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It had him at Manchester, then watched his brightest career at Real Madrid, and knows it is hard to stop. Sir Alex Ferguson is aware that the Portuguese star is the main threat in the match from Tuesday, March 5, with Real Madrid, in the last 16 of the Champions League, second leg.

The return of Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford after four years is both expected and feared by United. The Red Devils fans still bear a peculiar disease for Ronaldo, but are aware that CR7 is the most in form player of Real Madrid and the main threat. Read the rest of this entry »

Arsene Wenger was very upbeat and had high hopes before the Tuesday’s night Champions League game, but Bayern did show at the Emirates Stadium and won 3-1. At end of the match, the Londoners’ tactician could not hide his disappointment, but said that his team will try to return the result in the return leg at the Allianz Arena.

“We played against a very good team that took advantage of all the opportunities they had in the first half. Then we were a little nervous. At 0-2, we fought and we were pretty close to equal. The goal for 3-1 was a hard blow and last ten minutes were difficult.” Read the rest of this entry »

The Gunners don’t pass a successful campaign, and the last hope for the British side has remained the Champions League. Arsenal was eliminated from both domestic cups and is much behind leader Manchester United in the Premier League, so they play the end of season against Bayern Munich. The game from this evening counts for the last 16 of the competition.

On the other hand, the Germans trained yet by Jupp Heynckes won all matches in 2013 and have not received any goal for more than two months, more accurate from 14 December. Read the rest of this entry »

After the 2-1defeat in Sunday’s game, away to Chelsea, Arsenal is at 7 points distance by the 4th place, witch ensure the presence in the Champions League, place currently occupied even by the London rival, Tottenham Hotspur.

The Gunners’ manager, Arsene Wenger, has expressed fears that Arsenal could miss the Champions League for the first time in the past 15 years. In front of the Londoners in the table is also Everton – 5th place – with 37 points, three more than Arsenal, but with a game less played.

“We can not afford to lose points” said the French boss. Read the rest of this entry »

The defeat in front of the team coached by Michael Laudrup, Swansea, ravaged Arsenal. Not just in the standings, where the club prepared Arsene Wenger is 15 points behind the leader Manchester United, but also in the dressing room.

Wenger’s second coach  and Arsenal’s former glory, Steve Bould, appointed this summer, was launched into a tirade of accusations against the stars of the team.

“You’ve made a fool of yourself and have embarrassed the club. You disappointed everyone,” shouted Bould furious in the dressing room, after the game lost 0-2 in front of their fans in the Premier League match against Swansea. Read the rest of this entry »

After captain John Terry has come on Monday at Chelsea’s training wearing a shirt with the number 16, which had Roberto Di Matteo when he played for the Londoners, Tuesday was the turn of another player to take action against the Italian dismissal.

The Spanish midfielder Juan Mata did not hesitate to express regret for the removal of their coach, about who is sure that soon will take on another team.

“Roberto has won two major trophies in just nine months on the Chelsea’s bench, which is very difficult. It should behave gratitude for what he did. Read the rest of this entry »

Although have a lot valued at over half a billion euros, Sheikhs from Manchester City are still dissatisfied with the results of the team. Last solution that came into their mind: to buy all the ‘skeleton’ of Barcelona.

According to El Mundo Deportivo journalists, City’s billionaire owners will not accept so easily the elimination from the Champions League and the defeat suffered in front of Real Madrid, so they decided to release an unseen campaign of transfers. Read the rest of this entry »

Without win of almost two months and with a mediocre development in Ligue 1, Montpellier hoping to confuse Arsenal in the last match played away in this Champions League season.

The English came after the draw in Gelsenkirchen and knew that a success against France champion is almost equivalent to accede to the European spring. They were helped by Schalke 04, who won boundary against Olympiakos, so things were clear. Read the rest of this entry »

Given as favorite to replace Roberto Di Matteo, the Spanish coach Rafael Benitez has expressed interest to take over Chelsea’s technical leadership.

Chelsea lost 3-0 in Tuesday’s match with Juventus in the fifth round of the Champions League group stage and is almost certainly eliminated from the current season of the hottest inter-club football competitions in the position of holding of the trophy. The Blues’ leadership dismissed the coach Roberto Di Matteo on this morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Sir Alex Ferguson’s team is already qualified in the next phase of the Champions League, having won four consecutive matches in the group stage.

Thanks to these victories, Manchester United will play without any pressure the last two games from the group stage, with Galatasaray and CFR Cluj.

De Gea, Van Persie, Rooney, Ferdinand, Scholes, Giggs and Valencia did not go to Istanbul, United’s coach preferring to see how young players will perform in a Champions League match. Read the rest of this entry »