Welcome back to the best european football competition, UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2013-2014. "Home of Champions"
First of all, Ill talk about the local leagues in europe. Somebody get bored from the local soccer competition? No, This season might be the best 'war' within these best european leagues : Premiere League, Serie A, La Liga & Bundesliga + Ligue 1 in France. Most of them are now trending worlwide, In england : Arsenal leading ahead of the giants such Manchesters, Liverpool & Chelsea. In Italia : The capital AS.Roma still unbeatable and stands at the top of serieA table, followed by Napoli & Juventus which run after them. In Germany, No body doubt of the quality from Pep Guardiola's Bayern, But Dortmund :). I may prefer to look at the Ligue 1 this season. They are now having 2 Big teams within PSG & Monaco, It's more interesting i think if comparring with their last seasons competition.
Now, Let;s close the local league book, and open the next chapter of : UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Matchday 4. I pay more attention to the Group B & H. You know why ?? As the subjected above : It's The war again and again between ITALIA vs SPAIN. Never bored right ?
Yeps, Both teams are one of the most waited match in the world. But this matchday 4 IS NOT about the national team, They are Barcelona & Real Madrid (SPAIN) vs Ac Milan & Juventus (ITALY).
1. JUVENTUS vs REAL MADRID
After losing at the last match, Juve is now left far from the leader Madrid & also Galatasaray in Group B. Never win : 2 Draw & 1 Lost from last 3 matches. What an unlucky Bianconneri, while They were favourited by some football analysts to win the UCL this season. Hhhmm,,
Ok, taken from the www.eurocuphistory.com shows that from 1995/96 in Champions league IF juve played at Home againts El Real, They always won 4x as a host, and the won also 4 times. Really good statistics. In addition, The 1st match which held in Madrid, Juve lost 1-2 controversially from The spanish. From the penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo's dramatic acting from Chiellini's challenge :). So today's match at Juventus stadium will be 'crucial' and high tension esspecially for The bianconneri.
Antonio Conte, coach of Juventus
It's a crucial game and important for our future in the Champions League. We're very much looking forward to it. We've got to show on the field, as we did in Madrid, that we deserve to go through, otherwise we will be the first to kneel down and applaud those who make it through at our expense.
Certainly, they have an extraordinary attack. I would call them devastating, especially if they are allowed to play the game they prefer. Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, to name but a few, are extraordinary – fantastic when they have the field in front of them and space to exploit, so we've got to be careful.
It's an incredibly hard game against one of the top candidates to win the Champions League. Juventus v Real Madrid is a classic, a very intriguing game. We need our fans both in the positive and not so positive moments because we're up against a strong team and there will be times when we're going to be up against it.
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid
Conte has done an extraordinary job. He is working at a club which he feels particularly strongly about and in these three years, he's done more than anybody could have possibly imagined, winning the title twice. He's got a very competitive side.
We need to rotate our team to have the freshest players on the field, with the most physical strength, and I don't think rotating is a problem although sometimes we lose our balance as a result and we need to improve this. It's going to be an interesting game. Juve have more difficulties than us in the group – this is a chance for us to seal qualification and the sooner you get that, the better.
We've been conceding too many goals and this is our problem. Everybody in the world knows how important the defensive work is, but we've scored 42 goals in 15 games, with an average of three goals a game. I think the three attackers I have are very interesting. [Raphaël] Varane will play tomorrow because he didn't play on Saturday and will be fresh, then I'll choose between [Sergio] Ramos and Pepe to partner him.
[Xabi Alonso and Andrea Pirlo] are great players, both very fast and intelligent. I've been lucky to have worked for clubs with players like these. I've been lucky to have Pirlo at Milan and now I'm very lucky to have Alonso.
So, Let's just wait this 2 Italian coaches tactical games on the field tonight. DON'T MISS IT !!!
2. BARCELONA VS AC MILAN
Do you know where is Milan at the Serie A table ??? Hhehe ... Dont answer this question as im afraid some Milanisti will kill me :). So let's talk about today's match when The italian side goes to spain againts The european giant BARCELONA !!!
Milan visiting a stadium where their UEFA Champions League ambitions were extinguished by defeats in each of the last two seasons. Are they possible to win at camp nou ??
