UEFA Champions League (21 October 2008)

well a game between atletico versus liverpool is like a spanish primera league match
Coach Benitez is a Spanish and he put four Spanish player in the lineups. The match
start in slow tempo, both team look very carefully. Gerrard made a great pass to Keane, and Keane manage to escape from offside trap to score a goal, so it's 1-0 for
Liverpool in 13th minute.Alonso almost double the score, but his long shot was over the bar. Atletico had a chance to level the score, but Forlan long shot was over the bar. there were not a lot of great chances for both team in the first half, especially for Atletico who look nervous and confuse. both team appealing for penalty in the first half, but the referee thinks it was a diving, as he gave a yellow card to Riera from Liverpool
and Maniche from Atletico.

in the second half Aguirre subbed in Aguero to replace former Liverpool player Luis Garcia. These substituted made a good impact for Atletico as they manage to play in more attacking football. but it was Liverpool who had the first chance in the second half, as Benayoun score a goal, but then the referee canceled the goal as he is in an offside position. Atletico also had the same situation as Forlan and Maniche goal were canceled due to an offside position. in 56th minute Atletico had a great chance, but Simao shot was blocked by Reina and hit the bar. Liverpool who will meet Chelsea on sunday made a three substitute, they took Keane, Gerrard and Alonso to keep the player in good condition on sunday. Atletico made another two substitution to increase their pressure, as Miguel and Raul Garcia comes in to replace Pongolle and Camacho. in 82 minute Forlan gave a great pass to Simao, and Simao shot were unable to blocked by Carragher and Reina to level the score to 1-1. Atletico could win the match if Miguel shot were not blocked by Reina four minute later. by this results both team collecting seven points, but Atletico is in the first position as they have a better goal difference.

Atletico Madrid (4-4-2) : Leo Franco - Seitaridids, Lopez, Perea, Dominguez - Luis Garcia(46'Aguero), Simao, Camacho(71'Raul Garcia), Maniche - Forlan, Pongolle(74'Miguel)
Liverpool (4-2-3-1) : Reina - Arbeloa, Dossena, Carragher, Agger - Alonso(74'Lucas), Mascherano - Benayoun, Riera, Gerrard(61'Babel) - Keane(52'Kuyt)

Other UEFA Champions League Results

Group A
Bordeaux 1-0 CFR Cluj
54'Cadu (o.g.) (B)
Chelsea 1-0 Roma
77'Terry (C)

Group B
Panathinaikos 2-2 Werder Bremen
36', 68'Mantzios (P) ; 29'Mertesacker, 83'Almeida (W)
Inter 1-0 Anorthosis
44'Adriano (I)

Group C
Basel 0-5 Barcelona
4'Messi, 15'Busquets, 22', 46'Krkic, 48'Xavi (Bar)
Shakhtar 0-1 Sporting
76'Liedson (Spor)

Group D
PSV 2-0 Marseille
71', 85'Koevermans (P)


Other UEFA Champions League Results (except Atletico vs Liverpool)
source : www.uefa.com/

Champions League (21 October 2008)

Claudio Ranieri have his smile again after his team beat the Spanish Champion Real Madrid by 2-1. Juventus who failed to win their last five match in Serie A start had their first goal in only just five minute, it was Alessandro Del Piero strike from outside penalty area after a one two with Amauri. it was a terrific strike, even Iker Casillas can do nothing. in 20th minute Van Der Vaart almost score a goal, as his shot was not too far from the goal. in 35th minute Juventus have to make an early substitution after their midfielder Marchisio were injured, he was replace by Salihamidzic. the match ended in 1-0 for Juventus.

