Franck Ribery has not yet fully recovered from ruptured knee ligaments and he once again observed the match in Cologne from the sidelines. His intended comeback could take place next Wednesday when takes on Bucharest in their first Champions League match of the season, against Steaua.
For certain soccer pundits, the last-minute transfer of Germany international Marcell Jansen to Hamburg still leaves room for speculation but not according to coach Jurgen Klinsmann. “His rival (Philipp) Lahm sets such a high level on the left of the defense that is just not easy for others to reach.” Janssen was set to [...]
Adrian Mutu said “On Ghencea (Steaua Bucharests) stadium i will play for Fiorentina not for Romania .” Number ten of Fiorentina, Adrian Mutu, consider that Olympique Lyon and Bayern Munich are teams that are most likely to qualify from Group F. Mutu is not worry about the hostile atmosphere which will take [...]
Ever walk up to a urinal during an average night and get crazy bored? The newspaper or TV on the wall not enough? How about an interactive soccer game IN the urinal. Use your efforts to push the ball to the goal and make sure you score at least once on that night out…
On the day of their most important World Cup 2010 qualifier to date, England captain John Terry has made the sensational claim that Champions League games for Chelsea are more important than representing the national team!
AS Roma defender Christian Panucci is wary of CFR Cluj and he and he admits the Champions League opener against the Romanians on Tuesday night will not be easy, but he remains confident of European success this term.
Olympique de Marseille open their UEFA Champions League Group D campaign against the team who humiliated with 4-0 at the Stade Vlodrome on 11 December last year but they now have the opportunity to avenge that defeat, their heaviest at home in European competition.
Marseille’s fortunes in the competition were the direct opposite: after taking [...]
Club Atltico de Madrid will end an absence of eleven years from Europe’s lite club competition when they step out at the Philips Stadion against PSV Eindhoven.
PSV, who are embarking on their 12th consecutive campaign in Europe’s premier club competition, hope to improve on last term’s efforts which ended in elimination at the group [...]
An European champion with FC Barcelona as a player, Josep Guardiola, the new trainer of the team, who replaced Rijkaard at the Barcelona helm during the close season, has a catastrophic begin in Premiera, with no victory after two matches.
Barcelona’s 1-0 loss at Old Trafford in the semi-final second leg was the [...]
Christian Gross’s team, FC Basel reached the last 16 of the 2002/03 competition after a 2-0 home success with FC Spartak Moskva and they duly went on to finish second in their group behind Valencia CF.
Basel gained their place in the group stage by winning qualifiers against Sweden’s IFK Gteborg and Vitria SC [...]