Thursday, 7 March 2013

Uefa Champions League results

The Uefa Champions League has reached the last of the Knockout Stages for some teams. These are the results from the 5th and 6th of March: Man Utd 1-2 Real Madrid. A very close game all-round but a lot of controversey at the start when Utd winger Nani was sent off for a studs up challenge. It was the start of the second half when the opening goal was scored, a scramble for the ball led to Sergio Ramos to put it in his own net. Not so long after Luka Modric scored after coming on as a sub, then three minutes later Ronaldo scored against his own club. The final score was 1-2 Real Madrid and on aggregate the scores were (2-3).

Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Shakhtar Donetsk. Two goals in six first-half minutes put Jurgen Klopp's side in command, with Felipe Santana heading the first and Mario Gotze tucking in the second.
Shakhtar offered little resistance, although substitute Douglas Costa went close early in the second half.
Jakub Blaszczykowski sealed victory after an error by keeper Andriy Pyatov. It was (5-2) on aggregate.

These are the scores from the 6th of March: PSG 1-1 Valencia.
The visitors needed at least two goals to progress, and Jonas's powerful finish gave them hope.
But Ezequiel Lavezzi equalised, firing home at the second attempt, and Valencia could not find a second. David Beckham was an unused substitute for the French side,
Paris St-Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti has taken four different clubs into the Champions League quarter-finals (Juventus, Milan, Chelsea, PSG). Jose Mourinho is the only other coach to do so.
The former England captain has started one game and come off the bench twice since joining Carlo Ancelotti's side. 

Juventus 2-0 Celtic. 
Early Celtic promise from Joe Ledley's rising shot was tempered when Alessandro Matri followed up on Fabio Quagliarella's shot to score.
Gary Hooper almost turned in an away goal from Georgios Samaras' centre.
And Efe Ambrose wasted a header for the visitors before Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal combined to set up Quagliarella for a simple finish.
Trailing by three goals from the first leg in Glasgow and without skipper Scott Brown, any faint hopes of a remarkable Celtic comeback ended on 24 minutes when Matri finished off from close-range.
Manager Neil Lennon will be frustrated that his side could not fashion a goal and by defensive lapses on a rain-lashed evening in Turin.
However, on reflection, Celtic can only assess their European campaign positively.

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