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2011 Champions League Finals: Manchester United versus FC Barcelona

2011-05-06T04:47:00.000-07:00

Manchester United and FC Barcelona will meet in the pitch once again to reclaim the previous glory of being the #1 football club in Europe.

Being previous champions of the prestigious UEFA Champions League, both club, Manchester United and FC Barcelona, for sure will treat us an intense final match for the 2011 UEFA Champions League Cup. Passion to win the Cup will drive both teams to strive hard and give all that they've got! This will also be the chance for Manchester United to avenge their loss to FC Barcelona last 2009 UEFA Champions League. For FC Barcelona, this will be a match to show that they're the best club in Europe. Both teams are great and a force to be reckoned with when it comes to football! I think no one can disapprove that.

The FINAL MATCH for the 2011 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE is scheduled on May 28, 2011 at Wembley Stadium in London.

I'm a Manchester United fan!! So, GLORY! GLORY! MAN. UNITED!!! It just gives me the chill and I can't wait for the FINAL MATCH!

Sources: UEFA.com, google search

Manchester United for the Champions League Finals!

2011-05-04T16:42:00.000-07:00

Manchester United boosted their way to the Champions League finals defeating FC Schalke with a commanding score of 4-1 (6-1 on aggregate) during their 2nd leg match in Old Trafford(Home to Manchester United football club), thus completely finishing the task of stopping FC Schalke and securing a spot in the finals.

Now that Manchester United FC is in, this is gonna be one of the best REMATCH in the sport. Will the club edge out FC Barcelona in the finals and avenge their loss last 2009 Champions League Finals.

No matter what happens! I'm Manchester United all the way!!
GLORY!! GLORY!! Man. United!!

FC Barcelona to the FINALS!!

2011-05-03T17:06:00.000-07:00

FC Barcelona proved once again that they're undoubtedly the #1 football club in Spain by defeating Real Madrid FC (3-1 on aggregate) with a 1-1 score at Camp Nou-Barcelona during their 2nd leg match for a place in the finals of the UEFA Champions League, thus ending the club's hopes for another title.

As for the finals, will it be a rematch between Manchester United and FC Barcelona? Or will be FC Schalke's first Champions League final against the dominating FC Barcelona? Can't wait for the Finals!!!

Who will be crowned 2011 Uefa Champions League Champion?

2011-05-02T10:53:00.001-07:00

Now that only four teams are left for the 2011 Champions League tournament. Who will be crowned champions?

With the first legs of the semi finals going to FC Barcelona (2-0 win against Real Madrid) and Manchester United (2-0 win against Schalke FC), I'd to say that FC Barcelona and Manchester United will most likely meet in the finals, there's a big BUT we can't just take out Real Madrid and Schalke for a space in the finals. I mean, having reached this far, they won't simply hand over the opportunity of becoming Champions and the right to be called the #1 football club in Europe. The ball is round and 90 minutes is enough to create an upset for FC Barcelona and Manchester United.

Here's the match schedules for the 2nd leg game:

May 3, 2011

Real Madrid FC vs FC Barcelona

(FC Barcelona leads Read Madrid FC 2-0 at Camp Nou-Barcelona)

May 4, 2011

Manchester United vs FC Schalke

(Manchester United leads FC Schalke 2-0 at Old Trafford-Manchester)

Anyway, Manchester United for the win! :) Hahahaha... Hope they'll be crowned champions once more!! Glory glory Man United!!

Source: UEFA.com

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - FC Inter Milan crowned CHAMPIONS

2010-05-23T07:36:00.000-07:00

FC Inter Milan finally got their Champions League trophy since 1965.

During the finals of the 2010 Champions League finals between FC Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. Inter Milan proved worthy of the trophy after Diego Milito scored 2 goals(35th and 70th minute) for Inter Milan to be crowned champions.

Congratulations to FC Inter Milan... Forza FC Inter Milan!!

