0 Uefa Champions league: Oscar's goals, Zlatan Ibrahomovic, Messi performance preview

Zlatan Ibrahomovic 6 goals in 6 match for PSG.

League one big spending PSG return to champions league football after 8 year with a winning start. PSG has recently signed top player including Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva from AC Milan, Alex from Chelsea and Javier Pastore. Carlo Ancelotti was happy to start with a win "It is very important to win the first game,". Click the link for video PSG-Dinamo Kiev.

Match of the group stage in group of death Real Madrid vs Manchester City.

As most football fans anticipated, Mourinho and Mancini meet in the toughest group stage match. Real Madrid enjoyed control of the game but it was Premier League champions who got the goals and lead the game till 5 minute from final whistle. Later Benzema equalizer and Cristiano Ronaldo killer strike shocked Mancini and city fans. Ronaldo reach 39 goals mark in champions league, same as Drogba.

UEFA Champions' Chelsea held on Oscar's debut, brace, superb goal against Serie A  champions.

It was not Eden Hazard who shined for Chelsea FC in previous games with 5 goals assist. This time was another expensive 21 years old new signing Brazilian International Oscar dos Santos Emboaba. A gamble by Di Mateo to start in first xi Chelsea FC squad with Oscar paid. The midfielder open his account with 25 yard shot which was deflected to beat Buffon. The second goal could the goal of the champions league opening game. Great through ball from Cole, fantastic first touch, clever fast turn following by directed curling and terrific goal. 

His first Chelsea goals was the take over from the last Chelsea goal in Champions league final by Didier Drogba. The only thing missing for the young man of the match was a win "I am very happy with two goals on my debut but I would have been much happier if the team had won the game," He said.

Oscar fantastic goal beat Buffon to top right corner

Chelsea midfielder Oscar curling the ball to scorer his second goal on Champions league debut. Photo by dailymail.

Lionel Messi rescue Barcelona with brace to overcome Sparta Moscow.

Barcelona was made to wait till 71 minute to get equalizer and 80 minute to taken the lead which gave them 3 points.  Once again it was Lionel Messi skills and talents which rescues Tito Vilanova losing his first match in-charge in UEFA Champions League. Gerard Pique who has been associated with rumours of Shakira pregnancy got injured and was replaced by Alex Song. Messi was UEFA top scorer last season and already on two goals with 4 other players.

Penalties turned down and missed and Manchester win by a narrow margin.

Referee turned down Galatasalay early penalty call after Nemanja Vidc foul Umut Bulut in the box in 100th Ferguson Champions league match. Manchester United score through Carrick, but in the goal build up Galatasalay golie fouled Carrick, though he managed to score. This was a possible red card and a penalty. For the second consecutive time United failed to convert penalty kick and put the game to bed. Robin Van Persie missed a penalty in premier league game gainst Southampton but luckly he score hat-trick and rescure all three points.

UEFA champions league top scorers (20 Sep 2012)

No	Player	Team	Goals (P)
1	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Shakhtar Donetsk	2 (0)
2	Francisco Suárez Isco	Málaga CF	2 (0)
3	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	2 (0)
4	Oscar Emboaba	Chelsea FC	2 (0)
5	Rafael Bastos	CFR Cluj	2 (0)

1 Football: UEFA champions league group stage fixtures and results

UEFA champions league will be kicking off today with teams well prepared to start journey to Amsterdam Arena.  Chelsea FC, UEFA defending champions had not had good results in premier league and UEFA super cup but they will surely settle and aim to qualify. Big European teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester City and last season finalist Bayern Munich won't like to make similar mistakes again. This guarantee fans of good competitive games. 

UEFA Champions League group stage fixtures preview 
Group A (FC Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Dinamo Zagreb and Paris Saint-Germain)

FC Porto won UEFA Cup and Champions League in 2003 under Jose Mourinho’s as head coach. It was these success which made the special one catch eyes Chelsea owner, Roman Abramovich.   Andre Villas-Boas took over after Mourinho’s departure and again FC Porto lift Europa league cup. Following second AVB moved to Chelsea and Vitor Pereira took charge of Porto. 

In this Group, PSG following Qatar billionaire take over, great coach Carlo Ancelotti and signing of European top players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva Ezequiel Lavezzi and others.

Group B (Arsenal, Olympiakos, Schalke 04 and Montpellier)

Arsenal have lost their two key players to rival clubs for UEFA title, the premier league top scorer 2011-2012 to Manchester United and Alex Song to Barcelona. Great signings Santi Cazorla and Lukas Podolski will be the key to Arsenal success. Group B seems for Arsene Wenger’s boys, but surprises can’t be rolled out. 

