PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
20:00 -- Porto - Olhanense 2-0 highlights
24' Lucho Gonzalez
67' James Rodriguez
22:15 -- Benfica - Braga 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 78' Axel Witsel (pen.)
[1-1] 82' Hugo Viana
[2-1] 90' Bruno Cesar
Current standings:
1 Porto 25 18 6 1 56-17 +39 60p
2 Benfica 25 18 5 2 56-22 +34 59p
3 Sporting Braga 25 18 4 3 54-22 +32 58p
4 Marítimo 25 14 6 5 37-27 +10 48p
5 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
SPAIN: Primera Division
18:00 -- Racing Santander - Granada 0-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Sporting Gijon - Zaragoza 1-2 (0-1) highlights
20:00 -- Osasuna - Real Madrid 1-5 highlights
[0-1] 7' Karim Benzema
[0-2] 37' Cristiano Ronaldo
[0-3] 40' Gonzalo Higuain
[1-3] 48' Nino
[1-4] 70' Cristiano Ronaldo
[1-5] 77' Gonzalo Higuain
22:00 -- Barcelona - Athletic 2-0 highlights
40' Andres Iniesta
58' Lionel Andres Messi (pen.)
22:00 -- Malaga - Betis 0-2 (0-2)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 30 25 3 2 100-27 +73 78p
2 Barcelona 30 22 6 2 86-22 +64 72p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Malaga 30 14 5 11 44-43 +1 47p
5 Levante 29 13 5 11 41-40 +1 44p
ITALY: Serie A
18:00 -- Catania - Milan 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 34' Robinho
[1-1] 57' Nicolas Spolli
20:45 -- Parma - Lazio 3-1 (2-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 30 19 7 4 60-24 +36 64p
2 Juventus 29 15 14 0 46-17 +29 59p
3 Lazio 30 15 6 9 44-37 +7 51p
4 Napoli 29 12 12 5 54-32 +22 48p
5 Udinese 29 13 9 7 40-27 +13 48p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
16:00 -- Aston Villa - Chelsea 2-4 (0-1)
16:00 -- Everton - West Brom 2-0 (1-0)
16:00 -- Fulham - Norwich 2-1 (2-0)
16:00 -- Manchester City - Sunderland 3-3
[0-1] 31' Sebastian Larsson
[1-1] 43' Mario Balotelli (pen.)
[1-2] 45' + 3' Nicklas Bendtner
[1-3] 55' Sebastian Larsson
[2-3] 85' Mario Balotelli
[3-3] 86' Aleksandar Kolarov
16:00 -- QPR - Arsenal 2-1 (1-1)
16:00 -- Wigan - Stoke City 2-0 (0-0)
16:00 -- Wolverhampton - Bolton 2-3 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 30 23 4 3 74-27 +47 73p
2 manchester City 31 22 5 4 75-25 +50 71p
3 Arsenal 31 18 4 9 62-41 +21 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 31 15 8 8 53-36 +17 53p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
18:45 -- Groningen - Heerenveen 1-3
[0-1] 25' Bas Dost
[1-1] 37' Dusan Tadic
[1-2] 41' Bas Dost
[1-3] 86' Viktor Elm
19:45 -- PSV - VV Venlo 2-0
9' Tim Matavz
90' Memphis Depay
19:45 -- Twente - Roda 2-0
55' Douglas
83' Wesley Verhoek
20:45 -- Feyenoord - NAC Breda 3-1
[1-0] 2' Otman Bakkal
[1-1] 18' Omer Bayram
[2-1] 32' Ruben Schaken
[3-1] 43' Sekou Cisse
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 27 17 5 5 54-25 +29 56p
2 Twente Enschede 28 16 7 5 71-32 +39 55p
3 Ajax Amsterdam 27 16 7 4 70-33 +37 55p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Augsburg - Koln 2-1 (2-1)
15:30 -- Bayer - Freiburg 0-2 (0-1)
15:30 -- Kaiserslautern - Hamburger 0-1 (0-1)
15:30 -- Nurnberg - Bayern 0-1
69' Arjen Robben
15:30 -- Werder Bremen - Mainz 0-3 (0-1)
18:30 -- Hertha - Wolfsburg 1-4 (1-2)
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 28 19 6 3 63-21 +42 63p
2 Bayern München 28 19 3 6 67-18 +49 60p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Stuttgart 28 11 7 10 48-38 +10 40p
TURKEY: Super Lig
14:30 -- Genclerbirligi - Manisaspor 3-0 (1-0)
14:30 -- Kayserispor - Eskisehirspor 2-2 (1-2)
14:30 -- Sivasspor - Buyuksehir 0-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Galatasaray - Orduspor 2-0 highlights
8' Necati Ates
67' Sabri Sarioglu
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 33 22 8 3 65-24 +41 74p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
19:00 -- Auxerre - Valenciennes 2-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Bordeaux - Dijon 1-1 (0-0)
19:00 -- Lorient - Evian 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Saint-Etienne - Nice 2-3 (2-1)
19:00 -- Sochaux - Brest 2-1 (0-1)
21:00 -- Nancy - Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 18' Bakaye Traore
[1-1] 50' Mohamed Sissoko
[2-1] 89' Yohan Mollo
Current standings:
1 Montpellier 29 18 6 5 53-27 +26 60p
2 PSG 30 17 9 4 54-32 +22 60p
3 Lille 29 14 11 4 53-31 +22 53p
4 Toulouse 29 14 8 7 31-24 +7 50p
5 Lyon 29 15 4 10 46-36 +10 49p
USA: Major League Soccer
20:00 -- Toronto FC - Columbus Crew 0-1 (0-0)
22:00 -- New York Red Bulls - Montreal Impact 5-2 (2-2)
01:00 -- Philadelphia Union - Vancouver Whitecaps 0-0
04:00 -- Portland Timbers - Real Salt Lake 2-3 (0-1)
04:00 -- Seattle Sounders - San Jose Earthquakes 0-1
25' Chris Wondolowski (pen.)
05:00 -- Los Angeles Galaxy - New England Revolution 1-3 (0-2)
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 3 3 0 0 6-1 +5 9p
2 New York 4 2 0 2 10-7 +3 6p
3 Columbus 3 2 0 1 3-2 +1 6p
4 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
5 New England 4 2 0 2 4-5 -1 6p
6 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake 4 3 0 1 8-4 +4 9p
2 San Jose 4 3 0 1 5-1 +4 9p
3 Vancouver 4 2 2 0 3-0 +3 8p
4 Seattle 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
5 Colorado 3 2 0 1 5-5 0 6p
6 Portland 4 1 1 2 6-6 0 4p
UKRAINE: Premier League
12:30 -- Tavriya - Dnipro 0-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Zarya - Ilichevets 2-2 (2-2)
17:30 -- Obolon - Karpaty 2-0 (2-0)
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 24 20 4 0 48-8 +40 64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
Saturday 31 March 2012
A Short Ride for Braga
Sporting Braga had a very-short-lived life at the top of the Primeira Liga.
The smaller team had to bow to the masters today as both Benfica and Porto won. While Porto defeated Olhanense, 2-0, at home, Benfica beat no other than Braga. 2-1, final score, and the winning goal came in the dying moments.
So, Braga's run of 13 successive wins in the league is over. They had last lost in Oporto, against FC Porto, 2-3, back in December. Now, their newest loss comes at the hands of the other Portuguese giant.
Perhaps Braga should have gotten a draw from this match.
And most people probably thought they would get it, after Hugo Viana (in minute 82) cancelled Witsel's penalty opener (78).
But Bruno Cesar (90) begged to differ, and made the home fans very happy.
He couldn't make them as happy as they would want, though, because now FC Porto is on top.
But at least Benfica is currently occupying the second Champions League spot.
Highlights from Porto - Olhanense 2-0:
Highlights from Benfica - Braga 2-1:
The smaller team had to bow to the masters today as both Benfica and Porto won. While Porto defeated Olhanense, 2-0, at home, Benfica beat no other than Braga. 2-1, final score, and the winning goal came in the dying moments.
So, Braga's run of 13 successive wins in the league is over. They had last lost in Oporto, against FC Porto, 2-3, back in December. Now, their newest loss comes at the hands of the other Portuguese giant.
Perhaps Braga should have gotten a draw from this match.
And most people probably thought they would get it, after Hugo Viana (in minute 82) cancelled Witsel's penalty opener (78).
But Bruno Cesar (90) begged to differ, and made the home fans very happy.
He couldn't make them as happy as they would want, though, because now FC Porto is on top.
But at least Benfica is currently occupying the second Champions League spot.
Highlights from Porto - Olhanense 2-0:
Highlights from Benfica - Braga 2-1:
PSG Still Second
Paris Saint-Germain lost at Nancy Lorraine. In the 89th minute, Mollo scored, with great precision, a goal that saw PSG remain second in the table, even with one more game played than Montpellier.
Most people were probably expecting PSG to take advantage of Montpellier's postponed match, even to a lesser extent than the maximum possible, but they didn't.
Nancy had opened the scoring in the first half, through Bakaye Traore, in the 18th minute, but Sissoko had tied it 5 minutes into the second half.
In hindsight, perhaps a draw would have been the more equitable result.
Highlights:
Most people were probably expecting PSG to take advantage of Montpellier's postponed match, even to a lesser extent than the maximum possible, but they didn't.
Nancy had opened the scoring in the first half, through Bakaye Traore, in the 18th minute, but Sissoko had tied it 5 minutes into the second half.
In hindsight, perhaps a draw would have been the more equitable result.
Highlights:
Milan Stumbles
Catania did not let AC Milan leave with all three points from Sicily.
The team from the southernmost place in Italy that claims the honour of having a Serie A team managed to tie the score at 1-1 early in the second half, and kept it as such till the end.
Robinho scored expertly, in the 34th minute, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic held off two Catania defenders and tricked a third.
But, in the 57th minute, some bad defending by Milan allowed Nicolas Spolli the opportunity to score from 1-2 meters, following a corner kick.
Milan had some chances to win it, afterwards, including one where the ball was cleared off the line, but they only got the draw.
They could watch Juventus pull to within two points of them, unless Napoli has something to prove at the Juventus stadium on Sunday.
Highlights:
The team from the southernmost place in Italy that claims the honour of having a Serie A team managed to tie the score at 1-1 early in the second half, and kept it as such till the end.
Robinho scored expertly, in the 34th minute, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic held off two Catania defenders and tricked a third.
But, in the 57th minute, some bad defending by Milan allowed Nicolas Spolli the opportunity to score from 1-2 meters, following a corner kick.
Milan had some chances to win it, afterwards, including one where the ball was cleared off the line, but they only got the draw.
They could watch Juventus pull to within two points of them, unless Napoli has something to prove at the Juventus stadium on Sunday.
