Top billings - Feb 25 - 26, 2012

After a super Midweek filled with exciting Champions League and Europa League action, the domestic leagues will now be back in action.

Top billing of the week - AC Milan vs Juventus

The battle between the Serie A heavyweights will be intense as the two teams continue to battle for the top spot. Pirlo, the ex Milan man, will undoubtedly draw a lot of attention from the Milan faithfuls as he returns to San Siro!
Fixture: 7.45pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixture: Napoli vs Internazionale


Top Billing in La Liga - Atletico Madrid - Barcelona!
Barcelona are off pace this season and this game will be no easy encounter.
Fixture: 8.30pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: Valencia vs Sevilla

Top Billing in Premier League - Arsenal vs Tottenham
After tumbling out of the FA cup and a being thrashed 4 - 0 in the Champions League tie at San Siro, Arsenal will look to put their troubles behind them and try to narrow the wide gap in the League between them and the third placed Spurs.
Fixture: 1.30pm GMT, Saturday
Note: The game between Liverpool and Everton has been postponed as the Reds take on Cardiff City in the Carling Cup Final on Sunday, 26th February, 2012 at Wembley.


Top Billing in Bundesliga - Bayern Munich vs Schalke
With just a point difference between the Bavarians and Schalke, this game will be a game changer for both the teams.
Fixture: 2.30pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: Dortmund vs Hannover

Top Billing in League 1 - Lyon vs PSG
The last time the two teams met this season in their League 1 encounter, the game ended in a 1 -1 draw.
Fixture: 8pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixtures: Montpellier vs Bordeaux!

A super weekend with Big ties in Italy, England, France and Germany!

Top billings - Feb 14 - 16, 2012

Midweek Action

The Champions League Round of 16:
First leg - 14/15 February
Second leg - 21/22 February

The Europa League Knockout Round:
First leg - 14/16 February
Second leg - 22/23 February

Champions League Top billing - AC Milan vs Arsenal

Billed as he Tie of the round, it is touted to be a classy contest!
Fixture: 20.45pm GMT, Wednesday
Other good Fixture: Napoli vs Chelsea

Europa League Top Billing - Ajax - Manchester United
This will be the first time the Man Utd will play in the Europa League and Sir Alex Ferguson has made it pretty clear that he would field a strong team as the Red Devils set their sights on adding another trophy to their shimmering cabinet.
Fixture: 18pm GMT, Thursday
Other good Fixtures: Porto vs Man City

Should be a cracker of a midweek!

Review - Feb 4 - 6, 2012

England:
Manchester United - The comeback Kings!
United recover from a 3 goal deficit to secure a draw at the Stamford Bridge.

Photo courtesy: Manutd.com
Elsewhere, the Liverpool - Tottenham game ends in a goalless draw.

Italy:
Roma hit four past Inter to secure a 4 - 0 victory while AC Milan only manage to secure a single point in a goalless draw with Napoli.

Spain:
Atletico Madrid hold Valencia to a goalless draw while Athletic Bilbao draw 3 - 3 with Espanyol.

Germany:
The game between Wolfsburg vs Mönchengladbach ends in a 0 - 0 stalemate while the game between Leverkusen vs Stuttgart ends in a 2 - 2 stalemate.

More action next Weekend!

Top billings - Feb 4 - 6, 2012

Top billing of the week - Manchester United vs Chelsea

Its a big week with big matches across Europe, but this one clearly leads the pile.
Fixture: 4pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixture: Liverpool vs Tottenham


Top Billing in La Liga - Athletic Bilbao vs Espanyol
With only a two point difference between the two teams, this game will be the difference maker for the teams in their league positions.
Fixture: 5pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixtures: Atletico Madrid vs Valencia

Top Billing in Serie A - AC Milan vs Napoli
A big weekend in Italy! The big games this weekend for the Milanese clubs should give them stern tests.
Note: The game timings in Italy have been revised due to heavy snowfall.
Fixture: 3pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixture: Fiorentina vs Udinese

Top Billing in Bundesliga - Wolfsburg vs Mönchengladbach
The Bundesliga title is a four ways race with the top three teams leveled at same points! The top team now need to avoid any slip ups to remain in the chase!
Fixture: 2.30pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixtures: Leverkusen vs Stuttgart

Top Billing in League 1 - Marseille vs Lyon
Marseille lag only a point behind Lyon and will look to surge past them with a win.
Fixture: 8pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: Not Really!

A super weekend with Big ties in England, France and Italy!!!

Review - Jan 14 - 15, 2012

Italy:
The  Derby Della Madonnina, the biggest draw of the weekend proved to be a pretty entertaining affair where Milito sealed the victory for Inter after striking the lone goal of the game!

