest of the England squad (who welcomed the four Chelsea players given extra post-Champions League final leave back into the fold; Lampard, Cole, Terry and Cahill) trained at London Colney late yesterday afternoon in preparation for Saturday's pre-Euro 2012 friendly against the big bad Belgians at Wembley, i.

Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez may have missed two quality chances, but he came through in the clutch to give Mexico another friendly win on Thursday.

Hernandez made up for two missed shots in the 80th minute by scoring a winner in stoppage time of a 2-1 victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina at Solder FIeld in Chicago, Ill.

Barcelona defeated Osasuna 2-1 to progress to the quarter-finals of the Copa Del Rey and set up another El Clasico clash with Real Madrid. Goals by Alexis Sanchez and youngster Sergi Roberto cancelled out Dejan Lekic's opener and secured a 2-1 win (1-6 on aggregate) for the Spanish champions. Pep Guardiola's men thus progressed into [.

Barcelona survived a scare to beat Real Betis 4-2 at the Camp Nou and keep in touch with leaders Real Madrid with goals by Alexis Sanchez and a brace by Lionel Messi proving decisive. The Spanish and European champions got off to a rip-roaring start and were 2-0 up by the 15th minute through Xavi [..

Barcelona looked like they were headed for a draw before Alexis Sanchez and Messi scored in the span of 10 minutes to hand the Catalans a much needed 4-2 win over Real Betis that reduced their deficit on Leaders Real Madrid to 5 points.

World Player of the year Lionel Messi scored a brace to bring his tally for the season to 19 goals, just 2 short of leading goal scorer Cristiano Ronaldo.

Barcelona returned to within five points of Liga leaders Real Madrid with a 4-2 defeat of ten-man Real Betis, on a day when Athletic Club improved their European chances by beating Levante.

Josep Guardiola's men made an explosive start at Camp Nou as Xavi Hernández opened the scoring after ten minutes and Lionel Messi took his league tally to 18 shortly afterwards.

I don't think they come lower than Pepe. Even animals have a sense of fair play. This man if you can call him that should be banned from the sport for life. Leo Messi goes down after colliding with Callejon and while he's down, Pepe strolls casually over and deliberately plants his studs on Messi's hand.

Barcelona recorded a fine 4-1 win over Malaga to keep the pressure on leaders Real Madrid at the top of La Liga. A fine Lionel Messi hat-trick and a goal by Alexis Sanchez sealed the 4-1 win at the Estadio La Rosaleda as the Spanish and European champions moved up to 44 points after 19 [...] Related posts:

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FC Barcelona took a good step towards proceeding to Copa Del Rey final with a 1-1 draw at Mestella. Considering how tough we have found recently in Valencia, this draw is as good as a win - especially because of the away goal. In the 27th minute Jonas put Valencia ahead, but Carles Puyol equalised for Barca in the 36th minute.

It was a depleted Barcelona side that turned up in Valencia tonight, but it was also a team that does't give and they got a credible 1-1 draw in their Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg. Barca will be heavy favorites now to finish this tie off at the Camp Now.

Barca were given an early scare when Roberto Soldado raced onto a through ball, but Pinto came racing out of his goal to slide in and clear the danger, appearing to use his hand as he did so, only for play to be waved on.

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Barcelona's shocking away form resulted in another loss last night, and with it any chance that Barca has of retaining their La Liga title this season.

Barcelona have now dropped a staggering 16 points away from him in the league this season. As incredible number. And a number that will cost Barca a chance to retain its La Liga crown.

Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 FC Barcelona Recap & Match Stats Champions League 14 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

FC Barcelona defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.

Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 FC Barcelona Recap

Barcelona cruised to a win in the first leg at the BayArena.

FC Barcelona has virtually assured themselves off a Quarter Final birth in this Season's Champions League competition with a 3-1 away victory against Bayern Leverkusen. This is the first time Guardiola has managed to win an away leg of the last 16 knock out stage in Champions League. Two goals from Sanchez and one from Messi was enough for Barca to see the German side off at their home.

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Barcelona's march to a potential third UEFA Champions League title in four years is in full effect after a 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday.

