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Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas made headlines yesterday when he came across as extremely
non-committal in discussing prospective signings such as Genk's Kevin De Bruyne and Shakhtar's
Willian.
The Portuguese manager has followed up by explaining that his stance stems from the unappealing
nature of the January transfer window.
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas insists that he is not the right man to discuss a potential
deal for Genk youngster Kevin De Bruyne and also feels that "certain issues" will prevent the club
from signing Brazil international Willian from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Speaking ahead of Chelsea's FA Cup visit to cross-town rivals QPR a fixture that Villas-Boas
desperately wants to win in order to get one step closer to silverware the Blues gaffer told
reporters that neither De Bruyne nor Willian were in his immediate plans.
Any conflict in the camp will be resolved with a cerebral game of chess. Any conflict over the
rules of chess will be resolved by throwing hideous wooden chairs at one another. Image: Alexander
KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images.
Our exciting new series continues with a 'going over' of the EURO 2012 facilities that await the
French NT.
It is being reported that the chief Arsenal scout Steve Rowley has advised Arsene Wenger to have
another look at Shakhtar Donetsk's creative midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan ahead of a potential move
in January. After the departure of Cesc Fabregas to Barcelona in the summer, Arsenal have seriously
lacked the creativity in midfield that he provided [.
Croatian NT and Shakhtar Donesk captain Darijo Srna is currently on holiday in Barbados.
TMZ has accused him of baby blue Speedo grape smuggling, but we'd like to contest that. The term
that best describes what's going on here is actually "plum smuggling."
Whose side are you on, Kickettes?
Martes 22 de Noviembre de 2011
3 Bayern Munich vs Villarreal 3
Grupo A 2 Napoli vs Manchester City 2
Grupo A 0 CSKA Moscow vs Lille 2
Grupo B 1 Trabzonspor vs Inter Milan 1
Grupo B 2 Manchester United vs Benfica 2
Grupo C 2 Otelul Galati vs FC Basel 3
Grupo C 0 Lyon vs Ajax Amsterdam 0
Grupo D 6 Real Madrid vs Dinamo Zagreb 2
Grupo D
Miércoles 23 de Noviembre de 2011
2
Bayer Leverkusen vs Chelsea 1
Grupo E 7 Valencia vs Genk 0
Grupo E 2 Arsenal vs B Dortmund 1
Grupo F 0 Marseille vs Olympiakos 1
Grupo F 0 Zenit vs Apoel Nicosia 0
Grupo G 0 Shakhtar vs FC Porto 2
Grupo G 0 BATE Borisov vs Viktoria Plzen 1
Grupo H 2 AC Milan vs Barcelona 2
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Viktoria Plzen v Barcelona: Catalans one step away from knockout stage - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Group H sees Barcelona and AC Milan visit Viktoria Plzen and BATE Borisov respectively on
Matchday 4 of the UEFA Champions League. Both these fixtures will decide whether the giants confirm
their spots in the Round of 16 or will the smaller clubs still have a chance.
La Champions League de este 2011 segunda edición nos esta dando muy buenos goles y sorpresas de
vez en vez.
Martes 18 de Octubre 2011
CSKA Moskva 3-0 Trabzonspor
Napoli 1-1 Bayern Munich
Lille 0-1 Internazionale
Basel 0-2 Benfica
Real Madrid 4-0 Lyon
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax
Oţelul Galaţi 0-2 Manchester United
Manchester City 2-1 Villarreal
Miércoles 19 de Octubre 2011
Chelsea 5-0 Genk
Porto 1-1 APOEL
Leverkusen 2-1 Valencia
Marseille 0-1 Arsenal
Milan 2-0 BATE
Barcelona 2-0 Plzeň
Olympiacos 3-1 Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Zenit
This week was a busy one for Portuguese abroad.
Both Porto and Benfica began their Champions League campaigns earlier this week. Porto was able
to climb from behind and beat Shakhtar Donetsk 2-1 at home. Hulk his a laser of a free kick and
Kleber finished easily in front [read more]
Even after Aleandre Pato'o "saw a gap and ran at it" (great quote sometimes football's just a
simple game), the Champions League opening night provided no further letdown, only building with
steam across the continent. Late drama was seemingly a common thread, both in Catalonia and
Germany.
Chelsea followed up on Frank Lampard's urgency for Champions League glory by opening their
campaign with an impressive 2-0 win at home to Bayer Leverkusen.
Second half goals from David Luiz and summer signing Juan Manuel Mata sealed all three points
for Andre Villas-Boas' men at Stamford Bridge at the expense of their German visitors.
