PSG remain poised in second spot behind Porto in Group A after this comfortable 2-0 victory in Zagreb, with the homeside now without a point in 9 Champions League ties.
Real Madrid have agreed to a transfer fee for Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric
reportedly for around $52 million or £33 million.
It's a move that should benefit both sides as Spurs get money to rebuild their squad and Real
Madrid add depth with a highly regarded attacking midfielder.
We love taking nervous boys under our (pterodactyl-like) wings and er... offering consolation.
This is exactly what we were planning when we saw this photo of Yoann Gourcuff arriving in Croatia
for Lyon's crunch Champions League tie vs. Dinamo Zagreb. With the benefit of hindsight, we needn't
have bothered.
This was a cruel match to watch. Cruel because Ajax deserved both goals that were ruled
controversially offside. Those goals would have been enough to see them go to the knock out stage
along with Real even as Lyon was pounding Dinamo Zagreb in the other group match.
I've wrestled back and forth for hours on how to address last night's simultaneous Champions League
incidents in Amsterdam and Zagreb, obviously because of the team short-strawed with the outcomes. I
have decided that it cannot be avoided. I suppose that I will just have to speak as objectively as
my reputation allows.
Lyon players celebrate qualification for the last 16
It looked like game over for Lyon in this year's Champions League, after the French giants left
themselves with an enormous task ahead of the final Group D matchday.
On another night of drama in the Champions League Lyon, Basel and Napoli all moved onto the
round of 16, while last season's beaten finalist Manchester United was sent to the Europa
League.
The most unlikely team to progress to the knock stages was Lyon, who needed Ajax to lose at home
to Real Madrid while they beat Dinamo Zagreb and overturned a seven-goal
deficit.
2011 was a season to remember for HJK. Not only did ‘Klubi' won their third consecutive title
and the Finnish Cup (overall their 24th league championship and 11th cup victory), but they did
this in a swashbuckling fashion. The Helsinki team finished the season with a 24-point lead to
second-place Inter and scored a whopping 86 goals in 33 matches while conceding only 23.
A weakened (relatively speaking) Real Madrid side still managed to administer Dinamo Zagreb with
a sound 6-2 pasting at the Bernabeu last night, with Karim Benzema opening the scoring after just
98 seconds Madrid's fastest ever Champions League goal.
Despite being already through to the Champions League quarter finals Real Madrid were in no mood
to take the foot off the pedal as they hit Dinamo Zagreb for six. Zagreb did grab two consolation
goals but this tie was overafter less than ten minutes. Real scored the quickest three goals in
Champions League history on the bounce with three goals in the first nine minutes, all this without
Starman Cristiano Ronaldo who was rested by Jose Mourinho.
Liverpool and Juventus are locked in a battle to sign Lyon defender Aly Cissokho.
Cissokho, 24, has been strongly linked with a switch to Anfield but the move never materialised
during the summer.
Kenny Dalglish will have to act fast to sign the French international as Juventus are also keen to
sign him when the transfer window re-opens in January.
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo has stuck his proverbial neck out by blasting his boo-boys who
he insists are ‘jealous' of him. The world's most expensive player in history came in for a
torrent of abuse during Real Madrid's narrow 1-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday night but
snapped back with some choice words [.
Cristiano Ronaldo and the Top 20 'good-looking and rich' footballers PICTURE
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They don't call it the beautiful game for nothing. Cristiano Ronaldo today explained away Dinamo
Zagreb booing his every touch in the Champions League last night as jealousy because he is
"good-looking, rich and a great footballer".
Aah, yes, we know many from the football fraternity who had their arms high up in the air at the
sight of those fiery Red Real Madrid kits last night. But perhaps the best quote from yesterday's
1-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb came from Ronaldo's mouth. He had been the subject of
some abuse from the Zagreb spectators, which he was probably quizzed about after the game.
Real Madrid defender Marcelo received a deserved second yellow card for
simulation in Real Madrid's 1-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in tonights Champions League opener
in Zagreb.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has risked his reputation, particularly in Germany, by
claiming that he is unaware of Borussia Dortumund starlet Mario Gotze's rapid emergence due to a
lack of interest in the Bundesliga.
