Firstly congratulations for Chelsea making the Champions League final by beating Barcelona over 2 legs, a brilliant performance!
Secondly, shame on Geoff Shreeves for being such a d*** here he is letting Ivanovic know about being banned for the final, perhaps the biggest game of his career.

Serie A returned this week after the postponed fixtures off last week after the sad death of on loan Udinese midfielder Piermario Morosini at Livorno. This weekend action on the pitch will be remembered for Juventus putting a brilliant performance at home to Roma. Off the pitch it will be remembered for the sour scenes in Genoa where the Ultras made their mark and disrupted the game against Siena.

Manchester United were beaten 3-2 at home at Athletic Bilbao following a brilliant performance from the Spanish side.

Whilst Bilbao's second goal appeared to be offside and their third came in bizarre circumstances after the referee arranged a strange freekick, they were clearly the better team.

FC Barcelona cut the lead at the top back to ten points with a brilliant 5-1 win against Valencia. Unai Emery's side has always made Barca struggle, but this was completely different. Even though it didn't start well conceding a goal early, but after that it was total domination. We had 27 shots off 13 were at goal.

Barcelona won the FIFA Club World Cup for the second time in three years on Sunday with a commanding victory over Brazilian side Santos.Lionel Messi scored twice to cap a brilliant performance and Cesc Fabregas and Xavi also got on the scoresheet in a one-sided contest in Yokohama.

Barcelona, who were without striker David Villa after he broke the shinbone in his left leg in their 4-0 semi-final victory over Al-Sadd.

Arsenal are out of the Carling Cup but positives can be taken from the game such as the brilliant performance of some of the young players. Speaking in his post-match press conference, manager Arsene Wenger was ...

The troops marched home with heads held high after athrilling but agonizing single goal deficit.With Syracuse Lancers Striking justseconds into the game and racking up an six point lead in the first quarter itlooked as if the visiting Rocheseter Lancers may succumb to the hoard of thirty six hundredon lookers, though it was not to be so.

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The troops marched home with heads held high after a thrilling but agonizing single goal deficit.With Syracuse Lancers Striking just seconds into the game and racking up an six point lead in the first quarter it looked as if the visiting Rocheseter Lancers may succumb to the hoard of thirty six hundred on lookers, though it was not to be so.

Frustration as Barcelona draw against Sevilla (Photo: Manu Fernandez/AP Photo)

Javi Varas saved a stoppage time penalty from Leo Messi to highlight his brilliant performance on the night, holding the defending champions to a scoreless draw at the Camp Nou.

It was a match of resilient defense, poor finishing and childish antics in the closing minutes.

Just when it seemed Fernando Torres may be coming to the tail-end of his awful slump for Chelsea since joining from Liverpool last January, a red card against Swansea City marred an otherwise brilliant performance and again brought criticism from the press.

The subsequent three match ban will have come at the worst time for the Spaniard, just when he is starting to produce in the last few matches.

James: Hello, this is James reporting live from the Etihad Stadium, where we've got some lovely cup football to share with you on this very fine afternoon. I'm joined by my long-time colleague, John, and John, I certainly have to say, we are in for a treat today, aren't we?

After yesterday's brilliant performance away against Udinese, Arsenal can look forward knowing that this season they will yet again be in the group stage of the Champions League. A lot of questions have been raised over ...

Mario Götze had a fairly decent game against Hamburg compared to his standards and future potential. Compared to anybody else he played brilliant. Part of his brilliant performance was this little piece of skill. Welcome to the Bundesliga Michael Mancienne. Don't worry though. It's likely this will only happen to you twice a season.

FC Barcelona won their first pre-season final of this season with a 2-0 victory against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, the same gorund where this season's Champions League final will take place. This cup doesn't count much but the fact taht we triumphed with a very inexperienecd and young side talks higly of our production unit named, La Masia.

The standout for the night (19 July at Griffith Uni Southbank) was the brilliant performance of Roar CEO Eugenie Buckley. Eugenie's appointment is more evidence, if more is required, that the A-League should be centrally run. The FFA has found for its staff, then nurtured, and now provided to run a club, a highly skilled professional, who understands the game, its fans and the mechanics of a sporting club.

Upcoming Spanish midfielder, Thiago Alcántara has put an end to all speculation and signed a contract which will see his stay at the club extended to 2015. Recognizing his enormous talent and brilliant performance in Under 21 European Championship, Barca has put a huge 90 Million Euro buy out clause.

There are many ‘forgotten men' in the ranks at White Hart Lane and when you compile a list of players who could be up for transfer, it's easy to omit some of our fringe squad.

Giovani dos Santos fits into that category perfectly but his performance for Mexico against New Zealand may have put him firmly in the shop window once again.

The Football World has rendered itself to the feet of FC BARCELONA Argentine forward LIONEL MESSI. Spanish Football press & media have dedicated covers & pages to the player as he once again put in a brilliant performance & goal to help FC Barcelona win 3 - 1 Manchester United in the Champions League Final.

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I'm loathe to blow too much smoke up Barcelona's arselona (we've got Clive 'Majestic!' Tyldesley to do that for us), but that was a brilliant performance.

United were just about on top for the first and last ten minutes but the 70 in between belonged solely to Barca, who blew their bewildered opponents away with the kind of spanking that you'd have to pay good money for in a Berlin S&M dungeon.

With a name like Hope Solo it is little wonder her brilliant performance against Brazil in the 2008 Olympics finals was perceived as instrumental in the US winning gold. One lost count of the many saves she made.

A stunning comeback from the previous year after she fell out of favour of Greg Ryan who benched her for the semi-finals in the 2007 World Cup in favour of veteran Briana Scurry.

Dortmund need to postpone their lap of honor through the Bundesliga. Manuel Neuer may have made the "next big step" in his career from one Europa League bound club to another. A wild winning spree at the bottom of the table leaves Cologne and St. Pauli as this weekend's biggest losers.

Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim.

Carragher helps reveal the new Liverpool away kit... Liverpool are off to London tomorrow to face slim hopers Arsenal who are still in with a chance of grasping the title, more so mathematically than realistically but nonetheless the Gunnars will be looking for all 3 points. Liverpool have never won at The Emirates but we've collected plenty of draws in the past.

Scot Munroe is taking a look at the team of the week for week 28, this time in a 4-4-2 formation Goalkeeper: Doni (Roma) Played 2nd string to fellow Brazilian Julio Sergio, but now has his chance and he delivered with a brilliant performance between the sticks. He denied Jeda, Giacomazzi and Corvia with instinct saves.

The Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas was of course happy that the Gunners beat his old club Barcelona at the Emirates last night, but he is adamant that it means nothing in the great scheme of things unless Arsenal put in another brilliant performance in the second leg to knock Barcelona out of the competition.

Arsene Wenger obviously remembers Theo Walcott's brilliant performance against Barcelona last season, and is certain that the winger has improved tremendously since then and will be a definite starter in tonights game. "Theo has improved tremendously as a football player this year," said Wenger. "He is different in his links with the other players, his [.

As the half-time whistle blew at the Emirates on Tuesday, some were wondering whether a decisive blow had been struck in the race for the Premier League title.

United were cruising at fortress Old Trafford while an under-par Arsenal were trailing to the 13 men of Everton.

Arsenal showed character to win their game and keep the title very much alive.

What a fantastic performance. What rotten luck. One stupid moment!

I must say this game turned out to be the reverse of what I'd expected. The first ten minutes were the most exciting and Arsenal had City on the ropes for that period. After that the visitors found their defensive shape and made it much more difficult for Arsenal to open them up.