Final game highlights at UEFA.com

Champions League: Bayern Munchen vs Lyon

2010-04-27T19:13:00.000-07:00

Bayern took a place in the Champions League finals by winning a one sided 3-0 match (4-0 on aggregate)in their 2nd leg match against Lyon. Bayern dominated Lyon through their forward Ivica Olic' who scored the hattrick.

Bayern now waits to see the winner between Inter Milan and Barcelona to meet in the finals. Inter Milan and Barcelona is set for their 2nd leg game this April 28 at Camp Nou, Barcelona. As for Bayern, Congratulations!!

Match highlights could be seen in UEFA.com

Watch Football Online

2010-04-27T09:18:00.000-07:00

Don't know where to watch live streaming football/soccer game in the internet?? Try visiting footballstreaming.info.

This site has the a variety of channels for live streams of latest football/soccer games such as the English Premiere League, Champions League and the coming FIFA World cup. So, enjoy watching!!

Champions League: Inter Milan vs FC Barcelona (2nd Leg, semi-finals)

2010-04-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

A match between a football club from Spain and Italy, what else can you ask for? This means total excitement!!

FC Barcelona will meet Inter Milan in the Champions League's 2nd leg match with the hopes to avenge their 3-1 lost in their 1st leg match and go straight to the finals. The match will be on April 28 at Camp Nou, Barcelona giving Barca the home court advantage.

I'm betting for Inter Milan... Forza Inter!!

Champions League: Lyon vs Bayern (2nd Leg, semi-finals)

2010-04-25T20:20:00.000-07:00

Now that Bayern leads 1-0 against Lyon in the 1st leg of the Champions League's semi finals. The question is can Bayern protect that lead in the 2nd leg and go straight to the finals? or can Lyon pull up an upset and go ahead instead? Well there's only one way to find out, PLAY the game!!!

The 2nd leg match will be held this April 27 giving Lyon the home court advantage. Whoever wins this will meet the Inter Milan or Barcelona in the finals.

The 2010 Fifa World Cup

2010-04-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

The Johannesburg

The 2010 Fifa World Cup is set to play in June 11, 2010 to be held in Johannesburg, the game will be played by the hosting team, South Africa against Mexico. This will be first time that the World Cup will be held in South Africa.

I'm really excited for this World Cup. I already got my eye on England because I think that they have really stepped upped their game lately. I just hope they could get through and win the World Cup.

The 2010 World Cup Groupings

2010-04-16T12:06:00.000-07:00

Here's the groupings for the World Cup Groups A-H.

Group A
South Africa
Mexico
Uruguay
France
Group B
Argentina
Nigeria
Korea Republic
Greece
Group C
England
USA
Algeria
Slovenia
Group D
Germany
Australia
Serbia
Ghana
Group E
Netherlands
Denmark
Japan
Cameroon
Group F
Italy
Paraguay
New Zealand
Slovakia
Group G
Brazil
Korea DPR
Côte d'Ivoire
Portugal
Group H
Spain
Switzerland
Honduras
Chile

Source: Fifa.com

FIFA 2010 World Cup Theme Song

2010-04-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I'm back!! After a very long period I'll return to blogging. It's just good to be back!! Hahahaha... Anyway, I got inspired by the World Cup Official Song, The Wavin' Flag by K'naan. I just can't describe the feeling every time I hear the song... Just want to share a video of that song that I got from Youtube. Enjoy!

Here's the song lyrics:

When i get older, they'll call me freedom
Just like a Waving Flag.

[Chorus]
When I get older, I will be stronger,
They'll call me freedom, just like a Waving Flag,
And then it goes back, and then it goes back,
And then it goes back

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
but Violent prone, poor people zone,
But it's my home, all I have known,
Where I got grown, streets we would roam.
But out of the darkness, I came the farthest,
Among the hardest survival.
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
Except no defeat, surrender retreat,

So we struggling, fighting to eat and
We wondering when we'll be free,
So we patiently wait, for that fateful day,
It's not far away, so for now we say

[Chorus]

So many wars, settling scores,
Bringing us promises, leaving us poor,
I heard them say, love is the way,
Love is the answer, that's what they say,
But look how they treat us, Make us believers,
We fight their battles, then they deceive us,
Try to control us, they couldn't hold us,
Cause we just move forward like Buffalo Soldiers.

