Busquets proud of Barcelona comeback Sergio Busquests says he was proud to have taken part of in 'one of the great comebacks' during Barcelona's 4-0 win over AC Milan.
The Catalans trailed the Rossoneri 2-0 from the first leg, but were able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to a superb Camp Nou showing on Tuesday.
"I am so proud to have been part of one of the great comebacks," he told the club's official website.
"It was one of the best games I've experienced. It was the day and the match that we needed. We have been unlucky when seeking other comebacks.
"I have always thought that those are the greatest things and now we can say that we got one too."
Busquets also claimed that the side did not feel any
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Drogba eyes PSG meeting Galatasaray striker Didier Drogba says that he would like to face Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Fatih Terim's side will be in Friday's draw after overcoming Schalke 4-3 on aggregate and the former Marseille forward has said he would like the challenge of facing his old club's arch-rivals.
"PSG? Why not? It would be a good challenge and it would be a nod to Marseille," he told reporters.
"We must be ambitious and dream of the Champions League. With Chelsea, I won it once, but it was not enough. I want to touch the cup, but it is still far away.
"We will try to do our best. If we could avoid all the teams and go directly to the final, it would be perfect."
Category: News Views: 791 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 21:23
Xavi out of Rayo fixture Barcelona will be without Xavi for Saturday's La Liga clash with Rayo Vallecano after the midfielder picked up a thigh strain.
The 33-year-old featured for the entirety of the club's 4-0 Champions League last-16 victory over AC Milan on Tuesday but felt discomfort in his right leg in the aftermath of proceedings at Camp Nou.
He underwent tests on Wednesday to determine the full extent of the setback, and they showed an inflammation of the World Cup winner's biceps femoris muscle.
Xavi had only just returned from a hamstring injury - which threw his availability for the European encounter with the Rossoneri into doubt - and must now sit out the visit of the capital club this weekend.
Category: News Views: 732 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 19:27
Manchester United splash out on new pitch Manchester United will spend 500,000 pounds in the off-season to re-lay their worn-out Old Trafford pitch.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has requested new grass after the current turf became sunken and boggy during the course of the season, particularly over the Christmas period.
United have already spent around 500,000 pounds in recent years trying to keep their existing pitch in good shape, including patchwork repairs over the last few months.
A hybrid pitch - made up of synthetics and grass - will be installed by Dutch company Desso the day after United's final home match of the campaign against Swansea on May 12 and will take two-and-a-half months to bed in.
Desso are a market leader and have provided the current pitch at Wembley
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დავით ყიფიანის თასი - ონლაინში დავით ყიფიანის თასი: ტორპედო - ბოლნისი
ტორპედო: ომარ მიგინეიშვილი(კაპ), ზაზა ჭელიძე, გიორგი ონიანი, ვაჟა ტაბატაძე, გიორგი გურული, მერაბ გიგაური, გიორგი დათუნაიშვილი, ელგუჯა გრიგალაშვილი,
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Bundesliga: Admira - Salzburg Preview & Prediction
Admira is the last in the standings with 21 point and have won fewer points than teams that are located outside of the danger zone, so every game is to them to be or not to be, and every point is worth gold in the struggle for survival Salzburg be relieved to play, because they are in second place with 49 points and have 12 points from Austria Vienna, and they can to say goodbye to the title, because it is almost impossible to get top-ranked.
Both teams have excellent average goals. Admira and Salzburg so far in the season with an average of 3.5 goals per game, which i
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მალაგა - პორტო მიმოხილვა და პროგნოზი
მალაგა-პორტუ (პირველი მატჩი 0:1)
წყვილში უპირატესობას "პორტუ” ფლობს, რადგან პირველ მატჩში, პორტუგალიელებმა მოიგეს, თან გოლი არ გაუშვეს. თუმცა, "მალაგა” განსაკუთრებით რთული ამოცანის წინაშე ნამდვილად არ დგას. ანდალუსიელებს საკუთარ კედლებში მშრალად მოგება რომ შეუძლიათ, ეს მათ "ზენიტთან” და "მილანთან” გამართულ დაპირისპირებებში დაამტკიცეს.
