In 2009 the Champions League 2008-2009 will start with the knock-out phase and also with some great matches.
Chelsea (Eng) - Juventus (Ita)
Villarreal (Spa) - Panathinaikos (Gre)
Sporting (Por) - Bayern München (Ger)
A.Madrid (Spa) - Porto (Por)
Lyon (Fra) - Barcelona (Spa)
Real Madrid (Spa) - Liverpool (Eng)
Arsenal (Eng) - Roma (Ita)
Inter (Ita) - Manchester Utd (Eng)
First game will be played on the 24th and 25th of february, the next game 2 weeks later, 10th and 11th of march.
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Group A
Chelsea - Cluj: 2-1
40’ Kalou 1-0, 55’ Koné 1-1, 71’ Drogba 2-1
Roma - Bordeaux : 2-0
61’ Brighi 1-0, 79’ Totti 2-0
Group B
Panathinaikos - Anorthosis : 1-0
70’ Karagounis 1-0
Werder Bremen - Inter : 2-1
63’ Pizarro 1-0, 81’ Rosenberg 2-0, 89’ Ibrahimovic 2-1
Group C
Basel - Sporting : 0-1
19’ Djalo 0-1
Barcelona - Shakthar : 2-3
31’ and 58’ Gladky 0-1 and 0-2, 59’ Sylvinho 1-2, 76’ Fernandinho 1-3, 83’ Busquets 2-3
Group D
PSV - Liverpool : 1-3
36’ Lazovic 1-0, 45’ Babel 1-1, 70’ Riera 1-2, 77’ N’Gog 1-3
Marseille - Atletico Madrid: 0-0
Group E
Man.United - Aalborg: 2-2
4’ Tevez 1-0, 32’ Pedersen 1-1, 45+3’ Curth 1-2, 53’ Rooney 2-2
Celtic - Villareal : 2-0
15’ Maloney 1-0, 45+3’ McGeady 2-0
Group F
Steaua Boekarest - Fiorentina : 0-1
67’ Gilardino 0-1
Lyon - Bayern Munchen: 2-3
11’ Klose 0-1, 35’ Ribéry 0-2, 37’ Klose 0-3, 53’ Govou 1-3, 68’ Benzema 2-3
Group G
Porto - Arsenal : 2-0
39’ Bruno Alves 1-0, 55’ Lopez 2-0
Dynamo Kiev - Fenerbahçe : 1-0
21’ Eremenko 1-0
Group H
Juventus- BATE Borisov: 0-0
Real Madrid - Zenit : 1-0
26’ Raul 1-0, 51’ Robben 2-0, 58’ Raul 3-0
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Group A
Bordeaux - Chelsea: 1-1
60’ Anelka 0-1, 83’ Diarra 1-1
Cluj - Roma: 1-3
11’ Brighi 0-1, 23’ Totti 0-2, 30’ Koné 1-2, 64’ Brighi 1-3
Group B
Inter - Panathinaikos: 0-1
69’ Sarriegi 0-1
Anorthosis - Werder Bremen: 2-2
62’ Nikolaou 1-0, 68’ Savio 2-0, 72’ Diego 2-1 (pen), 87’ Almeida 2-2
Group C
Shakthar - Basel: 5-0
32’ Jadson 1-0, 50’ Willian 2-0, 65’ and 72’ Jadson 3-0 and 4-0, 75’ Seleznov 5-0
Sporting - Barcelona: 2-5
14’ Henry 0-1, 16’ Piqué 0-2, 50’ Messi 0-3, 65’ Veloso 1-3, 66’ Liedson 2-3, 67’ Caneira 2-4 (own), 73’ Bojan 2-5 (pen)
Group D
Atletico Madrid - PSV: 2-1
14’ Simao 1-0, 28’ Rodriguez 2-0, 47’ Koevermans 2-1
Liverpool - Marseille: 1-0
23’ Gerrard 1-0
Group E
Villareal - Man.United: 0-0
Aalborg - Celtic: 2-1
53’ Robson 0-1, 73’ Caca 1-1, 87’ Caldwell 2-1 (own)
Group F
Bayern Munchen - Steaua Boekarest: 3-0
57’ Klose 1-0, 61’ Toni 2-0, 71’ Klose 3-0
Fiorentina -Lyon: 1-2
15’ Makoun 0-1, 27’ Benzema 0-2, 45’ Gilardino 1-2
Group G
Fenerbahçe - Porto: 1-2
19’ and 28’ Lisandro 0-1 and 0-2, 63’ Kazim Kazim 1-2
Arsenal - Dynamo Kiev: 1-0
87’ Bendtner 1-0
Group H
Zenit - Juventus: 0-0
BATE Borisov - Real Madrid: 0-1
7’ Raul 0-1
