Thursday, May 28, 2015

LAST GAMES OF THE SEASON

LAST WEEKEND IN SPAIN


There were some very interesting games.
FC Barcelona, leader of the league tied 2-2 against Deportivo La Coruña.
Real Madrid won 7-3 against Getafe, Atletico Madrid tied 0-0 with Granada. Valencia defeated Almeria by 3 goals to 2. Celta Vigo defeated Espanyol by 3 goals to 2. Athletic Bilbao won 4-0 against Villareal.

Barcelona won the league and finished with 94 points, 2 points ahead of Real Madrid.

LAST WEEKEND IN ITALY


Juventus defeated Lazio by 3 goals to 1. Milan won 3-0 against Torino. Roma defeated Lazio in the capital "clasico" by 2 goals to 1. Genoa surprised everybody and defeated Inter Milan by 3 goals to 2. Sassuolo defeated Udinese by 1 goal to 0. 

Juventus won the league, 86 points in 37 games, with only 1 game left.
Juventus vs Verona.

LAST WEEKEND IN GERMANY


Bayern Munich, the league champion defeated Mainz by 2 goals to 0. Hamburger won 2-0 against Schalke 04. Borussia Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen by 3 goals to 2. Stuttgart won 2-1 against Paderborn. Wolfsburg tied 2-2 with Koln. Augburg defeated Monchengladbach by 3 goals to 1.

Bayern Munich finished the league with 79 points, 10 points ahed of Wolfsburg.

LAST WEEKEND IN FRANCE


PSG, the league champion defeated Stade Reims by 3 goals to 2. Marseille won 3-0 against Bastia. Lyon defeated Rennes by 1 goal to 0. Monaco won 1-0 against Lorient. Nice defeated Toulouse by 3 goals to 2. Lille defeated Meltz by 4 goals to 1. Bordeaux won 2-1 against Montpellier.

PSG finished the league with 83 points. 8 points ahed of Lyon.

LAST WEEKEND IN ENGLAND

Chelsea, the league champion defeated Sunderland by 3 goals to 1. Manchester City won 2-0 against SouthHampton. Stoke City defeated Liverpool by 6 goals to 1. Manchester United tied 0-0 with Hull City. Newcastle defeated West Ham by 2 goals to 0. Arsenal won 4-1 against West Bromwich. Tottenham defeated Everton by 1 goal to 0.


See you next week with more updates on the Champions League final!
Barcelona vs Juventus
Lionel Messi vs  Carlos Tevez
Xavi vs  Paul Pogba
Claudio Bravo vs Gianluigi Buffon
Luis Suarez vs Giorgio Chielini







Sunday, May 17, 2015

UEFA Champions League ROAD TO BERLIN (QuarterFinals and SemiFinals)

QUARTER-FINALS: 1st Leg

Atletico Madrid tied at home against Real Madrid by 0 goals to 0. Atletico Madrid dominated Real Madrid during the first half, but after halftime, Real Madrid had plenty of opportunities to win the game. 

Juventus won at home against Monaco by 1 goal to 0. Arturo Vidal scored a penalty and gave Juventus the lead during the second half. 

PSG lost at home against Barcelona by 3 goals to 1. Neymar gave Barcelona an early lead. After halftime, Suarez extended the lead with two amazing goals. Mathieu ended up scoring an own goal with 8 minutes left in the game. 

Porto surprised everybody and won 3-1 at home against Bayern Munich. Ricardo Quaresma scored a penalty and gave Porto an early lead. Quorums extended the lead and Porto was up 2 goals to 0 with only 10 minutes played during the first half. Thiago Alcantara scored for Bayern Munich. After halftime, Jackson Martinez scored and extended the lead for Porto.

QUARTER-FINALS: 2nd Leg

Real Madrid won at home against Atletico Madrid by 1 goal to 0. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored with only 10 minutes left in the game. Real Madrid qualified to SemiFinals.

Monaco tied 0-0 at home with Juventus. Monaco dominated the first half but couldn't score. After halftime, Juventus dominated the game and qualified to SemiFinals.

Barcelona defeated PSG at home by 2 goals to 0. Neymar scored both goals for Barcelona and gave them the qualification to SemiFinals.


Bayern Munich surprised everybody and defeated Porto by 6 goals to 1. Bayern Munich scored 5 goals during the first half! Thiago Alcantara, Boateng, Lewandoski twice an Muller scored during the first half. After halftime, Jackson Martinez scored for the away team. Xavi Alonso scored with only ten minutes remaining in the game. Bayern qualified to SemiFinals by defeating Porto on aggregate by 7 goals to 4.