In the second half Juventus made another substitution, Ranieri subbed in Mellberg to replace Legrottaglie. just three minute after half time, Juventus made another goal, this time Amauri made a perfect header to beat Casillas after a good crossing from Nedved. Schuster made substitution in 53rd minute, he replace Higuain with Robben. in 58th minute Real Madrid had a great chance, but Sneijder shot was saved by Manninger. just two minute after it Sneijder made another dangerous shot, but this it hits the bar. after controlling the game in the second half, Real Madrid finally score. Heinze crossing was finished by Nistelrooy with his head. after that goal, although controlling the game El Real could not make another chances to score a goal. the game ended with a win for the home team Juventus by 2-1. With these results Juventus leads the table by seven points, while Real Madrid is in second places with six points

Juventus (4-4-2) : Manninger - Grygera, Molinaro, Chiellini, Legrottaglie (45'Mellberg) - Marchionni, Nedved, Sissoko, Marchisio (35'Salihamidzic) - Amauri (78' Iaquinta), Del Piero.

Real Madrid (4-3-3) : Casillas - Ramos, Heinze, Pepe, Cannavaro - Sneijder, Van Der Vaart (76' Drenthe), Gago - Raul, Higuain (53' Robben), Van Nistelrooy.

Other Champions League Results

Group E
Villarreal 6 - 3 AaB
28'Rossi, 33'Capdevila, 67',70',84'Joseba Llorente, 79'Pirès (V); 19'Saganowski, 36'Enevoldsen, 77'Johansson (A)
Manchester Utd 3-0 Glasgow Celtic
30', 51'Berbatov, 76'Rooney (M)

Group F
Steaua Bucharest 3-5 Lyon
8'Arthuro, 11'Goian, 45'Petre (S) ; 23'Keita, 33', 71'Benzema, 69', 90'Fred (L)
Bayern Muenchen 3-0 Fiorentina
4'Klose, 25'schweinsteiger, 90'Ze Roberto (B)

Group G
Porto 0-1 Dynamo Kyiv
27'Aliyev (D)
Fenerbahçe 2 - 5 Arsenal
19'Silvestre(o.g.), 78'Güiza (F); 10'Adebayor, 11'Walcott, 22'Diaby, 49'Song,
90'Ramsey (A)

Group H
Zenit ST Petersburg 1 - 1 BATE Borisov
80'Fatih Tekke (Z) 52'Nekhaychik (B)

Other Champions League Results (except Juventus vs Real Madrid) source :www.uefa.com/

Spain Primera League so far....

well there were no big surprise in the Spain Primera League, as the big teams
manage to wins the games except for second places Villarreal who had a goalless match against Espanyol.
if there is a little surprise is the Valencia and Sevilla perfromance this season. both of the
team were having a bad times last year. but so far there were having a good perfromance.
Valencia with their on form striker Villa is in the first position after beating Numancia by 4-0.
Villa scores two goals , while the others were score by Mata and Vicente. Sevilla also wins against the home team Almeria by 1-0 through Correira goal.
by this results Valencia, Sevilla along with Villarreal were still unbeaten.

how about Barcelona and Real Madrid??
well after loosing in the opening game both of them were in the fourth and fifth position.
in the last games Samuel Eto'o single goal made Barcelona wins against Bilbao.
and in Atleti stadium, El REal wins the Madrid derby against Atletico. Nistelrooy score first for
Madrid in the early of first half.in the 30th minute Atletico must play with ten men after Perea
were sent off. but the condition were not lasting for long after Nistelrooy were also sent off
in 39th minute, so both team were playing with ten men. in the second half Simao were subbed in
to replace Pernia, and it was a good substitution as Simao were manage to levelled the score to 1-1
in 90th minute. just when the games looks like will ended in a draw Real had a penalty, after Drenthe
fell off in the penalty box. The Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain took the penalty and score a goal to made the score 2-1 for Real Madrid.

Italy Serie A so far

well from Italy Serie A football things would like to talk about the change of
the league table leader and the duo big team Juventus an AS Roma who were in crisis.

