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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 22:51:47 GMT 1
13th March 2013 Bayern 0 - 2 Arsenal Aggregate: 3-3 Bayern win on away goals Referee: Pavel Kralovec (CZE) – Stadium: Fußball Arena München, Munich (GER) Málaga 2 - 0 Porto Aggregate: 2 - 1 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) – Stadium: La Rosaleda, Malaga (ESP) WL  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2013 14:22:14 GMT 1
Zlatan Ibrahimović will return to FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals with Paris Saint-Germain FC while 2012 runners-up FC Bayern München were paired with Juventus in today's draw. Quarter-final draw Málaga CF (ESP) v Borussia Dortmund (GER) Real Madrid CF (ESP) v Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) v FC Barcelona (ESP) FC Bayern München (GER) v Juventus (ITA) Ties take place on 2nd/3rd and 9th/10th April. Ibrahimović – scorer of 21 goals in his sole season with the Blaugrana, 2009/10 – will return to the Camp Nou for the second leg on 10th April. PSG are among Europe's elite eight clubs for the first time since 1995, when they defeated Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate at this juncture before losing to AC Milan in the semi-finals. Barcelona's Liga rivals, nine-time European champions Madrid, were paired with Galatasaray AŞ in what will be an emotive tie for ex-Merengues players Hamit Altıntop and Wesley Sneijder. The Istanbul outfit will hope for a different outcome from that of the teams' last meeting in 2001, the last time Cimbom graced this stage. On that occasion, Madrid overturned a 3-2 first-leg deficit with a 3-0 home victory in the return. Serie A leaders Juventus, meanwhile, will tackle 2012 runners-up FC Bayern München. The clubs last encountered one another in the group stage three seasons ago, the German side following up a goalless draw in Bavaria by triumphing 4-1 in Turin on matchday six. Debutants Málaga CF, the first team drawn by final ambassador Steve McManaman, will play Borussia Dortmund. The draw for the semi-finals will be made in Nyon on 12th April, with the showpiece at Wembley Stadium on 25th May. ©UEFA.com 1998-2013. All rights reserved. WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2013 13:14:41 GMT 1
Quarter-finals, 1st leg : 2nd - 3rd April 2013 Paris Saint-Germain FC 2 - 2 FC Barcelona Referee: Wolfgang Stark (GER) – Stadium: Parc des Princes, Paris (FRA) FC Bayern München 2 - 0 Juventus Referee: Mark Clattenburg (ENG) – Stadium: Fußball Arena München, Munich (GER) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 15:20:06 GMT 1
Quarter-finals, 1st leg : 2nd - 3rd April 2013 Málaga CF 0 - 0 Borussia Dortmund Referee: Jonas Eriksson (SWE) – Stadium: La Rosaleda, Malaga (ESP) Real Madrid CF 3 - 0 Galatasaray AŞ Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) – Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (ESP) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2013 21:48:52 GMT 1
Quarter-finals, 2nd leg : 9th - 10th April 2013 Dortmund 3 - 2 Málaga Aggregate: 3 - 2 Referee: Craig Thomson (SCO) – Stadium: BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund (GER) Galatasaray 3 - 2 Real Madrid Aggregate: 3 - 5 Referee: Stéphane Lannoy (FRA) – Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul (TUR) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 21:51:43 GMT 1
10th April 2013 Barcelona 1 - 1 PSG Aggregate: 3 - 3 Barcelona win on away goals Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) – Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP) Juventus 0 - 2 Bayern Aggregate: 0 - 4 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) – Stadium: Juventus Stadium, Turin (ITA) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2013 22:01:16 GMT 1
The draw for the semi finals should be interesting with the two German giants of Bayern and Borussia Dortmund in the mix against the formidable Spanish pairing of Real Madrid and Barca. Will they be kept apart with possibly one from each nation making the final or could it end up being an all German or Spanish affair? WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2013 19:15:14 GMT 1
UEFA Champions League semi-final draw The best of Spain face Germany's finest in the semi-finals after today's draw paired FC Bayern München with FC Barcelona and pitted Borussia Dortmund against Real Madrid CF. Both first legs will take place in Germany on 23rd and 24th April, with the returns in Spain on 30th April and 1st May after the open draw at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, conducted by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and former Netherlands striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Bayern v Barcelona tie is a mouth-watering prospect: newly crowned German title holders take on Spanish champions-elect. They have met surprisingly little on the European stage, though their six encounters encompass the 1995/96 UEFA Cup semi-finals – which