Highlights:
Friday 30 March 2012
2012.03.30 - The Results
GERMANY: Bundesliga
20:30 -- Borussia D. - Stuttgart 4-4 highlights
[1-0] 33' Shinji Kagawa
[2-0] 49' Jakub Blaszczykowski
[2-1] 71' Vedad Ibisevic
[2-2] 77' Julian Schieber
[2-3] 79' Julian Schieber
[3-3] 82' Mats Hummels
[4-3] 87' Ivan Perisic
[4-4] 90' + 2' Christian Gentner
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 28 19 6 3 63-21 +42 63p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Stuttgart 28 11 7 10 48-38 +10 40p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:15 -- Academica - Maritimo 0-1 (0-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Sporting Braga 24 18 4 2 53-20 +33 58p
2 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
3 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
4 Marítimo 25 14 6 5 37-27 +10 48p
5 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
USA: Major League Soccer
01:30 -- D.C. United - Dallas 4-1 (1-1)
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 3 3 0 0 6-1 +5 9p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 D.C. United 4 1 1 2 5-5 0 4p
5 New York 3 1 0 2 5-5 0 3p
6 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +3 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
5 Colorado 3 2 0 1 5-5 0 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
20:45 -- Utrecht - Excelsior 3-2 (1-1)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 27 17 5 5 54-25 +29 56p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 27 16 7 4 70-33 +37 55p
3 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
UKRAINE: Premier League
18:15 -- Metalurh D. - Volyn 0-3 (0-2)
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 24 20 4 0 48-8 +40 64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Gaziantepspor - Ankaragucu 1-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Mersin - Karabukspor 0-2 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
20:30 -- Borussia D. - Stuttgart 4-4 highlights
[1-0] 33' Shinji Kagawa
[2-0] 49' Jakub Blaszczykowski
[2-1] 71' Vedad Ibisevic
[2-2] 77' Julian Schieber
[2-3] 79' Julian Schieber
[3-3] 82' Mats Hummels
[4-3] 87' Ivan Perisic
[4-4] 90' + 2' Christian Gentner
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 28 19 6 3 63-21 +42 63p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Stuttgart 28 11 7 10 48-38 +10 40p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:15 -- Academica - Maritimo 0-1 (0-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Sporting Braga 24 18 4 2 53-20 +33 58p
2 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
3 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
4 Marítimo 25 14 6 5 37-27 +10 48p
5 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
USA: Major League Soccer
01:30 -- D.C. United - Dallas 4-1 (1-1)
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 3 3 0 0 6-1 +5 9p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 D.C. United 4 1 1 2 5-5 0 4p
5 New York 3 1 0 2 5-5 0 3p
6 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +3 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
5 Colorado 3 2 0 1 5-5 0 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
20:45 -- Utrecht - Excelsior 3-2 (1-1)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 27 17 5 5 54-25 +29 56p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 27 16 7 4 70-33 +37 55p
3 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
UKRAINE: Premier League
18:15 -- Metalurh D. - Volyn 0-3 (0-2)
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 24 20 4 0 48-8 +40 64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Gaziantepspor - Ankaragucu 1-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Mersin - Karabukspor 0-2 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
Dortmund Should Worry
What a big fuck-up by the leader in Germany!
How can Dortmund lead 2-0, give that up, then come back from 2-3 to 4-3 in the dying minutes, and then fuck that up, too?
This had all the makings of a great game for Borussia, but they did not pay attention to that extra time at the end, at all. And that's not how one wins a title.
Surely, they're not worried about Schalke or the other Borussia, but generally, as soon as one German title contender starts faltering, Bayern is right there to take the title.
Perhaps having one title in a row is too much for Borussia Dortmund, and they just cannot make it two.
And they're probably cursing the three-points-for-a-win rule. One stupid mistake in injury time, one more goal conceded, and you drop two huge points. (It's very unfair, isn't it?)
Man, the German teams (except for Bayern) sure are pathetic most of the time!
How can Dortmund lead 2-0, give that up, then come back from 2-3 to 4-3 in the dying minutes, and then fuck that up, too?
This had all the makings of a great game for Borussia, but they did not pay attention to that extra time at the end, at all. And that's not how one wins a title.
Surely, they're not worried about Schalke or the other Borussia, but generally, as soon as one German title contender starts faltering, Bayern is right there to take the title.
Perhaps having one title in a row is too much for Borussia Dortmund, and they just cannot make it two.
And they're probably cursing the three-points-for-a-win rule. One stupid mistake in injury time, one more goal conceded, and you drop two huge points. (It's very unfair, isn't it?)
Man, the German teams (except for Bayern) sure are pathetic most of the time!
Thursday 29 March 2012
2012.03.29 - The Results
EUROPA LEAGUE: Quarter-Finals (leg 1)
21:05 -- AZ Alkmaar - Valencia 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 45' + 1' Brett Holman
[1-1] 51' Mehmet Topal
[2-1] 79' Maarten Martens
21:05 -- Atletico Madrid - Hannover 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 9' Radamel Falcao
[1-1] 38' Mame Biram Diouf
[2-1] 89' Eduardo Salvio
21:05 -- Schalke 04 - Athletic 2-4 highlights
[0-1] 20' Fernando Llorente
[1-1] 22' Raul Gonzalez
[2-1] 60' Raul Gonzalez
[2-2] 73' Fernando Llorente
[2-3] 81' Oscar de Marcos
[2-4] 90' + 3' Iker Muniain
21:05 -- Sporting Lisbon - Metalist 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 51' Marat Izmailov
[2-0] 64' Emiliano Insua
[2-1] 90' + 1' Xavier Cleiton (pen.)
21:05 -- AZ Alkmaar - Valencia 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 45' + 1' Brett Holman
[1-1] 51' Mehmet Topal
[2-1] 79' Maarten Martens
21:05 -- Atletico Madrid - Hannover 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 9' Radamel Falcao
[1-1] 38' Mame Biram Diouf
[2-1] 89' Eduardo Salvio
21:05 -- Schalke 04 - Athletic 2-4 highlights
[0-1] 20' Fernando Llorente
[1-1] 22' Raul Gonzalez
[2-1] 60' Raul Gonzalez
[2-2] 73' Fernando Llorente
[2-3] 81' Oscar de Marcos
[2-4] 90' + 3' Iker Muniain
21:05 -- Sporting Lisbon - Metalist 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 51' Marat Izmailov
[2-0] 64' Emiliano Insua
[2-1] 90' + 1' Xavier Cleiton (pen.)
Wednesday 28 March 2012
2012.03.28 - The Results
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Quarter-Finals (leg 1)
20:45 -- Marseille - Bayern 0-2 highlights
44' Mario Gomez
69' Arjen Robben
20:45 -- Milan - Barcelona 0-0 highlights
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Semifinals (leg 1)
02:00 -- Toronto - Santos Laguna 1-1
[0-1] 30' Herculez Gomez Hurtado
[1-1] 37' Miguel Aceval
03:00 -- Monterrey - Pumas 3-0
7' Miguel Morales
60' Jesus Aldo De Nigris Guajardo
72' Jesus Aldo De Nigris Guajardo
20:45 -- Marseille - Bayern 0-2 highlights
44' Mario Gomez
69' Arjen Robben
20:45 -- Milan - Barcelona 0-0 highlights
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Semifinals (leg 1)
02:00 -- Toronto - Santos Laguna 1-1
[0-1] 30' Herculez Gomez Hurtado
[1-1] 37' Miguel Aceval
03:00 -- Monterrey - Pumas 3-0
7' Miguel Morales
60' Jesus Aldo De Nigris Guajardo
72' Jesus Aldo De Nigris Guajardo
A Breeze for Bayern
Although Marseille seemingly had some chances to score, albeit very mild ones, Bayern was a way-too-tough nut for the out-of-shape French outfit to crack.
Bayern scored exactly when they had to, and they made the most out of their opportunities.
Marseille is too weak now to go any further than beating the likes of Inter or Olympiakos. (It's weird that they beat Borussia Dortmund, though!)
Of course, it's quite annoying that the first goal Marseille scored came after a blatant hand-ball.
Goddamn it, you useless referees! Why do the bigger teams always get your help?
If you ask me, I think they won't bring technology into it because it's no accident that the bigger teams always get the (supposedly unintentional) error go their way.
Highlights:
Marseille 0:2 Bayern Full Highlights omgsport.ru by OMGSPORT
Bayern scored exactly when they had to, and they made the most out of their opportunities.
Marseille is too weak now to go any further than beating the likes of Inter or Olympiakos. (It's weird that they beat Borussia Dortmund, though!)
Of course, it's quite annoying that the first goal Marseille scored came after a blatant hand-ball.
Goddamn it, you useless referees! Why do the bigger teams always get your help?
If you ask me, I think they won't bring technology into it because it's no accident that the bigger teams always get the (supposedly unintentional) error go their way.
Highlights:
Marseille 0:2 Bayern Full Highlights omgsport.ru by OMGSPORT
So Far, So Good... Or Is It?
Well, Milan did not screw up the encounter against Barcelona, at the San Siro.
0-0, after the first leg, is not bad, considering Barcelona is still in top shape.
And who knows what could happen at the Nou Camp? If it's 2-2, like in the group stage, Milan would be advancing...
And Allegri's team played really well defensively today, closing down Barcelona.
The Catalan team still had the better chances, but not as many as they usually get.
To boost Barcelona's hopes, too, though, they have not lost at home this season, so there's also that, in addition to the Barca power and prestige.
Thus, it should be a very interesting return leg, with all still to play for.
0-0, after the first leg, is not bad, considering Barcelona is still in top shape.
And who knows what could happen at the Nou Camp? If it's 2-2, like in the group stage, Milan would be advancing...
And Allegri's team played really well defensively today, closing down Barcelona.
The Catalan team still had the better chances, but not as many as they usually get.
To boost Barcelona's hopes, too, though, they have not lost at home this season, so there's also that, in addition to the Barca power and prestige.
Thus, it should be a very interesting return leg, with all still to play for.
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Two for Benzema, and Then Some
In the words of an official commentator, it looks like "midnight has struck for the Cinderella team". APOEL is almost surely out of the Champions League, after losing 0-3 at home against Real Madrid.
They should have defended, the Cypriots, not gone after the Spanish giants! That was a huge mistake, because it opened their defense.
And Real's endurance levels were much higher.
Benzema with a brace (74, 90) and Kaka (82), after some brilliant play by Marcelo at the end line, put the Madrid team way ahead.
Real left it late, but finished the job.
Highlights:
They should have defended, the Cypriots, not gone after the Spanish giants! That was a huge mistake, because it opened their defense.
And Real's endurance levels were much higher.
Benzema with a brace (74, 90) and Kaka (82), after some brilliant play by Marcelo at the end line, put the Madrid team way ahead.
Real left it late, but finished the job.
Highlights:
Chelsea Wins Away from Home!
Benfica did not deserve to lose this match, but lose they did, because Chelsea played very pragmatically.
It was the London club 's first away win in the Champions League this season.
The Portuguese club had some big chances to score. They were either unlucky or foiled by some top-class goalkeeping by Petr Cech (such as Jardel's miss in the second half).
And those missed chances would come back to haunt Jorge Jesus ' men.
(Mata also missed a big chance for Chelsea in the second half, too, by the way.)
In the 75th minute, Torres' cross was perfect for Kalou, who buried it from 6 meters away from goal.
Chelsea goes back to Stamford Bridge with a win and a very big chance to advance to the semifinals, despite Benfica's having two times more opportunities to score.
Highlights:
It was the London club 's first away win in the Champions League this season.
The Portuguese club had some big chances to score. They were either unlucky or foiled by some top-class goalkeeping by Petr Cech (such as Jardel's miss in the second half).
And those missed chances would come back to haunt Jorge Jesus ' men.
(Mata also missed a big chance for Chelsea in the second half, too, by the way.)
In the 75th minute, Torres' cross was perfect for Kalou, who buried it from 6 meters away from goal.
Chelsea goes back to Stamford Bridge with a win and a very big chance to advance to the semifinals, despite Benfica's having two times more opportunities to score.