მასპინძელი გუნდი თამაშს ცუდი განწყობით ხვდება. ლა ლიგის ბოლო 3 მატჩში მხოლოდ 2 ქულის აღების გამო, მე-4 ადგილზე მყოფმა ანდალუსიელებმა მდევრებს წამოწევის საშუალება მისცეს. რაც შეეხება "პორტუს”
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ბაიერნი - არსენალი მიმოხილვა და პროგნოზ ი
დღეს, მიუნხენსა და მალაგაში გასამართი მატჩებით, ჩემპიონთა ლიგის 1/8-ფინალური ეტაპი დასრულდება. 6 მეოთხედფინალისტი უკვე ცნობილია. დღეს უნდა გაირკვეს, მოახდენს თუ არა "არსენალი” სასწაულს და ასევე ის, მოახერხებს თუ არა "მალაგა” "პორტუსთან” არსებული ერთბურთიანი ჩამორჩენის აღმოფხვრასა და ჩემპიონთა ლიგის 1/4-ფინალში პირველად გასვლას.
ბაიერნი-არსენალი (პირველი მატჩი 3:1)
შესწევს თუ არა "არსენალს” იმის ძალა, რომ "ბაიერნთან” არსებული ძალზე დიდი ჩამორჩენა აღმოფხვ
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როურას პასუხი კრიტიკოსებს "ბარსელონას” მთავარი მწვრთნელის, ტიტო ვილანოვას ასისტენტმა ჟორდი როურამ "მილანთან” მოპოვებული გამარჯვების შემდეგ გაკეთებულ კომენტარში იღბალიც ახსენა.
"ბოლო დროს ძალიან ბევრი კრიტიკა დაგვატეხეს თავს. ვფიქრობ, პასუხი ყველას გავეცით. გუნდმა ამ თამაშში სული და გული ჩააქსოვა. ბიჭებმა საოცრად ემოციური მატჩი უმაღლეს დონეზე ჩაატარეს და მეოთხედფინალში ვართ, მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ პირველი მერვედფინალური მატჩის შემდეგ ბევრ კრიტიკოსს ჩვენი აღარ სჯეროდა. ამოცანის წარმატებულად გადასაჭრელად, გარდა იმისა, რომ შენი საქმე კარგად უნდა გააკეთო, ფორტუნაც უნდა წაგეხმაროს. მაშინ, როცა ანგარიში 1:0 იყო, "მილანმა” რეალური საგოლე მომენტი ვერ გამოიყენა”, – უთხრა ჟურნალისტებს როურამ, თუმცა იქვე ინიესტას მიერ გაცუდებული რეალური საგოლე მომენტი და მეტოქის საჯარიმოში პედროს წაქცევისთვის არდანიშნული თერთმეტმეტ
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Chelsea trail, Inter face elimination Chelsea must overcome a deficit in the second leg if they to progress to the Europa League quarter-finals, while Inter Milan need a miracle.
Inter suffered a 3-0 defeat away to Tottenham Hotspur in their first leg, with in-form star Gareth Bale the chief destroyer again, re-living the memories of his Stadio Giuseppe Meazza hat-trick in 2010.
The Italian side have struggled in Serie A this season, sitting fifth in the table, and it is going to take a huge effort from them to get back in the tie and deny Tottenham an away goal, particularly with Bale in such lethal form.
Chelsea face a smaller hurdle after going down 1-0 at Steaua Bucuresti in their first leg, with the Romanian side taking it right up to last season's surprise Champions League w
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Giroud eyes history-making win Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud says an early goal against Bayern Munich is key to possibly securing a Champions League quarter-final berth on Wednesday night.
The Gunners travel to the Allianz Arena with a 3-1 first-leg deficit to overturn against a team unbeaten since October and victorious in all European home games this season, knowing a two-goal home leg defeat has never been reversed in the competition’s history.
Giroud, however, is upbeat regarding Arsenal’s chances and believes the Bavarians' style of football will suit his game and boost his chances of scoring.
"We need to score an early goal. In football you never know. We need to believe and stay focused," Giroud told German magazine Kicker.
Category: News Views: 821 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 15:58
City ´still keen´ on Al Ain star Al Ain star Omar Abdulrahman is still a target for Premier League champions Manchester City, academy chief Brian Marwood said.
The 21-year-old attacker had a week-long trial at the Etihad Stadium earlier this season but saw a permanent deal fall through due to work-permit issues, but Marwood stressed the club are still hoping to bring the UAE international to Manchester.