But we struggling, fighting to eat,
And we wondering, when we'll be free
So we patiently wait, for that faithful day,
It's not far away, but for now we say,

[Chorus] 2x

(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And everybody will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And you and I will be singing it
(Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhhh Ohhhh)
And we all will be singing it
(Ohhh Ohh Ohh Ohh)

[Chorus] 2x

When I get older, when I get older
I will be stronger, just like a Waving Flag,
Just like a Waving Flag, just like a Waving flag
Flag, flag, Just like a Waving Flag

Source: Lyrics, Video

Askalz pulled out a draw against the Tajiks on AFC

2008-05-15T20:14:00.000-07:00

The Askalz once again proved that the team would not easily bag down to one of the strongest teams in the AFC. Last May 15, 2008, the RP team(Askalz) pulled out a draw against Tajikistan even if the team only had 10 players after the RP team's defender Jason Cordova was rewarded a red card and was sent out in the 21st minute. Even if crippled, the team did not lose hope but instead they had more courage to face the other team. Truly full of heart!

Champions League: Top 10 Scorers

2008-05-15T19:33:00.000-07:00

The EUFA Champions League, will finally come to an end with it's final match on May 21, 2005 between Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC. And as the matches end, the League produced it's top 10 scorers. Here's the list of the top 10 scorers with their produced scores, minutes played and their teams.

Player ----------------------------------------- Score----- Minutes Played----------- Team

Cristiano Ronaldo

897'

Man. United

Didier Drogba

908'

Chelsea

Steven Gerrard

1093'

Liverpool

Fernando Torres

916'

Liverpool

Lionel Messi

808'

Barcelona

Raúl González

714'

Real Madrid

Ryan Babel

789'

Liverpool

Dirk Kuyt

856'

Liverpool

Deivid

814'

Fenerbahçe

Frédéric Kanouté

731'

Sevilla

Player scores from: UEFA.com

AFC Champions League

2008-05-09T10:59:00.000-07:00

AFC Champions League logo

The AFC Champions League in Asian clubs is just like the UEFA Champions League in European clubs. This league, hosted by the AFC(Asian Football Confederation) and in normal circumstances, it is played by 28 Asian clubs along with the league defending Champions.

The league started in 1967 as the Asian Champion Club Tournament. And as a start, it had been played by eight(8) domestic champions from eight Asian leagues who competed in the inaugural season. With the exception of 1968 season, the tournament was held annually until 1971. During this first four editions, two Israeli clubs from Tel Aviv took three championships. But in 1972, due to lack of interests, the tournament was canceled which eventually resulted in withdrawals of most participants except for two clubs. The tournament was not held for next fourteen years. This also due to the fact that professionalism in Asian club football did not start till late 90s and early 2000s. The price money for this league is $600,000 for the winner and $400,000 for the runner up. 2007's champion was the Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan who won 3-1 against Sepahan of Iran.

Some facts were taken from: WikiPedia.com

ShopWiki.com

2008-05-09T10:07:00.000-07:00

Want to go shopping without even going out of your house? Or have you ever tried to shopping online? Why not try shopping online with ShopWiki.com? Shopwiki.com is a site that revolutionizes the way of online shopping. ShopWiki is like a search engine such as google.com that crawls for every site to give information for your search, the system in ShopWiki is somehow the same, they provide the clients or shoppers everything. In short, shoppers can find the product and at the same time the store. With this different approach in online shopping, truly a great ease for shoppers like us. Just search for your product and everything will show up. For example, searching for soccer shoes the site would display the items, the stores and you can even narrow your search in terms of prices.