Highlights:
2012.03.27 - The Results
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Quarter-Finals (leg 1)
20:45 -- APOEL - Real Madrid 0-3 highlights
74' Karim Benzema
82' Kaka
90' Karim Benzema
20:45 -- Benfica - Chelsea 0-1 highlights
75' Salomon Kalou
20:45 -- APOEL - Real Madrid 0-3 highlights
74' Karim Benzema
82' Kaka
90' Karim Benzema
20:45 -- Benfica - Chelsea 0-1 highlights
75' Salomon Kalou
Monday 26 March 2012
2012.03.26 - The Results
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
19:00 -- Maritimo - Gil Vicente 3-2 (1-2)
21:15 -- Braga - Academica 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 36' Marcio Mossoro
[2-0] 45' Lima
[2-1] 62' David Simao
Current standings:
1 Sporting Braga 24 18 4 2 53-20 +33 58p
2 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
3 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
4 Marítimo 24 13 6 5 36-27 +9 45p
5 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
21:00 -- Manchester Utd. - Fulham 1-0
42' Wayne Rooney
Current standings:
1 Manchester United 30 23 4 3 74-27 +47 73p
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Buyuksehir - Besiktas 2-2 (1-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
SPAIN: Primera Division
21:00 -- Granada - Sevilla 0-3 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Malaga 29 14 5 10 44-41 +3 47p
5 Levante 29 13 5 11 41-40 +1 44p
19:00 -- Maritimo - Gil Vicente 3-2 (1-2)
21:15 -- Braga - Academica 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 36' Marcio Mossoro
[2-0] 45' Lima
[2-1] 62' David Simao
Current standings:
1 Sporting Braga 24 18 4 2 53-20 +33 58p
2 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
3 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
4 Marítimo 24 13 6 5 36-27 +9 45p
5 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
21:00 -- Manchester Utd. - Fulham 1-0
42' Wayne Rooney
Current standings:
1 Manchester United 30 23 4 3 74-27 +47 73p
2 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Buyuksehir - Besiktas 2-2 (1-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
SPAIN: Primera Division
21:00 -- Granada - Sevilla 0-3 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Malaga 29 14 5 10 44-41 +3 47p
5 Levante 29 13 5 11 41-40 +1 44p
Braga Did It
Sporting Braga had to hold their nerves in the last moments of their home win against Academica (2-1), but they got the win they needed to go top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Mossoro opened the scoring in the 36th minute, and Lima made it 2-0 in minute 45. Braga seemed to be rolling towards the win, but Academica had a really good second half. However, all the Coimbra team was able to do, despite the pressure, was to reduce the deficit: David Simao, in minute 62, made it 1-2, with a spectacular long-range shot.
Braga's victory sees them going on top, alone, with 58 points.
Porto trails them, on 57, and Benfica now has 56 in third (which would not guarantee a Champions League presence next year for the only remaining Portuguese team in this year 's CL).
1-0:
2-0:
2-1:
Mossoro opened the scoring in the 36th minute, and Lima made it 2-0 in minute 45. Braga seemed to be rolling towards the win, but Academica had a really good second half. However, all the Coimbra team was able to do, despite the pressure, was to reduce the deficit: David Simao, in minute 62, made it 1-2, with a spectacular long-range shot.
Braga's victory sees them going on top, alone, with 58 points.
Porto trails them, on 57, and Benfica now has 56 in third (which would not guarantee a Champions League presence next year for the only remaining Portuguese team in this year 's CL).
1-0:
2-0:
2-1:
Why the Help?
In minute 89 of the Manchester United - Fulham encounter, Danny Murphy was caught in the penalty area of Man. U. and he went down.
Referee Michael Oliver of course refused to even consider pointing at the spot.
The commentators agreed that there was contact with the leg, no contact with the ball, and that there were serious grounds for awarding a penalty. As a matter of fact, one commentator said "That's a penalty."
But people who understand that football is not the sport where everything can happen, and every team can win, anymore can form some opinions as to why teams like Fulham do not get such calls when teams like Manchester United really need results to go their way.
Money talks.
Manchester United will never be troubled by referee calls against them, I firmly believe, until they have the title wrapped up. The referees generally have too little power and courage to upset a conglomerate that wields billions of pounds. In fact, I'm sure clubs like Manchester United have the power to be able to get a friendly referee whenever they need one.
So, really, Manchester City's only hope to get the title is to crush everybody honestly, because they don't have the relations that Manchester United has formed over the last two decades.
But if those losers continue to drop points away from home like crazy, they're going to be out of it soon. Because, even if a team plays honestly and openly against Manchester United, like Fulham seemed to do today, Ferguson's organization is still going to find a way to get the results they need.
This is really borderline over for Manchester City, truly.
If they drop any more points, that's it.
It's still in the hands of Mancini's team, because all they have to do is win all of their games. I think that, if they win all of their remaining games, they will get the goal difference edge, too, even though manchester united is so close. But how the hell is Manchester City going to win four away matches and the home game against United, when they've been sucking away from home for the last three months, and Man. U. will not stop getting wins?
Referee Michael Oliver of course refused to even consider pointing at the spot.
The commentators agreed that there was contact with the leg, no contact with the ball, and that there were serious grounds for awarding a penalty. As a matter of fact, one commentator said "That's a penalty."
But people who understand that football is not the sport where everything can happen, and every team can win, anymore can form some opinions as to why teams like Fulham do not get such calls when teams like Manchester United really need results to go their way.
Money talks.
Manchester United will never be troubled by referee calls against them, I firmly believe, until they have the title wrapped up. The referees generally have too little power and courage to upset a conglomerate that wields billions of pounds. In fact, I'm sure clubs like Manchester United have the power to be able to get a friendly referee whenever they need one.
So, really, Manchester City's only hope to get the title is to crush everybody honestly, because they don't have the relations that Manchester United has formed over the last two decades.
But if those losers continue to drop points away from home like crazy, they're going to be out of it soon. Because, even if a team plays honestly and openly against Manchester United, like Fulham seemed to do today, Ferguson's organization is still going to find a way to get the results they need.
This is really borderline over for Manchester City, truly.
If they drop any more points, that's it.
It's still in the hands of Mancini's team, because all they have to do is win all of their games. I think that, if they win all of their remaining games, they will get the goal difference edge, too, even though manchester united is so close. But how the hell is Manchester City going to win four away matches and the home game against United, when they've been sucking away from home for the last three months, and Man. U. will not stop getting wins?
Sunday 25 March 2012
2012.03.25 - The Results
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
12:30 -- AZ Alkmaar - RKC Waalwijk 1-0 highlights
49' Johann Berg Gudmundsson
14:30 -- De Graafschap - Feyenoord 0-3
71' John Guidetti
77' Ruben Schaken
90' Anass Achahbar
14:30 -- Heracles Almelo - Utrecht 3-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Ajax - PSV 2-0 highlights
56' Ismail Aissati
63' Siem de Jong (pen.)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 27 17 5 5 54-25 +29 56p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 27 16 7 4 70-33 +37 55p
3 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
TURKEY: Super Lig
14:30 -- Ankaragucu - Antalyaspor 0-3 (0-2)
14:30 -- Eskisehirspor - Gaziantepspor 0-2 (0-0)
14:30 -- Karabukspor - Kayserispor 1-0 (0-0)
14:30 -- Manisaspor - Sivasspor 1-3 (1-1)
14:30 -- Orduspor - Genclerbirligi 0-0
14:30 -- Samsunspor - Mersin 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Galatasaray - Trabzonspor 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 24' Burak Yilmaz
[1-1] 83' Felipe Melo (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
ITALY: Serie A
12:30 -- Atalanta - Bologna 2-0 (0-0)
15:00 -- Cesena - Parma 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Chievo - Siena 1-1 (1-0)
15:00 -- Genoa - Fiorentina 2-2 (1-1)
15:00 -- Lazio - Cagliari 1-0 highlights
88' Mobido Diakite
15:00 -- Napoli - Catania 2-2 (0-0) highlights
15:00 -- Novara - Lecce 0-0
20:45 -- Juventus - Inter 2-0 highlights
57' Martin Caceres
71' Alessandro Del Piero
Current standings:
1 Milan 29 19 6 4 59-23 +36 63p
2 Juventus 29 15 14 0 46-17 +29 59p
3 Lazio 29 15 6 8 43-34 +9 51p
4 Napoli 29 12 12 5 54-32 +22 48p
5 Udinese 29 13 9 7 40-27 +13 48p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Stuttgart - Nurnberg 1-0 (0-0)
17:30 -- Koln - Borussia D. 1-6 highlights
[1-0] 13' Milivoje Novakovic
[1-1] 26' Lukasz Piszczek
[1-2] 47' Shinji Kagawa
[1-3] 52' Robert Lewandowski
[1-4] 78' Ilkay Gundogan
[1-5] 80' Shinji Kagawa
[1-6] 84' Ivan Perisic
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 27 19 5 3 59-17 +42 62p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 27 11 7 9 39-36 +3 40p
UKRAINE: Premier League
12:30 -- Ilichevets - Dynamo 0-1 highlights
38' Brown Ideye
15:00 -- Chornomorets - Vorskla 2-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Kryvbas - Tavriya 0-3 (0-1)
18:30 -- Karpaty - Oleksandriya 1-1 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 24 20 4 0 48-8 +40 64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
17:00 -- Beira Mar - Nacional 0-3 (0-1)
17:00 -- Setubal - Leiria 1-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Rio Ave - Guimaraes 0-1 (0-0)
21:15 -- Pacos de Ferreira - Porto 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 47' Ricardo Da Silva (o.-g.)