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Group A
Cluj - Bordeaux: 1-2
6’ Gourcuff 0-1, 9’ Dani 1-1, 38’ Wendel 1-2
Roma - Chelsea: 3-1
34’ Panucci 1-0, 48’ and 58’ Vucinic 2-0 and 3-0, 75’ Terry 3-1
Group B
Anorthosis - Inter: 3-3
13’ Balotelli 0-1, 31’ Bardon 1-1, 44’ Materazzi 1-2, 45’ Panagi 2-2, 50’ Frousos 3-2, 81’ Cruz 3-3
Werder Bremen - Panathinaikos: 0-3
59’ Mantzios 0-1, 70’ Karagounis 0-2, 83’ Tziolis 0-3
Group C
Sporting - Shakthar: 1-0
73’ Derlei 1-0
Barcelona - Basel: 1-1
62’ Messi 1-0, 82’ Derdiyok 1-1
Group D
Liverpool - Atletico Madrid: 1-1
37’ Rodriguez 0-1, 96’ Gerrard 1-1 (pen)
Marseille - PSV: 3-0
30’ Koné 1-0, 63’ and 71’ Niang 2-0 and 3-0
Group E
Aalborg - Villareal: 2-2
42’ Rossi 0-1, 54’ Curth 1-1, 75’ Franco 1-2, 81’ Due 2-2
Celtic - Man.United: 1-1
14’ McDonald 1-0, 84’ Giggs 1-1
Group F
Fiorentina - Bayern Munchen: 1-1
12’ Mutu 1-0, Borowski 1-1
Lyon - Steaua Boekarest: 2-0
44’ Juninho 1-0, 89’ Réveillère 2-0
Group G
Arsenal - Fenerbahçe: 0-0
Dynamo Kiev - Porto: 1-2
21’ Milevski 1-0, 69’ Rolando 1-1, 90+3’ Gonzalez
Group H
BATE Borisov - Zenit: 0-2
34’ Pogrebnjak 0-1, 90+5’ Danny 0-2
Real Madrid - Juventus: 0-2
17’ and 67’ Del Piero 0-1 and 0-2
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Group A
Bordeaux - Cluj: 1-0
54’ Cadu 1-0 (own)
Chelsea- Roma: 1-0
77’ Terry 1-0
Group B
Inter- Anorthosis: 1-0
44’ Adriano 1-0
Panathinaikos - Werder Bremen: 2-2
29’ Mertesacker 0-1, 37’ and 69’ Mantzios 1-1 and 2-1, 84’ Almeida 2-2
Group C
Basel - Barcelona: 0-5
4’ Messi 0-1, 15’ Busquets 0-2, 22’ and 46 Bojan 0-3 and 0-4, 48’ Xavi 0-5
Shakthar - Sporting: 0-1
77’ Liedson 0-1
Group D
Atletico Madrid - Liverpool: 1-1
14’ Keane 0-1, 83’ Simão 1-1
PSV- Marseille: 2-0
72’ and 85’ Koevermans 1-0 and 2-0
Group E
Villareal - Aalborg: 6-3
19’ Saganowski 0-1, 28’ Rossi 1-1, 33’ Capdevila 2-1, 36’ Enevoldsen 2-2, 68’ and 71’ Llorente 3-2 and 4-2, 77’ Johansson 4-3, 79’ Pires 5-3, 84’ Llorente 6-3
Man.United- Celtic: 3-0
30’ en 51’ Berbatov 1-0 en 2-0, 76’ Rooney 3-0
Group F
Bayern Munchen - Fiorentina: 3-0
4’ Klose 1-0, 25’ Schweinsteiger 2-0, 90’ Ze Roberto 3-0
Steaua Boekarest - Lyon: 3-5
8’ Arthuro 1-0, 11’ Goian 2-0, 23’ Keita 2-1, 33’ Benzema 2-2, 45’ Petre 3-2, 69’ Fred 3-3, 71’ Benzema 3-4, 93’ Fred 3-5
Group G
Fenerbahçe - Arsenal: 2-5
10’ Adebayor 0-1, 11’ Walcott 0-2, 19’ Silvestre 1-2 (own), 22’ Diaby 1-3, 49’ Song 1-4, 78’ Güiza 2-4, 94’ Ramsey 2-5
Porto - Dynamo Kiev: 0-1
27’ Alijev 0-1
Group H
Zenit - BATE Borisov: 1-1
52’ Nechajtsjik 0-1, 80’ Tekke 1-1
Juventus - Real Madrid: 2-1
5’ Del Piero 1-0, 49’ Amauri 2-0, 66’ Van Nistelrooy 2-1
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Italy’s Inter Milan coach, the flamboyant Portuguese trainer José Mourinho accidently (or not) slipped out his yearly wage to a reporter on last week’s Champions League press conference.