From the table Ibrahimovic leads the last year serie A winner Inter Milan back in the first position after beating
the last year runner up AS Roma. Inter Milan leads in the half time through Ibrahimovic goals. in the second half things
were even worse for the home team, Ibrahimovic scores again 47th minute and then Inter added two more goals from Stankovic and
Obinna while Roam could not convert a single goal,so it is 4-0 score for the wins of Inter Milan and leads them to the first position, because
a few hour before other Rome team Lazio who were in the first position before were surprisingly loosing from promoted team Bologna.the home
team Bologna got 3-0 lead against Lazio ini only 26 minute of the game. it was Volpi free kicks and two goals from Marco
Di Vaio. Lazio can only score one goal through Rocchi, and so the game ended by 3-1 for the Bologna wins.
with this results Lazio is going down from the first position to fifth position. Udinese were still in second position after had a draw games
against Lecce, Catania go on to the third position after beating Palermo by 2-0, and Napoli going up to the fourth position after beating Juventus
by 2-1.

well if you see the table there is a big surprise in the big four position, as Udinese, Catania, and Napoli is the member of the big four this week.
The question is where are the big teams??? well for Lazio, AC Milan, and Fiorentina there still in quite good position as they are in fifth, six, and seventh position, but where
is Roma and Juventus??? both of them can only wins twice from seven games in the Serie A. in the last macth the two teams were loosing, Juventus loose from Napoli, and this make
there never wins a single game in the last four games, while for Roma, it even worse, they loosing by 4-0 from Inter.these results surely will put their coach, Ranieri and Spaletti
under pressured. will the crisis keep going for them??well I think we can find out in the Champions League games on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Barclays Premier League so far..(20 October 2008)

football things comes again with an update. From Barclays Premier League
all the "big four" members win their match, although not all of them is in
the big four at the table. The league leader Chelsea wins 5-0 against
the home team middlesbrough. Kalou scores two goals, while the other three
goals were score by Belletti, Lampard, and Malouda. even having a lot of
injury problem lately, the blues shows their class in riverside stadium.
there still unbeaten and collect 17 point in the table

in the second position Liverpool with the same 17 points were also still unbeaten.
they wins against Wigan by 3-2. it was not an easy games for the reds, Amr Zaki two
goals in the first half made wigan leads the games by 2-1. in the second half, in the
second half, although controlling the game the Reds having a trouble to score a goal as
their playing without el nino Fernando Torres. but then a disaster comes wigan, their player
Antonio Valencia were sent off in 74th minute after receiving a second yellow card. having much
more player on the pitch Rafael Benitez subbed in El Zhar and Benayoun to replace their two wingbacks
Dossena and Arbeola. well it was a good decision from Benitez, Riera scores his first goal in premier
league by a shot from outside penalty area to draw the score after receiving a good ball from El Zhar.
then the ducth international Dirk Kuyt score his second goal in this match in 85th minute to gave Liverpool
third times super comeback wins in premier league (previously comeback was against Manchester United and Manchester City).

in the third position Hull City continue their great performance, these time they win against West Ham Utd by 1-0 through Turner goal. these results
has give them three straight win in the last three games in premier leagur

in Emirates stadium the other merseyside team Everton were unable to hold Arsenal as they loose from the home team.
Everton were leads in the first half through Leon Osman goal. but in second half they can maintain their lead, start from
Nasri long shots, Arsenal were added two more goals through Van Persie and England new star Walcott to wins the game
by 3-1. in Last year premier league winner Manchester United wins 4-0 against WBA . after the score were 0-0 in the first half, United
manage to score four goals through Rooney, Ronaldo, Berbatov and Nani.

Barclays Premier League so far..(20 October 2008)

Italy Serie A

Well since I cannot update my blog for a week, I will now give a review about the big league in Europe, surely here on my football things blog.

Table
sixth week of Italy Serie A all team has loosing for at least one match, Juventus the last team that still not loosing last week, were loosing 2-1 from Palermo in Turin. so far there were three team with the same point in the top of the table. Lazio, Udinese, and Inter Milan has 13 points from six games. in the last games, lazio can only play draw 1-1 against Lecce in Olimpico, they even score a goal in the last minute time through Simone Inzaghi. both Udinese and Inter Milan wins their last game, Udinese beat Torini by 2-0 through Quagliarella goals and Inter beat Bologna by 2-1 with a magnificent goal from Ibrahimovic and Adriano penalty kick.