[1-1] 79' Lorenzo Melgarejo
Current standings:
1 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
5 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
17:00 -- Dijon - Caen 2-0 (1-0)
17:00 -- Toulouse - Auxerre 1-0 highlights
38' Franck Tabanou
21:00 -- Paris Saint-Germain - Bordeaux 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 77' Nicolas Maurice-Belay
[1-1] 81' Guillaume Hoarau
Current standings:
1 Montpellier 29 18 6 5 53-27 +26 60p
2 PSG 29 17 9 3 53-30 +23 60p
3 Lille 29 14 11 4 53-31 +22 53p
4 Toulouse 29 14 8 7 31-24 +7 50p
5 Lyon 29 15 4 10 46-36 +10 49p
SPAIN: Primera Division
12:00 -- Zaragoza - Atletico Madrid 1-0 (0-0) highlights
16:00 -- Espanyol - Malaga 1-2 (1-0) highlights
16:00 -- Levante - Osasuna 0-2 (0-1) highlights
18:00 -- Athletic - Sporting Gijon 1-1 (0-0)
19:45 -- Betis - Racing Santander 1-1 (1-0)
19:45 -- Rayo Vallecano - Villarreal 0-2 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Malaga 29 14 5 10 44-41 +3 47p
5 Levante 29 13 5 11 41-40 +1 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
17:00 -- West Brom - Newcastle 1-3 (0-3)
Current standings:
1 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
2 Manchester United 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
USA: Major League Soccer
22:00 -- New York Red Bulls - Colorado Rapids 4-1 (2-0)
01:00 -- Sporting Kansas City - Dallas 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 25' Ricardo Villar
[1-1] 45' Aurelien Collin
[2-1] 88' Kei Kamara
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 3 3 0 0 6-1 +5 9p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 New York 3 1 0 2 5-5 0 3p
5 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
6 New England 3 1 0 2 1-4 -3 3p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +3 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
5 Colorado 3 2 0 1 5-5 0 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
GREECE: Super League
14:00 -- Doxa Dramas - Levadiakos 0-2 (0-1)
16:15 -- AEK Athens - Panaitolikos 1-0 (1-0)
16:15 -- Giannina - Ergotelis 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Kerkyra - PAOK 0-4 (0-2)
18:30 -- Olympiakos - Asteras Tripolis 7-2 (1-2)
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 26 20 4 2 63-16 +47 64p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 26 18 3 5 44-23 +21 54p {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos 26 13 8 5 30-22 +8 47p
12:30 -- AZ Alkmaar - RKC Waalwijk 1-0 highlights
49' Johann Berg Gudmundsson
14:30 -- De Graafschap - Feyenoord 0-3
71' John Guidetti
77' Ruben Schaken
90' Anass Achahbar
14:30 -- Heracles Almelo - Utrecht 3-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Ajax - PSV 2-0 highlights
56' Ismail Aissati
63' Siem de Jong (pen.)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 27 17 5 5 54-25 +29 56p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 27 16 7 4 70-33 +37 55p
3 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
TURKEY: Super Lig
14:30 -- Ankaragucu - Antalyaspor 0-3 (0-2)
14:30 -- Eskisehirspor - Gaziantepspor 0-2 (0-0)
14:30 -- Karabukspor - Kayserispor 1-0 (0-0)
14:30 -- Manisaspor - Sivasspor 1-3 (1-1)
14:30 -- Orduspor - Genclerbirligi 0-0
14:30 -- Samsunspor - Mersin 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Galatasaray - Trabzonspor 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 24' Burak Yilmaz
[1-1] 83' Felipe Melo (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 32 21 8 3 63-24 +39 71p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 32 15 9 8 59-39 +20 54p
ITALY: Serie A
12:30 -- Atalanta - Bologna 2-0 (0-0)
15:00 -- Cesena - Parma 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Chievo - Siena 1-1 (1-0)
15:00 -- Genoa - Fiorentina 2-2 (1-1)
15:00 -- Lazio - Cagliari 1-0 highlights
88' Mobido Diakite
15:00 -- Napoli - Catania 2-2 (0-0) highlights
15:00 -- Novara - Lecce 0-0
20:45 -- Juventus - Inter 2-0 highlights
57' Martin Caceres
71' Alessandro Del Piero
Current standings:
1 Milan 29 19 6 4 59-23 +36 63p
2 Juventus 29 15 14 0 46-17 +29 59p
3 Lazio 29 15 6 8 43-34 +9 51p
4 Napoli 29 12 12 5 54-32 +22 48p
5 Udinese 29 13 9 7 40-27 +13 48p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Stuttgart - Nurnberg 1-0 (0-0)
17:30 -- Koln - Borussia D. 1-6 highlights
[1-0] 13' Milivoje Novakovic
[1-1] 26' Lukasz Piszczek
[1-2] 47' Shinji Kagawa
[1-3] 52' Robert Lewandowski
[1-4] 78' Ilkay Gundogan
[1-5] 80' Shinji Kagawa
[1-6] 84' Ivan Perisic
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 27 19 5 3 59-17 +42 62p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 27 11 7 9 39-36 +3 40p
UKRAINE: Premier League
12:30 -- Ilichevets - Dynamo 0-1 highlights
38' Brown Ideye
15:00 -- Chornomorets - Vorskla 2-1 (1-0)
16:30 -- Kryvbas - Tavriya 0-3 (0-1)
18:30 -- Karpaty - Oleksandriya 1-1 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 24 20 4 0 48-8 +40 64p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
17:00 -- Beira Mar - Nacional 0-3 (0-1)
17:00 -- Setubal - Leiria 1-0 (1-0)
19:00 -- Rio Ave - Guimaraes 0-1 (0-0)
21:15 -- Pacos de Ferreira - Porto 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 47' Ricardo Da Silva (o.-g.)
[1-1] 79' Lorenzo Melgarejo
Current standings:
1 Porto 24 17 6 1 54-17 +37 57p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
5 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
17:00 -- Dijon - Caen 2-0 (1-0)
17:00 -- Toulouse - Auxerre 1-0 highlights
38' Franck Tabanou
21:00 -- Paris Saint-Germain - Bordeaux 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 77' Nicolas Maurice-Belay
[1-1] 81' Guillaume Hoarau
Current standings:
1 Montpellier 29 18 6 5 53-27 +26 60p
2 PSG 29 17 9 3 53-30 +23 60p
3 Lille 29 14 11 4 53-31 +22 53p
4 Toulouse 29 14 8 7 31-24 +7 50p
5 Lyon 29 15 4 10 46-36 +10 49p
SPAIN: Primera Division
12:00 -- Zaragoza - Atletico Madrid 1-0 (0-0) highlights
16:00 -- Espanyol - Malaga 1-2 (1-0) highlights
16:00 -- Levante - Osasuna 0-2 (0-1) highlights
18:00 -- Athletic - Sporting Gijon 1-1 (0-0)
19:45 -- Betis - Racing Santander 1-1 (1-0)
19:45 -- Rayo Vallecano - Villarreal 0-2 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Malaga 29 14 5 10 44-41 +3 47p
5 Levante 29 13 5 11 41-40 +1 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
17:00 -- West Brom - Newcastle 1-3 (0-3)
Current standings:
1 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
2 Manchester United 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
USA: Major League Soccer
22:00 -- New York Red Bulls - Colorado Rapids 4-1 (2-0)
01:00 -- Sporting Kansas City - Dallas 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 25' Ricardo Villar
[1-1] 45' Aurelien Collin
[2-1] 88' Kei Kamara
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 3 3 0 0 6-1 +5 9p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 New York 3 1 0 2 5-5 0 3p
5 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
6 New England 3 1 0 2 1-4 -3 3p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +3 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
5 Colorado 3 2 0 1 5-5 0 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
GREECE: Super League
14:00 -- Doxa Dramas - Levadiakos 0-2 (0-1)
16:15 -- AEK Athens - Panaitolikos 1-0 (1-0)
16:15 -- Giannina - Ergotelis 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Kerkyra - PAOK 0-4 (0-2)
18:30 -- Olympiakos - Asteras Tripolis 7-2 (1-2)
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 26 20 4 2 63-16 +47 64p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 26 18 3 5 44-23 +21 54p {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos 26 13 8 5 30-22 +8 47p
Could Have Shock Leader in Portugal Very Soon
Due to the fact that both Benfica and Porto failed to win this matchday, Sporting Braga has a huge chance to reach the top of the Portuguese Primeira Liga.
Benfica could not win at Olhanense (0-0), while Porto also dropped points at Pacos de Ferreira (1-1).
Porto led, but found themselves scored on with 11 minutes to go.
Braga, who now has 55 points, can win at home against Academica, to overtake Porto (57 points) and Benfica (56).
Braga was close to winning the Portuguese league in 2009-2010, but Benfica eventually took that one away from them. Is it payback time? I'm also referring to payback for Porto, too, who beat Braga in the Europa League final in 2010-2011.
There are still six more matchdays to go, but Braga won their last 12 straight matches in the league!
Highlights from Pacos de Ferreira - Porto 1-1:
Paços de Ferreira 0-1 FC Porto by simaotvgolo12
Benfica could not win at Olhanense (0-0), while Porto also dropped points at Pacos de Ferreira (1-1).
Porto led, but found themselves scored on with 11 minutes to go.
Braga, who now has 55 points, can win at home against Academica, to overtake Porto (57 points) and Benfica (56).
Braga was close to winning the Portuguese league in 2009-2010, but Benfica eventually took that one away from them. Is it payback time? I'm also referring to payback for Porto, too, who beat Braga in the Europa League final in 2010-2011.
There are still six more matchdays to go, but Braga won their last 12 straight matches in the league!
Highlights from Pacos de Ferreira - Porto 1-1:
Paços de Ferreira 0-1 FC Porto by simaotvgolo12
A Hell of a Week for PSG
Paris Saint-Germain failed to get the win again, in front of their home fans, this time in the Ligue 1.
After being ousted by Lyon in the Coupe de France, on Wednesday, Ancelotti's team is now no longer top in the French league, either. The draw against Bordeaux at home put the Parisian team on only 60 points, the same number of points as Montpellier, but the latter has a better goal difference.
Bordeaux also scored first at the Parc des Princes, when Maurice-Belay opened the scoring in the 77th minute, but the lead only lasted roughly four minutes, as prolific forward Hoarau tied the score with a cheeky shot that squeezed beneath the Bordeaux goalkeeper.
Carlo Ancelotti has some serious work to do, apparently.
Lille has also gotten somewhat closer to the leaders, too. They are on 53 points now.
See highlights here.
After being ousted by Lyon in the Coupe de France, on Wednesday, Ancelotti's team is now no longer top in the French league, either. The draw against Bordeaux at home put the Parisian team on only 60 points, the same number of points as Montpellier, but the latter has a better goal difference.
Bordeaux also scored first at the Parc des Princes, when Maurice-Belay opened the scoring in the 77th minute, but the lead only lasted roughly four minutes, as prolific forward Hoarau tied the score with a cheeky shot that squeezed beneath the Bordeaux goalkeeper.
Carlo Ancelotti has some serious work to do, apparently.
Lille has also gotten somewhat closer to the leaders, too. They are on 53 points now.
See highlights here.
Juventus Wins the Derby D'Italia
Inter Milan stumbled to another defeat.
Juventus maintained themselves in the race for the Scudetto by winning at home, 2-0 against Ranieri's team.
After a first half that was very close, Juventus dominated the second half.
Martin Caceres opened the scoring, with a close header, on a corner kick. This was in minute 57.
14 minutes later, Del Piero scored with great finesse, sending Julio Cesar, the Inter goalkeeper, the wrong way.
Towards the end, The Old Lady could have easily made it 3-0.
Juventus remains four points behind Milan.
And Inter remains in eighth.
As an interesting factoid, Claudio Ranieri said after the match that Buffon, the Juventus goalkeeper, was the difference between the two teams. Personally, I think that better composure in front of the opposing goal was the difference. Juventus had that for most of the second half.
Highlights:
[www.online-soccer.ru] Juventus 2-0 Inter Milan... by all-goals
Juventus maintained themselves in the race for the Scudetto by winning at home, 2-0 against Ranieri's team.
After a first half that was very close, Juventus dominated the second half.
Martin Caceres opened the scoring, with a close header, on a corner kick. This was in minute 57.
14 minutes later, Del Piero scored with great finesse, sending Julio Cesar, the Inter goalkeeper, the wrong way.
Towards the end, The Old Lady could have easily made it 3-0.
Juventus remains four points behind Milan.
And Inter remains in eighth.
As an interesting factoid, Claudio Ranieri said after the match that Buffon, the Juventus goalkeeper, was the difference between the two teams. Personally, I think that better composure in front of the opposing goal was the difference. Juventus had that for most of the second half.
Highlights:
[www.online-soccer.ru] Juventus 2-0 Inter Milan... by all-goals
Saturday 24 March 2012
2012.03.24 - The Results
SPAIN: Primera Division
18:00 -- Mallorca - Barcelona 0-2 highlights
26' Lionel Andres Messi
79' Gerard Pique
20:00 -- Real Madrid - Real Sociedad 5-1 highlights
[1-0] 6' Gonzalo Higuain
[2-0] 33' Cristiano Ronaldo
[3-0] 40' Karim Benzema
[3-1] 41' Sergio Ramos (o.-g.)
