ITS THE LONDON DERBY AGAIN,ARSENAL VS CHELSEA LOCK HORNS AGAIN AT EMIRATES STADIUM TOMORROW.............LETS DIG INTO THEIR RIVARLY.......

Arsenal F.C.–Chelsea F.C. rivalry

Background

While they never considered each other primary rivals, as two of the top clubs in London there has always been strong needle between the fans dating back to the 1930s. Matches between them would often attract large attendances. The Arsenal and Chelsea rivalry has been more recently considered an important derby, after Chelsea's rise to the top class of the Premier League in 2000s, when the two started to compete constantly for the English championship. According to an internet survey of fans in December 2003, the Arsenal fans who responded to the survey said that they considered Chelsea as their third rival, after Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.^[1] Those Chelsea fans who responded to the survey said that they considered Arsenal as their main rival, however Tottenham and Fulham are their more traditional rivals.^[1] In a 2009 survey by the Football Fans Census, Arsenal fans named Chelsea as the club they disliked the most, ahead of their traditional rivals Tottenham. Chelsea fans named Arsenal as their second most-disliked club, behind Liverpool.^[2]

History

The first league meeting between the two teams took place on November 9, 1907 at Stamford Bridge. This was the first Football League First Division game played between two London clubs and drew a then First Division record crowd of 65,000. A match between the clubs at Stamford Bridge in 1935 drew a crowd of 82,905, the second highest recorded attendance for an English league match. They met in two close contested FA Cup semi-finals in the 1950s, with Arsenal winning both times. In the 1960s Chelsea dominated the tie with 14 wins, two draws and just 2 losses during the decade.^[3]
More recently the clubs have contested two major finals, the 2002 FA Cup Final, which Arsenal won 2–0, and the 2007 Football League Cup Final, which Chelsea won 2–1. The two teams have also met in the UEFA Champions League in the quarter-finals in 2003–04 drawing 1–1 at Stamford Bridge, and Chelsea winning 2–1 at Highbury to go through to the semi-finals.
In 2006 the transfer of Ashley Cole from Arsenal to Chelsea further stoked the rivalry, as Cole had been caught meeting Chelsea officials months before.^[4]
The 2007 Carling Cup final was one of the most noted incidents. The game was marred by a fracas involving Frank Lampard, Cesc Fàbregas and others that resulted in yellow cards for the two and three other players sent off, the supposed wrongful dismissal of Emmanuel Adebayor and incidents of Chelsea fans throwing celery at Arsenal players. This led the media to dub it the "Snarling Cup final".
On December 27, 2010, Chelsea came into the Emirates having beaten Arsenal 5 times in a row by a goal differencial of 13–2. Arsenal were victorious upon the final whistle however by a score of 3–1.
On 29 October 2011, another thrilling and fantastic game was played at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal won 5–3 with Robin Van Persie scoring a hat-trick and André Santos and Theo Walcott scoring one goal each. Frank Lampard, John Terry and Juan Mata scored the goals for Chelsea^[5]
Overall, Arsenal have won the more games in history, having won 70 times to Chelsea's 54, with 52 draws (as of 21 April 2012).^[6] Arsenal's record win was a 5–1 victory in a First Division match at Stamford Bridge on November 29, 1930. Chelsea's record win was a 5–0 victory at Highbury in the League Cup on November 11, 1998.
Former Chelsea Striker Didier Drogba holds the mark for the most derby goals with 13.

Chelsea yatoa kipigo cha mbwa mwizi kwa wolves............

Chelsea imeingia duru la nne la kombe la ligi kwa kishindo kwa kuishindilia wolves magoli 6-0,katika dimba la stamford bridge,magoli ya romeu,ryan bertrand,juan mata,torres,cahill na goli la kwanza la victor mosses tangu avae uzi wa ''the blues'' yalitosha kuwapa matajiri wa london ushindi mnono.

Asto Villa yazima ndoto za majirani wa man united na kufuzu duru la nne la kombe la ligi................

. Aston Villa imeushtua ulimwengu katika kile kisichotegemewa na wengi kwa kuichapa man city 4-2 baada ya muda wa ziada,na kufuzu duru la nne la capital one cup,na isitoshe katika uwanja wao wa etihad. Villa ilibidi watoke nyuma mara mbili kabala ya gabriel agbonlahor na Charles N'Zogbia kuipa ushindi villa baada ya muda wa ziada. City walikuwa wa kwanza kuongoza kupitia Mtukutu Balloteli baada ya kazi nzuri ya James Milner,lakini goli la kujifunga la Barry liliwafanya wawiane. Shuti la umbali la wa yadi 20 la Kolarov liliwapa city ahueni kabla ya Agbonlahor kuisawazishia dakika tano baada ya city kuongoza,na mechi kuendelea katika muda wa ziada ambapo Agbonlahor na N'zogbia waliizamisha city. Mancini aliweka nyuso mpya kumi kasoro lescott aliyeingia baada ya Jack Rodwell kuumia wakati wa kupasha misuli.

