Football Champions

The Groups draw for CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012-2013 has been celebrated in Monaco with all the candidate - teams placed in their corresponding Groups according to luck & perhaps fate. Four Spanish Football Clubs were present, REAL MADRID, FC BARCELONA, VALENCIA CF & MALAGA, this last an Historical event for the Club.
The draw resulted tough particularly for Real Madrid that got placed in Group D along

Historical. Spanish Football Club MALAGA has qualified itself for the first time in its History for the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. The first round score of 2 - 0 was sufficient for Malaga after drawing tonight 0 - 0 away in the 2º leg return match to Greek Club PANATHINAIKOS.



Joaquin - Malaga


The 2º leg was relatively dominated from start to finish by the Spaniards with the Greeks having some timid

Intense match that went into extra-time, down to the wire & was settled in a penalty shoot-out. REAL MADRID CF was knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE tournament 2 - 2 ( penalty shoot out 3-5 ) by BAYERN MUNICH that moves on to play the Final in their home stadium against Chelsea FC & which they are now hot favourites



Cristiano Ronaldo


Bitter-end for Spanish Football in Champions with FC

FC BARCELONA has been knocked out of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE tournament after English Club CHELSEA FC managed a 2 - 2 final result ( 2-3agg ) in the 2º leg semi final match. It was a victory against the grain & with all the Chelsea FC players singing ( metaphorical) the Pink Floyd track ..."all in all we´re just another brick in the wall. Defensive wall that was higher when Chelsea FC Captain Terry

FC BARCELONA lost 1 - 0 away at Stamford Bridge London, home to English Football Club CHELSEA FC in the first leg of the semi final of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. A night in which luck did not follow Barça as they dominated the match but lost due to missed chances & to a more effective Chelsea FC.



Alexis

In fact Chelsea FC did relatively little, but what they did do they did it well. Defend &

BAYERN MUNICH won the 1º leg semi final away clash against REAL MADRID 2 - 1 of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE in an exciting game of Football. Always a difficult affair for Real Madrid, or any visiting team, to play Bayern on their home turf with their "vibrating" home crowd which supported their team brilliantly all the game. 

Although the Germans grab the victory & an important psychological edge, the

REAL MADRID CF cruised into the semi finals of CHAMPIONS LEAGUE after defeating tonight 5 - 2 APOEL (8-2 agg). The Spanish Football Club will meet German team Bayern Munich in a top level semis clash not to be missed. 



Kaka scores for Real Madrid

Real Madrid gave Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Ozil a rest & started with Varane, Altintop, Sahin & Granero. The first half was all Real Madrid, an

FC BARCELONA goes, once again, into the semi finals of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE competition after winning 3 - 1 AC MILAN in tonight's return leg quater-final.



Messi goal

FC Barcelona dominated 75% of the match with their habitual brand-mark touch-ball Football, while Milan played with a defensive set up looking for the counter-attack opportunity & Ibrahimovic upfront to hold the ball while the

Current European Football Champs & Spanish Football Club FC BARCELONA travelled to Italy to play AC MILAN in the 1º leg of the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE quater-final match. A game that was very entertaining, with notable changes in play dominance & unfortunate only because the game lacked a goal.  


The final result ended in a 0 - 0 draw, that should have been different & overflowing with goals had both

SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID CF had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1º leg Quater-Final duties tonight away visiting APOEL NICOSIA. The final result was 0 - 3 to Real Madrid & it basically - barring a "miracle" - puts half a body into the semis for Mourinho & his men. 



Apoel - Real Madrid

The match was controlled relatively comfortably by Real Madrid as they looked to find the goal early. Sahin started

Today the Sports media has been taken over, Football wise, by the 2011-2012 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & EUROPA LEAGUE quarter & semi final Club match-up draws. There was two Spanish Football Clubs in the Champions League team draw ceremony, while there was three Spanish Football Clubs for the Europa League match-ups.



Champions League draw: courtesy of "Marca"


REAL MADRID CF got the best option in the

REAL MADRID CF goes into next Fridays CHAMPIONS LEAGUE quarter-final draw after winning CSKA MOSCOW 4 - 1 ( 5- 2 aggregate) in the 2º leg match. 



Cristiano Ronaldo

The Russians initially set up their "standard" tight defence & awaited Real Madrid to practice their counter-attacking Football. It nearly paid off for them as they had two-three excellent chances to get ahead. However, Real Madrid

It was always going to be a diificult away game for SPANISH FOOTBALL Club REAL MADRID at Moscow. Sub-zero temperature, artificial grass surface & a "rocky" CSKA MOSCOW that was not going to be allowed to be pushed around on home turf. The final result of this away CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ( last 16 ) match ended in a 1 - 1 result that although good for Real Madrid, leaves a sour & bitter taste on how the

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE action was back after a break with Spanish representative FC BARCELONA travelling to BAYERN LEVERKUSEN for the 1º leg last 16 teams match. The final result was a 1 - 3 victory for Barcelona which "virtually" puts them into the quarter-final with the exception of a surprise result (possible) at "Camp Nou" in the 2º leg return match in two weeks.



Alexis

My perception was the

The draw ( match ups ) of the last 16 Clubs in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE has been celebrated with the following results.




The away games will be celebrated the 14- 15th  & 21/22nd of February, with the return matches the 6/7th & 13/14th of March 2012.

FC BARECLONA will first play away in Germany against Bayern Leverkusen, while REAL MADRID will play its first game in Russia against CSKA Moscow.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE final Group matches with Tuesday night action with 50% of the Clubs playing it out. Two SPANISH FOOTBALL representatives went to work with a good & bad result that will now be summarized below with the final results & the scorers.



FC Barcelona 

FC BARCELONA hosted BATE BORISOV with the top spot of Group H theirs & their minds already on Real Madrid for this Saturdays LIGA

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE continued tonight with two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs involved in Group duties & with positive outcomes. Here is a short summary of events, the final results & the scorers.



Roberto Soldado

VALENCIA CF needed to win its Group E match against GENK to keep alive its qualifying hopes & they did things in smashing fashion. The Spaniards won the Belgium Club 7 - 0 in a devastating 

Two SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs had CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group duties tonight with final mixed results. Here is a brief summary of the events, the results & all the scorers.



Ribery for Bayern Munich


VILLAREAL travelled to Munich to play their Group A match against BAYERN & lost 3 - 1, thus ( nearly impossible saving themselves ) blowing out all their Euro - Champions League candles. It was always

SPANISH FOOTBALL Clubs Valencia CF & FC Barcelona had their turn tonight in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE with each in their respective Groups & in their respective scheduled matches. Good results in each case with a brief summary below, along with results & the scorers.



Lampard-Soldado-Torres

VALENCIA CF drew in their Group E clash with CHELSEA FC 1-1 in an exciting & entertaining match. The first half