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

szólj hozzá: AC Milan 0-0 Barcelona

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

szólj hozzá: Marseille 0-2 Bayern GOALS

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

szólj hozzá: BAYERN vs WOLFSBURG 2:0 GOALS

Borussia Dortmund vs Hoffenheim video highlights

szólj hozzá: D3-1H

0 UEFA Champions League top ten scorers: Mario Gomez and Lionel Messi score hattrick each to go top for 2011-2012 Golden boot award

Lionel Messi and Mario Gomez both scored hattrick on UEFA champions league matches to go top in top goal scorers table and on right track for Golden boot competition.

Lionel Messi scored hat-trick in Barcelona FC 4-0 win over Victoria Plzen while Mario Gomez fired Bayern Munich past Napoli with his hat-trick to hold off Napoli with 3-2 victory. Lionel Messi and Mario Gomez a also leading European league top scorers with 13 and 12 goals respectively.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brace in Real Madrid 2-0 win against Lyon with impressive free-kick and penalty kick to reach 100 goals in 105 matches at real Madrid.

Champions league top goal scorers 2011 -2012
Pos	Goal scorer	Team	Goals
1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	6
2	Aílton Almeida	APOEL Nicosia	5
3	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	5
4	Seydou Doumbia	CSKA Moscow	4
5	Givanildo Hulk	FC Porto	3
6	David Villa	FC Barcelona	3
7	Alexander Frei	FC  Basel	3
8	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	3
9	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	3
10	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	3

Other top goALs scorers with 3 goals are Roman Shirokov (Zenit St. Petersburg), Oscar Cardozo (Benfica) and Marek Bakos (Viktoria Plzen)

0 Cristiano Ronaldo off the mark for La liga top scorers,European top scorers and European Golden Shoe/boot competition 2011-2012

Cristiano Ronaldo is off the mark for La liga top scorers, European top scorers and European Golden Shoe for competions as the Real Madrid striker is looking forward to top the European top scorer table once again in 2011-2012.

The portugeuse striker score hat-trick in La Liga opening match in 6-0 victory against Real Zaragoza. He he currently tied up with three goals with Roberto Soldado, Valencia striker who also scored hat-trick on 4-3 victory for Valencia against. Lionel Messi ranked third with two goals in his account. Ronaldo scored 40 goals last season to win European golden boot and make new La Liga record.

1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	3
2	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	3
3	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	2
4	Imanol Agirretxe	Real Sociedad	2
5	Álvaro Negredo	Sevilla FC	2

In premier league, Edin Dzeko banged four goals in 5-1 Manchester city victory against Bolton to lead the top goal scorers table with 6 goals.  

Wayne Rooney scored hattrick in 8-2 victory over Arsenal and jumped to second position. Dzeko will have to face tough competition to clich the EPL top scorers award, let alone the European top scorers post.

1	Edin Dzeko	Manchester City	6
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	5
3	Ivan Klasnic	Bolton Wanderers	3
4	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	3
5	Ashley Young	Manchester United	2

Three strikers Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Schalke 04, Mario Gomez from Bayern Munich and Papiss Demba Cisse from SC Freiburg in Bundesliga are all on 4 goals mark and signals tough competition for Golben boot within Bundesliga and Europe.

Demba Cisse was among top ten scorers in last season European golden boot challengers.

1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Schalke 04	4
2	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	4
3	Papiss Demba Cisse	SC Freiburg	4
4	Sejad Salihovic	TSG Hoffenheim	3
5	Markus Rosenberg	Werder Bremen	3