Real Madrid yarudisha imani kwa mashabiki katika dimba la '''vallecas teresa rivero'''

Rayo Vallecano 0-2 Real Madrid:

Mabingwa watetezi wa la liga jana wameweza kurudisha imani kwa mashabiki wao ya kuwa wanaweza kutetea ubingwa wao baada ya kupata ushindi walioupigania kwa nguvu mno katika dimba la Estadio del Rayo Vallecano (de Vallecas Teresa Rivero) —jijini madrid.Karim Benzema ndiye aliyekuwa wa kwanza kuzifumania nyavu za wapinzani katika dakika ya13 baada ya kuunganisha pasi murua ya Angel di Maria.Iliwachukua hadi dakika ya 70i Real Madrid kupata golila pili baada  ya beki wa kati wa rayo vallecano Jordi Amat kuunawa mpira kabla ya Cristiano Ronaldo kuukwamisha mpira wavuni.

The winners and losers of the summer transfer window

For the major European leagues, there won't be any more transfers until January, so coaches are stuck with their lots - for better or worse.

       By  Leander Schaerlaeckens

 

The European summer transfer window closed on 31st august 2012, bookending a tumultuous silly season that was slow in warming up but roiled feverishly in its final weeks.

For your arguing pleasure, we break down its biggest winners and losers:


Tottenham Hotspur

As new manager Andre Villas-Boas sets about making amends for his failure at Chelsea, his tenure at Spurs has gotten off a strong start with a highly successful transfer window. Though the club ultimately lost its long-running battle to hold onto Luka Modric when he left for Real Madrid in a $52 million move, it invested the money deftly. AVB spun the Modric money and that made off the sales of Vedran Corluka, Niko Krancjar, Steven Pienaar and Rafael van der Vaart, all of whom commanded good fees, into the acquisition of playmakers Gylfi Sigurdsson and Moussa Dembélé, defender Jan Vertonghen and striker Emmanuel Adebayor, whose loan was made permanent. And with time ticking down on the transfer window, Spurs snapped up underrated France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and Fulham’s U.S. forward Clint Dempsey. On balance, Spurs is a much strengthened side while somehow achieving a small surplus in their transfer balance for this window.

Manchester United

In spite of much empirical evidence to the contrary, Paul Scholes can’t play forever. In buying Shinji Kagawa off Borussia Dortmund, United has finally addressed his succession as its playmaking midfielder, since it’s obvious by this point that Anderson isn’t the answer and Tom Cleverley has maturing to do. At a $27 million transfer fee, the Red Devils got good value for money. And for that one move alone, United is a transfer winner. But it managed to snag one Robin van Persie from Arsenal too, instantly turning a strong crop of forwards into a legendary one. Even better news? United unloaded Dimitar Berbatov – the man who can only score in fives – on Fulham.

Chelsea

Roberto Di Matteo is hell-bent on abandoning the defense-first tactics that won him last year’s Champions League and play the more imaginative style he prefers. To that effect, Eden Hazard and Oscar were brought in for a reported $50 million and $40 million, respectively, to help Juan Mata distribute the ball and ignite the offense. But what makes Chelsea’s transfer window a real success is the pickups of wingers Marko Marin and Victor Moses and right back Cesar Azpilicueta for a combined $36 million.

Queens Park Rangers

In a string of savvy pickups, QPR nabbed Junior Hoilett, Ryan Nelsen, Andy Johnson, Robert Green, Jose Bosingwa and Julio Cesar on free transfers. It loaned Fabio from United and signed Samba Diakite, Ji-Sung Park and Stephane M’Bia – all three of whom are candidates for Steal of the Year. And it lost nobody more noteworthy than Paddy Kenny, who was obsolete following the arrival of Green and Cesar.

Inter Milan

Under pressure to cut costs, Inter managed to dump some of its biggest earners in Lucio, Diego Forlan and Cesar on free transfers. Then it flipped Giampaolo Pazzini to AC Milan in a trade that bagged Antonio Cassano and, somehow, an extra $9 million. It got good fees for Luc Castaignos and Goran Pandev and managed to pick up Rodrigo Palacio, Walter Gargano, Alvaro Pereira, Freddy Guarin, Samir Handanovic and Gaby Mudingayi, all well-above average Serie A players. Now, with long-overdue renewal out of the way, Andrea Stramaccioni has something to work with.

Paris Saint-Germain

Continuing its oil-infused spending spree, PSG happily splashed a jaw-dropping $187.5 million on Thiago Silva, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marco Verratti and Lucas Moura. Need much more be said? Word is the Parisians will sign Ajax right back Gregory van der Wiel before the French transfer window shuts early next week, too.

Swansea City

When Liverpool and Manchester City came lusting after Joe Allen and Scott Sinclair, two of last season’s sensations on a sensational Swansea’s sensation debut season, new manager Michael Laudrup wisely sold high and used the money to reinvest it in Pablo Hernandez, Sung-Yong Ki, Michu, Chico and Jonathan de Guzman, buttressing his side while turning a profit in the process.

Losers

Arsenal

The Gunners’ transfer window, for once, started off swimmingly, quickly picking up forwards Olivier Giroud, Lukas Podolski and midfielder Santi Cazorla for very reasonable total of $54 million in fees. And then van Persie left for Arsenal and Alex Song was sold to Barcelona, meaning that, once again, Arsenal will start the season off significantly weaker than it ended the last one.