Schalke  04 has former Arsenal goalie, Jens Lehmann and Klaas-Jan Huntelaarp scorer with 29 goals in 2011-2012. Huntelaar also assisted 13 his predator character inside the box.

Monterpellier, League one champions get its first taste of UEFA champions league competition after a long time. Head coach Rene Girard have lost him top striker Olivier Giroud  to Premier League Arsenal and has to relay on Younes Belhanda.

Group C (AC Milan, Anderlecht, Zenit St Petersburg and Malaga)

AC Milan won UEFA champions league 7 times and the only top team in this group with underdogs Anderlecht, Malaga and Zenit St. Petersburg who might be competing for one remaining spot. Milan will miss Thiago Silva and ZlatanIbrahimovic who moved to Paris Saint-Germain.

Group D (Ajax, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund)

This is the toughest group. Many call it group of death. It consist of champions from top leagues Real Madrid - La Liga, Manchester City - Premier league, Ajax - Eredivisie and Borussia Dortmund - Bundesliga. Only two of these top teams will qualify to the nest stage.

Jose Mourinho was unhappy with league performance at the start of the season. Especially following defeat by Sevilla making Mourinho to give his strange football quotes. Also faced with rumors of Cristiano Ronaldo being unsettled.

Champions league teams groups A-D logos

UEFA champions league group stage fixtures and results

18:45 GMT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Group A
Dinamo Zagreb	0-2	FC Porto
Paris Saint-Germain	4-1	Dynamo Kiev
Group B
Montpellier	1-2	Arsenal
Olympiakos	1-2	Schalke 04
Group C
AC Milan	0-0	Anderlecht
Málaga	3-0	Zenit St Petersburg
Group D
Borussia Dortmund	1-0	Ajax Amsterdam
Real Madrid	3-2	Manchester City

Group E (Chelsea, Juventus, Nordsjaelland and Shakhtar Donetsk)

UEFA champions league champions; Chelsea FC also had had poor results in recent games. Losing to Athletic Bilbao in UEFA super cup and derby draw against QPR in premier league competition.

Champions are without their main hit man, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres has showed if he can reproduced Drogba’s performance and goals. With injury worries for Petr Cech and Terry, Chelsea will have to find magic to reproduce their last year results and the likes of Eden Hazard and Juan Mata could bring those magic.

Group F (BATE Borisov, Bayern Munich, Valencia and Lille)

UEFA Champions league and Bundesliga Runners-Up, Bayern Munich last won the cup in 2001. The incident has been sandwitched by two big disappointments at 1999 final with Manchester United and 2012 final at penalty shoot-out with Chelsea at Allianz Arena.

Midfielders new signing Javi Martinez from Athletic Bilbao, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Xherdan Shaqiri and two wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery give Bayern Munich possession they wanted. Jupp Heynckes will miss his bundesliga top scorer and UEFA runners-up top scorer, Gomez and left back David Alba in opening tie.

Valencia faced financial problems, forcing the club to loss start players and missed major signings but they have managed to stay in top four. Once again Valencia has a chance to compete with the best. Last season Valencia nearly threatens Chelsea chance of qualifying but the champions won 3-1 on second tie. Combination of Roberto Soldado new signing from Real Madrid could be vital Fernando Gago

Group G (Barcelona, Benfica, Celtic and Spartak Moscow)

Barcelona playing in UEFAchampions league under new head coach Tito Vilanova for the first time since last season.  Lionel Messi is still the their top scorer in all competition having finishing as top scorer for UEFA champions league and La Liga despite tough competition with Ronaldo. Reached club and European goals record of 72. The Nou Camp club has greater hunger to reclaim UEFA trophy but one big weakness is over dependence of Messi, if he get injury they will surely strungle.

Benfica last season was knocked out by Chelsea FC in a tight game which could have gone to any team. It mainly relay on Oscar Cardozo and Rodrigo at front, receiving balls from Pablo Aimar at midfielder position. The team concentrates more on attacking and sometimes this expose them team.

Group H (Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray and CFR Cluj)

Manchester United head coach, Alex Ferguson have signed two top players, EPL top scorer Robin Van Persie and Japanese international from Borussia Dortmund,Shinji Kagawa. Already Van Persie has started paying the money with hat-trick which earn united 3-2 win over Southampton. United also has young players Tom Cleverley and Danny Welbeck who can step up at any time and change the game.

Braga had big success in the competition last season, finishing third in group stage and moved to Europa league. This season they are more experience and as the group is not very tighter they might go through.