[4-1] 49' Karim Benzema
[5-1] 56' Cristiano Ronaldo
22:00 -- Getafe - Valencia 3-1 (3-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 28 13 5 10 42-40 +2 44p
ITALY: Serie A
18:00 -- Milan - Roma 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 44' Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
[1-1] 53' Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pen.)
[2-1] 83' Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20:45 -- Palermo - Udinese 1-1 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Udinese 29 13 9 7 40-27 +13 48p
5 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
13:45 -- Chelsea - Tottenham 0-0
16:00 -- Arsenal - Aston Villa 3-0 (2-0) highlights
16:00 -- Bolton - Blackburn 2-1 (2-0)
16:00 -- Liverpool - Wigan 1-2 (0-1)
16:00 -- Norwich - Wolverhampton 2-1 (2-1)
16:00 -- Sunderland - QPR 3-1 (1-0)
16:00 -- Swansea - Everton 0-2 (0-0)
18:30 -- Stoke City - Manchester City 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 60' Peter Crouch
[1-1] 76' Yaya Toure
Current standings:
1 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
2 Manchester United 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
18:45 -- Roda - Vitesse 3-1 (2-1)
19:45 -- Heerenveen - VV Venlo 4-1 (2-0)
19:45 -- NAC Breda - NEC Nijmegen 1-1 (0-1)
20:45 -- ADO Den Haag - Twente 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 6' Euzebiusz Smolarek
[1-1] 62' Glynor Plet
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
3 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
19:00 -- Ajaccio - Lorient 1-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Brest - Nancy 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Evian - Lille 0-3 highlights
36' Eden Hazard (pen.)
55' Dimitri Payet
67' Benoit Pedretti
19:00 -- Lyon - Sochaux 2-1 (1-0) highlights
19:00 -- Montpellier - Saint-Etienne 1-0 highlights
89' Olivier Giroud
19:00 -- Nice - Marseille 1-1 (0-0)
21:00 -- Valenciennes - Rennes 1-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Montpellier 29 18 6 5 53-27 +26 60p
2 PSG 28 17 8 3 52-29 +23 59p
3 Lille 29 14 11 4 53-31 +22 53p
4 Lyon 29 15 4 10 46-36 +10 49p
5 Toulouse 28 13 8 7 30-24 +6 47p
UKRAINE: Premier League
14:30 -- Arsenal Kyiv - Metalist 4-2
[1-0] 34' Oleksandr Kovpak
[2-0] 49' Oleksandr Kovpak
[2-1] 74' Sebastian Blanco
[2-2] 78' Xavier Cleiton
[3-2] 84' Alexander Kobakhidze
[3-3] 86' George Florescu
16:30 -- Dnipro - Zarya 3-1 (1-0)
18:00 -- Metalurh D. - Obolon 2-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
2 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Bayern - Hannover 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 36' Toni Kroos
[2-0] 67' Mario Gomez
[2-1] 73' Didier Konan
15:30 -- Borussia M. - Hoffenheim 1-2 highlights
[1-0] 37' Marco Reus
[1-1] 77' Roberto Firmino
[1-2] 80' Boris Vukcevic
15:30 -- Freiburg - Kaiserslautern 2-0 (2-0)
15:30 -- Mainz - Hertha 1-3 (0-1)
15:30 -- Werder - Augsburg 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Schalke 04 - Bayer 2-0 highlights
18' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
86' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 27 11 7 9 39-36 +3 40p
TURKEY: Super Lig
18:00 -- Fenerbahce - Bursaspor 1-0 highlights
41' Alex de Souza
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:15 -- Sporting - Feirense 1-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
5 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
USA: Major League Soccer
18:00 -- Toronto FC - San Jose Earthquakes 0-3 (0-1)
21:00 -- Columbus Crew - Montreal Impact 2-0 (1-0)
21:00 -- New England Revolution - Portland Timbers 1-0 (1-0)
02:30 -- Chicago Fire - Philadelphia Union 1-0 (1-0)
03:00 -- Real Salt Lake - CD Chivas 0-1 (0-0)
03:00 -- Vancouver Whitecaps - D.C. United 0-0
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
5 New England 3 1 0 2 1-4 -3 3p
6 D.C. United 3 0 1 2 1-4 -3 1p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +2 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4-5 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
4-5 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
GREECE: Super League
16:15 -- Aris - Panionios 4-2 (1-1)
16:15 -- Atromitos - Xanthi 1-0 (0-0)
18:30 -- OFI - Panathinaikos 0-1
17' Cleyton
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 25 19 4 2 56-14 +42 61p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 26 18 3 5 44-23 +21 54p {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos 26 13 8 5 30-22 +8 47p
18:00 -- Mallorca - Barcelona 0-2 highlights
26' Lionel Andres Messi
79' Gerard Pique
20:00 -- Real Madrid - Real Sociedad 5-1 highlights
[1-0] 6' Gonzalo Higuain
[2-0] 33' Cristiano Ronaldo
[3-0] 40' Karim Benzema
[3-1] 41' Sergio Ramos (o.-g.)
[4-1] 49' Karim Benzema
[5-1] 56' Cristiano Ronaldo
22:00 -- Getafe - Valencia 3-1 (3-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 29 24 3 2 95-26 +69 75p
2 Barcelona 29 21 6 2 84-22 +62 69p
3 Valencia 29 13 8 8 45-36 +9 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 28 13 5 10 42-40 +2 44p
ITALY: Serie A
18:00 -- Milan - Roma 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 44' Pablo Daniel Osvaldo
[1-1] 53' Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pen.)
[2-1] 83' Zlatan Ibrahimovic
20:45 -- Palermo - Udinese 1-1 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Udinese 29 13 9 7 40-27 +13 48p
5 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
13:45 -- Chelsea - Tottenham 0-0
16:00 -- Arsenal - Aston Villa 3-0 (2-0) highlights
16:00 -- Bolton - Blackburn 2-1 (2-0)
16:00 -- Liverpool - Wigan 1-2 (0-1)
16:00 -- Norwich - Wolverhampton 2-1 (2-1)
16:00 -- Sunderland - QPR 3-1 (1-0)
16:00 -- Swansea - Everton 0-2 (0-0)
18:30 -- Stoke City - Manchester City 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 60' Peter Crouch
[1-1] 76' Yaya Toure
Current standings:
1 Manchester City 30 22 4 4 72-22 +50 70p
2 Manchester United 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
3 Arsenal 30 18 4 8 61-39 +22 58p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 30 16 7 7 53-35 +18 55p
5 Chelsea 30 14 8 8 49-34 +15 50p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
18:45 -- Roda - Vitesse 3-1 (2-1)
19:45 -- Heerenveen - VV Venlo 4-1 (2-0)
19:45 -- NAC Breda - NEC Nijmegen 1-1 (0-1)
20:45 -- ADO Den Haag - Twente 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 6' Euzebiusz Smolarek
[1-1] 62' Glynor Plet
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Twente Enschede 27 15 7 5 69-32 +37 52p
3 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
19:00 -- Ajaccio - Lorient 1-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Brest - Nancy 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Evian - Lille 0-3 highlights
36' Eden Hazard (pen.)
55' Dimitri Payet
67' Benoit Pedretti
19:00 -- Lyon - Sochaux 2-1 (1-0) highlights
19:00 -- Montpellier - Saint-Etienne 1-0 highlights
89' Olivier Giroud
19:00 -- Nice - Marseille 1-1 (0-0)
21:00 -- Valenciennes - Rennes 1-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Montpellier 29 18 6 5 53-27 +26 60p
2 PSG 28 17 8 3 52-29 +23 59p
3 Lille 29 14 11 4 53-31 +22 53p
4 Lyon 29 15 4 10 46-36 +10 49p
5 Toulouse 28 13 8 7 30-24 +6 47p
UKRAINE: Premier League
14:30 -- Arsenal Kyiv - Metalist 4-2
[1-0] 34' Oleksandr Kovpak
[2-0] 49' Oleksandr Kovpak
[2-1] 74' Sebastian Blanco
[2-2] 78' Xavier Cleiton
[3-2] 84' Alexander Kobakhidze
[3-3] 86' George Florescu
16:30 -- Dnipro - Zarya 3-1 (1-0)
18:00 -- Metalurh D. - Obolon 2-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
2 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
3 Metalist Kharkiv 24 16 6 2 45-22 +23 54p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Bayern - Hannover 2-1 highlights
[1-0] 36' Toni Kroos
[2-0] 67' Mario Gomez
[2-1] 73' Didier Konan
15:30 -- Borussia M. - Hoffenheim 1-2 highlights
[1-0] 37' Marco Reus
[1-1] 77' Roberto Firmino
[1-2] 80' Boris Vukcevic
15:30 -- Freiburg - Kaiserslautern 2-0 (2-0)
15:30 -- Mainz - Hertha 1-3 (0-1)
15:30 -- Werder - Augsburg 1-1 (0-0)
18:30 -- Schalke 04 - Bayer 2-0 highlights
18' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
86' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 27 18 3 6 66-18 +48 57p
3 Schalke 04 27 17 2 8 60-34 +26 53p
4 Borussia M'gladbach 27 15 6 6 40-18 +22 51p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 27 11 7 9 39-36 +3 40p
TURKEY: Super Lig
18:00 -- Fenerbahce - Bursaspor 1-0 highlights
41' Alex de Souza
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 32 19 7 6 58-33 +25 64p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:15 -- Sporting - Feirense 1-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Sporting Lisbon 24 13 5 6 37-17 +20 44p
5 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
USA: Major League Soccer
18:00 -- Toronto FC - San Jose Earthquakes 0-3 (0-1)
21:00 -- Columbus Crew - Montreal Impact 2-0 (1-0)
21:00 -- New England Revolution - Portland Timbers 1-0 (1-0)
02:30 -- Chicago Fire - Philadelphia Union 1-0 (1-0)
03:00 -- Real Salt Lake - CD Chivas 0-1 (0-0)
03:00 -- Vancouver Whitecaps - D.C. United 0-0
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 2 1 1 0 2-1 +1 4p
4 Columbus 2 1 0 1 2-2 0 3p
5 New England 3 1 0 2 1-4 -3 3p
6 D.C. United 3 0 1 2 1-4 -3 1p
Western Conference:
1 Vancouver 3 2 1 0 3-0 +2 7p
2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Real Salt Lake 3 2 0 1 5-2 +3 6p
4-5 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
4-5 San Jose 3 2 0 1 4-1 +3 6p
6 Portland 3 1 1 1 4-3 +1 4p
GREECE: Super League
16:15 -- Aris - Panionios 4-2 (1-1)
16:15 -- Atromitos - Xanthi 1-0 (0-0)
18:30 -- OFI - Panathinaikos 0-1
17' Cleyton
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 25 19 4 2 56-14 +42 61p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 26 18 3 5 44-23 +21 54p {deducted three points for crowd trouble at 0-3 loss against Olympiakos}
3 Atromitos 26 13 8 5 30-22 +8 47p
The Loser Saga Continues
Roberto Mancini was pissed after the match against Stoke City (1-1, in Stoke). He refused to shake the hand of Stoke's coach, and he did not attend the press conference.
And I don't blame him for being mad at his team's performance.
