0 Chelsea win Champions League trophy, Drogba rescue and seal the victory

Chelsea won their first Champions League trophy in Allianz Arena defeating Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalty after 1-1 draw in 120 minutes. The Blues holds on for long time despite Bayern Munich dominance in all 120 minutes. Bayern Munich missed several chance with some being broken or saved by Petr Cech until Thomas Muller break the deadlock in 83^rd minute to put Bayern in front. It looked as if Muller sealed the victory for home team then Didier Drogba step up for a big occasion once again heading a corner ball to make the score 1-1 at 88^th minute and rescue Chelsea from losing in normal time.

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Didier Drogba thinking how to seal the UEFA Champions league victory for Chelsea. This was crucial moment

The match went to extra time and Drogba fouled Franck Ribery in penalty box and referee point to the spot  but Petr Cech  saved Arjen Robben's penalty to rescue the team as well as the Ivorian striker. The Blues hold on till penalty shootout and once again their Champions league fate decided by penalty shootout as in 2008 final with Manchester United. This time John Terry who missed the deciding penalty in 2008 was serving his suspension. Drogba took the deciding penalty this time and sent Manuel Neuer the wrong side to give Abramovich his first Champions league title. Chelsea interim Manager, Roberto Di Matteo has won FA cup and Champions League will be expected to be confirmed as full manager.

Bayern Munich vs Chelsea goals summary 12o minutes

Thomas Müller (83')  
Didier Drogba (88')
Arjen Robben (pen miss 95')

Chelsea vs Bayern Munich Penalty shootout

Philipp Lahm (pen)           1 - 0 

Juan Mata (miss)             1 - 0 

Mario Gomez (pen)            2 - 0 

David Luiz (pen)             2 - 1

 Manuel Neuer (pen)          3 - 1 

Frank Lampard (pen)          3 - 2 

 Ivica Olic (miss)           3 - 2 

Ashley Cole (pen)            3 - 3 

Bastian Schweinsteiger(miss) 3 - 3 

Didier Drogba (pen)          3 - 4 

Bayern Munich VS Chelsea FC goals highlights

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Bayern Munich team

Thomas Müller (83') Arjen Robben (pen miss 95') Didier Drogba (88') Manuel Neuer, Jerome Boateng, Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Diego Contento, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Mario Gomez, Thomas Müller (Daniel van Buyten), Franck Ribéry (Ivica Olic), Arjen Robben. 

Chelsea team

Petr Cech, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Frank Lampard, John Mikel Obi, Didier Drogba, Juan Mata, Ryan Bertrand (Florent Malouda), Salomon Kalou (Fernando Torres).

2 Lionel Messi score hat-trick to break Gerd Muller’s goals scoring record and be close to golden boot and pichichi awards

Lionel Messi score hat-trick in Barcelona 4-1 victory against Malaga and break 67 goals record set by Bayern Munich's striker Gerd Muller after adding his goal tally to 68 a new European goal scoring record. 

The hat-trick also raised his La Liga goal tally to 46, three more than Ronaldo and more close to the pichichi award and European golden boot. The win keEP Real Madrid waiting for La Liga title and they have to win today to be crowned champions. 

Barcelona vs Malaga goals summary

Carles Puyol (13') 1-0
Rondon (26') 1-1   
Lionel Messi (pen 35') 2-1   
Lionel Messi (pen 59') 3-1
Lionel Messi (64') 4-1

Barcelona vs Malaga video highlights all goals

szólj hozzá: Barcelona 4-1 Malaga Goals

0 Chelsea's Fernando Torres bang hat-trick against QPR but stay 6th in Premier league log

Fernando Torres successes in Champions league continues in Barclays Premier League with his first hat-trick for Chelsea in 6-1 victory over Queens Park Rangers and add premier league hat-tricks tally to 19. The hat-trick is his fourth in Premier league.

The £50m striker scores his first hat-trick since Sep 2009 and he promises many more. "My last hat-trick was a long time ago but hopefully it will be the first of many" Torres said. His manager well satisfied with his performance. "I was always pleased with his contribution and he was always working hard for the team, putting the assists in". Di Matteo commented.