The Catalan giants have all but conceded the La Liga crown to Real Madrid but are in good position in the Champions League after the first leg of the Round of 16.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action was back after a break with Spanish representative FC BARCELONA travelling to BAYERN LEVERKUSEN for the 1º leg last 16 teams match. The final result was a 1 - 3 victory for Barcelona which "virtually" puts them into the quarter-final with the exception of a surprise result (possible) at "Camp Nou" in the 2º leg return match in two weeks.

A double from Alexis Sanchez and a goal from Lionel Messi gave Barcelona a 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League tie at the BayArena. Still smarting from a surprise 3-2 defeat to Osasuna at the weekend, the European Cup holders came out with intent and purpose and [.

By Chris Wright

The Champions League farted back into life last night with two last 16 games taking place, one of which being Barcelona's comfortable win over Bayer Leverkusen at the Bay-Arena.

Alexis Sanchez scored his first ever Champions League goal to put Barca 1-0 up at the interval, the Catalans ending the first half with with 78% of possession, while Leverkusen failed to register any corners, offsides or attempts on goal on target or otherwise.

By Chris Wright

The Champions League farted back into life last night with two last 16 games taking place, one of which being Barcelona's comfortable win over Bayer Leverkusen at the Bay-Arena.

Alexis Sanchez scored his first ever Champions League goal to put Barca 1-0 up at the interval, the Catalans ending the first half with with 78% of possession, while Leverkusen failed to register any corners, offsides or attempts on goal on target or otherwise.

Huge 3-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen in Germany last night by Barcelona. We all knew the stats going in: Barca had failed to win a round of 16 away match since Pep took over. The teams abysmal away form this year. And the injuries. The combination of those three had many fans wary of last night's game.

Philadelphia-area soccer fans are in for a treat at the end of the month.

Ghana and Chile will play an international friendly at PPL Park on Feb. 29, the Philadelphia Union announced on Friday. First kick is slated for 7 p.m.

The 29th, the same day as the U.S. men's national team friendly against Italy, is a FIFA fixture date, so all first-choice players should be made available.

Featuring FC Barcelona regular starter Alexis Sánchez, the Chile national soccer team (or Selección Chilena de Fútbol) is currently ranked twelveth in the world by FIFA. The team made it...

Messi dominates in four goal performance against Valencia (Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

A sensational four goal performance from Lionel Messi saw Barcelona rally from a goal down to demolish Valencia 5-1 at the Camp Nou on Sunday night.

The Catalans turned in their best performance of the season, eviscerating La Liga's third best side with a relentless display of attacking football, outshooting the visitors by an astounding 32-3 margin en route to a resounding home win.

06.03.2012 - Barcelona siente el trajín y, lejos de liderar la Liga española, viaja (segundo) a 10 puntos de un filoso y goleador Real Madrid.
Los triunfos no dejan de llegar pero no tan sobrios como de costumbre y Pep Guardiola (DT) puede también brotarse. Fue lo que pasó en la última presentación del Barça (3-1 a Sporting Gijón).

FC Barcelona cut down the lead at the top of the table to three points with a very hard working 2-0 victory against Real Mallorca. A brilliant free kick Messi and another goal from Pique was enough to see off the Mallorca challenge. It was a very tough match - having to play on a horribly dry pitch and also to have play with ten men for the last thrity five minutes after Thiago was sent off.

PSP photographer Paul Rudderow was on hand for rain soaked Wednesday night's 1–1 draw between Ghana Football Association and Federacion de Futbol de Chile at PPL Park. Here's a look at what he saw.

The opening handshake

The Ghana starters

The Chile starters

Pile up at midfield

Dominic Oduro holds off Lucas Dominguez

Shelly Ali Muntari takes the leg from under Alexis Sanchez

Luis Casanova holds off Jonathan Mensah

Jonathan Mensah turns between Gary Medel and Jose Rojas

Matias Fernandez moving up field

Matias Fernandez backheels to Humberto Suazo

Junior Fernandes gets up first

Marcelo Diaz slide tackles Andre Ayew

Happy Chile fans

Derek Owusu Boateng takes on Jose Rojas and Osvaldo Gonzalez

Derek Owusu Boateng walks over Marcelo Diaz

Anthony Annan stretches for the ball

Daniel Agyei moving up field

Alexis Sanchez goes up for a header