Sigh.
First of all, the Arsenal Offside would like to place its thoughts to the victims from today's
awful turn of events in Egypt. A truly disheartening experience. Some things are bigger than
football, and this was definitely one of them.
Typical Arsenal. A few days after a great comeback victory, a victory that had the potential to
help turn our season around and put us on the right track (granted, it was a poor Villa side), we
draw against an insipid Bolton side that is currently languishing around the relegation zone.
The Spanish National U-19 Football Team is a game away from securing its qualification for the next
U-19 European Championships after defeating Armenia 2 - 1 earlier in the week & today 2 - 1 over
Italy. The Spaniards suffred in this game & had to make a comeback to pull back two goals (
Campaña 71 st min & Jese Rodriguez in the 83rd min).
By JOHN BOSCHINI
Chelsea are through to the quarterfinals of the Champions League following a thrilling comeback
victory over Napoli at Stamford Bridge.
Branislov Ivanovic fired home a winner at the end of the first half of stoppage time as Chelsea
won 4-1 on the night and 5-4 on aggregate
Napoli carried a 3-1 advantage into the second leg but the two-goal lead was erased by goals
from Didier Drogba and John Terry.
To say it's David versus Goliath would be an understatement.
APOEL Nicosia are in the midst of one of the more remarkable Champions League runs in recent
memory but the powerhouse that is Real Madrid threaten to put an emphatic end to the feel-good
story. Cristiano Ronaldo and his Madrid cohorts will travel to Cyprus, a country with a fourth of
the population of city of Madrid, to take on APOEL.
He didn't light up the scoreboard, and didn't play assist machine, but Kyle Beckerman's
contributions to Real Salt Lake's impressive start to the MLS season have made him SBI's pick for
MLS Player of the Month.
RSL sits in first place in the Western Conference after four matches despite having players such
as Javier Morales, Alvaro Saborio, Fabian Espindola, Will Johnson and Nat Borchers all miss starts
and matches to injuries.
Andy Carroll headed the winner in the 87th minute to clinch a 2-1 comeback victory over Everton
to secure a place in the FA Cup final and labelled the moment as 'the best feeling ever'.
"It's the best feeling ever," said Carroll. "We worked hard and getting a goal at the end there
was great.
FC Dallas has turned things around after a slow start to the season, posting consecutive wins.
The latest win, a comeback victory against Montreal, was delivered in large part due to the
impressive efforts of Panamanian striker Blas Perez.
With Dallas trailing 1-0 at Pizza Hut Park, Shea scored a second-half equalizer, then took part
in the build-up that led to Brek Shea's late game-winning goal.
The Revolution snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating Colorado on Wednesday night. But
turning that victory into a winning streak is going to be difficult, especially since the
Revolution's next opponent is Real Salt Lake on Saturday night.
After a 2-1 comeback victory on Wednesday, the Revolution departed from Utah on Thursday.
Goalkeeper Nick Noble saved Benny Feilhaber's penalty to complete Harrisburg's shocking comeback
victory. (Photo: Derek Meluzio/pennlive.com)
It was over. No one, in their wildest dreams, would've thought a 3-0 lead for the New England
Revolution with just nine minutes to play in overtime against the third division (USL Pro)
Harrisburg City Islanders wasn't safe.
