(video gol highlights di Atletico Madrid-Chelsea)
Giochi decisi nel Gruppo D. Il Chelsea di Carletto Ancelotti pareggia due a due al Vicente Calderón e conquista una meritata, ed anticipata, qualificazione agli ottavi di finale, che raggiunge insieme al Porto (secondo), vittorioso di misura a Nicosia contro l'HApoel. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea's unstoppable striker Didier Drogba struck twice in the span of six minutes to silence over 50,000 Atletico Madrid fans at the Vicente Calderon stadium. Atletico's Argentine sensation Sergio Aguero netted either side of Drogba's brace, but that was not enough to prevent the Rojiblancos from UEFA Champions League elimination.

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Video Info:
03.11.2009 - Champions League
APOEL Nicosia - Porto 0:1

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AC Milan's 3-2 win in Madrid on Matchday 3 lifted them to the top of Group C and a repeat success on home soil would take them a step closer to the first knockout round. The Matchday 3 win was a big morale boost for Milan while Madrid slumped. Madrid put a three-game winless run behind them with victory over Getafe CF on Saturday but face a tough task in overturning Milan at home.

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03/11/2009Gruppo ABayern Monaco - Bordeaux ore 20.45Maccabi Haifa - Juventus ore 20.45Gruppo BManchester United - CSKA Mosca ore 20.45Besiktas - Wolfsburg ore 20.45Gruppo CMilan - Real Madrid ore 20.45Olympique Marsiglia - FC Zurigo ore 20.45Gruppo DAPOEL Nicosia - Porto ore 20.45Atletico Madrid - Chelsea ore 20. Click to continue reading...

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There's something afoot in the court of Chelsea. After a start to the season that carried on the way that last season ended (high octane football mixed with the arrogance of the club that knows that it is amongst the best in Europe), they have started to look just a little bit ropey of late.

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The last English team to lose three of their first eight League games and go on to win the title were Manchester United in season 1966-67. We all know what happened next.
For those who believe in lucky omens, it stands to reason that from here Liverpool will collect their first title of the modern era in May and lift the European Cup at Wembley the following season. Click to continue reading...

Words of wisdom
Pepe Reina: For me, Fernando Torres is a better striker than Drogba
Rafa Benitez: Stop Drogba, and you stop Chelsea.

Some people just never learn. Sigh !

So, here we were again, similar occasion, similar circumstances. It was at this same stage last season when Liverpool ended Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten home run courtesy of a deflected fluke goal by Alonso.

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Chelsea returned to the top of the Premier League on Sunday as goals from Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda clinched an impressive 2-0 win over Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.
Carlo Ancelotti's side opened up a two-point gap over second placed Manchester United. But perhaps more importantly, the victory over another of the main title contenders restored Chelsea to winning ways after their 3-1 defeat at Wigan last weekend. Click to continue reading...

This weekend's match-up between Chelsea and Liverpool is truly a battle of the titans - not just on the pitch, but also in the dugout.
For while the Premier League's second- and third-placed teams wrestle for the upper hand in the title race, their managers will be embroiled in a tactical tussle of similarly storied proportions. Click to continue reading...

Group A
Bayern Munich and Juventus played to a 0-0 draw in Germany. Apparently the home side dominated, but got nothing out of it but an injury to Arjen Robben. Bordeaux got a late winner at home to beat Maccabi Haifa 1-0 on a header by Michael Ciani (83').
Group B
At Old Trafford, Manchester United came back from a second-half deficit to beat Wolfsburg on goals by Ryan Giggs (his 150th with the club) and Michael Carrick. Click to continue reading...

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40 not out

Robbie Keane divides opinion on this island more than most of our sporting icons. Everyone can appreciate Padraig Harrington's recently acquired nerves of steel, Henry Shefflin's beautiful touch and poise with a hurley in his hand, or Colm Cooper's unerring accuracy with either foot However, it seems the Tallaght native cannot seem to convince everyone of talents.

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Good day for the home teams as former Red, Robbie Keane scored the winner for Ireland against Cyprus in Nicosia to maintain their search for the top-spot in their group.
England had Jermaine Dafoe to thank in their 2-1 win against Slovenia
in their friendly at Wembley Stadium. Click to continue reading...

Atletico Madrid will seek to take a temporary, yet lucrative step, out of the huge shadow cast by neighbours Real on Tuesday by completing a qualifying round win over Greek side Panathinaikos to take their place in the Champions League group stage.
Tuesday fixtures:
Debrecen (HUN) v Levski Sofia (BUL) (Debrecen lead 2-1)
Anderlecht (BEL) v Lyon (FRA) (Lyon lead 5-1)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v FC Salzburg (AUT) (Haifa lead 2-1)
FC Zurich (SUI) v FK Ventspils (LAT) (Zurich lead 3-0)
Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Panathinaikos (GRE) (Atletico lead 3-2)

Wednesday:
Arsenal (ENG) v Celtic (SCO) (Arsenal lead 2-0)
Fiorentina (ITA) v Sporting Lisbon (POR) (First leg 2-2)
Apoel Nicosia (CYP) v FC Copenhagen (DEN) 1 (Copenhagen lead 1-0)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Sheriff (MDA) (Olympiakos lead 2-0)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) v Timisoara (ROM) (Stuttgart lead 2-0)

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Today, the second qualifying round of the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League begins, with all of the participating clubs playing the first leg of the two-leg round on either Tuesday or Wednesday. This is where it starts getting important, sort of, because at least two clubs playing in this round are guaranteed to advance to the group stage under the new qualifying system. Click to continue reading...

Hertha BSC Berlin 2-0 Saint Patrick's Athletic FC
APOEL FC 1-4 Schalke
FC Nordsjælland 0-2 Olympiacos
NK Slaven Koprivnica 1-2 CSKA
FC Moskva 1-2 København
PFC Litex Lovech 1-3 Aston Villa FC
PFC Cherno More Varna 1-2 VfB Stuttgart
H. Tel-Aviv 1-2 AS Saint-Etienne
FC Baník Ostrava 0-1 Spartak Moskva
VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 FC Rapid Bucureşti
Hamburg 0-0 AFC Unirea Urziceni
Feyenoord 0-1 Kalmar FF
AC Omonia 1-2 Manchester City FC
Nancy 1-0 Motherwell FC
Brann 2-0 Deportivo
Portsmouth FC 2-0 Vitória SC
Slavia 0-0 SC Vaslui
Austria Wien 2-1 Lech Poznań
MŠK Žilina 1-1 Levski
Beşiktaş 1-0 FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Timişoara 1-2 Partizan
NEC Nijmegen 1-0 Dinamo Bucureşti
Bellinzona 3-4 Galatasaray AŞ
BSC Young Boys 2-2 Club Brugge
Kayserispor 1-2 PSG
Real Racing Club Santander 1-0 FC Honka Espoo
UC Sampdoria 5-0 FBK Kaunas
Brøndby IF 1-2 Rosenborg
Milan 3-1 Zürich
Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Sparta
Sevilla 2-0 Salzburg
BV Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Udinese
Rennes 2-1 FC Twente
FK Borac 1-4 Ajax
SSC Napoli 3-2 Benfica
Everton 2-2 R. Click to continue reading...

Cyprus's most famous and supported club AC Omonia will look to take home advantage despite being tagged as the underdogs. Omonia finished last season 3rd behind APOEL and Anorthosis Famagusta, the former also participating in the UEFA Cup and the latter having the prestigious honour of being the first Cypriot representative in the Champions League Group Stage. Click to continue reading...