Midweek Action - Apr 3rd - 5th, 2012

The Champions League and the Europa League both enter the Quarter Finals second leg stage!!

Champions League:

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea are all in the driving seat for the second leg of the quarter finals after winning their respective first legs.


Photo courtesy: uefa.com

Fixture: 06.45pm GMT,
Tuesday, 3rd April and Wednesday, 4th April , 2012


Results of the 1st leg:

	APOEL	0 - 3	Real Madrid		27 Mar
	Benfica	0 - 1	Chelsea		27 Mar
	Marseille	0 - 2	Bayern		28 Mar
	Milan	0 - 0	Barcelona		28 Mar

Europa League:

AZ, Athletic Bilbao, Sporting and Atletico Madrid walk into the second leg with advantage after winning their respective first leg ties.

Photo courtesy: uefa.com

Fixture: 06:50 pm GMT
Thursday, 5th April, 2012


Results of the 1st leg:

	Atlético	2 - 1	Hannover		29 Mar
	AZ	2 - 1	Valencia		29 Mar
	Schalke	2 - 4	Athletic		29 Mar
	Sporting	2 - 1	Metalist		29 Mar

A super midweek ahead!

Midweek Action - Mar 27 - 29, 2012

The Champions League and the Europa League both enter the Quarter Finals stage!!!!

Champions League:

The top eight teams in Europe so far this year will begin their journey to claim the unltimate crown - The Champions League!


Photo courtesy: uefa.com

Fixture: 19.45pm GMT,
Tuesday, 27th March and Wednesday, 28th March, 2012

Europa League:

Though the Europa League may often be called a second tier competition, the remaining teams in this competition can by no means be called second tier. Knocking out heavyweights like Manchester City and past European Champions Manchester United cannot be called a small task after all!

Photo courtesy: uefa.com

Fixture: 10.05 pm GMT
Thursday, 29th March, 2012



A super midweek ahead!

Midweek Action - Mar 13 - 15, 2012

Super Midweek action starts today as most top teams find themselves in tight spots in the Champions League and the Europa League.

Image courtesy: Manutd.com

Champions League:

Bayern Munich and Inter Milan both need overcome their first leg 1 - 0 deficits to progress in the Champions League.
Real Madrid drew their first leg while Chelsea lost 3 - 1. A win will suffice for Madrid, but Chelsea need to cover their huge goal deficit too!

Fixture: 19.45pm GMT,
Tuesday: Bayern Munich vs Basel and Inter Milan vs Marseille
Wednesday: Chelsea vs Napoli and Real Madrid vs CSKA Moscow

Europa League:

United face an uphill task in progressing in the Europa League as Athletic Bilbao scored 3 past the Red Devils at Old Trafford in the first leg.
Schalke and City lost 1 - 0 in the first leg but have the comfort of a home game in their second leg fixture.

Fixture: Thursday
18.00 pm GMT: Athletic Bilbao vs Manchester United
20.05 pm GMT: Manchester City vs Sporting and Schalke vs Twente

A super midweek with mouth watering ties!

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!!!

Champions League Draw - Last 16

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



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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!!