Result: AC Milan 0 - 1 Inter Milan

Spain:
Sevilla play out a 0 - 0 stalemate with Espanyol.
Falcao, with his brace, and Diego help Atletico Madrid ease past Villarreal.

France:
There was some big action in France over the weekend.
Montpellier secure a vital win over Lyon and create a four point lead over Lille, who stumbled versus Marseille.
The game between Marseille and Lille ended at 2 - 0.

Big action in the Midweek!

Top billings - Jan 14 - 15, 2012

The top billing of the week - AC Milan vs Inter Milan




After a mouth watering Manchester derby last weekend it time for the Milan derby this weekend!
With Inter sitting in the fifth spot in the league table, it is important for them to triumph at the San Siro.
Fixture: 7.45pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixture: Not really!


The top Billing of the La Liga - Sevilla vs Espanyol
After snatching a point versus Barca last weekend, Espanyol would be looking to register another victory over the team with whom they sit level on points in the table.
Fixture: 5pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixtures: Atletico Madrid vs Villarreal

The top Billing of the Premier League - No real big one!
The big six all would be looking to register comfortable wins this weekend.
Other good Fixture: Oh really!

The top Billing of the League 1 - Montpellier vs Lyon
A big weekend in the french top flight with games between the four of the top six teams!
Fixture: 8pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: Marseille vs Lille

The Bundesliga remains on a winter break until 20th January.

Another interesting weekend ahead!!!

Review - Dec 26 - 27, 2011

Plenty of Action on Boxing Day!

Five star United, again!
After last weeks 5 - 0 thrashing of Fulham, United continue the scoring spree. This time Berba scores a hat-trick while Park and Valencia too get on the score sheet to put Wigan to the blade in an entertaining 5 - 0 victory.

At the Hawthorns, Manchester City find it difficult to break the deadlock and salvage only a single point versus West Brom.

While this draw puts United joint top with City in the rankings table, the Citizens would surely now feel more heat with only the goal difference keeping them ahead of United.

Elsewhere Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool all draw their matches.

Chelsea draw 1 - 1 with Fulham - Scorers - Mata and Dempsey

Arsenal draw 1 - 1 with Wolves - Scorers - Grevinho and Fletcher

Liverpool draw 1 - 1 with Blackburn Rovers - Scorers - Adam (own goal) and Maxi

Bale fires a brace and the only goals in Tottenham's 2- 0 rout of Norwich City. The flying winger keeps imposing his authority and remains a major threat for opposing teams.

The next set of action on the New Years weekend!

Top billings - Dec 26 - 27, 2011

Top billings - Dec 26-27


With all leagues but the Barclays Premier League going on winter break^, lets have a look at the Top Billings in the EPL.

No top team is playing each other, so the biggies would be looking to keep their positions in the Table intact.

The Matches will be played on Monday and Tuesday (26th and 27th).


The Big Games:


Monday Action:

Chelsea host Fulham                         - 1pm GMT

Liverpool host Blackburn                  - 3pm GMT

Man Utd host Wigan Athletic            - 3pm GMT

West Bromwich Albion host City      - 3pm GMT




Tuesday Action:

Arsenal host Wolves                         - 3pm GMT


^The Winter Break in Serie A and La Liga lasts until January 7, 2012 while in League 1 until January 14, 2012 and in Bundesliga until January 20, 2012.

Midweek Review - Dec 21-22, 2011

Review for 21 Dec - 22 Dec, 2011

England:

United's High Five - Five star Manchester United hit 5 goals in their game vs the cottagers at craven cottage. Welbeck, Rooney, Nani, Giggs and Berbatov all add their name to the scoresheet.

Arsenal secure a 1 - 2 away win, with Van Persie and Benayoun scoring for the Gunners.

Liverpool held for a goalless draw vs Wigan

The Big game of the midweek, Tottenham vs Chelsea ends in s exciting 1 - 1 Draw, with Adebayor giving Spurs the lead after only 8 minutes, only for the in form Sturridge to equalize at 23 minutes.


Italy:

The Juventus and Udinese game ends in a goalless draw

AC Milan score two vs Cagliari

Top billings - Dec 20 - 22, 2011

Top billings - 20 Dec - 22 Dec, 2011

Midweek Action for a change!