I mean, really, is the only solution really hypnotizing his players into believing they're playing at home? How the fuck does the team always wins at home - How many of us thought they were down for the count against Chelsea? - but away from home it turns to shit?
8 points out of a possible 24 away from home, lately! That's City's statistic.
Surely they realize that they cannot win the league like this, especially with Manchester United pulling wins out of the hat much like a magician. A rich magician.
How the hell do all of these British challengers that go up against Man. U. lose their ability to play in the second half of the season?
I can think of two possible answers: 1) fucking amateur mentality, 2) many teams have extra incentive from somewhere to keep the challenger down, and therefore play much harder against said challenger.
Not that Manchester City is a great team.
But Manchester United isn't worth significantly more (at least this year) either.
And I don't blame him for being mad at his team's performance.
I mean, really, is the only solution really hypnotizing his players into believing they're playing at home? How the fuck does the team always wins at home - How many of us thought they were down for the count against Chelsea? - but away from home it turns to shit?
8 points out of a possible 24 away from home, lately! That's City's statistic.
Surely they realize that they cannot win the league like this, especially with Manchester United pulling wins out of the hat much like a magician. A rich magician.
How the hell do all of these British challengers that go up against Man. U. lose their ability to play in the second half of the season?
I can think of two possible answers: 1) fucking amateur mentality, 2) many teams have extra incentive from somewhere to keep the challenger down, and therefore play much harder against said challenger.
Not that Manchester City is a great team.
But Manchester United isn't worth significantly more (at least this year) either.
Metalist, Probably Out of Contention
For a while there, Metalist Kharkiv was getting close to the Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk.
But, lately, they haven't been doing well in the league.
They only got one point from the last two encounters, and are seemingly out of the title race.
Meanwhile, of course, Dynamo kept winning, while Shakhtar hasn't lost a point since a good while back, too.
Dynamo Kyiv is still unbeaten.
There are six more matches to go, besides this one, though.
Highlights from Arsenal Kyiv - Metalist 4-2:
Арсенал - Металлист. Голы by ezhihno
But, lately, they haven't been doing well in the league.
They only got one point from the last two encounters, and are seemingly out of the title race.
Meanwhile, of course, Dynamo kept winning, while Shakhtar hasn't lost a point since a good while back, too.
Dynamo Kyiv is still unbeaten.
There are six more matches to go, besides this one, though.
Highlights from Arsenal Kyiv - Metalist 4-2:
Арсенал - Металлист. Голы by ezhihno
Friday 23 March 2012
2012.03.23 - The Results
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:45 -- Olhanense - Benfica 0-0
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 23 12 5 6 36-17 +19 41p
UKRAINE: Premier League
18:00 -- Volyn - Shakhtar 1-2
[0-1] 25' Luiz Adriano
[1-1] 39' Sergey Pilipchuk
[1-2] 88' Luiz Adriano (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
2 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
3 Metalist 23 16 6 1 43-18 +25 54p
USA: Major League Soccer
03:00 -- Seattle Sounders - Houston Dynamo 2-0
23' David Estrada
27' Brad Evans (pen.)
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 1-1 0 1p
4 Montreal 2 0 1 1 1-3 -2 1p
5 Toronto 1 0 0 1 1-3 -2 0p
6 Columbus 1 0 0 1 0-2 -2 0p
Western Conference:
1-2 Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
1-2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
4 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 3-0 +2 6p
5 Portland 2 1 1 0 4-2 +2 4p
6 Dallas 2 1 1 0 3-2 +1 4p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
20:30 -- Wolfsburg - Hamburger 2-1 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 26 17 3 6 64-17 +47 54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach 26 15 6 5 39-16 +23 51p
4 Schalke 04 26 16 2 8 58-34 +24 50p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 26 11 7 8 39-34 +5 40p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
20:00 -- Excelsior - Groningen 0-1 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 Twente Enschede 26 15 6 5 68-31 +37 51p
21:45 -- Olhanense - Benfica 0-0
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 24 17 5 2 54-21 +33 56p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 23 12 5 6 36-17 +19 41p
UKRAINE: Premier League
18:00 -- Volyn - Shakhtar 1-2
[0-1] 25' Luiz Adriano
[1-1] 39' Sergey Pilipchuk
[1-2] 88' Luiz Adriano (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 19 4 1 63-15 +48 61p
2 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
3 Metalist 23 16 6 1 43-18 +25 54p
USA: Major League Soccer
03:00 -- Seattle Sounders - Houston Dynamo 2-0
23' David Estrada
27' Brad Evans (pen.)
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 3 2 0 1 2-2 0 6p
3 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 1-1 0 1p
4 Montreal 2 0 1 1 1-3 -2 1p
5 Toronto 1 0 0 1 1-3 -2 0p
6 Columbus 1 0 0 1 0-2 -2 0p
Western Conference:
1-2 Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
1-2 Seattle 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
3 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
4 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 3-0 +2 6p
5 Portland 2 1 1 0 4-2 +2 4p
6 Dallas 2 1 1 0 3-2 +1 4p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
20:30 -- Wolfsburg - Hamburger 2-1 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 26 17 3 6 64-17 +47 54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach 26 15 6 5 39-16 +23 51p
4 Schalke 04 26 16 2 8 58-34 +24 50p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 26 11 7 8 39-34 +5 40p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
20:00 -- Excelsior - Groningen 0-1 (0-1)
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 Twente Enschede 26 15 6 5 68-31 +37 51p
Tough Nut to Crack
Olhanense seems to be one small Portuguese team that can give a lot of problems to the Portuguese football giants.
1-1 away and 0-0 at home against Sporting, 0-0 at home against Porto, and now another 0-0 at home against Benfica.
Benfica could not even say that they outplayed Olhanense (although they did have a big, big chance to win the game in injury time, through Saviola).
Porto could now put three points between themselves and Benfica again, with a win at Pacos de Ferreira, and even Braga could pass Benfica when they host Academica, on Monday. (Let's remember, though, that Academica recently led Porto at the Estadio do Dragao until the 92nd minute...)
1-1 away and 0-0 at home against Sporting, 0-0 at home against Porto, and now another 0-0 at home against Benfica.
Benfica could not even say that they outplayed Olhanense (although they did have a big, big chance to win the game in injury time, through Saviola).
Porto could now put three points between themselves and Benfica again, with a win at Pacos de Ferreira, and even Braga could pass Benfica when they host Academica, on Monday. (Let's remember, though, that Academica recently led Porto at the Estadio do Dragao until the 92nd minute...)
Thursday 22 March 2012
2012.03.22 - The Results
SPAIN: Primera Division
20:00 -- Betis - Espanyol 1-1 (0-0)
20:00 -- Racing Santander - Sevilla 0-3 (0-1)
22:00 -- Malaga - Rayo Vallecano 4-2 (1-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 28 23 3 2 90-25 +65 72p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 28 13 8 7 44-33 +11 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 28 13 5 10 42-40 +2 44p
20:00 -- Betis - Espanyol 1-1 (0-0)
20:00 -- Racing Santander - Sevilla 0-3 (0-1)
22:00 -- Malaga - Rayo Vallecano 4-2 (1-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 28 23 3 2 90-25 +65 72p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 28 13 8 7 44-33 +11 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 28 13 5 10 42-40 +2 44p
Wednesday 21 March 2012
2012.03.21 - The Results
SPAIN: Primera Division
20:00 -- Atletico Madrid - Athletic 2-1 (0-0) highlights
20:00 -- Real Sociedad - Levante 1-3 (1-2) highlights
20:00 -- Sporting Gijon - Mallorca 2-3 (1-1)
20:00 -- Valencia - Zaragoza 1-2 (1-1) highlights
22:00 -- Villarreal - Real Madrid 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 62' Cristiano Ronaldo
[1-1] 83' Marcos Antonio Senna
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 28 23 3 2 90-25 +65 72p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 28 13 8 7 44-33 +11 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
20:45 -- Manchester City - Chelsea 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 60' Gary Cahill
[1-1] 78' Sergio Aguero (pen.)
[2-1] 86' Samir Nasri
20:45 -- Tottenham - Stoke City 1-1 (0-0)
21:00 -- Everton - Arsenal 0-1 (0-1) highlights
21:00 -- QPR - Liverpool 3-2 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 29 22 3 4 71-21 +50 69p
3 Arsenal 29 17 4 8 58-39 +19 55p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 6 7 53-35 +18 54p
5 Chelsea 29 14 7 8 49-34 +15 49p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
18:30 -- De Graafschap - Twente 1-2 highlights
[1-0] 2' Soufian El Hassnaoui
[1-1] 19' Roberto Rosales
[1-2] 52' Leroy Fer
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 Twente Enschede 26 15 6 5 68-31 +37 51p
GERMANY: DFB Pokal (Semifinals)
20:30 -- Borussia M. - Bayern 0-0, 0-0 after extra time, 2-4 on penalties
ITALY: Coppa Italia (Semifinals, leg 2)
20:45 -- Napoli - Siena 2-0, 3-2 on aggregate highlights
10' Simone Vergassola (o.-g.)
31' Edinson Cavani
20:00 -- Atletico Madrid - Athletic 2-1 (0-0) highlights
20:00 -- Real Sociedad - Levante 1-3 (1-2) highlights
20:00 -- Sporting Gijon - Mallorca 2-3 (1-1)
20:00 -- Valencia - Zaragoza 1-2 (1-1) highlights
22:00 -- Villarreal - Real Madrid 1-1 highlights
[0-1] 62' Cristiano Ronaldo
[1-1] 83' Marcos Antonio Senna
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 28 23 3 2 90-25 +65 72p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 28 13 8 7 44-33 +11 47p
4 Levante 28 13 5 10 41-38 +3 44p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
20:45 -- Manchester City - Chelsea 2-1 highlights
[0-1] 60' Gary Cahill
[1-1] 78' Sergio Aguero (pen.)
[2-1] 86' Samir Nasri
20:45 -- Tottenham - Stoke City 1-1 (0-0)
21:00 -- Everton - Arsenal 0-1 (0-1) highlights
21:00 -- QPR - Liverpool 3-2 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 29 22 3 4 71-21 +50 69p
3 Arsenal 29 17 4 8 58-39 +19 55p
4 Tottenham Hotspur 29 16 6 7 53-35 +18 54p
5 Chelsea 29 14 7 8 49-34 +15 49p
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
18:30 -- De Graafschap - Twente 1-2 highlights
[1-0] 2' Soufian El Hassnaoui
[1-1] 19' Roberto Rosales
[1-2] 52' Leroy Fer
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 Twente Enschede 26 15 6 5 68-31 +37 51p
GERMANY: DFB Pokal (Semifinals)
20:30 -- Borussia M. - Bayern 0-0, 0-0 after extra time, 2-4 on penalties
ITALY: Coppa Italia (Semifinals, leg 2)
20:45 -- Napoli - Siena 2-0, 3-2 on aggregate highlights
10' Simone Vergassola (o.-g.)
31' Edinson Cavani
Four Points Gone in Three Days
Mourinho's Real Madrid fucked up again. (Villarreal - Real Madrid 1-1)
A free kick did them in again. (- Marcos Senna, in minute 83, after a Ronaldo opener, in minute 62)
And it came just 72 hours after the Malaga fiasco at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It seems like Real really needs to score at least two goals unanswered before the last ten minutes of the game, and they probably need to concede fewer free kicks, too, to win games.
And what the hell is Casillas doing to earn his wages these days? He really seems to suck in goal recently.