SEMI-FINALS: 1st Leg

Juventus won at home against Real Madrid by 2 goals to 1. Alvaro Morata scored and gave Juventus an early advantage. Cristiano Ronald tied the game before halftime. Carlos Tevez scored a penalty and gave Juventus the lead and a great result for Juve going to Madrid with high chances of reaching the Finals.

Barcelona won at home against Bayern Munich by 3 goals to 0. Lionel Messi scored two beautiful goals and assisted Neymar on the 3rd goal. Barcelona had a great result and high chances of reaching the finals.

SEMI-FINALS:1st Leg

Real Madrid tied 1-1 at home with Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty and gave Madrid an early lead before halftime. After halftime, Alvaro Morata tied the game. Real Madrid couldn't score. Juventus ended up qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Finals in Berlin.

Bayern Munich won 3-2 at home against FC Barcelona. Banta scored a header and gave Bayern an early lead. Neymar scored two goals and gave Barca the lead before halftime. During the second half, Lewandowski and Muller scored for Bayern Munich. Barcelona ended up qualifying to the UEFA Champions League Finals. 

FINALS:

FC Barcelona against Juventus. Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany. 6 June 2015.
Spanish League Champions against Italian League Champions.


PREVIOUS GAMES BETWEEN BARCELONA AND JUVENTUS

20.10.1970
1970/71
ICF
1/16 Final
FC Barcelona - Juventus
1:2 (0:0)
03.11.1970
1970/71
ICF
1/16 Final
Juventus - FC Barcelona
2:1 (2:0)
05.03.1986
1985/86
EC
1/4 Final
FC Barcelona - Juventus
1:0 (0:0)
19.03.1986
1985/86
EC
1/4 Final
Juventus - FC Barcelona
1:1 (1:1)
10.04.1991
1990/91
CWC
1/2 final
FC Barcelona - Juventus
3:1 (0:1)
24.04.1991
1990/91
CWC
1/2 final
Juventus - FC Barcelona
1:0 (0:0)
09.04.2003
2002/03
CL
1/4 Final
Juventus - FC Barcelona
1:1 (1:0)
22.04.2003
2002/03
CL
1/4 Final
FC Barcelona - Juventus
1:2 (0:0)







UEFA Champions League ROAD TO BERLIN (Round of 16)

ROUND OF 16: 1st LEG

PSG tied 1-1 at home against Chelsea, PSG dominated the bulk of the chances but José Mourinho (Chelsea’s Manager) will reflect on a job well done away from home, after Branislav Ivanović gave Chelsea the lead with a header. But during the second half, Edinson Cavani tied the game with another header. 

Shakhtar Donetsk tied 0-0 at home against Bayern Munich, there were few clear opportunities on the night and with Bayern playing over half the second half with ten men, they will no doubt be happy not to have lost.

Schalke 04 lost at home against Real Madrid by 2 goals to 0. In Germany, Real Madrid took the advantage in the first leg. Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Marcelo were the difference between the teams.

Basel tied 1-1 at home with Porto, Derlis Gonzalez gave the hosts an early advantage on the game, but during the second half, Danilo scored a penalty for Porto.

Manchester City lost at home against FC Barcelona by 2 goals to 1. Two goals from Luis Suárez have given Barcelona the advantage, despite Sergio Agüero's consolation strike.

Juventus won 2-1 against Borussia Dortmund, Carlos Tevez gave the hosts an early advantage, but only 5 minutes later, Marco Reus tied the game. At the end of the first half, Alvaro Morata gave Juventus the advantage. The second half was very boring with no goals.

Arsenal lost 3-1 at home against Monaco, Kondogbia gave Monaco the lead before halftime, Berbatov extended the lead during the second half. On aggregate time, Chamberlain scored for Arsenal, but on the last minute of the game, Ferreira-Carrasco gave Monaco a great lead on the road.

Bayer Leverkusen won 1-0 at home against Atletico Madrid. 
A deserved win for Leverkusen, who managed to dominate Atletico’s amazing ball movement.

ROUND OF 16: 2nd Leg

Chelsea tied 2-2 at home with PSG. An incredible night for PSG, they were down to ten men after Zlatan Ibrahimovic received a red card during the first half. Cahill gave Chelsea the advantage with only 9 minutes remaining, but David Luiz tied the game for PSG with 4 minutes left. During the extra time, Hazard scored a penalty and gave Chelsea the advantage but with only 5 minutes left, Thiago Silva tied the game and gave PSG the qualification to QuarterFinals by leading on away goals.