Also at ShopWiki, shoppers will be linked to more products and more stores. This means that there is a variety of products and stores for shoppers to choose from, just like shopping from other store to another to choose which is better and which is cheaper. Amazing! Isn't it? Come to think about it? Shopping just in your house just using your computer and your internet connection? No need to go out and spend money for other expenses. Try shopping at ShopWiki now.

Screenshot of ShopWiki.com

Adidas FS Alround Gloves

2008-05-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

FS Alround Gloves

Looking for soccer goalkeeper gloves? This could be the one that you're looking, The Adidas FS Alround Gloves, it's dynamic cut makes it flexible and fit in your hands. It's Fingersave technology that uses exchangeable spines in each finger to help protect your bones even against the hardest shots provides security for you and even the goal. The other side of the gloves protects your knuckles and adds distance for every punch you make. And here's the best thing about this, the ClimaCool fabric helps keeping your hands cool and dry even when you're under pressure. Cool huh?!;)

For more information... (www.adidas.com)

Adidas Predator for Soccer Shoes

2008-05-09T06:18:00.000-07:00

The Adidas Predator

The Adidas Predator is one of Adidas' products in soccer shoes for better playing, worn by some famous football superstars such as David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Frank Lampard. Truly a must wear! Anyway, The Predator has extraordinary features which made it as one of the preferred apparel for these superstars. Some of these features were:

Dynamic PowerPulse - it's metallic powdered element shifts the weight forward and gives extra power for every kick.

Xternal Heel Counter - gives extra comfort, support and helps improve stability.

Engineered Predator Technology - has the swerve zone, for greater accuracy and the power zone for power.

Adidas also provided "The Predator" to fit in different fields such as soft, hard, astro turf, indoor, and firm.

For more information... (www.adidas.com)

Philippine Football Team

2008-05-06T20:10:00.000-07:00

Azkals Logo

Being a Filipino soccer player, I am proud that my country has it's own Football team who is currently competing in some tournaments inside and outside the country. The Philippine Football team named the "Azkals", derived from the tagalog word asong kalye as which means street dog started as one of the oldest teams in Asia but even if they are one of the oldest, they never had significant success in the international stage. And for the past years, they were one of the weakest teams in Asia. But even if their record is not that good, players still did not quit on the sport but instead, they are still improving their skills with the help of foreign players such as the Younghusband brother's who are reserves for Chelsea FC. For 2008, the teams is headed again for another upcoming matches for the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. I'm hoping for the best results for the team... God bless "Azkals"!!

Approved for PPP!!

2008-05-06T08:08:00.000-07:00

My blog has just been approved to make reviews for PPP or PayPerPost. By the way, PayPerPost is a network where they allow bloggers to earn or benefit form their blogs. All you need to do is to sign up for PayPerPost, register your blog, wait for the approval, and it's done! You will be given an opportunity and get paid to blog for that. And if your blog drive traffic a lot, there is a possibility that your blog will be accepted immediately. Woah!! As simple as that, you'll earn money?? Interesting, isn't it? Anyway, I'm just glad that I've been approved to this network because it will be another experience for me aside from making blogs about football. This will give me the opportunity to create posts from any kinds of topics, enhance my blogging and at the same time earning money. I've heard about PayPerPost from my friends and classmates in schools as when they where talking about how to earn money from blogging. Upon hearing that, I then registered and got lucky because my blog was approved 1 day after. Anyway, why not try it for yourself and start a new experience in blogging. Join now and start earning!

FINALS::: Manchester United FC vs. Chelsea FC

2008-05-02T07:16:00.000-07:00

For the very first time in the history of UEFA Champions League which will be held in Luzhniki Stadium - Moscow on May 21, 2008. Two English Premiere League teams will meet in the finals. These teams are Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC, these two teams are the one of the dominating teams not only in the English Premiere League but also in European Football. Manchester United FC had already had two Champions League Finals matches way back 1967 and 1998 wherein they were crowned as champions but, it's a different story for Chelsea FC, this years Champions League is their 1st exposure to the league's finals. This could become one of the most unforgettable matches ever in the Champions League knowing that the two teams both have very skillful players such as Christiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and Paul Scholes for Manchester United and Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard, and Michael Ballack for Chelsea. They also have two of the world's best goalkeepers which are Peter Cech(Chelsea) and Edwin Van der Sar(Manchester United). This could truly become a very entertaining showdown. .