Speaking to Sport 360, Marwood said: "(Abdulrahman) is a very talented young player. Our chairman organised for him to come over and spend some time with us.
"I think he enjoyed the experience, we enjoyed having him with us. He's come back here and done very well and is a real talent.
"There are some real challenges getting a player like him to be able to
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Rodgers plans to lift Anfield quality Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool will be looking for quality rather than quantity when they attempt to strengthen their squad this summer.
The Reds are currently in a rich vein of form, winning their past three Premier League games on the bounce - scoring 13 goals in the process - with only Manchester United and Tottenham picking up more points since the start of December.
Rodgers believes the January additions of Daniel Sturridge and Phillippe Coutinho have been key to this revival, and insists further quality additions in the summer could see the club competing at the top again.
"It is quality we are after now, not quantity," he told reporters.
"We see the impact of Coutinho, and Sturridge's quality, in
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Wenger one of the best Bayern Munich manager Jupp Heynckes believes Arsene Wenger has been 'one of the best managers in Europe' for the past decade.
Arsenal and Bundesliga giants Bayern face off again on Wednesday, with the Bavarians holding a commanding 3-1 first-leg lead in their Champions League last-16 tie.
The 67-year-old is set to leave the Allianz Arena in the summer to make way for Pep Guardiola, and Heynckes said it would be 'very sad'" if Wenger was to leave Arsenal on the back of a sustained period without silverware.
"Arsene Wenger has not just brought success to Arsenal," Heynckes told reporters.
"He is a very creative manager, producing almost fantasy football. The football they have played is fantastic year after year.
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Seattle seal semis spot The Seattle Sounders pulled off a remarkable comeback in their CONCACAF Champions League tie to beat Tigres UANL 3-2 on aggregate.
Heading into their home tie down 1-0, the MLS side then conceded first at CenturyLink Field before scoring the minimum three goals to reach the semi-finals of the continental tournament for the first time.
Second-half goals from DeAndre Yedlin, Djimi Traore and Eddie Johnson saw Seattle to the brilliant victory - 3-1 on the night - although they had the benefit of playing against 10 men for the second half.
Tigres midfielder Manuel Viniegra was dismissed on the stroke of half-time when he picked up his second yellow card within the space of eight minutes, and while Ricardo Ferretti's men had two goals up their sle
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Velez Sarsfield beat Penarol Uruguayan giants Penarol are in danger of missing the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores after losing on Tuesday.
Penarol – who have won the competition five times – dropped their second Group 4 match on the trot, losing 3-1 against Velez Sarsfield of Argentina.
They still sit second in the group, but only by goals scored, with Ecuadorian side Emelec equal on points and goal difference in third.
The latest defeat came despite Fabian Estoyanoff's 24th-minute penalty, which gave Penarol the lead.
Velez Sarsfield were playing in front of their home fans though, and they quickly mustered a response when Penarol goalkeeper Enrique Bologna scored an own goal.
Federico Insua then bagged a 75th-minute penalty before a late Jonathan Copete strike wrapped up the win for the Argentines.
Category: News Views: 603 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 15:45
Terim buoyant after Galatasaray win Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim was thrilled with his team after their 3-2 win at Schalke saw them move into the Champions League quarter-finals.
The Turkish champions were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg but secured a famous victory when Umut Bulut's stoppage-time winner put the tie beyond doubt.
After falling behind to an early Roman Neustadter strike, Gala responded with two first-half goals from Hamit Altintop and Burak Yilmaz.
Michel Bastos levelled for Schalke just after the hour mark, and Gala looked like they would go through on the away-goals rule until Bulut made sure of victory.
"I kiss all my players on the forehead. We should have scored even more during the first half, they were extraordinary," Te
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Allegri laments Milan luck Massimiliano Allegri says AC Milan were 'centimetres' away from qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Milan's 2-0 advantage from the first meeting in Italy was wiped out by half-time thanks to a Lionel Messi double, before second-half goals from David Villa and Jordi Alba sealed a 4-0 win and a 4-2 aggregate triumph.
The match could have been much different had M'Baye Niang found the back of the net instead of the post, minutes before Messi made it 2-0, and Allegri said the game was always likely to be decided by such small margins.
"Of course, qualification was always going to be a matter of centimetres. We hit the post with Niang, then conceded with Messi," Allegri told reporters.