The UEFA championship and FA Cup finalist still sixth in the premier league log but close the gap with Newcastle to one point. The blues benefited from retuning back to traditional Chelsea game and performing better under Di Mateo who has only lost once and drew three of 16 games. Next trip they will face Liverpool in FA cup final before tough fight for fourth position against Newcastle.

UEFA Champions’ league final  

Chelsea FC also rely on players’ rotation in these important fixtures to avoid players’ exhaustion while protecting important players for Champions league final with Bayern Munich in Allianz Arena in May 19. The two clubs met on 2004-2005 champions’ league quarter final were Chelsea under Jose Mourinho supervision won 6-5 on aggregate after Chelsea 4-2 win on first leg and Bayern won 3-2 on second leg.

Chelsea FC vs Queens Park Rangers goals highlights  

Daniel Sturridge (1') 1-0 

John Terry (13') 2-0 

Fernando Torres (19') 3-0 

Fernando Torres (25') 4-0 

Fernando Torres (64') 5-0 

Florent Malouda (80') 6-0 

Djibril Cissé (84') 6-1 

Chelsea FC vs Queens Park Rangers video highlights of all goals szólj hozzá: g=6-18;[Matchhighlight.com]HL

5 AC Milan held defending champions Barcelona at San Siro, keeping Messi waiting for his 50th champions league goal.

AC Milan held Barcelona 0-0 in Champions league first leg quarter final.Alexis Sanchez penalty claim was turned down by the referee and Lionel Messi goal dissalowed for offside. AC Milan clear chances were squandered by Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The San Siro club playing style proved to be tough for Barcelona as they managed to stop Barcelona from scoring.

Messi taking free-kick during the game: Source Barcelona FC website

During the match, AC Milan has tough task stopping Lionel Messi from scoring a 55th goal this season or 13th in this Champions league campaign and reaching 50 goal mark in UEFA champions league competition, which they accomplished. AC Milan did not only prevent goals but only allowed 3 shots on target from highly rated UEFA champions as they also make 3 shots on target.

AC Milan vs Barcelona in group H and managed to force 2-2 draw and then defeated 3-2 in second matches.  Barcelona vs Inter Milan in San Siro in 2010 ended 3-1 and the second leg 1-0 as Inter Milan progress to final and beat Bayern Munich to lift the title.

Football records

AC Milan have never lost home quarter final in Champions league.

Barcelona has managed to score in all champions league games since November 2009. 

Massimiliano Allegri, Milan coach satisfied by the results and confident he will get the results they needed during the second leg at the Camp Nou: "We played better football after the restart, but in the first half we created several clear chances and despite not exploiting them, we gained in self confidence after such a performance. I think that the final result is fair, now we know we can get the qualification in Barcelona." 

AC Milan vs Barcelona FC video highlight

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Bayern Munich vs Marseille

In another champions league  quarter final game, Bayern Munich beat Marseille by 2-0 and made it tough for Marseille to come back in away second leg. Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben goals mean Marseille have to score 3 goals in Allianz Arena and stopped in form attacking striker at Bayern Munich to qualify to the next round.

All Champions league first leg quarter final

Benfica vs Chelsea 0-1

Apoel Nicosia vs Real Madrid 0-3

AC Milan vs Barcelona 0-0

Marseille vs Bayern Munich 0-2

Marseille vs Bayern Munich video highlight of all goals

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0 Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund stay at bundesliga summit as top scorer Mario Gomez netted again

Bayern Munich remained at the top of the Bundesliga log after 2-0 victory against Wolfsburg, but has same points as second placed Borussia Dortmund, the reigning champions playing without teenager Mario Götze managed to secure three points with 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Current Bundesliga top scorer, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben scored the two goals on 60th and 90th minutes respectively.Schalke will face Cologne and may go on level points with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund if they win.

Borrusia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim

Bundesliga fixtures and results

Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen 1-1

Hamburg vs Hertha Berlin 2-1

Kaiserslautern vs Augsburg 2-2

Schalke vs Cologne 0-1 (42th minute)

Bayern Munich vs Wolfsburg video highlights

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Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim video highlights

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0 Bundesliga video highlights: Borrusia Moenchengladbach complete double wins against Bayern Munich as youngster Marco Reus and Patrick Herrmann score.

