Articles tagged with "final"
Russian Scientists guarentee there will be no rain for the CL Final
By Rob | May 16th, 2008Wouldn't it be awful if Europe's premier showdown got ruined by rain, and just turned into a long-ball defensive fest? Well Russian scientists clearly agree, and in a move that shatters any Cold-War sterotype about Russian Science has devoloped a tec ...
Michael Ballack on Jose, Making it into the Chelsea team, and always coming second
By Rob | May 15th, 2008Midfielder Michael Ballack has been the centrepiece to the Chelsea revival. At the begining of the season, Chelsea looked lethargic, and had two players considered by many to be the best in the world, sat on the bench on the whim of the manager. That ...
Best UEFA Cup final ever?
By Ian Rose | May 13th, 2008Tomorrow, the 37th champion of the UEFA Cup will be crowned, and it will be the first UEFA Cup for either side if they manage it. Looking back on all those years, which are the best UEFA Cup finals ever? My three candidates are as follows: ...
We want YOU to help pick the first annual Readers CL XI
By Rob | May 8th, 2008So yet another Champions League season is coming to a close. Soon we'll know if Chelsea or Manchester United are champions of europe. There's been some fantastic moments, and its been a pleasure to be here. So rather than us picking a team and tellin ...
Photos of the Day: Or In Soviet Russia Photoshop Edits YOU!
By Rob | May 8th, 2008Over on the Guardian they've got you the people, to photoshop lots of amusing images to celebrate the upcoming Chelsea/Man United Champions League final. Most follow a Communist artwork route as the final is in Moscow, so if you want to see Drogba as ...
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By Rob | May 6th, 2008This season's Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament ...
The 2007/8 Champions League. In Numbers.
By Rob | May 6th, 2008This season's Champions League is quickly drawing to a close. Just two teams remain, Chelsea and Manchester United. So while the CL Offisde team prepares its teams of the tournament, and before we hand over to you to pick your team of the tournament ...
The Latest Bizzare Ticket descion for UEFA
By Rob | April 17th, 2008So your team is in the semi-final of the Champions League. Your mind i sbegining to dream about Moscow, about watching your team lift the biggest club trophy of them all. Well you should probably stop dreaming and get onto your club, because UEFA are ...
The Latest Bizzare Ticket descion for UEFA
By Rob | April 17th, 2008So your team is in the semi-final of the Champions League. Your mind is begining to dream about Moscow, about watching your team lift the biggest club trophy of them all. Well you should probably stop dreaming and get onto your club, because UEFA are ...
Rangers win league cup on penalties
By Ian Rose | March 16th, 2008Rangers are the most trophied football club on the planet, going into this season with 107 major trophies (51 league championships, 31 Scottish Cups, 24 league cups, and 1 European Cup Winners' Cup), but it's been a bit of a dry spell for the blue half of
Your UEFA Cup Bracket
By Ian Rose | March 14th, 2008Well, the draw is complete, and in true March Madness style, here's your UEFA Cup bracket for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final. Enjoy.
The road to the derby- Blast from the past: Galatasaray 5-1 Fenerbahce
By Musab | December 6th, 2007The Turkish cup final 2 years ago, beat the lesser ones, got our cup. 'Nuff said.
Brazil 0 - 2 Germany
By Bruno Romani | September 30th, 2007It’s sad. But that’s how real champs are formed. Brazil faced Germany today in the final of the women’s World Cup and lost, 2-0. Unlike Germany, this is a team that in the last four years played less than 5 officials games. They lacked experience de
Don't Cry and Chupa, Argentina! (Again)
By Bruno Romani | July 15th, 2007More Details on the Crushing of los Hermanos Soon! Chupa Argentina! Update One more time Argentina had the top-stars. One more time Brazil had a B team. And one more time the Brazilian B team was hungrier than the big-names of the rival
More Anfield Banter: Yossi Benayoun, Gabriel Paletta, 2005 CL Final, Xabi praises Coleman, & those delusional Evertonians
By Brian | July 9th, 2007* It looks as if we've agreed on the contract terms for West Ham midfielder and Israeli National team captain, Yossi Benayoun. All we need now is for the Hammers to accept our latest transfer fee offer, which is believed to be around £5m, but apparently
DFB-Pokal: Nürnberg wins Cup, Stuttgart loses Temper and Double
By Jan | May 29th, 2007It seems that the public viewing areas of last years World Cup had a lasting impact on German football consumption habits. When the time for the all decisive and important matches of this season came the concept was swiftly revived and 60000 Schalke ...
Champions League: Super Freaking Pippo!
By Martha | May 23rd, 2007Holy. Crap. Ok, so the match itself wasn't much to write home about, but the two goals from Pippo and his reaction to the second were more than worth the price of admission. I will never say anything bad about the man again. Ever. Away from the
Champions League: Proving the Scoreboard Wrong
By Martha | May 23rd, 2007According to UEFA's surprisingly entertaining Champions League blogger (I hope it says that on his business cards), the tests running on the scoreboard in Athens earlier today predicted dire things for Milan: Either a 1-1 draw with goals by Xabi Alons
Champions League: Morning Roundup
By Martha | May 23rd, 2007First and most importantly, let it be know that, among all of today's Final participants, Jamie Carragher is the only one with the legal right to "drive a herd of sheep through the streets of Bootle." (And no, that's not a Google translate sentence.) Crai
We WILL Score at Anfield!!
By Andy | April 26th, 2007Finally Chelsea scored a goal in Europe against the 'Scum' of Liverpool. Five matches and finally a goal. What makes Joey's first half goal so special in last night's enthralling encounter was the goal became the first LEGAL, WITHOUT DISPUTE, WITHOUT
My Coupe runneth over: The Lyon sleeps tonight, Bordeaux wins the Cup
By Sam | March 31st, 2007It's become somewhat of a tradition since Lyon started their Ligue 1 dominance all those years ago. That of Lyon not being able to win a Cup, regardless of their brilliance in the league. I'll hand it to them, they came pretty damn close this time, but no
My Coupe runneth over: League Cup Final! Preview!
By Sam | March 30th, 2007As Bob reported yesterday, League Cups could be on their way to getting a little more attention in years to come. This sets the stage for the grand finale of the Who Cares Cup, aka la Coupe de la Ligue. Pitting the top two finishers from last year, it wil
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