As if Barca win this game, They will increase the gap as a leader at the Group H.
Previous meetings
• These famous names have squared off 18 times, Barcelona recording seven wins to Milan's five and scoring 27 goals to the Italian side's 22. Barcelona's record at home against the Rossoneri reads W4 D3 L1.
• Massimiliano Allegri's Milan won 2-0 at San Siro in the first leg of last season's last-16 encounter, Kevin-Prince Boateng (57) and Sulley Muntari (81) the scorers. Barcelona hit back, however, with four unanswered goals at the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi (5, 40), David Villa (55) and Jordi Alba (90) securing a 4-2 aggregate success.
• Jordi Roura was in charge of Barcelona for that last Camp Nou meeting on 12 March and the lineups were:
Barcelona: Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Mascherano (Puyol 77), Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Villa (Sánchez 75), Messi, Pedro (Adriano 84).
Milan: Abbiati, Abate, Mexès, Zapata, Constant, Flamini (Bojan 74), Ambrosini (Muntari 60), Montolivo, Boateng, El Shaarawy, Niang (Robinho 60).
• Barcelona earned a goalless draw at Milan in the first leg of their 2011/12 quarter-final meeting before prevailing 3-1 in the return. Messi hit two first-half penalties, either side of an Antonio Nocerino equaliser (32), with Andrés Iniesta (53) cementing victory for Josep Guardiola's side.
• The clubs also met in that season's group stage, Barcelona taking four points to consign Milan to second place. At the Camp Nou it finished 2-2, Thiago Silva (92) scoring Milan's equaliser after Pedro Rodríguez and Villa had overturned Pato's first-minute goal.
• Barcelona subsequently won 3-2 in Milan, Xavi Hernández hitting a 63rd-minute winner after Zlatan Ibrahimović and Boateng had cancelled out Mark van Bommel's own goal and Messi's penalty respectively.
Statistic source : uefa.com
So, as an Italian football lover. I will definitely support both Juventus & Milan on tonight's match.
THE ITALIAN REVENGE or THE SPANIAN TITANS ??? Let's see............
First of all, Ill talk about the local leagues in europe. Somebody get bored from the local soccer competition? No, This season might be the best 'war' within these best european leagues : Premiere League, Serie A, La Liga & Bundesliga + Ligue 1 in France. Most of them are now trending worlwide, In england : Arsenal leading ahead of the giants such Manchesters, Liverpool & Chelsea. In Italia : The capital AS.Roma still unbeatable and stands at the top of serieA table, followed by Napoli & Juventus which run after them. In Germany, No body doubt of the quality from Pep Guardiola's Bayern, But Dortmund :). I may prefer to look at the Ligue 1 this season. They are now having 2 Big teams within PSG & Monaco, It's more interesting i think if comparring with their last seasons competition.
Now, Let;s close the local league book, and open the next chapter of : UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Matchday 4. I pay more attention to the Group B & H. You know why ?? As the subjected above : It's The war again and again between ITALIA vs SPAIN. Never bored right ?
Yeps, Both teams are one of the most waited match in the world. But this matchday 4 IS NOT about the national team, They are Barcelona & Real Madrid (SPAIN) vs Ac Milan & Juventus (ITALY).
1. JUVENTUS vs REAL MADRID
After losing at the last match, Juve is now left far from the leader Madrid & also Galatasaray in Group B. Never win : 2 Draw & 1 Lost from last 3 matches. What an unlucky Bianconneri, while They were favourited by some football analysts to win the UCL this season. Hhhmm,,Ok, taken from the www.eurocuphistory.com shows that from 1995/96 in Champions league IF juve played at Home againts El Real, They always won 4x as a host, and the won also 4 times. Really good statistics. In addition, The 1st match which held in Madrid, Juve lost 1-2 controversially from The spanish. From the penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo's dramatic acting from Chiellini's challenge :). So today's match at Juventus stadium will be 'crucial' and high tension esspecially for The bianconneri.
"Juventus
v Real Madrid is a classic," said Antonio Conte, the Bianconeri coach,
as he looked ahead to Today's "crucial" Group B fixture with the
nine-time European champions.