Ronaldo, who is no stranger to controversy following a high-profile stint with Manchester
United, claims that he does not even know Gotze's preferred position and went as far as asking
reporters if the recently capped Germany international is even good enough to be in the spot
light.
The coveted winger signed a new four-year deal with Tottenham on Wednesday, extending his stay
in London and putting an end to speculation that he'd be bolting for some of the world's biggest
teams.
Just 22, Bale has established himself as one of the Premier League's top talents and had been
attracting interest from a wide array of teams, including giants Barcelona, Real Madrid and
Manchester City.
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Final score and result:- Croatia vs Sweden 1-3 ( Jonas Olsson own goal/ Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Seb
Larsson*2) Stadion Maksimir- Zagreb, Croatia- 29 February, 2012 [.
Croatia, or formerly known as Yugoslavia, have been quite a force in the history of the World Cup
and the European Cup respectively. Although they have never quite made it to a final, they still
remain to be a team of which other national sides fear. In the qualification group stages Croatia
– nicknamed The Blazers – finished 2nd in Group F narrowly missing out on 1st position by a
mere 2 points.
Há coisas que não mudam por muito que os anos passem e Robert Prosinecki é um bom exemplo disso.
O croata de 43 anos é o actual treinador do Estrela Vermelha de Belgrado e não se conteve quando
a sua equipa marcou o primeiro golo em casa do rival Partizan em jogo das meias-finais da Taça da
Sérvia.
Martes 6 de Diciembre de 2011 Chelsea vs Valencia 13:45 hrsRacing Genk vs Bayer Leverkusen
13:45 hrsBorussia Dortmund vs Marseille 13:45 hrsOlympiakos vs Arsenal 13:45 hrsApoel Nicosia vs
Shakhtar Donetsk 13:45 hrsFC Porto vs Zenit St Petersburg 13:45 hrsBarcelona vs BATE Borisov 13:45
hrsViktoria Plzen vs AC Milan 13:45 hrsMiércoles 7 de Diciembre de 2011 Manchester City vs
Bayern Munich 13:45 hrsVillarreal vs Napoli 13:45 hrsInter Milan vs CSKA Moscow 13:45 hrsLille vs
Trabzonspor 13:45 hrsBenfica vs Otelul Galati 13:45 hrsFC Basel vs Manchester United 13:45 hrsAjax
Amsterdam vs Real Madrid 13:45 hrsDinamo Zagreb vs Lyon 13:45 hrs Gracias por tu visita
Estadísticas de Fútbol
Real Madrid secured first spot in Group D of the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League in emphatic fashion
with a 6-2 win over eliminated GNK Dinamo Zagreb at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday. Fielding a
weakened squad, Madrid were up 3-0 within 10 minutes of kickoff on goals from Karim Benzema, José
Callejón and Gonzalo Higuaín.
Despite the number of big matches that took place this weekend, there wasn't a lot of movement in
the rankings this week. Only one club, Werder Bremen, fell out of the rankings and it was replaced
by Borussia Monchengladbach, the club that beat it 5-0.
In the Top Ten, the big loser was Udinese, who was passed by two clubs in Italy's Serie A even
though neither of those two clubs, Milan and Lazio, managed to pick up a victory.
Martes 13 de septiembre de 2011 2 Chelsea vs Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 KRC Genk vs Valencia 0 1
Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal 1 0 Olympiakos vs Marseille 1 2 Apoel Nicosia vs Zenit St Petersburg 1
2 FC Porto vs Shakhtar Donetsk 1 2 Barcelona vs AC Milan 2 1 Viktoria Plzen vs BATE Borisov 1
Miércoles 14 de septiembre de 2011 Manchester City vs Napoli 13:45 hrsVillarreal vs Bayern
Munich 13:45 hrsInter Milan vs Trabzonspor 13:45 hrsLille vs CSKA Moscow 13:45 hrsBenfica vs
Manchester United 13:45 hrsFC Basel vs Otelul Galati 13:45 hrsAjax Amsterdam vs Lyon 13:45
hrsDinamo Zagreb vs Real Madrid 13:45 hrs Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol
Two French offsides, two Amsterdam onsides... Sad....
