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Goals, A Nemesis And A First Touch
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012FIFA.com’s latest stats review highlights a milestone for Real Madrid and personal ones for two of their players, a high-scoring contest in France, Joleon Lescott’s scoring success against Aston Villa and a dream start to Roy Carroll’s Olympiacos career. 4,000 league goals at the Bernabeu is the total Real Madrid reached when Cristiano Ronaldo put [...]
Lacazette Sees Lyon Edge Cypriots
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Alexandre Lacazette’s deflected goal gave Lyon a much-needed 1-0 win in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League clash with APOEL Nicosia. APOEL, the first Cypriot side to reach the last 16, showed no attacking intent – they did not have a shot until the 88th minute – and looked for much of the [...]
Skrtel Confident On Season Targets
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Liverpool have three targets left to aim for this season and defender Martin Skrtel sees no reason why they cannot secure the lot. Qualification for the UEFA Champions League remains the primary aim, as it was when the campaign kicked off, but the League Cup final appearance scheduled for the end of the month gives [...]
Silva: Henry Is Incomparable
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Robin van Persie may have been the hotshot in the Premier League throughout 2011 and is top scorer so far this season but AC Milan centre-back Thiago Silva is more worried about veteran Thierry Henry. The Brazilian will be tasked with trying to keep Arsenal’s vivacious forwards at bay during the UEFA Champions League second [...]
Leno: Obscurity To Stardom In Six Months
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Back in early August 2011, Bernd Leno was in action at the Jahn Stadium in the Bavarian provincial city of Regensburg. In the sweltering summer heat, he and his Stuttgart U-23 team-mates had just been beaten 2-0 by Jahn Regensburg in the German third division. The goalkeeper was his team’s man of the match, preventing [...]
Boys From Brazil Fuel APOEL Ambition
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012APOEL Nicosia’s 0-0 draw at Zenit St. Petersburg last November was greeted with jubilation by the Cypriot side’s sextet of Brazilian players. Emptying buckets of ice in the dressing room and turning them upside down, they began beating out a hypnotic rhythm, the team singing along in unison as midfielder Marcinho climbed on top of [...]
Moratti Will Not Press Panic Button
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti insists there will be no knee-jerk reaction to the team’s disappointing run of Serie A results. I Nerazzurri, Scudetto winners every season from 2006 to 2010, suffered their third defeat in four games on Sunday in a shock 1-0 reverse against bottom-of-the-table Novara at the San Siro. But Moratti is [...]
Alves: Zenit Can Beat Benfica
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg will be missing key players for their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg clash with Portuguese giants Benfica on Wednesday, but defender Bruno Alves is confident they can overcome those blows. Zenit will be without Portuguese international midfielder Miguel Danny, who is out for at least six months with [...]
Alves: Zenit Can Beat Benfica
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg will be missing key players for their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg clash with Portuguese giants Benfica on Wednesday, but defender Bruno Alves is confident they can overcome those blows. Zenit will be without Portuguese international midfielder Miguel Danny, who is out for at least six months with [...]
Henry Hoping To Go Out With A Bang
Posted in Sports on 21 February 2012Thierry Henry will be looking to give the club he loves a farewell gift as he makes his final appearance for Arsenal against AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. Henry’s second spell at the North Londoners is set to come to an end on Thursday when he will return to the New [...]