Fulham

Midfielder Hugo Rodallega, striker Mladen Petric and midfielder Sascha Riether were all very nice free transfer pickups. But that about evened out with the end-of-contract departures of Andy Johnson, Danny Murphy and Pavel Pogrebnyak. But the subsequent sale of Dembélé and Dempsey robs Fulham of the two most decisive players in an offense that made them fun to watch last season. Berbatov, Fulham’s deadline pickup, is only a small consolation.

AC Milan

In a similar predicament as Inter, cross-town rival Milan had to downsize and rejuvenate its squad. Sulley Muntari, Riccardo Montolivo and Bojan Krkic are nice pickups – the former two free and the latter on loan. Pazzini is a nice signing, although not worth giving up Cassano and a surcharge. But all this is undone by the loss of Silva and Ibrahimovic. What’s more, with the retirement or departure of iconic veterans such as Alessandro Nesta, Pippo Inzaghi, Mark van Bommel, Clarence Seedorf, Gianluca Zambrotta and Gennaro Gattuso, Milan might face an identity crisis as it rebuilds.

msikilize kocha wa Yanga baada ya mechi dhidi ya mtibwa

okwi vs jkt ruvu....je ni kweli red card?.................toa hukumu?

SI ARSENAL WALA MATAJIRI WA JIJI LA MANCHESTER.................

MAN UTD YAIRARUA LIVERPOOL NYUMBANI KWA MARA YA KWANZA TANGU 2007......................HUKU SUAREZ AKIMPA EVRA MKONO EVRA HARAKA ZAIDI.........................????????????????

JE NI SAHIHI?...................................NANI ALIYEINGIA NA MIGUU MIWILI..................................?

INTERNATIONAL CAREER FOR JOHN TERRY ENDS..............................AMID RACISM CASE. HEARING TODAY.....................

Terry retires from England amid racism case September 24, 2012 -- Chelsea defender John Terry has retired from international football with England. Chelsea defender John Terry has retired from international football with England. STORY HIGHLIGHTS John Terry retires from international football Chelsea defender won 78 caps for England Decision comes on the eve of scheduled FA hearing Terry: "My position with national team untenable" Former England captain John Terry has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect. The Chelsea defender, who won 78-caps for his country, was scheduled to attend an FA hearing on Monday for allegedly racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand. Terry was cleared of the allegations by a London court in July. Terry, who lost the armband on two separate occasions for off-field incidents, says the FA has made his "position with the national team untenable". John Terry cleared of racial abuse Chelsea parade Champions League trophy Chelsea parade Champions League trophy Bayern vs. Chelsea: Final figures Bayern vs. Chelsea: Final figures And the 31-year-old has now confirmed he will be unavailable to represent England in their quest to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. In a statement, he said: "I am today announcing my retirement from international football. I would like to thank the England managers who have selected me for my 78 caps. "I have had great pleasure in sharing that honor with all the players that I've played with. I would like to thank them, the fans and my family for their support and encouragement during my international career. "Representing and captaining my country is what I dreamed of as a boy and it has been a truly great honor. I have always given my all and it breaks my heart to make this decision. "I want to wish Roy Hodgson and the team every success for the future. "I am making this statement today in advance of the hearing of the FA disciplinary charge because I feel the FA, in pursuing charges against me where I have already been cleared in a court of law, have made my position with the national team untenable. "I now look forward to playing for Chelsea FC, and challenging for domestic and European honors, and I want to thank the fans and the club for their continued support." Terry made his England debut in 2003 against Serbia and Montenegro and was made permanent captain in 2008. But his tenure as captain came to an ignominious end in February 2010 after he was revealed as the sportsman behind a gagging injunction involving his private life. A court order had previously been in place, covering an alleged relationship between married Terry and French model Vanessa Perroncel -- a former partner of teammate Wayne Bridge. Terry was restored as captain by Fabio Capello on March 19 2011 before losing the armband once again following the alleged incident with Ferdinand during Chelsea's game at Queens Park Rangers last October. Terry's final game for England was earlier this month when he played in the 5-0 win over Moldova in Chisinau.

JE,NI MABEKI WA TIMU WA TIMU ZOTE MBILI WALIKUWA WAZEMBE...........................................?

WILSHERE BACK IN FULL TRAINING WILL HE REGAIN HIS PREVIOUS FORM..............?..................ONLY TIME WILL TELL.

At last! Wilshere returns to full Arsenal training after 14 months on sidelines

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has handed Arsene Wenger a massive boost by joining his team-mates for training.

The 20-year-old has been plagued by ankle, foot and knee problems and has not played since July 2011. 

But, as revealed by Sportsmail earlier this week, the England player has now stepped up his recovery by taking a full part in training.

All smiles: Jack Wilshere (centre) joins Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Arsenal

Wilshere's agent tweeted: 'Delighted to say that Jack Wilshere was back in full 1st team training today. 

'Understandably he is a very excited young man today.'

Wenger told the official Arsenal website: 'We are so pleased that Jack is back in full training. It’s been 14 months and that’s a long time for someone at his age. It’s an eternity, but it’s great news.

'We have to give him a few training sessions to see how he copes and responds to it. That’s the delicate, sensitive stage - to choose when to bring him in and out. We’ll have to handle that day-by-day.

'We also have Emmanuel Frimpong who has returned to full training this week, which is great news as well. Emmanuel has also been out a long time, but is progressing well.'

Wenger could now play Wilshere in either a specially arranged, training ground friendly or the Gunners Under 21 side's fixture against West Bromwich on October 1 or Reading seven days later as the club look to give him much-needed game time.

