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 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 UEFA and Europa Champions League: Alexander Frei leads as Lionel Messi ready for another Golden boot award in 2011-2012

Alexander Frei is leading the UEFA champions league top scorers with three goals already having scored twice against Manchester United in a suprising 3-3 FC Basel draw with Manchester United. Other top scorers in European league like Lionel Messi, David Villa and Mario Gomez follow with two goals each.

The last season UEFA champions league top scorer,  Lionel Messi scored two goals in UEFA champions match against FC Bate Borisov equal former Barcelona record Laszlo Kubala at 194 goals in Barcelona history as second highest goal scorers for the club after Cesar Rodriguez with 235 goals record. 

Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba are among common names in top ten list but are still out of top ten list but will sure join the list in coming UEFA games. Players like Fernando Torres have show great perfoRmance this season and is a expected to be among the top scorers in UEFA

Other Champions league goal scorers with two goals each are Danny Welbeck (Manchester United) and Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow.

UEFA champion league top goal scorers 2011-2012

1	Alexander Frei	FC Basel	3
2	David Villa	Barcelona	2
3	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	2
4	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	2
5	Moussa Sow	Lille	2

6	Roman Shirokov	Zenit St Pts burg	2
7	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	2
8	Andre Ayew	Marseille	2
9	Fabian Frei	FC Basel	2
10	Pedro	Barcelona	2

UEFA Europa champions league top goal scorers 2011-2012

1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Schalke 04	4
2	Matias Suarez	Anderlecht	4
3	Andrew Johnson	Fulham	3
4	Danny Murphy	Fulham	3
5	Alex Darlington	T.N.S	3

6	Michael Barrantes	Aalesund	3
7	Ahmed Januzi	Vorskla	3
8	Da Silva Wesley	FC Vaslui	3
9	Jorge Barbosa	Braga	3
10	Jorge Barbosa	Braga	3

0 UEFA champions league top scorers, Can Lionel Messi continue his three years record dominance in UEFA top scorer post?

Who is going to be the 2011 UEFA champions league top scorer? Can Lionel Messi become the back to back UEFA champions lesgue top scorer.

UEFA champions league season kicked off
UEFA champions league kicked off 2 days ago with all 32 teams well set to achieve various goals. Champions league is the toughest football competition, Yes, more tough than the world cup and one can not predict which team is going to be crowned champions unless at semi-final stage. For any player to be UEFA top scorers, lots of efforts and talents are required, not only for him but also his teammates.

UEFA champions league 2010-2012 top scorer

Lionel Messi Barcelona star player has been UEFA champions league top scorer for three consecutive years. Photo by connect.in.

Barcelona star, Lionel Messi scored 12 goals in 2010-2011champions league season, 4 goals more than former Inter Milan Samuel Etoo and Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez.

Messi reached former Manchester United Ruud Van Nisterooy's record of 12 goals mark in one season. Messi also reached Gerd Muller's and Jean-Pierre Papin record of being UEFA champions league top scorer for three consecutive years. Messi will be chasing another Gerd Muller record of being UEFA top scorer for four consecutive years. Only nine player managed at least 5 goals. He won the UEFA golden boot and also helped his team win the champions league trophy. Messi once said:

"I like scoring golas and making chances for my teammates. I just do the best for the team. If I see another player is in a better position I will give it to him and if not, I will try to score myself."

But he never plan to be top scorer and just want to enjoy football and said it in his quotes, he was quoted saying:

"I am not thinking about being league top scorer at all..The important thing is that we continue this winning run as we have Real Madrid behind us and we just know they will fight to the end".

UEFA champions league 2009-2010 top scorer
Lionel Messi was also the UEFA champions league top scorer for the 2009-2010, he scored 8 goals. He was closely followed by the world most expensive player Cristiano Ronaldo and Ivica Olic, Bayern Munich striker both with 7 goals. Seven player reached at least the 5 goals mark. This season Barcelona was eliminated at semi-final stage by Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan that were all the way to win the cup.

UEFA champions league 2008-2009  top scorer
Lionel Messi first emerged as the UEFA champions league top scorer in 2008-2009, scoring 9 goals. Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard and former Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose were both two goals shot. 10 goals scorers have at least five goals, six have five goals on their names. Barcelona benefited from his goals and clinched the UEFA champions league trophy.

UEFA champions league 2010-2012 top scorer
The 2010-2012 UEFA champions league season have just started and only one player have managed to score two goals and it is not Lionel Messi, not even a player in top European leagues. Seydou Doumbia, CSKA Moscow strikers the player seating at Lionel Messi top position but as more matches are played the top scorers table will start showing big names at the top.

Champions league 16 opening matches in group stage matches had only 32 goals scored. Most ties were expected to have more goals but the underdogs are really prepared to make their names. Manchester united vs Benfica, Manchester city vs Napoli, Real Madrid vs Dinamo Zagreb, and Inter Milan Trabzonspor fixtures were expected to have more goals.

0 Theo Walcot score as Arsenal defeat Udinese in UEFA champions league play off

Arsenal have defeated udinese in UEFA champions league play off, thanks to Theo Walcot 4 minute goal. The Gunners have played their first game since announcement of Cesc Fabregas transfer to Barcelona. It was another unimpressive performance by Arsene Wenger's squad after 0-0 draw with Newcastle on premier league first match which was masked by Gervinho receive red card.

UEFA Champions league play offs results
FT	Arsenal	1-0	Udinese
4'	Theo Walcot	1-0
FT	Twente Enschede	2-2	Benfica
6'	Luuk de Jong	1-0
21'		1-1	Oscar Rene Cardozo
35'		1-2	Manuel Nolito
80'	Bryan Ruiz	2-2
FT	Lyon	3-1	FK Rubin Kazan
3'		0-1	Vladimir Dyadyun
10'	Bafetimbi Gomis	1-1
40'	Solomon Kverkvelia (og)	2-1
71'	Jimmy Briand	3-1
FT	FC Copenhagen	1-3	Plzen
52"		0-1	Solvi Ottesen og)
59'		0-2	Vaclav Pilar
69'	Solvi Ottesen	1-2
79'		1-3	Martin Fillo
FT	BATE Borisov	1-1	SK Sturm Graz
12'		0-1	Manuel Weber
59'	Marko Simic	1-1

0 UEFA: Champion League Draw first and second round 2011-2012

UEFA champion league competition is set to kick off on June 28th as low ranked teams will play first and second round matches.
Champion League First Qualifying Round on June 28 and July 5 2011. First qualifying round has teams ranking at 50-53 positions in UEFA competition.

Tre Fiori	vs	Valletta
Santa Coloma	vs	F91 Dudelange

 

Champion League Second Qualifying Round on July 12 2011 and July 19 2011. The second qualifying round has teams ranked between 17 to 49 in UEFA competition.

Maccabi Haifa	vs	Borac
Mogren	vs	Litex Lovech
Maribor	vs	St Coloma/F91 Dudelange
Skenderbeu	vs	APOEL Nicosia
Slovan Bratislava	vs	Tobol
SK Sturm Graz	vs	Videoton FC
FC Zestafoni	vs	FC Dacia
Dinamo Zagreb	vs	Neftci
Malmo FF	vs	HB Torshavn
Shamrock Rovers	vs	Flora Tallinn
Rosenborg	vs	Breidablik
HJK Helsinki	vs	Bangor City
Skonto FC	vs	Wisla Krakow
Linfield	vs	BATE
Partizan Belgrade	vs	Shkendija Tetovo
Tre Fiori/Valletta	vs	FK Ekranas
Pyunik	vs	Plzen