Before the match Inter Milan – Werder Bremen (ended up in a 1-1 draw), Mourinho dared a reporter to give him 11 names for Wednesday’s match without criticizing them afterwards.
The reporter told him he would do it, if he could get a share in Mourinho’s 9 Million Euro yearly wage at Inter.
Mourinho, who’s known to make bold pronunciations, answered him that he doesn’t earn 9 Million Euro for his coaching job, but 11 million Euro. He also added that if you also take the advertising income into account he’ll even earns up to 14 Million Euro a year at Inter.
Not bad for somebody that started out as a translator for Sir Bobby Robson at Sporting Lisboa in the early nineties. When Sir Bobby Robson left Sporting Lisboa to Coach Spain’s FC Barcelona, Mourinho followed him. When Sir Bobby Robson left Barcelona, Mourinho stayed and helped out the new head coach , Dutchman Louis Van Gaal.
Sir Bobby Robson once told he never saw anybody so passionate about soccer and anybody that reads the game as well than José Mourinho.
After training the FC Barcelona B squad for a couple of years, Mourinho got the opportunity to get back to his country of birth and coach Benfica in the year 2000. After only 9 league games in the Portuguese Championship he quit his coaching job at Benfica because the newly appointed president of Benfica got an eye on another head coach.
In January 2001 he started out as the new head coach of União de Leiria. At the end of the season they’ve ended up on the 5th place, the highest place in their club history.
One year later in January 2002, Mourinho was appointed to be the head coach of FC Porto. In his first year at Porto he finished 3rd. He even said he would make Porto Champions next season.
He kept word and lead FC Porto to the top of the leaderbord with 11 points in front of Benfica and he’d won the Portuguese Cup and the Uefa Cup final .
The next year he again won the Portuguese Competition and to top it all he managed to win the Uefa Champions League with a 3-0 win in a surprising final against AS Monaco.
After this he moved to Chelsea and most of us do know his story since then.
In his few years at Chelsea he has won 2 Premier League titles (‘04/’05 and ‘05/’06), 2 League Cup’s (‘04/’05 and ‘05/’06), the FA Cup in 2007 and the Community Shield in 2005. Only the big trophy in Europe didn’t come on this impressive list.
Now, in his first year at Inter, he has already won the Italian Supercup against AS Roma, beating them on penalties 6-5 after the game itself ended in a 2-2 draw.
Inter’s website has already published an announcement saying that Mourinho, who has a 2 year contract earns a lot less than the amounts that are being told.