Borussia Monchengladbach clinches a crucial win against Bundesliga league leader Bayern Munich at Borussia Park Stadion to move to second position in the log with just a point difference with league leader. Bundesliga champions, Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 both a game at hand and could reach 37 point as league leader if they won their upcoming matches. 

Upcoming bundesliga fixtures for Borrusia Dortmund and Schalke 04

Hamburg vs Borussia Dortmund Jan 21, 2012
Schalke 04 vs Stuttgart Jan 21, 2012

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer mistakes vs Borussia Monchengladbach

Manuel Neuer mistake while clearing the ball earned home side goal scoring opportunity and Marco Reus, Moenchengladbach top scorer superbly volley the ball to put Moenchengladbach infront on 11th minute. The 20 years old, Patrick Hermann added 2nd and 3rd just before Bayern Munich get consolation goal through Bastian Schweinsteiger. Neuer mistake on his debut at FC Bayern Munich in first encounter of the two clubs also lead to a decider winning goal for Borrusia Moenchengladbach at the Allianz Arena.

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern Munich goals summary

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern Munich - Marco Reus 1-0 (11')

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern - Patrick Herrmann 2-0 (41')

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern - Patrick Herrmann 3-0 (71')

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern - Bastian Schweinsteiger 3-1 (76')

Borrusia Moenchengladbach vs Bayern Munich video highlights

1 Manchester United lose to Bayern Munich in Audi Cup Final, Video

Manchester United lose to Bayern Munich at Allianz Arena in Audi cup final, United visited Munich after impressive tour to Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Hangzhou. The match finished 90 minute with 0-0 draw and history of England teams against German side repeated as German rose victorious after penalty shoot out.

It was the first tie Sir Alex Fergusson has played Rooney and Owen together, and results can have impact on Fergusson team selection. The winning penalty was score by former Manchester City player Daniel van Buyten after Michael Rensing, the Bayern Munich goalkeeper saved from Patrice Evra’s and Jonny Evans’ penalties.

0 Manchester United defeated Boca juniors 2-1 in Audi cup

Manchester United defeated Boca juniors 2-1 in Audi cup semi-final at Allianz Arena and will play Bayern Munich in Audi Cup final. Anderson put United ahead with a stunning free kick before Valencia doubled the lead for United. It was the first appearance for United and first goal for the Ecuadorian international Valencia for the Reds. Boca Juniors pulled one goal off through Federico Insua.
Manchester United Boca Juniors
Anderson 22’ Federico Insua 55’
Valencia 42’
Manchester United line up
Kuszczak - Da Silva (Evra 77), Cathcart, Brown (Ferdinand 35), O’Shea - Park (Berbatov 67), Carrick (Scholes 77) , Anderson (Fletcher 77), Valencia (Giggs 67) - Macheda (Nani 67), Rooney

Boca Juniors line up
Abbondanzieri - Morel, Forlin, Caceres, Soto - Insua (Gentan 68), Battaglia, Riquelme (Marino 88), Diaz (Chavez 46) - Palermo (Viatri 82), Noir (Mouche 46)
In another semi-final game Bayern Munich thrashed AC Milan 4-1 and easy their way to the Audi cup final.

1 Ferreira Lucio joined Inter Milan

Ferreira Lucio joined Inter Milan

after signing a three years. Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has confirmed the sale of defender Lucio to Italian champions Inter Milan.

The 31-year-old have been key figure in Brazil national team since 2000 and spend 5 years with Bayern Munich since joining the club from Bayer Leverkusen in 2004. The defender played 144 German league matches with Bayern Munich and scored eight goals. He won the World Cup with Brazil team in 2002 and Bundersliga trophies with Bayern Munich three times 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Lucio is the third big signing for Inter Milan this summer in a bid to challenge for UEFA champion league. Jose Mourinho has already signed Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta and Argentina striker Diego Milito.Quotes

Lucio Ferreira on his move to Bayern Munich

"I've always dreamed of being coached by Mourinho and to play with Ibrahimovic.
"I've seen him play and I'm happy to have him as a team-mate and not as an opponent."
Moratti claim the deal isn’t official yet
"Lucio's signing? It is not yet official,"
Can Mourinho’s squad challenge Spanish and England clubs for UEFA champions league?