Category: News Views: 709 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 15:41
NBA: Denver Nuggets - New York Knicks Preview & Prediction
DENVER (AP) -- Carmelo Anthony simply won't recognize these Denver Nuggets - even though he had just about everything to do with the makeup of their roster.
The New York Knicks visit the Pepsi Center on Wednesday night in Anthony's first trip back to Denver since forcing his way out of town more than two years ago in a blockbuster trade that reshaped both franchises.
The only familiar face he'll see is point guard Ty Lawson. None of the other Nuggets were here when he was wearing powder blue and gold.
Anthony was feeling nostalgic after the Knicks practiced at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday afternoon.
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History of European Championships A.Euro 1960
Winner: Soviet Union
Runner-up: Yugoslavia
Host: France
Top scorer: Heutte Francois (France), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Viktor Ponedelnik (Soviet Union), Milan Galic (Yugoslavia), Drazan Jerkovic (Yugoslavia) 2 goals
First time the European Football Championships held interstate. At that time, the format is that each team played over two legs and a semi-final round knockout that took place in the host country.
At that time, Euro marred by protests from the French Football Federation considers the first implementation should
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History of Copa Amerika Long history of Copa America starting from 1916. At that time, Argentina held a football tournament to celebrate the longevity of their independence to-100. The tournament which is the forerunner of the Copa America was named Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones by participants Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. Uruguay came out a champion after defeating the ultimate party host.
Seeing the success of the tournament, one member of the Uruguayan Football Federation named Hector Rivadavia and then submit a proposal to combine all four nations into a single confederation was in the same year. Thus was born the CONMEBOL (Confederacion Sul-Americana de Futbol) or South American Football Federation.
Operation of this tournament was halted long enough since the conven
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History of Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup is a football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The national team is the champion of Asia and the winners qualify directly to follow the FIFA Confederations Cup.
Asia Cup was held four years from 1956 to 2004. Since the Summer Olympics and European Football Championship is also held in the same year with the Asian Cup (2004, 2008, 2012, etc..), The AFC has finally decided to move the cycle of organizing this tournament into a quieter year. After 2004, the next Asian Cup held in 2007, and after that return is held every 4 years.
Asian Cup champions list
2011 Japan
2007 Iraq
2004 Japan
2000 Japan
1996 Saudi Arabia
1992 Japan
1988 Saudi Arabia
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History of African Cup African Cup the first time in the idea in 1956, simultaneously with the formation of African football confederation (CAF) filed in the third FIFA congress in Lisbon, Portugal.
This turanmen peratama times held in February 1957 with Sudan as the host and the time it cuman diikutin four countries, namely Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, and southern Africa.
But once in the tournament will begin, southern Africa, crossed from the list of contestants for the issue of gara gara multi racial multi-racial regime is still the issue of the anti-same aperteid blacks. Egypt managed to become champion in the inaugural tournament. they again become champion in 1959 who happened to be in adain in cairo, Egypt.
In the third event in 1962 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia contesta
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State of the World Cup Champion 1930-2010 The World Cup is a competition sport in the world's most grand. Every four years, the world community as if mesmerized by the presence of the world cup. They are very enthusiastic to see it. We'll see which countries have been felt to be world champion.
1.World Cup 1930 in Uruguay
Champions Uruguay, Top Score Guillermo Stabile (Argentina), Goals 8.
2. World Cup 1934 in Italy
Champions Italy, Top Score Edmund Conen (Germany), Oldřich Nejedlý (Cekoslovakia), Angelo Schiavio (Italy), each with four goals.
3. World Cup 1938 in France
Champions Italy, Top Score Leonidas (Brazil), Goals 8.
4. World Cup 1950 in Brazil
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Champions League: Bayern Munich - Arsenal Preview & Prediction
Bayern Munich – Arsenal – Immediately after the lottery draw this couple of the Champions League round of sixteen was declared as one of the three most interesting, however, the first match has shown that this is not the case. Bayern has demonstrated its power and completely beaten down the Gunners in London with 3-1, so the rematch is probably just a formality unless it became the biggest turnaround in the history of this competition. What happened after the match doesn’t indicate a looming miracle as Bayern continued with victories, while Arsenal struggled in the domestic championship. Tradition is also on side of the
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შალკე 2:3 გალათასარაი ფათიჰ თერიმის შეგირდებმა გერმანიაში გამარჯვება მოიპოვეს და ჩემპიონთა ლიგის შემდეგ ეტაპზე გავიდნენ.