My guess is that this is not completely true, I believe Mourinho 
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Group A
Cluj - Chelsea: 0-0
Bordeaux - Roma: 1-3
18’ Gourcuff 1-0, 64’ Vucinic 1-1, 71’ and 83’ Baptista 1-2 and 1-3
Group B
Anorthosis - Panathinaikos: 3-1
11’ Sarriegie 1-0 (own), 16’ Dobrinasovic 2-0, 28’ Salpigidis 2-1 (pen), 79’ Taher 3-1
Inter - Werder Bremen: 1-1
13’ Maicon 1-0, 62’ Pizarro 1-1
Group C
Sporting - Basel: 2-0
55’ Romagnoli 1-0, 86’ Derlei 2-0
Shakthar - Barcelona: 1-2
45’ Ilsinho 1-0, 87’ Messi 1-1, 94’ Messi 1-2
Group D
Liverpool - PSV: 3-1
4’ Kuyt 1-0, 34’ Keane 2-0, 76’ Gerrard 3-0, 78’ Koevermans 3-1
Atletico Madrid - Marseille: 2-1
4’ Agüero 1-0, 16’ Niang 1-1, 22’ Garcia 2-1
Group E
Aalborg - Man.United : 0-3
22’ Rooney 0-1, 55’ and 79’ Berbatov 0-2 and 0-3
Villareal - Celtic: 1-0
67’ Senna 1-0
Group F
Fiorentina - Steaua Boekarest: 0-0
Bayern Munchen - Lyon: 1-1
25’ Demichelis 0-1 (own), 54’ Ze Roberto 1-1
Group G
Arsenal - Porto: 4-0
31’ Van Persie 1-0, 40’ Adebayor 2-0, 48’ Van Persie 3-0, 71’ Adebayor 4-0 (pen)
Fenerbahçe - Dynamo Kiev: 0-0
Group H
BATE Borisov - Juventus: 2-2
17’ Krivets 1-0, 23’ Stasevitsj 2-0, 29’ and 45’ Iaquinta 2-1 and 2-2
Zenit - Real Madrid: 1-2
5’ Hubocan 0-1 (own), 26’ Danny 1-1, 32’ Van Nistelrooy 1-2
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Group A
Chelsea - Bordeaux: 4-0
15’ Lampard 1-0, 31’ J.Cole 2-0, 83’ Malouda 3-0, 93’ Anelka 4-0
Roma - Cluj: 1-2
18’ Panucci 1-0, 27’ and 49’ Culio 1-1 and 1-2
Group B
W.Bremen - Anorthosis: 0-0
Panathinaikos - Inter: 0-2
27’ Mancini 0-1, 86’ Adriano 0-2
Group C
Barcelona - Sporting: 3-1
22’ Marquez 1-0, 61’ Eto’o 2-0, 73’ Tonel 2-1, 88’ Xavi 3-1
Basel - Shakthar1-2
25’ Fernandinho 0-1, 45+1’ Jadson 0-2, 94’ Abraham 1-2
Group D
Marseille - Liverpool: 1-2
23’ Cana 1-0, 26’ and 32’ Gerrard 1-1 and 1-2 (pen)
PSV - Atletico Madrid: 0-3
10’ and 36’ Agüero 0-1 and 0-2, 54’ Maniche 0-3
Group E
Man.United - Villarrel: 0-0
Celtic - Aalborg: 0-0
Red Card: 80’ Beauchamp (A)
Group F
Lyon - Fiorentina: 2-2
12’ and 42’ Gilardino 0-1 and 0-2, 74’ Piquionne 1-2, 87’ Benzema 2-2
Steaua Boekarest - Bayern: 0-1
16’ Van Buyten 0-1
Group G
Dinamo Kiev - Arsenal: 1-1
65’ Bangoura 1-0 (pen), 89’ Gallas 1-1
FC Porto - Fenerbahçe: 3-1
12’ Lopez 1-0, 14’ Lucho 2-0, 30’ Guiza 2-1, 90+3’ Lino 3-1
Group H
Juventus - Zenit: 1-0
77’ Del Piero 1-0
Real Madrid - BATE Borisov: 2-0
11’ Sergio Ramos 1-0, 58’ Van Nistelrooy 2-0
Red Card: 63’ Khagush (B)
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Just a few minutes back the 2008-2009 Champions League draw finished.
Here are the 8 groups:
Group A: CHELSEA, AS Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj
Group B: Inter, Werder, Panathinaikos, Anorthosis
Group C: Barcelona, Sporting, FC Basel, Shakhtar
Group D: LIVERPOOL, PSV, Marseille, Atletico
Group E: MAN UTD, Villarreal, CELTIC, Aalborg
Group F: Lyon, Bayern, Steaua, Fiorentina
Group G: ARSENAL, FC Porto, Fenerbahce, Dinamo Kiev
Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit, Bate
This will definitely bring us some good matches for the upcoming Champions League.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, the pivotal figure in Manchester United FC’s march to UEFA Champions League glory last season, had more to celebrate today after collecting the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year prize at the awards ceremony in Monaco. The Portuguese international forward was also selected as the Best Forward while there was some consolation for Chelsea FC, the side United overcame in Moscow in May, as Petr Čech, John Terry and Frank Lampard were nominated as Best Goalkeeper, Defender and Midfielder respectively.