Bayern edged – and most recently the last eight of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League. There a first-half double from Lionel Messi in the first leg meant there was only ever going to be one winner. Both teams have had their scares this season. Arsenal FC pushed Bayern all the way in a stirring round of 16 comeback while Barcelona were 19 minutes from elimination on Wednesday before Pedro Rodríguez struck against Paris Saint-Germain FC to seal progress to a record sixth straight semi on away goals. Dortmund left it somewhat later against Málaga CF, needing two added-time goals to complete their Lazarus act in a turnaround up there with the best in the UEFA Champions League's 21-year history. Their reward is a tie with Madrid, who were also their opponents 15 years ago in the last of their three European Cup semi-finals to date. The Merengues proved too powerful, a 2-0 home victory preceding a 0-0 second-leg draw. The Schwarzgelben can take heart from the fact that in the group stage they claimed a 2-2 draw and 2-1 win against Madrid – yet the Merengues present a real hurdle. They may trail Barcelona by 13 points in the Liga with eight games to go but they have measured up with everyone in this competition. Earlier this week José Mourinho spoke of his side having a 25% chance of claiming a tenth European Cup next month, and for many those odds have shortened. It will be a record-equalling seventh semi-final for the Portuguese coach: he has won two out of six so far, though tellingly he has triumphed both times he has made the final. The draw means there may be a final between two clubs from the same country for the fourth time in UEFA Champions League history – and the first since 2008. Madrid were victorious in the first of those, defeating Valencia CF in the 2000 Paris showpiece. AC Milan sneaked past Juventus on penalties three years later and Manchester United FC also needed spot kicks to beat Chelsea FC in 2008. Semi-finals FC Bayern München (GER) v FC Barcelona (ESP) – 23rd April, 1st May Borussia Dortmund (GER) v Real Madrid CF (ESP) – 24th April, 30th April Final (25th May, Wembley Stadium) For administrative purposes, a draw was made to determine who will be the designated home team for the final. The winners of the Dortmund v Madrid tie were selected first. Head-to-head records Bayern v Barcelona Bayern W3, D2, Barcelona W1 Bayern's European Cup semi-final record: W9 L5 Barcelona's European Cup semi-final record: W6 A7 Dortmund v Madrid Dortmund W1, D3, Madrid W2 Dortmund's European Cup semi-final record: W1 L2 Madrid's European Cup semi-final record: W12 L11 WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2013 21:41:42 GMT 1
Semi-finals, 1st leg : 23rd-24th April 2013 23rd April 2013 Bayern 4 - 0 Barcelona Referee: Viktor Kassai (HUN) – Stadium: Fußball Arena München, Munich (GER) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 21:52:06 GMT 1
Semi-finals, 1st leg : 23rd-24th April 2013 24th April 2013 Dortmund 4 - 1 Real Madrid Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED) – Stadium: BVB Stadion Dortmund, Dortmund (GER) WL |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2013 22:14:18 GMT 1
Semi-finals, 2nd leg : 30th Apr - 1st May 2013 30th April 2013 Real Madrid 2 - 0 Dortmund Aggregate: 3 - 4 Referee: Howard Webb (ENG) – Stadium: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid (ESP) With the number of chances Real made in the first half and missed they will be wondering how they lost, however lose they did. So perhaps unexpectedly it's the German side that are in the final at Wembley. WL |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2013 21:54:41 GMT 1
Semi-finals, 2nd leg : 30th Apr - 1st May 2013 1st May 2013 Barcelona 0 - 3 Bayern Aggregate: 0 - 7 Referee: Damir Skomina (SVN) – Stadium: Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP) Last weeks game was amazing and tonight Bayern did a very professional job on Barca by taking them apart in their own back yard. Once Arjen Robben opened the scoring early in the second half it was effectively game over. An Gerard Pique own goal compounding the misery following great work from Franck Ribery. Ribery again turning provider for the third, a header scored by Thomas Muller. The result means Bayern have made the final three times out of the last four years. So it's an all German affair at Wembley later this month. If it's anything like the cup encounter last season between the two German giants it should be a cracker. WL |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2013 22:45:08 GMT 1