Sure, Real still has a decent advantage, but they better shape up if they don't want to suffer through another do-or-die derby against Barcelona.
On the plus side, at least Villarreal was able to hold Barcelona, too, 0-0 on the 28th of January , so they didn't just take points from Real...
(This is barely a consolation, I know.)
Highlights:
A free kick did them in again. (- Marcos Senna, in minute 83, after a Ronaldo opener, in minute 62)
And it came just 72 hours after the Malaga fiasco at the Santiago Bernabeu.
It seems like Real really needs to score at least two goals unanswered before the last ten minutes of the game, and they probably need to concede fewer free kicks, too, to win games.
And what the hell is Casillas doing to earn his wages these days? He really seems to suck in goal recently.
Sure, Real still has a decent advantage, but they better shape up if they don't want to suffer through another do-or-die derby against Barcelona.
On the plus side, at least Villarreal was able to hold Barcelona, too, 0-0 on the 28th of January , so they didn't just take points from Real...
(This is barely a consolation, I know.)
Highlights:
Tottenham Loses Third Position
He, he, guess who's third in the English Premier League now?
It's not Tottenham anymore...
Maybe if they had played more properly against Manchester United...
Anyway, Arsenal won today, 1-0 at Everton, thanks to a Vermaelen goal (in minute 8). By the way, Everton also scored a perfectly valid goal, that was cancelled for offside.
(But that's another issue...)
Tottenham, on the other hand, could not get a win, playing at home against Stoke City. On the contrary, they even had to wait until the third minute of injury time for the equalizer. Man!...
Stoke had gone ahead, in minute 75, through a Cameron Jerome strike.
So, Arsenal now has 55 points, and finds itself in third, while Tottenham slides down to fourth, on 54 points.
Spurs also are now facing a tough game, possibly do-or-die, this coming weekend, against Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge. It should be a good one, because Chelsea also has Champions League aspirations, and a win against Tottenham could bring them to within two points of overtaking them, as well.
Highlights from Everton - Arsenal 0-1:
E-A footyroom.com by footyroom
See highlights from Tottenham - Stoke 1-1 here.
It's not Tottenham anymore...
Maybe if they had played more properly against Manchester United...
Anyway, Arsenal won today, 1-0 at Everton, thanks to a Vermaelen goal (in minute 8). By the way, Everton also scored a perfectly valid goal, that was cancelled for offside.
(But that's another issue...)
Tottenham, on the other hand, could not get a win, playing at home against Stoke City. On the contrary, they even had to wait until the third minute of injury time for the equalizer. Man!...
Stoke had gone ahead, in minute 75, through a Cameron Jerome strike.
So, Arsenal now has 55 points, and finds itself in third, while Tottenham slides down to fourth, on 54 points.
Spurs also are now facing a tough game, possibly do-or-die, this coming weekend, against Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge. It should be a good one, because Chelsea also has Champions League aspirations, and a win against Tottenham could bring them to within two points of overtaking them, as well.
Highlights from Everton - Arsenal 0-1:
E-A footyroom.com by footyroom
See highlights from Tottenham - Stoke 1-1 here.
Tuesday 20 March 2012
2012.03.20 - The Results
ITALY: Coppa Italia (Semifinals, leg 2)
20:45 -- Juventus - Milan 1-2 (3-3 on aggregate), 2-2 after extra time, 4-3 final aggregate score highlights
[1-0] 28' Alessandro Del Piero
[1-1] 51' Djamel Mesbah
[1-2] 81' Maxi Lopez
[2-2] 96' Mirko Vucinic
SPAIN: Primera Division
20:00 -- Osasuna - Getafe 0-0
21:00 -- Barcelona - Granada 5-3 highlights
[1-0] 4' Xavi Hernandez
[2-0] 17' Lionel Andres Messi
[2-1] 55' Diego Mainz
[2-2] 62' Guilherme Siqueira (pen.)
[3-2] 67' Lionel Andres Messi
[4-2] 82' Cristian Tello
[5-2] 86' Lionel Andres Messi
[5-3] 89' Guilherme Siqueira (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
GERMANY: DFB Pokal (Semifinals)
20:30 -- Greuther Furth - Borussia D. 0-0, 0-1 after extra time highlights
120' Ilkay Gundogan
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
21:00 -- Blackburn - Sunderland 2-0 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 28 21 3 4 69-20 +49 66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 52-34 +18 53p
4 Arsenal 28 16 4 8 57-39 +18 52p
5 Chelsea 28 14 7 7 48-32 +16 49p
20:45 -- Juventus - Milan 1-2 (3-3 on aggregate), 2-2 after extra time, 4-3 final aggregate score highlights
[1-0] 28' Alessandro Del Piero
[1-1] 51' Djamel Mesbah
[1-2] 81' Maxi Lopez
[2-2] 96' Mirko Vucinic
SPAIN: Primera Division
20:00 -- Osasuna - Getafe 0-0
21:00 -- Barcelona - Granada 5-3 highlights
[1-0] 4' Xavi Hernandez
[2-0] 17' Lionel Andres Messi
[2-1] 55' Diego Mainz
[2-2] 62' Guilherme Siqueira (pen.)
[3-2] 67' Lionel Andres Messi
[4-2] 82' Cristian Tello
[5-2] 86' Lionel Andres Messi
[5-3] 89' Guilherme Siqueira (pen.)
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 28 20 6 2 82-22 +60 66p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
GERMANY: DFB Pokal (Semifinals)
20:30 -- Greuther Furth - Borussia D. 0-0, 0-1 after extra time highlights
120' Ilkay Gundogan
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
21:00 -- Blackburn - Sunderland 2-0 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 28 21 3 4 69-20 +49 66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 52-34 +18 53p
4 Arsenal 28 16 4 8 57-39 +18 52p
5 Chelsea 28 14 7 7 48-32 +16 49p
CL yes, Coppa Italia no
AC Milan is out of the Coppa Italia.
And they were ousted by their bitter rivals, Juventus Turin.
(Hmm, out of the Coppa Italia, but still in the Champions League...)
Although Juventus opened the scoring, through Del Piero (in minute 28), Milan came back in the second half, with two excellent goals, courtesy of Djamel Mesbah (50) and Maxi Lopez (81).
Because Juventus had won in Milan, 2-1, at the beginning of February, the game went to extra time.
But the game was in Turin, and probably that counted for something because Juve scored the decisive goal, that was enough to take them through, in the first half of extra time.
Vucinic was its author, with a spectacularly powerful shot, from way out, in the 96th minute.
Juventus then hung on, for the next 24 minutes, to eliminate Milan out of the Coppa Italia.
They will face the winner of Napoli - Siena, in the CI final. (Siena leads, 2-1 on aggregate, after the first leg.)
Highlights:
[www.online-soccer.ru] Juventus 2-2 AC Milan ALL... by all-goals
And they were ousted by their bitter rivals, Juventus Turin.
(Hmm, out of the Coppa Italia, but still in the Champions League...)
Although Juventus opened the scoring, through Del Piero (in minute 28), Milan came back in the second half, with two excellent goals, courtesy of Djamel Mesbah (50) and Maxi Lopez (81).
Because Juventus had won in Milan, 2-1, at the beginning of February, the game went to extra time.
But the game was in Turin, and probably that counted for something because Juve scored the decisive goal, that was enough to take them through, in the first half of extra time.
Vucinic was its author, with a spectacularly powerful shot, from way out, in the 96th minute.
Juventus then hung on, for the next 24 minutes, to eliminate Milan out of the Coppa Italia.
They will face the winner of Napoli - Siena, in the CI final. (Siena leads, 2-1 on aggregate, after the first leg.)
Highlights:
[www.online-soccer.ru] Juventus 2-2 AC Milan ALL... by all-goals
Monday 19 March 2012
2012.03.19 - The Results
UKRAINE: Premier League
18:00 -- Metalist - Karpaty 3-1 highlights
[1-0] 30' Jonathan Cristaldo
[2-0] 47' Andriy Berezovchuk
[2-1] 54' Artem Fedetskiy
[3-1] 64' Jonathan Cristaldo
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 23 18 4 1 61-14 +47 58p
3 Metalist 23 16 6 1 43-18 +25 54p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:45 -- Gil Vicente - Sporting 2-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 23 17 4 2 54-21 +33 55p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 23 12 5 6 36-17 +19 41p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Besiktas - Manisaspor 4-1 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 31 18 7 6 57-33 +24 61p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
ITALY: Serie A
20:45 -- Roma - Genoa 1-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
5 Udinese 28 13 8 7 39-26 +13 47p
SPAIN: Primera Division
21:00 -- Espanyol - Racing Santander 3-1 (2-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 77-19 +58 63p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
18:00 -- Metalist - Karpaty 3-1 highlights
[1-0] 30' Jonathan Cristaldo
[2-0] 47' Andriy Berezovchuk
[2-1] 54' Artem Fedetskiy
[3-1] 64' Jonathan Cristaldo
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 23 18 4 1 61-14 +47 58p
3 Metalist 23 16 6 1 43-18 +25 54p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
21:45 -- Gil Vicente - Sporting 2-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 23 17 4 2 54-21 +33 55p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 23 12 5 6 36-17 +19 41p
TURKEY: Super Lig
19:00 -- Besiktas - Manisaspor 4-1 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 31 18 7 6 57-33 +24 61p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
ITALY: Serie A
20:45 -- Roma - Genoa 1-0 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
5 Udinese 28 13 8 7 39-26 +13 47p
SPAIN: Primera Division
21:00 -- Espanyol - Racing Santander 3-1 (2-1) highlights
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 77-19 +58 63p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
Sunday 18 March 2012
2012.03.18 - The Results
NETHERLANDS: Eredivisie
12:30 -- ADO Den Haag - Ajax 0-2 highlights
49' Jody Lukoki
61' Jan Vertonghen
14:30 -- PSV - Heerenveen 5-1 highlights
[1-0] 5' Ola Toivonen
[1-1] 51' Erik Pieters (o.-g.)
[2-1] 57' Dries Mertens
[3-1] 72' Orlando Engelaar
[4-1] 75' Dries Mertens
[5-1] 85' Memphis Depay
14:30 -- Twente - Feyenoord 0-2 highlights
49' Nils Roseler (o.-g.)