Sensational season
Ronaldo scored United’s goal at the Luzhniki Stadium – his 42nd in all competitions in a prolific campaign for his club – and, although he subsequently missed in the penalty shoot-out, United bounced back to become champions of Europe for the third time. It completed a sensational season for Ronaldo, who finished as the UEFA Champions League’s top scorer with eight goals and also won the ESM Golden Shoe having struck 31 Premier League goals as United retained that title. The 23-year-old succeeds AC Milan’s Kaká as the Club Footballer of the Year and is the second Portuguese international to win the prize, after Deco’s success in 2004.
Forward accolade
Ronaldo is the second United player to collect the award after David Beckham in 1999, while Ruud van Nistelrooy was voted Best Forward while at United in 2003. Asked what was the secret of his success, Ronaldo replied: “Work. I think Manchester had a great season and I scored many goals. I feel very proud to be the best forward as I played as a winger - it is very good for me and gives me more ambition to become better. Thanks to all my team-mates and those that voted for me.”
Chelsea cheer
Čech, meanwhile, beat off competition from United’s Edwin van der Sar, Manuel Almunia, Manuel Neuer and Pepe Reina to claim the Best Goalkeeper prize for the second year in a row and the third time overall, having also won the award in 2005. He was presented with his trophy by Peter Schmeichel, the winner of the inaugural prize in 1998. His abiding memory of the season may be his role in the UEFA Champions League final penalty shoot-out in Moscow. He said: “Of course if was difficult because it was only up to me and the five players who would shoot but I tried to remember what I had seen from the videos I’ve watched and what I’d talked about with other goalkeepers - this is what was going through my mind.”
Terry honoured
Terry, who collected his award from Franco Baresi, was previously voted Best Defender in 2005, but was no less delighted about his latest honour. “For me personally it’s an amazing achievement,” he said, adding: “To be a great defender you need a lot of attributes - to be quick, strong, good in the air and you also need plenty of great team-mates around you and I’m very lucky to have that.” One of those team-mates, Lampard, became the first Chelsea player to take the midfield prize – presented this year by Sir Bobby Charlton – and only the second English-based footballer after Beckham’s success nine years ago. He said: “It feels very good. When you see the players that you’re up against there are some world-class players there. I’ve been up for the award for three years now so it’s nice to finally win it.”
Best Goalkeeper
2008 Petr Čech Chelsea FC
2007 Petr Čech Chelsea FC
2006 Jens Lehmann Arsenal FC
2005 Petr Čech Chelsea FC
2004 Vítor Baía FC Porto
2003 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
2002 Oliver Kahn FC Bayern München
2001 Oliver Kahn FC Bayern München
2000 Oliver Kahn FC Bayern München
1999 Oliver Kahn FC Bayern München
1998 Peter Schmeichel Manchester United FC
Best Defender
2008 John Terry Chelsea FC
2007 Paolo Maldini AC Milan
2006 Carles Puyol FC Barcelona
2005 John Terry Chelsea FC
2004 Ricardo Carvalho FC Porto
2003 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid CF
2002 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid CF
2001 Roberto Ayala Valencia CF
2000 Jaap Stam Manchester United FC
1999 Jaap Stam Manchester United FC
1998 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid CF
Best Midfielder
2008 Frank Lampard Chelsea FC
2007 Clarence Seedorf AC Milan
2006 Deco FC Barcelona
2005 Kaká AC Milan
2004 Deco FC Porto
2003 Pavel Nedvěd Juventus
2002 Michael Ballack FC Bayern München
2001 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia CF
2000 Gaizka Mendieta Valencia CF
1999 David Beckham Manchester United FC
1998 Zinédine Zidane Juventus
Best Forward
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United FC
2007 Kaká AC Milan
2006 Samuel Eto’o FC Barcelona
2005 Ronaldinho FC Barcelona
2004 Fernando Morientes AS Monaco FC
2003 Ruud van Nistelrooy Manchester United FC
2002 Raúl González Real Madrid CF
2001 Raúl González Real Madrid CF
2000 Raúl González Real Madrid CF
1999 Andriy Shevchenko FC Dynamo Kyiv
1998 Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milano
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United FC
2007 Kaká AC Milan
2006 Ronaldinho FC Barcelona
2005 Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC
2004 Deco FC Porto
2003 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus FC
2002 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid CF
2001 Stefan Effenberg FC Bayern München
2000 Fernando Redondo Real Madrid CF
1999 David Beckham Manchester United FC
1998 Ronaldo FC Internazionale Milano
Source: ©uefa.com 1998-2008. All rights reserved.
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