Surprising Team
well there are a few surprising team in Serie A so far, but I only will talk about the table leader Lazio and Udinese. Lazio had a very bad season last year, they only finish in 12th position last year. but things are getting better this year, the arrival of Carrizzo in goalkeeper position and Zarate in attacking position has give them 13 points from six games. from Udinese they continue to becoming surprising team just like last year, having involve in EURO Cup this year there still can show everyone a stable performance. this team has a great italian striker in Di Natale, Pepe, and Quagliarella. well it is interesting to see whether both team can maintain their performance in the upcoming week of serie A.

Other News
well I guess everyone know that it was an easy start for Serie A big team. although Inter MIlan were still in a good position at the table there still not showing their best performance, all of Inter opponent manage to give a problem although their finally loose. thing were even worse for Juventus, AC Milan, and AS Roma. Juventus loose for the first time in the league, they never win in their last three games and now they are in eleven position. Inter brother AC Milan made the worst this season among the big teams. they loose the first two games although they manage to win in derby games against Inter, they still not in their best performance. Milan were in eight position in the table. from Italy capital thing are even worse, their team AS Roma has lost three times. They had a lot of injury problem, while thenew player that come to the club still need more time to adapt, except for Baptista who had a nice performance so far. AS Roma were in fourteen position in the table.

from player news, I think Zarate has surprised everyone in his first season. He is the scorer so far with six goals. He beating a lot of big names, such as Del Piero (last year top scorer), Ibrahimovic and also Shevchenko. The Argentinian is the best transfer that made by Lazio this seasons.

Barclay Premier League so far..

Well since I cannot update my blog for a week, I will now give a review about the big league in Europe, surely here on my football things blog.

TABLE
Chelsea and Liverpool is on top at the table, both of them had seventeen points and not loosing in a single game. Chelsea wins 2-0 in their last match against Aston Villa although there playing the match without Drogba, it was Joe cole and Anelka who score in the match. While in Manchester, Liverpool made a super comeback to win the game by 3-2 against Manchester City. Liverpool were loosing 2-0 down in the first half through Ireland shot and Garrido free kick. in the second half the reds could turn the score, torres score two goals to draw the level, and the when the game looked will ended in draw, Dirk Kuyt become the hero by score the winning goal in injury time. two teams ended the game with ten men, after City player Zabaleta were sent off and Liverpool fullback Skrtel were injured. This results shows that the reds far more consistent than last year BPL opening and this will increase their confident to chase their first league title after 19 years. if both Chelsea and Liverpool can hold their position, the match between them in the fourth week of October surely will be a great match.

Surprising Team
The most surprising team in BPL so far is surely the promoted team Hull City. Hull were in the third position in the the table after beating Arsenal and Tottenham both in away game. this results has surprised a lot of people, but it is interesting whether they can play consistent until the last match in BPL, especially when they loose a player because of injury or even move to another club in January.

Other News
well in other news section, I want to talk about the other two members of "Big Four" Arsenal and last year champions Manchester United. with a lot of young player Arsenal were not consistent, there even loosing from promoted team Hull. while the Champions League winner Manchester United were also not in good form. it looks like starting the season with Ronaldo is the main problem (luckily for them Ronaldo didn't move to Madrid). so far in the table Arsenal is in fourth position, while United is in eight position. in the top scorer table Torres, Zaki, and Defoe is in pole position by scoring five goals.

Spain continue excellent form

Spain National team continue their excellent form, after a 3-0 wins against the home team Estonia, Defender Juanito, and Puyol score a goal by heading the ball, while the other goal were score from penalty spot from on form Valencia player David Villa. Torres who were injured before played in this game, although he not score a goal, but he were involve in Villa and Puyol goals.

Estonia (4-5-1): Londak - Barengrub, Jaager, Piiroja, Lindpere - Kruglov, Kink , Dmitrijev, Vunk, Vassiljev - Voskoboinkov .

Spain (4-4-2): Casillas - Sergio Ramos, Puyol, Juanito, Capdevila - Cazorla, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Iniesta - David Villa, Fernando Torres.