Champions League Final : 25th May 2013 Dortmund 1 - 2 Bayern 1. 0 - 1 Mandžukić 60 2. 1 - 1 Gündoğan 68 (P) 3. 1 - 2 Robben 89 Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) – Stadium: Wembley Stadium, London (ENG) Arjen Robben's 89th-minute winner took the trophy to Munich for the fifth time after Bayern's final disappointments of 2010 and 2012 in a thrilling all-German contest against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley. Bayern started with four players – Robben, captain Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Thomas Müller – who had endured the final defeats of 2010 and 2012, but it took a player in his first season in Munich, Mario Mandžukić, to supply the 60th-minute breakthrough after both sides had missed a series of chances. İlkay Gündoğan's penalty swiftly levelled matters – the first goal Bayern had conceded in the competition in 432 minutes – yet it was Bayern who looked more likely to snatch a late winner. So it proved in the 89th minute as Robben wriggled through to take the trophy to Munich for the fifth time. Bayern's starting lineup featured seven of the team who had begun last year's final defeat by Chelsea FC but, amid a rousing atmosphere, it was Dortmund's final novices who settled quicker. Manuel Neuer was the first goalkeeper called into action, tipping over a curling Robert Lewandowski shot from 25 metres, then reacting smartly to keep out Jakub Błaszczykowski's low first-time effort after the Dortmund midfielder had met a Marco Reus cross at the near post. Reus himself was next to test the Bayern No1, who was equal to both that and a curling Sven Bender attempt, but then, almost without warning, Bayern came close to snatching the lead. Mandžukić rose above Bender to connect with Franck Ribéry's perfect left-wing centre and Roman Weidenfeller tipped the header over. From the corner there was another Bayern opening, Javi Martínez nodding onto the roof of the net. The game had started at breakneck speed and there was no let-up as play swung from end to end in the blink of an eye, with opportunities coming thick and fast. Around the half-hour both sides had a one-on-one yet neither could capitalise as the two keepers expertly narrowed the angle; first Weidenfeller advanced to repel Robben, before Lewandowski was again thwarted by Neuer's legs. With half-time fast approaching the ball fell between Mats Hummels and Robben and broke kindly for the Bayern man; again Weidenfeller was well positioned to make the save at close range, albeit with his face. The half-time interval did not serve to break the rhythm of the match, which picked up in exactly the same breathless manner following the resumption. Chances proved rarer, however – until Bayern struck on the hour. Robben and Ribéry were the architects, swapping passes down the left and the Dutchman's low cross presented Mandžukić with a tap-in. For a moment Dortmund were rocking, yet they regrouped and were level within eight minutes. Dante felled Reus in the area; Gündoğan held his nerve to send Neuer the wrong way from the spot. Dortmund poured forward, and so nearly paid the price on the counterattack as Müller rounded Weidenfeller and slid the ball across goal; with Robben racing in to apply the decisive touch, Neven Subotić dived in to clear off the line. Mandžukić then shot into the side netting after Müller sprang the Dortmund offside trap once more, and Weidenfeller kept out a Schweinsteiger effort. Bayern would not be denied, however. Ribéry controlled a high ball into the box and flicked it into Robben's path; the No10 evaded two defenders and pushed a shot past Weidenfeller. Bayern's fans had unfurled a banner pre-match bearing the legend 'Und heute ist weider ein guter tag' (And yet again it's a good day) – and finally, for their favourites, it was. FC Bayern München have achieved what only one club had managed before: to recover from losing a UEFA Champions League final to lift the trophy the following season. The German side's victory against Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund in London alleviates some of the disappointment of the 2012 showpiece, when Bayern went down on penalties to Chelsea FC at their own Fußball Arena München. Only AC Milan had previously been able to shrug off the setback of a final defeat to claim the trophy 12 months later. The Rossoneri succumbed to Olympique de Marseille in the first final of the UEFA Champions League era in 1993, yet famously beat FC Barcelona 4-0 the next season. Indeed, Milan were finalists once more in 1995 but lost out to AFC Ajax. Bayern, contesting their third final in four campaigns, have therefore avoided the unwanted statistic of becoming the third team to lose successive European Cup finals; only Juventus (1997, 1998) and Valencia CF (2000, 2001 – when they fell to Bayern) have suffered that fate. Bayern have still been beaten in five finals, however, the joint highest total in the competition's history along with Juve and SL Benfica. WL |
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Post by Blue Star Broon on May 25, 2013 23:58:30 GMT 1
Thanks for a most comprehensive report, missed the match but will watch a replay. Thanks again LO ;D
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2013 10:41:10 GMT 1
No problem the words above supplied by those nice people from UEFA... Lights Oot! |
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