Champions league teams groups E-H logos

 UEFA champions league group stage fixtures and results

18:45 GMT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Group E
Chelsea	2-2	Juventus
Shakhtar Donetsk	2-0	FC Nordsjælland
Group F
Bayern Munich	2-1	Valencia
Lille	1-3	BATE Borisov
Group G
Barcelona	3-2	Spartak Moscow
Celtic	0-0	Benfica
Group H
Braga	0-2	CFR Cluj-Napoca
Manchester United	1-0	Galatasaray

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 La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo score double with Karim Benzema and stay in touch with Lionel Messi for Pichichi and Golden boot trophy

Real Madrid recovered from two consecutive 1-1 draw with Malaga and Villarreal and secured a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad. All three Real Madrid top scorers were on target with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo score two goals each and Gonzalo Higuaín scored one.  Cristiano Ronald level goals with Lionel Messi and keep Pichichi and Golden boot trophy open for any one of the two as they make a huge gap with other top scorers in Europe.

It was nice game for Jose Mourinho as he get opportunity to rest his top strikers ready for first-leg Champions League tie against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday which they would like to finish the tie before second match.

Ronaldo became the fastest goal scorer to reach 100 Spanish league goals. He scored 101 goals in 92 games (1.098goals/game), 13 games less than Ferenc Puskas who score 100 in 105 games (0/952goals/game. Alfredo Di Stefano  score 100 goals in 115 games (0.87goals/game. The ratiodid with 115Real Madrid lead the La liga log by 6 points Barcelona on second spot, the two will meet at Nou Camp on 22 April for El Classico.

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad all goals summary

Gonzalo Higuaín (6')   1-0

Cristiano Ronaldo (32')   2-0

Karim Benzema (40')   3-0

Xabi Prieto (41')   3-1

Karim Benzema (49')    4-1

Cristiano Ronaldo (56')   5-1

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad video highlights all goals

0 Lionel Messi super hat-trick vs Zaragoza in 4-2 win

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0 La Liga Transfer Updates

La liga Transfer Updates (England premier league transfer)
Barcelona FC Transfer in
Henrique (loan return, Bayer Leverkusen)
Maxwell (€4.5m, Inter Milan)
Keirrison (€14m, Palmeiras)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£40 Inter Milan)

Barcelona FC Transfer Out
Daniel Corcoles Alcaraz (free, Recreativo Huelva)

Real Madrid FC Transfer in
Kaka (€68m, AC Milan)
Raul Albiol (€15m, Valencia)
Cristiano Ronaldo (€94m, Manchester United)
Karim Benzema (€35m, Lyon)
Esteban Granero (€4m, Getafe)

Real Madrid FC Transfer out
Fabio Cannavaro (free, Juventus)
Javier Saviola (€5m, Benfica)
Jordi Codina (undisclosed, Getafe)
Albero Bueno (€3m, Real Valladolid)
Javier García (€7m, Benfica)
Daniel Parejo (undisclosed, Getafe)
Sevilla FC Transfer in
Didier Zokora (€10m, Tottenham)
Sergio Sánchez (€4m, Espanyol)

Sevilla FC Transfer out
Jose Crespo (loan, Racing Santander)
Aquivaldo Mosquera (€4.2m, Club America)
Morgan de Sanctis (€1.7m, Napoli)
Enzo Maresca (€1.2m, Olympiakos)

Valencia FC Transfer in
Aaron Niguez (loan return, Rangers)
Jeremy Mathieu (free, Toulouse)
Bruno (free, Almeria)
Miguel Angel Moya (€6m, Mallorca)
Angel Dealbert Ibanez (free, Castellon)

Valencia FC Transfer out
Raul Albiol (€15m, Real Madrid)
David Rodriguez Lomban (loan, UD Salamanca)
Carlos Bellvis Llorens (free, Tenerife)
Stephen Sunday (loan, Real Betis)
Jordi Alba (free, Real Zaragoza)
Vicente Guaita (loan, Recreativo Huelva)
Jaume Costa (loan, Cadiz)
Edu (free, Corinthians)
Emiliano Moretti (loan, Genoa)
Jorge Morcillo (free, Cordoba)

Villareal FC Transfer in
Tiago Dutra (undisclosed, Gremio)
Bruno Renan (undisclosed, Gremio)
Ivan Marcano (undisclosed, Racing Santander)
David Fuster (€400k, Elche CF)
Xavi Oliva (free, Castellon)
Jefferson Montero (undisclosed, Independiente Jose Teran)
Nilmar (€11m, Internacional)

Villareal FC Transfer out
Nihat Kahveci (€4.5m, Besiktas)
Matias Fernandez (€4.5m, Sporting Lisbon)
Cesar Arzo (undisclosed, Valladolid)
Marquitos (undisclosed, Valladolid)

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