On the ball: Wilshere has been sidelined since July 2011 with a serious of injuries

Despite Wilshere's promising progress, his manager will continue to take a cautious approach towards the return of his influential midfielder. 

The youngster has been pencilled in for a return to first-team action towards the end of next month and the club seem determined to resist any temptation to rush Wilshere back before then.

Even though Alex Song left for Barcelona, Wenger still has an abundance of central-midfield options with Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta, Abou Diaby, Aaron Ramsey and Francis Coquelin all vying for first-team starts. 

Tired already? Wilshere will be eased back into the Arsenal team gently after his injuries

The club's once lengthy injury list is now starting to clear up, with Tomas Rosicky, Emmanuel Frimpong and Bacary Sagna – in addition to Wilshere – all close to first-team returns.

Frimpong, who has been sidelined since February with a cruciate ligament injury sustained while on loan to Wolves, has also returned to training. 

Back in the game: Emmanuel Frimpong (left) also returned to training after a cruciate ligament injury

UCL - Arsenal vs Montpellier 2-1 All Goals & Highlights Champions League 18/9/2012

DORTMUND WIN AT SIGNAL IDUNA........

madrid .....................cityyyyyyyy..in action.........

IPI NAFASI YA MWALIMU KATIKA USAJILI NCHINI TANZANIA..................................JE ANAHUSISHWA?

Siku ishirini na kadhaa zilizopita nikiwa natembea kwa kasi,sio kasi sana maana naogopa nitatoka jasho sana kwa sababu naelekea ofisini,ni mtaa maarufu hapa jijini Dar es salaam,ni samora,mara kuna kitu kinanifanya nipunguze kasi,si kingine ni habari za mchezo maarufu duniani na unaopendwa na watu wengi duniani kutokana na ka utafiti kangu nilikokafanya,ni habari zilizoojuu ya kila ukurasa wa magazeti mengi ya michezo.'''Ni habari za usajili wa timu za ligi kuu Tanzania maarufu kama ligi ya VODACOM,zimepambwa ili tu kuvutia soko la uuuzaji wa hayo magazeti,nashawishika kununua,natoa 500 yangu mfukoni nanunua mojawapo.Napata hisia kubwa ninaposoma lile gazeti.
Hisia ninayoipata ni kwamba nikae tayari kuangalia ligi ya ushindani ya nchini Tanzania kutokana na usajili sio nilivyoona hao watu waliosajiliwa wakicheza ila kwa maelezo ya waandishi wa habari wenye taaluma zao na waliosomea kwa miaka kadhaa,napata shauku ya kuhudhuria angalau mechi kadhaa ili nijue je ni usajili wa kweli hasa wa hao wanaoitwa ma-PRO.
Ni ma-PRO kweli ukilinganisha na mishahara wanaayoipata asilimia kubwa ya wazawa wetu,''professional player'' ni mchezaji anayepata kipato kinachozidi matumizi yake kwa mwezi kutokana na maelezo ya FIFA,je kama kuna mchezaji nchi hii anapokea kiasi cha dola 3500 kwa mwezi  si professional,haizidi yale matumizi muhimu ya mtu kwa nchi yetu? mimi na wewetujiulize?
Hao tunaowaita ma-PRO wanakidhi mahitaji ya timu pindi wanapoanza kuzitumikia timu zao,kwa mfumo wa ligi zetu afrika mashariki na kati mchezaji haitaji mda mrefu sana kuzoea mazingira ili kuweza kuitumikia klabu yake kwa ufanisi,lakini swali la kujiuliza kwenye watu millioni tumeshindwa kuzalisha vipaji na kuanza kupigana vikumbo katika usajili wa hao tunaodai wana uwezo kuliko sisi.
Baada ya hayo yote kinachonishangaza katika usajili hapa Tanzania je kuna watu maalium wanaohusika na usajili au ni watu tu kwenye timu kwa sababu wao ni wasaidiaji wa timu pale zinapoyumba kiuchumi,je timu zinasajili kwa matakwa ya kocha,jibu ni hapana,mwisho wa siku tunamuona kocha afanyi kazi yake,namnukuu mmoja wa makocha wa timu kongwe nchini yenye maskani yake mtaa wa msimbazi'''SIMBA SPORTS CLUB''''Mchezaji niliyempendekeza ni mmoja tu,MRISHO NGASSA,hawa wengine wamesajiliwa na viongozi na kama nitaendelea kuwepo sitoruhusu huu utaratibu,ndio maana nawaangalia kama wananifaa nabaki nao na wasionafaa nawaacha,klabu ya simba imeingia hasara sana msimu huu kutokana na uzembe wa kusajili bila matakwa ya kocha matokeo yake timu bado ina mapungufu ingawa wenyewe wanaiona ipo sawa,na hii tabia hata kwa ''''DAR YOUNG AFRICANS FC'''sikumbuki lini hizi timu zilikuwa na watu wanaohusika na kufanya uchunguzi juu watu ambao wanataka kuwasajili,mwisho ni lawama kwa benchi la ufundi wa timu wakati mashabiki walikuwa wanayajua yote hayo waliyafumbia macho.
Chanzo cha haya yote TFF imeshindwa kutekeleza azimio lake la kila timu iwe na timu ya vijana,ukiuliza udhamini lakini naamini fedha za goal project za FIFA ambazo sisi hatuzitumii ipasavyo na shirikisho lenyewe lina vyanzo vingi vya fedha na sijui kwanini wanashindwa kufanya haya yote,je kwanini twasiweke kipengele ambacho mdhamini wa ligi kuu awe na uwezo kwa asilimia flani kudhamini ligi ya vijana angalau hata kwa asilimia 40.au kampuni ya coca-cola ambayo kila mwaka inadhamini ligi za vijana mimi bado naamini TFF wanaweza wakaka nao mezani ili waweze kusaidia vijana ilimwisho wa siku zile dola 3500 ziende kwa mzawa.
Hata kama viongozi wakipendekeza usajili na timu ikawa vizuri kutokana na usajili bado si sahihi,ndio maana kila mwaka Simba na Yanga zinakuwa na utata katika timu zao kwa sababu viongozi wa timu hizi kuna mwaka wanapatia na kuna mwaka wanakosea katika usajili jambo ambalo kama wangemshirikisha mwalimu basi makosa yangekuwa kidogo kwa sababu si kila usajili atakaofanya mwalimu utafikia malengo bali utapunguza makosa kama ungefanywa na viongozi,umefika wakati wa viongozi kuendesha vilabu kwa mifumo inayotakiwa ikiwezekana kuwe na ''''chief scout'''katika kila kilabu ili makosa katika usajili yasiwe mengi............nakala imeandikwa na mmiliki wa blogi hii '''JURGEN,EMMANUEL''''