Bayern Munich defeated Shakhtar Donets by 7 goals to 0! Muller scored a penalty and gave Bayern an early advantage, which was extended by a goal from Boating before halftime. Bayern Munich were up 2-0 during halftime, but at the second half, they scored 5 goals with goals from Ribery, Muller again, Basturber, Lewandowski and Gotze.

Real Madrid lost 4-3 at home against Schalke 04 but advanced to the QuarterFinals. Fuchs gave the away team an early advantage, but only 5 minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo tied the game. Huntelaar gave the away team their second lead of the game but just before halftime, Cristiano Ronaldo scored again. Karim Benzema scored for Real Madrid giving them a 3-2 lead, but then Sane tied the game for Schalke and with only 10 minutes left on the on the game Huntelaar scored again.

Porto won at home against Basel by 4 goals to 0.  Brahimi gave Porto an early advantage on the game. Basel kept trying to tie the game with some opportunities before halftime. But during the second half, Porto scored 3 goals and qualified to QuarterFinals. Herrera, Casemiro and Aboubakar scored the remaining goals for Porto.

Barcelona won 1-0 at home against Manchester City. Barcelona dominated the entire game and qualified to QuarterFinals. Rakitic gave the hosts the lead before halftime.

Borussia Dortmund lost at home against Juventus by 3 goals to 0. Carlos Tevez gave the away team an early advantage during the first half. After halftime, Alvaro Morata and another goal from Tevez gave Juventus the qualification to QuarterFinals.

Monaco lost at home against Arsenal by 2 goals to 0 but qualified to QuarterFinals. Giroud gave the away team the advantage before halftime and during the second half, Aaron Ramsey extended the lead. Monaco qualified because they won on away goals.

Atletico Madrid tied 1-1 at home with Bayer Leverkusen and defined the series with penalties shoot-out. Atletico Madrid won 3-2 on the penalties and qualified to QuarterFinals.










Tuesday, May 5, 2015

European Leagues Champions (Chelsea, Juventus and Bayern Munich)

LAST WEEKEND IN SPAIN


There were some very interesting games.
FC Barcelona, leader of the league won 8-0 against Cordoba.
Real Madrid won 3-2 against Sevilla, Atletico Madrid tied 0-0 with Athletic Bilbao and Valencia defeated Eibar by 3 goals to 1.
Barcelona is ahead of Real Madrid by two points with 9 points left to play.

Barcelona has 3 games left, at home against Real Sociedad, on the road against Atletico Madrid and at home against Deportivo La Coruña.
Real Madrid has 3 games left, at home against Valencia, on the road against Espanyol, and at home against Getafe.

LAST WEEKEND IN ITALY


Juventus won 1-0 against Sampdoria and became the Italian League Champion. Napoli defeated Milan by 3 goals to 0. Lazio tied 1-1 with Atalanta. Another boring game, Inter tied 0-0 with Chievo. Roma won 2-0 against Genoa and made the difference between Lazio of 1 point.

LAST WEEKEND IN GERMANY


Bayern Munich, the German League Champion, lost 2-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. Borussia Dortmund tied 1-1 with Hoffenheim. Schalke 04 defeated Stuttgart by 3 goals to 2. 
Werder Bremen defeated Eintracht Frankfurt by 1 goal to 0. 


LAST WEEKEND IN FRANCE


The leader PSG defeated Nantes by 2 goals to 0. Monaco won 4-1 against Toulouse. Lyon defeated Evian by 2 goals to 0. Marseille won 2-0 against Metz. Bordeaux tied 0-0 with Lorient while Nice tied 1-1 with Caen.
PSG is now ahead on the Ligue1 with only 9 points left to play.
PSG has 3 games left, at home against Guingamp, on the road against Montpellier, and at home against Reims.
Lyon has 3 games left, on the road against Caen, at home against Bordeaux, and on the road against Rennes.


LAST WEEKEND IN ENGLAND


Chelsea won 1-0 against Crystal Palace and became the Barclays Premier League Champion. Manchester City won 1-0 against Tottenham. Manchester United lost 1-0 against West Bromwich.
Arsenal defeated Hull City by 3 goals to 1. Liverpool won 2-1 against QPR.


See you next week with more updates on the European leagues.
Who do you think will be the new Spanish League Champion?
Who do you think will be the new French League Champion?