86' Sekou Cisse
14:30 -- Utrecht - Groningen 3-1 (1-1)
16:30 -- AZ Alkmaar -- NAC Breda 0-0
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 PSV Eindhoven 26 15 6 5 68-38 +30 51p
SPAIN: Primera Division
12:00 -- Levante - Villarreal 1-0 (0-0) highlights
16:00 -- Mallorca - Atletico Madrid 2-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Athletic - Valencia 0-3 (0-1) highlights
21:30 -- Real Madrid - Malaga 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 35' Karim Benzema
[1-1] 90' + 2' Santi Cazorla
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 77-19 +58 63p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
UKRAINE: Premier League
12:00 -- Obolon - Volyn 1-0 (0-0)
16:30 -- Dynamo - Dnipro 2-0 highlights
67' Alexander Aliev
83' Artem Milevskyi
17:00 -- Oleksandriya - Metalurh D. 0-0
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 23 18 4 1 61-14 +47 58p
3 Metalist 22 15 6 1 40-17 +23 51p
GREECE: Super League
14:00 -- Levadiakos - Atromitos 2-2 (2-1)
14:00 -- Panionios - Doxa Dramas 2-0 (2-0)
14:00 -- Xanthi - Giannina 1-2 (0-0)
16:15 -- Panaitolikos - PAOK 1-1 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 24 18 4 2 53-14 +39 58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 24 17 3 4 43-20 +23 54p
3 Atromitos 25 12 8 5 29-22 +7 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
14:30 -- Wolverhampton - Manchester United 0-5
17:00 -- Newcastle - Norwich 1-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 28 21 3 4 69-20 +49 66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 52-34 +18 53p
4 Arsenal 28 16 4 8 57-39 +18 52p
5 Chelsea 28 14 7 7 48-32 +16 49p
ITALY: Serie A
12:30 -- Cagliari - Cesena 3-0 (2-0)
15:00 -- Bologna - Chievo 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Catania - Lazio 1-0 (0-0) highlights
15:00 -- Inter - Atalanta 0-0
15:00 -- Lecce - Palermo 1-1 (1-1)
15:00 -- Siena - Novara 0-2 (0-0)
20:45 -- Udinese - Napoli 2-2 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
5 Udinese 28 13 8 7 39-26 +13 47p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
17:00 -- Rennes - Toulouse 0-1 (0-1) highlights
17:00 -- Sochaux - Nice 2-0 (1-0)
21:00 -- Lille - Valenciennes 4-0
18' Eden Hazard
57' Brou Benjamin Angoua (o.-g.)
69' Aurelien Chedjou
83' Tulio De Melo
Current standings:
1 PSG 28 17 8 3 52-29 +23 59p
2 Montpellier 28 17 6 5 52-27 +25 57p
3 Lille 28 13 11 4 50-31 +19 50p
4 Toulouse 28 13 8 7 30-24 +6 47p
5 Lyon 28 14 4 10 44-35 +9 46p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
17:00 -- Academica - Pacos de Ferreira 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Setubal - Maritimo 1-1 (0-1) highlights
21:15 -- Guimaraes - Olhanense 2-2 (2-0)
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 23 17 4 2 54-21 +33 55p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 22 12 5 5 36-17 +19 41p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Kaiserslautern - Schalke 04 1-4 highlights
[1-0] 3' Rodnei
[1-1] 39' Lewis Holtby
[1-2] 45' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
[1-3] 51' Raul Gonzalez
[1-4] 81' Jefferson Farfan
17:30 -- Hannover - Koln 4-1 (1-1)
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 26 17 3 6 64-17 +47 54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach 26 15 6 5 39-16 +23 51p
4 Schalke 04 26 16 2 8 58-34 +24 50p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 26 11 7 8 39-34 +5 40p
USA: Major League Soccer
21:00 -- Philadelphia Union - Colorado Rapids 1-2
[0-1] 56' Jaime Castrillon
[0-2] 62' Tony Cascio
[1-2] 67' Lionard Pajoy
00:00 -- Los Angeles Galaxy - D.C. United 3-1
[1-0] 45' Robbie Keane
[2-0] 69' Robbie Keane
[3-0] 86' Marcelo Sarvas
[3-1] 87' Nicholas DeLeon
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 2 2 0 0 2-0 +2 6p
3 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 1-1 0 1p
4 Montreal 2 0 1 1 1-3 -2 1p
5 Toronto 1 0 0 1 1-3 -2 0p
6 Columbus 1 0 0 1 0-2 -2 0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
2 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
3 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 3-0 +3 6p
4 Portland 2 1 1 0 4-2 +2 4p
5 Dallas 2 1 1 0 3-2 +1 4p
6 Seattle 1 1 0 0 3-1 +2 3p
TURKEY: Super Lig
14:00 -- Mersin - Buyuksehir 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Gaziantepspor - Karabukspor 3-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Kayserispor - Samsunspor 2-0 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 31 18 7 6 57-33 +24 61p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
12:30 -- ADO Den Haag - Ajax 0-2 highlights
49' Jody Lukoki
61' Jan Vertonghen
14:30 -- PSV - Heerenveen 5-1 highlights
[1-0] 5' Ola Toivonen
[1-1] 51' Erik Pieters (o.-g.)
[2-1] 57' Dries Mertens
[3-1] 72' Orlando Engelaar
[4-1] 75' Dries Mertens
[5-1] 85' Memphis Depay
14:30 -- Twente - Feyenoord 0-2 highlights
49' Nils Roseler (o.-g.)
86' Sekou Cisse
14:30 -- Utrecht - Groningen 3-1 (1-1)
16:30 -- AZ Alkmaar -- NAC Breda 0-0
Current standings:
1 AZ Alkmaar 26 16 5 5 53-25 +28 53p
2 Ajax Amsterdam 26 15 7 4 68-33 +35 52p
3 PSV Eindhoven 26 15 6 5 68-38 +30 51p
SPAIN: Primera Division
12:00 -- Levante - Villarreal 1-0 (0-0) highlights
16:00 -- Mallorca - Atletico Madrid 2-1 (0-0)
18:00 -- Athletic - Valencia 0-3 (0-1) highlights
21:30 -- Real Madrid - Malaga 1-1 highlights
[1-0] 35' Karim Benzema
[1-1] 90' + 2' Santi Cazorla
Current standings:
1 Real Madrid 27 23 2 2 89-24 +65 71p
2 Barcelona 27 19 6 2 77-19 +58 63p
3 Valencia 27 13 8 6 43-31 +12 47p
4 Levante 27 12 5 10 38-37 +1 41p
5 Malaga 27 12 5 10 38-38 0 41p
UKRAINE: Premier League
12:00 -- Obolon - Volyn 1-0 (0-0)
16:30 -- Dynamo - Dnipro 2-0 highlights
67' Alexander Aliev
83' Artem Milevskyi
17:00 -- Oleksandriya - Metalurh D. 0-0
Current standings:
1 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 4 0 47-8 +39 61p
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 23 18 4 1 61-14 +47 58p
3 Metalist 22 15 6 1 40-17 +23 51p
GREECE: Super League
14:00 -- Levadiakos - Atromitos 2-2 (2-1)
14:00 -- Panionios - Doxa Dramas 2-0 (2-0)
14:00 -- Xanthi - Giannina 1-2 (0-0)
16:15 -- Panaitolikos - PAOK 1-1 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Olympiakos Piraeus 24 18 4 2 53-14 +39 58p
2 Panathinaikos Athens 24 17 3 4 43-20 +23 54p
3 Atromitos 25 12 8 5 29-22 +7 44p
ENGLAND: Barclays Premiership
14:30 -- Wolverhampton - Manchester United 0-5
17:00 -- Newcastle - Norwich 1-0 (1-0)
Current standings:
1 Manchester united 29 22 4 3 73-27 +46 70p
2 Manchester City 28 21 3 4 69-20 +49 66p
3 Tottenham Hotspur 28 16 5 7 52-34 +18 53p
4 Arsenal 28 16 4 8 57-39 +18 52p
5 Chelsea 28 14 7 7 48-32 +16 49p
ITALY: Serie A
12:30 -- Cagliari - Cesena 3-0 (2-0)
15:00 -- Bologna - Chievo 2-2 (0-1)
15:00 -- Catania - Lazio 1-0 (0-0) highlights
15:00 -- Inter - Atalanta 0-0
15:00 -- Lecce - Palermo 1-1 (1-1)
15:00 -- Siena - Novara 0-2 (0-0)
20:45 -- Udinese - Napoli 2-2 (1-0) highlights
Current standings:
1 Milan 28 18 6 4 57-22 +35 60p
2 Juventus 28 14 14 0 44-17 +27 56p
3 Lazio 28 14 6 8 42-34 +8 48p
4 Napoli 28 12 11 5 52-30 +22 47p
5 Udinese 28 13 8 7 39-26 +13 47p
FRANCE: Ligue 1
17:00 -- Rennes - Toulouse 0-1 (0-1) highlights
17:00 -- Sochaux - Nice 2-0 (1-0)
21:00 -- Lille - Valenciennes 4-0
18' Eden Hazard
57' Brou Benjamin Angoua (o.-g.)
69' Aurelien Chedjou
83' Tulio De Melo
Current standings:
1 PSG 28 17 8 3 52-29 +23 59p
2 Montpellier 28 17 6 5 52-27 +25 57p
3 Lille 28 13 11 4 50-31 +19 50p
4 Toulouse 28 13 8 7 30-24 +6 47p
5 Lyon 28 14 4 10 44-35 +9 46p
PORTUGAL: Primeira Liga
17:00 -- Academica - Pacos de Ferreira 0-1 (0-1)
19:00 -- Setubal - Maritimo 1-1 (0-1) highlights
21:15 -- Guimaraes - Olhanense 2-2 (2-0)
Current standings:
1 Porto 23 17 5 1 53-16 +37 56p
2 Benfica 23 17 4 2 54-21 +33 55p
3 Sporting Braga 23 17 4 2 51-19 +32 55p
4 Marítimo 23 12 6 5 33-25 +8 42p
5 Sporting Lisbon 22 12 5 5 36-17 +19 41p
GERMANY: Bundesliga
15:30 -- Kaiserslautern - Schalke 04 1-4 highlights
[1-0] 3' Rodnei
[1-1] 39' Lewis Holtby
[1-2] 45' Klaas Jan Huntelaar
[1-3] 51' Raul Gonzalez
[1-4] 81' Jefferson Farfan
17:30 -- Hannover - Koln 4-1 (1-1)
Current standings:
1 Borussia Dortmund 26 18 5 3 53-16 +37 59p
2 Bayern München 26 17 3 6 64-17 +47 54p
3 Borussia M'gladbach 26 15 6 5 39-16 +23 51p
4 Schalke 04 26 16 2 8 58-34 +24 50p
5 Bayer Leverkusen 26 11 7 8 39-34 +5 40p
USA: Major League Soccer
21:00 -- Philadelphia Union - Colorado Rapids 1-2
[0-1] 56' Jaime Castrillon
[0-2] 62' Tony Cascio
[1-2] 67' Lionard Pajoy
00:00 -- Los Angeles Galaxy - D.C. United 3-1
[1-0] 45' Robbie Keane
[2-0] 69' Robbie Keane
[3-0] 86' Marcelo Sarvas
[3-1] 87' Nicholas DeLeon
Current standings:
Eastern Conference:
1 Sporting KC 2 2 0 0 4-0 +4 6p
2 Houston Dynamo 2 2 0 0 2-0 +2 6p
3 Chicago Fire 1 0 1 0 1-1 0 1p
4 Montreal 2 0 1 1 1-3 -2 1p
5 Toronto 1 0 0 1 1-3 -2 0p
6 Columbus 1 0 0 1 0-2 -2 0p
Western Conference:
1 Real Salt Lake 2 2 0 0 5-1 +4 6p
2 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4-1 +3 6p
3 Vancouver 2 2 0 0 3-0 +3 6p
4 Portland 2 1 1 0 4-2 +2 4p
5 Dallas 2 1 1 0 3-2 +1 4p
6 Seattle 1 1 0 0 3-1 +2 3p
TURKEY: Super Lig
14:00 -- Mersin - Buyuksehir 2-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Gaziantepspor - Karabukspor 3-0 (1-0)
18:00 -- Kayserispor - Samsunspor 2-0 (0-0)
Current standings:
1 Galatasaray 31 21 7 3 62-23 +39 70p
2 Fenerbahçe 31 18 7 6 57-33 +24 61p
3 Trabzonspor 31 15 8 8 58-38 +20 53p
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