TODAY'S FIXTURES....................UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE......................

Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Time	Home		Away	Stage	Venue
09:45 EAT	Chelsea	v	Juventus	Group E	Stamford Bridge
09:45 EAT	Shakhtar Donetsk	v	FC Nordsjælland	Group E	Donbass Arena
09:45 EAT	Bayern Munich	v	Valencia	Group F	Allianz Arena
09:45 EAT	Lille	v	BATE Borisov	Group F	Lille Metropole
09:45 EAT	Barcelona	v	Spartak Moscow	Group G	Camp Nou
09:45 EAT	Celtic	v	Benfica	Group G	Celtic Park
09:45 EAT	Braga	v	CFR Cluj-Napoca	Group H	Estadio AXA
09:45 EAT	Manchester United	v	Galatasaray	Group H	Old Trafford

TUESDAY'S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ENCOUNTER RESULTS

Group A

• FT
• Dinamo Zagreb
• 0 - 2
• FC Porto

41'		0 - 1	Lucho González
90' +2'		0 - 2	Steven Defour

• FT
• Paris Saint-Germain
• 4 - 1
• Dynamo Kiev

19'	Zlatan Ibrahimovic (pen)	1 - 0
29'	Thiago Silva	2 - 0
32'	Alex	3 - 0
87'		3 - 1	Miguel Veloso
90' +1'	Javier Pastore	4 - 1

Group B

• FT
• Montpellier
• 1 - 2
• Arsenal

9'	Younés Belhanda (pen)	1 - 0
16'		1 - 1	Lukas Podolski
18'		1 - 2	Gervinho

• FT
• Olympiakos
• 1 - 2
• Schalke 04

41'		0 - 1	Benedikt Höwedes
58'	Djamel Abdoun	1 - 1
59'		1 - 2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Group C

• FT
• AC Milan
• 0 - 0
• Anderlecht

• FT
• Málaga
• 3 - 0
• Zenit St Petersburg

3'	Isco	1 - 0
13'	Javier Saviola	2 - 0
76'	Isco	3 - 0

Group D

• FT
• Borussia Dortmund
• 1 - 0
• Ajax Amsterdam

58'	Mats Hummels (pen miss)
87'	Robert Lewandowski	1 - 0

• FT
• Real Madrid
• 3 - 2
• Manchester City

68'		0 - 1	Edin Dzeko
76'	Marcelo	1 - 1
85'		1 - 2	Aleksandar Kolarov
87'	Karim Benzema	2 - 2
90'	Cristiano Ronaldo	3 - 2