Last Wednesday was a black day in Ajax' history. Two onside goals were disallowed, resulting in
a home loss against Madrid, which could have at least ended in a draw. And as losing wasn't even
that big of a problem, it was Zagreb that [read more]
Martes 18 de Octubre 2011
CSKA Moskva 3-0 TrabzonsporNapoli 1-1 BayernLille 0-1 InternazionaleBasel 0-2 BenficaReal Madrid
4-0 LyonDinamo Zagreb 0-2 AjaxOţelul Galaţi 0-2 Man. UnitedMan. City 2-1 Villarreal
Miércoles 19 de Octubre 2011
Chelsea13:45GenkPorto13:45APOELLeverkusen13:45ValenciaMarseille13:45ArsenalMilan13:45BATEBarcelona13:45PlzeňOlympiacos13:45DortmundShakhtar
Donetsk13:45Zenit
Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol
A host of clubs have began to notice 21 year old Croatian Andrej Kramaric, and his agent has fueled speculation that the young star could be on the move this summer.
Contracted to Dinamo Zagreb, Kramaric is currently on loan at Croatian side Lokomativa but his success this season has drawn the eye of some of the bigger clubs in Europe.
Croatian (Prva HNL) champions for the last seven seasons, GNK Dinamo Zagreb (usually called Dinamo
Zagreb) will meet Bulgaria's Ludogorets in the Second Qualifying Round of the 2012/13 UEFA
Champions League on July...
Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Eurocopa de 2012, foi realizado no dia 07/10/2011, na cidade de
Piraeus-GRE, onde jogaram as seleções da Grécia (11º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da
Croácia (9º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Eliminatórias Copa do MUndo
1998Thessaloniki 30/04/1997 GRE0:1 (0:0)CRO First stage1998Zagreb 10/11/1996 CRO1:1 (1:1)GRE First
stage
Eliminatórias Continentais
Zagreb 07/09/2010 CRO0:0GRE
The name Mateo Kovacic has appeared in the rumour columns for a few months now but there is an
indication from the Croatian's club that Spurs are keen to tie up a deal for his services.
Kovacic is just 17 and currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Dinamo Zagreb. Having
broken into the first team in 2010 at the age of sixteen, he has gone on to establish himself as a
regular starter and one of the hottest young properties in Europe.
An ocean of luck, that's what Lyon have been bathing in for the last month or so. Even last
saturday, OL have won their last home game of the year, for the first time in ten years: another
sign of the success of Lyonnais in December. A miracle in the Champions League, followed by other
very favorable news (Nicosia, for C1, the neighbor La Duchère for La Coupe de France, a string of
referee decisions that got us to win) four straight wins in the Championship .
After so many years in the European doldrums, Ajax finally had another chance of surviving the
group stages and hope for a miracle in the draw. They did have to get something of a result against
Real while Lyon was supposed to be tamed by Zagreb.
A curious article appeared on the online version of the Wall Street Journal
earlier today on the subject of the economic woes that European football is facing. It was,
largely, a thoroughly reasonable article, talking of the gap between rich and poor in terms of the
tensions that this may come to create within the infrastructure of the pan-European game (even
withstanding the at best mixed week that the biggest European clubs endured, which can easily be
justified as unfortunate timing), the debt levels that clubs have racked and are racking up in the
pursuit of success and the unsustainable amount of money being squandered on players' wages.
Image Credit: Davor Pongračić/Cropix. Tip & translation help via Roza. Cheers girl!
Pause for a moment, Kickettes, and feast your eyes on Niko Kranjčar's reaction to our Croatian
correspondent's unscheduled entry** (via the window, on a rope, blind with lust or possibly the
previous evening's make-up) into Wednesday's Adidas Predator launch in Zagreb.