Group F: Arsenal – Marseille – Olympiacos – Borussia Dortmund.
That doesn't look like a group of death to me but there is enough in there keep things on edge.
Perhaps part of the reason is also that Arsenal will have to go on a long, consistent run before
most fans regain complete confidence.
GRUPO ABayern Munich,
VILLARREAL, Manchester City y Nápoles
GRUPO BInter de Milán, CSKA Moscú, Lille y Trabzonspor
GRUPO CManchester, Benfica, Basilea y Otelul Galati
GRUPO DREAL MADRID, Olympique Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo de Zagreb
GRUPO EChelsea,
VALENCIA, B.
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Resultados del sorteo de la Champions League 2011 2012
Los grupos de la Champions League temporada 2011-2012 quedaron de la siguiente manera:
Grupo A
Bayern Munich
Villarreal
Manchester City
Napoles
Grupo B
Inter de Milan
CSKA Moscu
Lille
Trabzonspors
Grupo C
Manchester United
Benfica
FC Basel
FC Otelul
Grupo D
Real Madrid
Olympique de Lyon
Ajax
GNK Dinamo
Grupo E
Chelsea
Valencia
Bayern Leverkusen
KRC Genk
Grupo F
Arsenal
O.
A lot has happened in the last day or two. Nasri's move has been officially announced, Wilshere
suffered a relapse (anyone else worried – perhaps unjustifiably – that he will be this season's
Vermaelen?), and the summer's most believable, intriguing, albeit a tad dramatic story claimed
there was a rift between the board and the manager.
The rumours last week were saying that Arsenal were lining up the Brazilian Jadson from Shakhtar
Donetsk as a marquee signing to announce when Fabregas transfer to Barcelona is confirmed, but
Wenger was directly asked about it on Friday he said: "nowhere near on Jadson" and said the club
were "not talking to Shakhtar about [.
By Walter Broeckx and Tony Attwood In Lequipe they are saying that Arsenal are talking with
representatives of Shakthar and with their Brazilian player Jadson. This is the player who He
supplied the winning goal for Shakhtar to with the UEFA Cup Final in which he was made man of the
match. He has also scored [.
Diving is surely a mortal sin, punishable by an eternity of immersion in a fiery hell, which, as
recent scientific studies have determined, is simply an incessant barrage of the Cesc to Barcelona
saga. Like "To be or not to be...", but less poetic with nothing to follow forever, thus
mired in a constant state of simultaneous not knowing and severe annoyance.
Philippe Mexes is a dirty cheat. He's a walking red card and a thuggish scumbag; an explosion
waiting to happen like that quiet, inevitable interval in between lighting a firecracker and
waiting for it to go off. Philippe Mexes is a tremendous defender. Sure, he has a dirty side, but
what centerback doesn't?
As last season drew to a close it appeared that Spurs only hope for European football was the
Europa League that came with 5th place. Arguments raged as to whether or not this was a good thing
and it appeared Harry Redknapp and a number of his players didn't seem keen on the idea.
Marouane Chamakh Rated in: 36 game(s) vs Liverpool: 6 vs Blackpool: 7.5 vs Blackburn: 7 vs Bolton:
7 vs S.C. Braga: 8 vs Sunderland: 7 vs Tottenham: 6.5 vs West Brom: 5 vs Partizan: 7 vs Chelsea:
5.5 vs Birmingham: 6.5 vs Shakhtar: 7.5 vs Manchester City: 7 vs West ...
Jack Wilshere Rated in: 46 game(s) vs Liverpool: 6 vs Blackpool: 6.5 vs Bolton: 6.5 vs S.C. Braga:
8 vs Sunderland: 6 vs Tottenham: 8.5 vs West Brom: 6 vs Partizan: 7 vs Chelsea: 7.5 vs Birmingham:
7.5 vs Shakhtar: 8 vs Newcastle: 6.5 vs Wolves: 6 vs Everton: 4.5 vs ...
So, Europe, eh?
It hit me last night while watching Britain's Got Talent. The judges came on to the same music
we used to play in our Europa games, and I realised what last season had lacked: frightening
games.
Sure there were tense matches, games that meant things, but never games that made you feel sick,
games that had you wide eyed and awe-struck.
They win a lot... but never by a majority (UPDATE: Nuts)Since there's no other news today (what's an Osama Jack Layton?) we thought we'd use our spy
skills to infiltrate the hiding place of some secret information. With Toronto FC's NutCan
semi-final against FC Edmonton seeming like a foregone conclusion (unless Dan Gargan starts) we
thought we would look into the founding of Canada's newest pro club.