5 GOALS DRAMA AT BERNABEU..................

Ronaldo scores scores a decisive goal in their 1st group stage encounter

Madrid had much the better of the first half, and City had goalkeeper Joe Hart to thank for preserving the deadlock until half-time.
With the hosts continuing to dominate but struggling to find a way through, it was City who opened the scoring, with Edin Dzeko firing home on 68 minutes after Yaya Toure broke away on the counter.
Madrid levelled soon afterwards with a deflected Marcelo strike, but City looked to have won it when Aleksandar Kolarov's free-kick found its way into the corner of the net on 85 minutes.
Madrid would not be beaten, though, and Karim Benzema equalised almost immediately before Cristiano Ronaldo fired home a 90th-minute winner.
In Group D's other game, Borussia Dortmund required a late goal from Robert Lewandowski to secure a 1-0 win over Ajax.
It had appeared that the Bundesliga side would have to settle for a point at home to the group outsiders after Mats Hummels missed a second-half penalty, but Poland striker Lewandowski finally made the breakthrough in the 87th minute to secure a valuable victory.
Arsenal got their campaign off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory at Montpellier.
Arsenal fell behind to the French champions when Thomas Vermaelen brought down Younes Belhanda and the same player stepped up to score from the penalty spot. However, the Gunners hit back quickly, with first Lukas Podolski and then Gervinho scoring to see them into the lead.
Arsenal lived a charmed life in the second half, as Remy Cabella squandered a superb chance - shooting wide after robbing Abou Diaby on the edge of the box. Anthony Mounier found space behind the Arsenal back line but lacked the composure with his finish, while Cabella showed brilliant feet to dink a shot over stand-in goalkeeper Vito Mannone that thudded against the bar.
However, the best chance was passed up by Belhanda with ten minutes remaining. The ball found its way to the Montpellier forward's feet five yards from goal with only Mannone to beat. He set himself but somehow scuffed his shot straight at the Arsenal 'keeper.
The pressure on AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri increased as the Serie A giants were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Anderlecht.
Milan have made a poor start to the new season since allowing a number of big-name players to leave the club, and there was no sign of improvement against the Belgians, with the home fans booing their team's tentative performance.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, two of the stars to have departed the San Siro, were on target as Paris Saint-Germain eased to a 4-1 win over Dynamo Kiev.
Ibrahimovic fired home the opener from the penalty spot and Thiago Silva, making his debut, doubled their advantage. Alex then made it 3-0 and, while Miguel Veloso reduced the arrears late on, Javier Pastore completed the rout in injury time.
Malaga, plunged into financial turmoil in the summer, continued their remarkable start to the new season with a 3-0 win over Zenit St Petersburg at La Rosaleda.
Zenit signed Hulk and Axel Witsel to bolster their European hopes for the 2012-13 campaign, but the big-spenders found themselves a goal down inside three minutes when Isco scored a stunning opener.
Javier Saviola extended the hosts' advantage on ten minutes and, after Zenit missed a host of chances, Malaga wrapped up victory 14 minutes from time as Spain Under-21 international Isco scored another long-range effort.
Schalke secured a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Olympiakos.
Benedikt Howedes had headed home the opener shortly before half-time and, after Djamel Abdoun's equaliser, Netherlands striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar delivered the decisive goal.
Porto, the 2004 champions, claimed a 2-0 victory over Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb.
Midfielder Lucho Gonzalez put Porto into the lead four minutes before the break, and Belgium international Steven Defour put the result beyond doubt with a further goal in injury time.

TODAY IS THE CURTAIN RAISER FOR THE GROUP STAGES OF THE MOST PROLIFIC CLUB COMPETITION IN EUROPE..........................GET TO KNOW WHAT MAKES CLUB BATTLE EACH OTHER INTERMS OF PRIZE...........THE ROAD TO WEMBNLEY BEGINS

UEFA Champions League The current UEFA Champions League official logo, in use since 1992 Founded 1955 (1992 in its current format) Region Europe (UEFA) Number of teams 32 (group stage) 76 or 77 (total) Current champions Chelsea (1st title) Most successful club(s) Real Madrid (9 titles)   As of 2010–11, UEFA awards €2.1 million to each team in the play-off round. For reaching the group stage, UEFA awards €3.9 million, plus €550,000 per group match played. A win in the group is awarded €800,000 and a draw is worth €400,000. In addition, UEFA pays teams reaching the first knockout round €3 million, each quarter-finalist €3.3 million, €4.2 million for each semi-finalist, €5.6 million for the runners-up and €9 million for the winners.[49] Playoffs: €2,100,000 Group stage: €3,900,000 For each match in group stage: €550,000 Group match victory: €800,000 Group match draw: €400,000 Round of 16: €3,000,000 Quarter-finals: €3,300,000 Semi-finals: €4,200,000 Losing finalist: €5,600,000 Winning the Final: €9,000,000 A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the "market pool", the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country. For the 2010–11 season, Manchester United, who lost the final, earned nearly €53.2 million in total of which €27.3 million was prize money, compared with the €51.0 million earned by Barcelona, who won the tournament and was awarded with €30.7 million of prize money.[50]

HELA SI KTU KWA RONALDO ASSIS DE MOREIRA...