The top billing of the week - Tottenham vs Chelsea
Fixture: 8.00pm GMT, Thursday
Other good Fixtures: Fulham vs United and Aston Villa vs Arsenal

The top Billing of the La Liga - No Midweek Action
The Copa del Rey occupies the midweek slots
Fixture: N/A
Other good Fixtures: N/A

The top Billing of the Seria A - Udinese vs Juventus
Fixture: 5.00pm GMT, Wednesday
Other good Fixture: Cagliari vs AC Milan

The top billing of the Bundesliga - No Midweek Action
The DFB-Pokal occupies the midweek slots
Fixture: N/A
Other good Fixtures: N/A

Midweek Action!!!





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Review for game week 17 Dec - 18 Dec, 2011

Review for game week 17 Dec - 18 Dec, 2011

City manage to bounce back from the previous week defeat to Chelsea with a narrow 1 - 0 win at their home.
United and Liverpool record wins vs QPR and Villa respectively and Chelsea draw to Wigan.

In Spain, Madrid and Valencia both secure comfortable wins in their vital clashes and Barcelona cruise to a easy victory too at the weekend.

In Italy, Roma triumph over Napoli and the match between Lazio and Udinese ends in a 2-2 stalemate.

In Germany, Shalke stun Bremen 5-0 and Wolfsburg scrape a 1-0 victory over Stuttgart.

More action awaited during the Midweek Fixtures!

Top Billings

Top billings - Dec 17-19

The top billing of the week - Arsenal v/s Manchester City

Arsenal will be out to show their revived metle whereas City would want to bury the last weeks disappointment. A loss for City and a win for United this weekend will change the contours of the Premier League Table!!
Fixture: 4.10pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixtures: QPR v/s United nd Aston Villa v/s Liverpool

The top Billing of the La Liga - Sevilla v/s Real Madrid
Madrid will face a big challenge to regain the summit in the La Liga.
Fixture: 9pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixtures: Valencia v/s Malga

The top Billing of the Seria A - Napoli v/s Roma
Napoli, the Champions League playing team, will be a big challenge for Roma, who would try to reach level with Napoli in Serie A with a win and three points.
Fixture: 7.45pm GMT, Sunday
Other good Fixture: Lazio v/s Udinese

The top billing of the Bundesliga - Shalke v/s Bremen
Big contenders in Germany Schalke face a stern test v/s Bremen.
Fixture: 5.30pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixture: Wolfsburg v/s Stuttgart

This sure would be another interesting weekend ahead!!!

Champions League Draw - Last 16

Is it Italy v/s England.....or Serie A v/s Premier League...or what!!!



Image courtesy UEFA.com (©AFP)

The eagerly awaited draw has as usual sprung up quite a few interesting ties but the big interesting factor of this year's draw is the England v/s Italy contest!

AC Milan have been drawn with Arsenal

and Napoli have been drawn with Chelsea

another interesting draw is Basel v/s Bayern, the two most recent teams to have achieved the huge covet and a rare achievement of progressing at the expense of Manchester United in the Champions League!!



ok we should stop guessing the probable quarter finalists in our minds now!!

Top Billings

The top top Billing of the week - the El Clásico!
Some call it Real v/s Barca others prefer Ronnie v/s Messiah, call it as you wish, the lovers of the game will simply admire the fierce contest, often touted as the crossroad and the stumbling block to the La Liga conquest!
The fixture slot being 9pm GMT on Saturday, most Asian lovers of the game would not mind sacrificing their sleep.
Fixture: 9pm GMT, Saturday
Other good Fixture: Espanyol v/s Atletico Madrid

The top Billing of the Premier League - Chelsea v/s City
Slated to be the last game for the matchday, the nervy encounter between the strugglers and the wannabes is also a late fixture but the only glitch - this one is on Monday.
Fixture: 8pm GMT, Monday
Other good Fixtures: Arsenal v/s Everton - stand out factor - RVP!
and Liverpool v/s QPR - stand out factor - resilient Pool v/s the stern Newbees (QPR gave City a torrid time earlier!)

The top Billing of the Seria A - Roma v/s Juventus
The rejuvenated Juventus v/s the self styled miracle awaiting ones (De Rossi of Roma stated in midweek that only some miracle could bring them the Seria A title now) is also a late show, and again, on Monday.
Fixture: 7.45pm GMT, Monday
Other good Fixture: Inter v/s Fiorentina

The top billing of the Bundesliga - no real big one!
The Bavarians will hope to continue their run at the top in Germany with a win over Stuttgart in what can be called one of the better fixtures of the week.
Other good Fixture: Oh Please!!

The Barca fans would want a repeat of the most recent Clasico (last seasons 3-2 for Barca) whereas the Real faithfuls will wish their team continues its superior form in the La Liga!
Villa Boas on the other side of the continent would want his Chelsea to continue its resurgence and dismantle City to halt their unbeaten run!
Definitely a very interesting weekend ahead!!!