Antonio Conte, coach of Juventus
It's a crucial game and important for our future in the Champions League. We're very much looking forward to it. We've got to show on the field, as we did in Madrid, that we deserve to go through, otherwise we will be the first to kneel down and applaud those who make it through at our expense.
Certainly, they have an extraordinary attack. I would call them devastating, especially if they are allowed to play the game they prefer. Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María, to name but a few, are extraordinary – fantastic when they have the field in front of them and space to exploit, so we've got to be careful.
It's an incredibly hard game against one of the top candidates to win the Champions League. Juventus v Real Madrid is a classic, a very intriguing game. We need our fans both in the positive and not so positive moments because we're up against a strong team and there will be times when we're going to be up against it.
Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Real Madrid
Conte has done an extraordinary job. He is working at a club which he feels particularly strongly about and in these three years, he's done more than anybody could have possibly imagined, winning the title twice. He's got a very competitive side.
We need to rotate our team to have the freshest players on the field, with the most physical strength, and I don't think rotating is a problem although sometimes we lose our balance as a result and we need to improve this. It's going to be an interesting game. Juve have more difficulties than us in the group – this is a chance for us to seal qualification and the sooner you get that, the better.
We've been conceding too many goals and this is our problem. Everybody in the world knows how important the defensive work is, but we've scored 42 goals in 15 games, with an average of three goals a game. I think the three attackers I have are very interesting. [Raphaël] Varane will play tomorrow because he didn't play on Saturday and will be fresh, then I'll choose between [Sergio] Ramos and Pepe to partner him.
[Xabi Alonso and Andrea Pirlo] are great players, both very fast and intelligent. I've been lucky to have worked for clubs with players like these. I've been lucky to have Pirlo at Milan and now I'm very lucky to have Alonso.
So, Let's just wait this 2 Italian coaches tactical games on the field tonight. DON'T MISS IT !!!
2. BARCELONA VS AC MILAN
Milan visiting a stadium where their UEFA Champions League ambitions were extinguished by defeats in each of the last two seasons. Are they possible to win at camp nou ??
As if Barca win this game, They will increase the gap as a leader at the Group H.
Previous meetings
• These famous names have squared off 18 times, Barcelona recording seven wins to Milan's five and scoring 27 goals to the Italian side's 22. Barcelona's record at home against the Rossoneri reads W4 D3 L1.
• Massimiliano Allegri's Milan won 2-0 at San Siro in the first leg of last season's last-16 encounter, Kevin-Prince Boateng (57) and Sulley Muntari (81) the scorers. Barcelona hit back, however, with four unanswered goals at the Camp Nou, Lionel Messi (5, 40), David Villa (55) and Jordi Alba (90) securing a 4-2 aggregate success.
• Jordi Roura was in charge of Barcelona for that last Camp Nou meeting on 12 March and the lineups were:
Barcelona: Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Mascherano (Puyol 77), Jordi Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Iniesta, Villa (Sánchez 75), Messi, Pedro (Adriano 84).
Milan: Abbiati, Abate, Mexès, Zapata, Constant, Flamini (Bojan 74), Ambrosini (Muntari 60), Montolivo, Boateng, El Shaarawy, Niang (Robinho 60).
• Barcelona earned a goalless draw at Milan in the first leg of their 2011/12 quarter-final meeting before prevailing 3-1 in the return. Messi hit two first-half penalties, either side of an Antonio Nocerino equaliser (32), with Andrés Iniesta (53) cementing victory for Josep Guardiola's side.
• The clubs also met in that season's group stage, Barcelona taking four points to consign Milan to second place. At the Camp Nou it finished 2-2, Thiago Silva (92) scoring Milan's equaliser after Pedro Rodríguez and Villa had overturned Pato's first-minute goal.
• Barcelona subsequently won 3-2 in Milan, Xavi Hernández hitting a 63rd-minute winner after Zlatan Ibrahimović and Boateng had cancelled out Mark van Bommel's own goal and Messi's penalty respectively.
Statistic source : uefa.com
So, as an Italian football lover. I will definitely support both Juventus & Milan on tonight's match.
THE ITALIAN REVENGE or THE SPANIAN TITANS ??? Let's see............
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