RONALDINHO Gaucho ni mwanasoka nyota wa Kibrazil ambaye amekuwa akicheza soka kama kiungo mshambuliaji na ni mtundu mtundu wa kuchezea mpira  na anavutia mno uwanjani.
Jina lake halisi ni Ronaldo de Assis Moreira aliamua kuitwa Ronaldinho kwa kufuata matamshi ya lugha ya Kireno na kujitofautisha na akina Ronaldo wengine ambao ni wengi huko Brazil, kama walivyo akiwa Massawe, Mushi huko Moshi ama akina Sanga huko Njombe, Iringa.
Gaucho ni jina lake la kimichezo ambalo linamtofautisha zaidi na akina Ronaldo wengine.
Kutokana na umahiri wake wa kucheza mpira katika sehemu ya kiungo na kushambulia amefunga magoli mengi katika klabu alizochezea na timu yake ya taifa.
Timu yake ya mwisho kuichezea ni Flamengo na akachaguliwa tena kuichezea Brazil inayotumia jezi za njano na bluu.
Kwa sasa ameachana na Flamengo, kwa madai kuwa ilikiuka mkataba wa kutomlipa mshahara wake.
Ni mmoja kati ya ya wachezaji mahiri wa soka duniani na aliwahi kutwaa tuzo ya Mchezaji Bora wa Dunia mara mbili 2004 na 2005.
Alipata mafanikio makubwa katika uchezaji soka alipokuwa katika timu ya FC Barcelona kisha alihamia katika kikosi cha AC Milan.
Lakini katika miaka ya karibuni alipungua kiwango kitu kilichochangiwa na kuongezeka uzito, pengine ni kutokana na kustarehe baada ya kuwa fedha.
Ronaldinho ni mmoja kati ya wanasoka matajiri duniani aliyepata fedha kupitia uchezaji wake kwenye klabu kubwa duniani na kuingia mikataba minono na makampuni makubwa yaliyokuwa yakimlipa kwa matangazo.
Amekuwa akipata kiasi cha dola milioni 24 kwa mwaka.
Anaelezwa kuwa alikuwa akipata kiasi cha euro milioni 25 kwa mkataba wake wa miaka mitatu katika timu ya AC Milan ya Italia.
Anakadiriwa alikuwa akilipwa dola milioni 10 kwa mwaka kutokana na mshahara wakati alipokuwa Barcelona.
Ametengeza fedha nyingi kwa kuonekana katika matangazo ya kampuni za Nike na Pepsi. Anaaminika kuwa na utajiri wa dola milioni 90.
Ronaldinho kama watu wengi walio na fedha, naye si haba anajua kutumia kwa kuishi maisha ya kifahari kutokana na kuzichanga kwa kutumia kipaji chake cha soka.
Anamiliki nyumba kadhaa kwao Brazil na Hispania. Jumba lake la Hiapania ni bab kubwa na lina nafasi kubwa. Jumba hilo limepambwa likiwa na thamani za bei mbaya huku kwenye kuta zake likiwa na michoro ya gharama pia.

Anamiliki na kuendesha magari ya bei mbaya ya kifahari miongoni mwake ni Mercedes-Benz E-class na Mercedes-Benz CLS.

Si mtu wa wa kupenda kujibanabana, kwani amekuwa akisafiri kwa kutumia ndege ya kukodi anapokuwa na safari.
Kwa kuwa ni mtu anayefahamika na mwenye ushawishi kwa jamii anamiliki mfuko wa hisani kwa ajili ya kusaidia watu wengine, kuna wakati aligombana na kaka yake kwa kutumia fedha vibaya.
Ronaldinho alizaliwa kutoka katika familia ya tabaka la kati nchini Brazil.
Baba yake alikuwa akifanya kazi getini na alipatwa na mkosi wa kufiwa na baba yake wakati akiwa mdogo na umri wa miaka nane.
Katika familia yao amezaliwa pamoja na kaka yake na dada yake.
Amekuwa na mahusiano na wanawake wengi na anajulikana kwa kuwa mahusiano ya mwanamke wa Kifaransa wakati alipokuwa Barcelona.
Ana mtoto wa kiume aliyepata kutokana na kuwa na mahusiano ya kimapenzi na dansa wa Kibrazil, Janaina Mendes.
Kwa kumbukumbu aliamua kumpatia mwanaye jina la marehemu baba yake.  Kwa sasa anadaiwa kuoa, awali alioana na na Milene Domingues lakini alitaliakiana naye.
Ronaldo anamiliki gari la bei mbaya aina ya Bugatti Veyron ambalo linasifika kwa kuwa na kasi. Gari hilo la mashindano limekuwa liteka nyoyo za watu wengi akiwemo Ronaldinho mwenyewe. Limekuwa na mvumo kama wa nyuki likiwa na uwezo wa kusafiri kwa kasi ya kilometa 253 kwa saa na injini ya W16.  alilinunua gari hilo kwa dola milioni 1.8.
Anapokuwa nyumbani hupenda sana kuliendesha gari hilo ambalo nalo lina kazi kubwa ambalo hulitumia wakati wa kwenda mazoezini.
Ana gari Hummer H2, ambalo ni imara  lenye nguvu. Ni gari la ajabu wakati linapotokea ambalo humvutia mtu kuliangalia. Unaweza kusema kuwa haliendani na hadhi yake lakini ndiyo hivyo amelipenda. Ni moja kati ya magari yanapendwa na mastaa wa majuu mmoja wapo akiwa ni mcheza sinema za kibabe Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger.
Kutokana na kuwa na nguvu na kuwa na tairi kubwa, gari hili liweza kupita hata katika barabara mbaya.
Ronaldinho hajazubaa kuhusu kujenga na kumiliki nyumba ya maana. Ana nyumba kubwa na Hispania ya kifahari ambayo mbele yake kuna ufukwe na ina eneo kubwa na ametumia malioni ya dola kuitengeneza.
Nyumba hiyo ina vyumba vikubwa na mabafu, vyumba kwa ajili ya wageni na ukumbi mkubwa, Ina Chumba kikimbwa chenye madirisha makubwa ya vioo vinavyomwezesha mtu anakuwa ndani kuona madhari ya nje.
Eneo ilipo nyumba hiyo ni tulivu, wanayu wanafika hapo huweza kutuliza fikra zao na kujiona wako sehemu ya faragha.
Kuhusu samani zilizopo ndani yaani we acha tu, ni za nguvu na za bei mbaya pamoja na sakafu ya marumaru. Ina bwawa la kuogelea ambapo pembeni yake kuna taa za rangi ya bluu.
Kwenye bustani yake kumepandwa miti ya jamii ya mitende na majani. NI nyumba ambayo mtu akiwa nayo anaweza kujivuna na hasa akiwa na fedha huweza kujiona kama yuko kwenye paradiso fulani.