With all of the midweek action going on, especially in domestic cup competitions, it seems like
this is a good week to bring back the scoreboard/schedule feature. The highlights of the week all
seem to take place on Wednesday when Real Madrid and Barcelona play in the finals of the Copa del
Rey, Benfica and Porto face off in the semifinals of the Taça da Portugal and Real Salt Lake and
Monterrey begin their two-leg CONCACAF Champions League final.
Non è stato sicuramente un esordio felice, quello dello Shakhtar, alla prima apparizione nei
quarti di finale della Champions League. E non si è ripetuto il colpaccio (nella fase a gironi)
del 2008 quando la compagine ucraina violò il Camp Nou con il risultato di 3 a 2. Nell'andata del
terz'ultimo atto della prestigiosa manifestazione [.
FC Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 5-1 at the Camp Nou in the first leg of their UEFA Champions
League series on Wednesday. Goals from Andres Iniesta, Dani Alves, Gerard Piqué, Seydou Keita and
Xavi all but booked the Catalan giants a spot in the semi-finals of the tournament. Their likely
opponent is expected to be [.
La posibilidad de ver un
Clásico en la
Champions League adopta forma. En caso de
que
Barcelona y Real Madrid pasen de ronda se disputarían un hueco en la final los días
27 de abril y 3 de mayo. La ida será en el
Santiago Bernabéu.
Las televisiones que poseen los derechos de emisión de la competición se han repartido los
turnos.
Eduardo, the former Arsenal striker still held in high regard by many North Londoners, has become a
firm favourite in Donetsk since a £6m switch last summer.
Barca beware! Ex-Arsenal hotshot Eduardo is Shakhtar's secret weapon
Barcelona's Villa eyes end to goal drought
Ecco lo sguardo fresco del Tottenham, le guance rilassate dello Shakhtar e gli occhi vivaci dello
Schalke che provano ad essere volto nuovo nell'Europa della Champions League. Certo ci sono ancora
le facce agguerrite di Manchester e Chelsea, una delle quali è destinata a soccombere nel derby
fratricida, c'è ancora il volto ieratico del Barcellona [.
Four of Shakhtar's main defensive men Andriy Pyatov, Yaroslav Rakitskyi, Darijo Srna and Dmytro
Chygrynskiy were asked to be filmed as the CL quarterfinal draw was made, possibly in return for
some free Nike stuff. Best possible outcome for Nike, worst possible outcome for Shakhtar: FC
Barcelona.
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Kosuke Kimura of the Colorado Rapids writes in the New York Times today asking for our help in his
native Japan.
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Frank Dell'Apa of the Boston Globe reports that the rumored USA v Spain friendly in early June
looks likely to be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
Forgive my brevity today. I mangled the ol' hammy in my game last night and every second in any
position that allows typing is a fresh hell.Champions LeagueQuarterfinal draw Real Madrid v
TottenhamChelsea v Manchester UnitedBarcelona v Shakhtar DonetskInter Milan v SchalkeSemifinal
drawInter/Schalke v Chelsea/Manchester UnitedReal/Tottenham v Barcelona/ShakhtarEuropa
LeagueQuarterfinal draw Porto
Javier Zanetti, his legs and some random trophy. Image: OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images/Daylife
Once again we are thrilled to trash our remit by bringing you news of important breaking
football news. The Champions League draw for the quarter-finals was made at 11.00am (GMT) and is as
follows:
- Real Madrid vs.
Before I proceed I want to mention that this article is mostly speculation about the Champions
League draw and the teams in it. There won't be much about Arsenal.
Ok with that out of the way I thought I'll jot down some thoughts I had about the Champions
League quarter-final draw. While the draw is held live and involves some big names associated with
the game, I often get the feeling that it is, at least partially, rigged.
STARTERS
Looney antics are set to return to England this week as Arsenal will sign retired former keeper
Jens Lehman to an emergency contract! YES! Just type his name into You Tube and enjoy the show.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2nd Leg Quarterfinals Tuesday & Wednesday!
STARTERSAt least we will know they are French. Hey there Sailor! Wanna by me a drink?
STORY OF THE DAYMore English voices invading MLS this season - Adrian Healy on ESPN, Callum Williams for Sporting
KC, and Robbie Earle for Portland (I know he is Jamaican but he has been in England for a long time
and sounds completely English.