"შალკე” 2:3 "გალათასარაი”
გოლები: ნოიშტედტერი 17, ბასტოსი 63 – ალტინტოპი 37, ილმაზი 42, ბულუტი 90+5
"შალკე”: ჰილდებრანდი – უჩიდა, ჰიოვედესი, მატიპი, კოლაშინაცი – ნოიშტედტერი (ფუქსი 46), ჰიოგერი (მაიერი 85) – ფარფანი, დრაქსლერი, ბასტოსი – პუკი (ობასი 85).
"გალათასარაი”: მუსლერა – ებუე, კაია (გიოკჰან ზანი 79), ნუნკეუ, რიერა – ფელიპე მელო – ალტინტოპი, სნეიდერი (ამრაბატი 70), ინანი – დროგბა, ილმასი (ბულუტი 86).
გაფრთხილება: ჰიოგერი, კოლაშინაცი – დროგბა
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Champions League: Malaga - FC Porto Preview & Prediction
Malaga – FC Porto – On Wednesday, e will find out, who are the two remaining participants of the Champions League quarterfinals and on one of them will decide footballers of Spanish Malaga and super-experienced Porto, which in the first leg at home won with minimal 1-0. Begins: 13.03.2013 – 20:45 CET
Malaga
Of course that this result leaves a very real chance for both teams to eventually qualify in th
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Category: Betting Tips Views: 975 Added: BetterDate: 13.03.2013 - 03:14
ბარსელონა 4:0 მილანი ჩემპიონთა ლიგის მერვედფინალურ ეტაპზე, "ბარსელონასა” და "მილანს” შორის გამართული განმეორებით მატჩი კატალონიურმა გუნდმა გამანადგურებელი ანგარიშით 4:0 მოიგო. "ბარსელონა” მეხუთე წუთზე დაწინაურდა, თავი ლიონელ მესიმ გამოიჩინა, რომლისთვისაც ეს ჩემპიონთა ლიგაზე გატანილი რიგით 57-ე გოლი გახლავთ. 39-ე წუთზე არგენტინელმა ფეხბურთელმა დუბლი შეასრულა და ორი მატჩის ჯამში ანგარიში გაათანაბრა. გარდა ამისა, მესიმ ჩემპიონთა ლიგის ყველა დროის ბომბარდირთა სიაში მეორე ადგილზე გადაინაცვლა. მესამე გოლი დავიდ ვილიას ანგარიშზეა, რომელმაც ჩავი ერნანდესის გადაცემა დააფასა. შეხვედრას წერტილი კომპენსირებულ დროში ხორდი ალბამ დაუსვა.
ამრიგად, "ბარსელონამ” ორი მატჩის ჯამში მეტოქე ანგარიშით 4:2 დაამარცხა და ტურნირის მეოთხედფინალის საგზური მოიპოვა.
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"ბარსელონა”-”მილანი” 4:0 (ორი მატჩის ჯამში 4:2)
Category: ახალი ამბები Views: 688 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 03:11
Schalke 2:3 Galatasaray Galatasaray progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League thanks to a 3-2 away win against Schalke.
Roman Neustadter put the hosts ahead early on, but goals from Hamit Altintop and Burak Yilmaz turned the game on its head. Michel Bastos equalised after the break, but a third goal proved to be a step to far for Jens Keller's side, and Nordin Ambrabat ended the contest in second-half stoppage time.
With Galatasaray needing to score thanks to Schalke away goal three weeks ago, they came out of the blocks the quicker of the two teams, with Hamit and Didier Drogba firing wide in the early minutes.
Category: News Views: 753 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 01:55
Barcelona 4:0 Milan Barcelona marched into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-0 victory over AC Milan in the second-leg of their round of 16 clash at Camp Nou on Tuesday.
The Catalans were tipped for an early exit from the competition after a 2-0 reverse in Italy, but became the first ever team to recover from that same first-leg scoreline with a display that showcased the best of their Lionel Messi needed only five minutes to open the scoring in sublime fashion, before putting his side level on aggregate with his second goal shortly before the interval.
David Villa put Barca 2-0 ahead and levelled the
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Category: News Views: 732 Added: SkyDate: 13.03.2013 - 01:52