The UEFA Champions League Trophy

Some facts were taken from Wikipedia.com

Chelsea FC to the EUFA Champion's League finals for the first time!!

2008-05-02T04:52:00.000-07:00

For the First time, Chelsea FC will have the chance to win the EUFA Champion's League trophie... But before that, they will first meet Manchester United FC in the finals after Manchester FC defeated FC Barcelona in the semi finals.

The match between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC in the quest for the finals was quite close but Chelsea FC emerged as the winner with a score of 3-2 and 4-3 on aggregate and went straight to the finals. Chelsea FC's win was made possible by the goals of Drogba(2 goals) and Lampard(1 goal in penalty) though Liverpool's Torres and Babel scored 2 goals. On the 1st leg match, Chelsea FC was almost defeated by Liverpool FC with a 1-0 score but John Arne Riise of Liverpool committed an own goal which tied the score to 1-1 and ended with a draw.

Lampard's goal which I got from YouTube...

Manchester United FC to the FINALS!!!

2008-05-02T03:46:00.000-07:00

At last!!! My favorite team, Manchester United FC once again have found themselves into the finals of the Champions League against another English Premiere League team, Chelsea FC...

Two of the dominating teams in the English Premiere League will meet in the finals of the UEFA Champions League for the first time aiming to crowned Champions... But before this final match up, Manchester United needed to score at least 1 goal in the 2nd leg match to get themselves to the finals after they have a draw against FC Barcelona in their 1st leg match in Barcelona. Apparently, Manchester United's Paul Scholes answered the call to score up against Barcelona. he scored the only goal in the match with a very beautiful long shot that waved into Victor Valdes' upper left corner, Valdes tried to reach it but the ball was way too high for him.

I've embeded a video of Scholes' goal which I got from YouTube.

Champions League: Liverpool FC vs. Arsenal FC(4-2) Second Leg

2008-04-12T09:45:00.000-07:00

Liverpool FC (4-2) Arsenal FC
(5-3) on Aggregate

Liverpool FC got the spot for the semi finals!

After a tied result in the 1st leg match, Liverpool FC capitalized against Arsenal FC match leaving a (4-2) win on their second leg match and a (5-3) win on aggregate. Arsenal FC's Abou Diaby started the scoring after when he received Alexandr Hleb's short pass and drilled it inside Reina's near post just 13 minutes after start(0-1). On the 30th minute, Sami Hyppia replied to the 1st goal when he met Steven Gerrard's deep cross with a towering header right into the far post(1-1). Then on the 2nd half, goals from Adebayor(2 goals), Torres, Gerrard, and Babel arrived to sum up the (4-2) result in favor of Liverpool. Again, another English Premiere league team went through to the semi finals.

Steven Gerrard celebrating with Fernando Torres after he delivered the penalty kick.

News Source: UEFA.com

Champions League: Liverpool FC vs. Arsenal FC(1-1) First Leg

2008-04-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

Liverpool FC (1-1) Arsenal FC

Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC got a draw in their 1st leg match in the Arsenal Stadium - London.

Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC produced only 1 goal each during their 1st leg match in Arsenal Stadium-London. Arsenal FC's Emmanuel Adebayor scored the 1st goal on the 23rd minute of the match after heading in to goal Robin Van Persie's cross giving Arsenal a (1-0) lead. But just after 3 minutes, Liverpool responded immediately when Steven Gerrard bursted into the Arsenal penalty area by beating two players and provided a low cross that Dirk Kuyt slided in to score from(1-1). The rest of the game time did not produce any goal leaving a draw for the two teams.

Dirk Kuyt's goal just after 3 minutes from the 1st goal set by Emmanuel Adebayor.

News Source: UEFA.com