THE DEADLIEST DERBY IN SOUTH AMERICA!

Superclásico

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El Superclásico

Left: River vs Boca at El Monumental Right: Boca vs River at La Bombonera
City or region	Buenos Aires, Argentina
First contested	August 24, 1913
Teams involved	Boca Juniors, River Plate
Most wins	Boca Juniors (126 wins)
Most player appearances	Reinaldo Merlo (42 matches)

Superclásico is the name used to describe the football match in Argentina between Buenos Aires rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby, with the prefix "super" used as the two clubs are the most popular and successful clubs in Argentine football. According to some statistics, they commandeer more than 70% of all Argentine football fans between them,^[1] with Boca claiming 41% and River 32%.
The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of the fiercest and most important derbies.^[2] In April 2004, the English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die", saying that "Derby day in Buenos Aires makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about."^[3]

Origins and background

The two clubs both have origins in La Boca, the working class dockland area of Buenos Aires, with River being founded in 1901 and Boca in 1905. However, River moved to the affluent district of Núñez in the north of the city in 1925. Since then Boca Juniors has been known as the club of Argentina's working class or the people's club, with many Boca fans coming from the local Italian immigrant community. Boca fans are actually known as Xeneizes (Genoese).^[4] By contrast, River Plate became known by the nickname, Los Millonarios (The Millionaires), with a supposedly upper-class support base.^[2] Both clubs do though have supporters from all social classes.^[4]
The first ever recorded Superclásico was a friendly played on August 2, 1908, when Boca prevailed 2–1. The first official match was played on August 24, 1913, with River winning 2–1.^[5]

Diego Maradona and Reinaldo Merlo disputing the ball in a 1981 Superclásico.

The Superclásico is particularly noted for the passion of the fans, with what the BBC describe as "a sea of colourful flowing banners, screams and roars, chanting, dancing and never-ending fireworks."^[2] Both sets of supporters sing passionate chants aimed at their rivals, often based on popular Argentine rock band tunes. Each stadium, Boca's La Bombonera and River's El Monumental are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. At times the matches have been known to end in fights between the violent factions on both sides or with the police.^[6]
Boca fans refer to River supporters as gallinas (chickens) claiming the lack of guts of River players. Despite the fact that their club traces back its roots to La Boca, River fans refer to their Boca rivals as los chanchitos (little pigs) because they claim their stadium, located in the less affluent La Boca area, smells most of the time,^[2] as well as bosteros (manure collectors) a reference to the smell of a polluted river in La Boca.^[4] Another infamous slur, coined in the late 1990s over remarks of Boca's forward Diego Latorre, is to brand Boca Juniors as "The Cabaret", due to the alleged aspiration of some players to steal the limelight.^[7]
The rivalry between the two clubs can also affect players, particularly those who are transferred between the two clubs. Cataldo Spitale was the first to make the change, when he left Boca to sign for River in 1933. Oscar Ruggeri, who moved to River from Boca in 1985 said, "It's not easy I can tell you. One side looks on you as a traitor and the other doesn't really trust you. You need time to adapt and a lot of character to win people over." Some players have gone so far as to state that they would not play for the other club such as River's Uruguayan player Enzo Francescoli while Diego Maradona during his time playing for Argentinos Juniors, refused to even consider a move to El Monumental, stating that his dream was to play for Boca.^[8]
Recently, on March 21 in the Clausura 2010 tournament, the two teams started playing in La Bombonera. At the 9' the match was suspended because of heavy rainfall in Buenos Aires. The pitch was practically flooded, but in spite of this, the referee, Héctor Baldassi, stated that the match could be played.^[9] In the course of the match, the two teams were unable to keep possession, because the ball became repeatedly bogged down. The match restarted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 and was played with two halves of 41 minutes.^[9] This was the first Superclásico suspended in history.^[10]
June 26, 2011 will forever be an historical date for this match, because of the relegation of River Plate, event that will make the 2011–12 Argentine Primera División season the first that does not have any Superclásico matches.

Puerta 12 tragedy

River Plate's player Luis Artime scoring a goal during the 1962 Superclásico. River won

On June 23, 1968, in El Monumental after a match between the two teams 71 fans were killed in a crush at gate 12 and 150 fans injured. The disaster was the worst football related incident in the history of Argentine football and the majority of the dead were teenagers and young adults. The average age of the victims was 19.
There are various claims as to what exactly happened that day. Some claim that the disaster happened after Boca Juniors fans threw burning River flags from the upper tiers of the stadium, causing a stampede of their own fans in the lower tier.^[11]
Others claim that it happened after River fans arrived at the Boca section, causing the stampede of the visiting fans. Yet others claim that gate 12 was locked, or would not open at the time, and that the fans at the back did not hear the ones at the front telling them to stop coming in. William Kent, River's former president, claimed that the police were the culprits, as they began repressing Boca fans after they had thrown urine at them from the stands. Some witnesses claim that the turnstiles to the exit were blocked by a huge iron pole.^[12]
After three years of investigation a government enquiry found no-one guilty, much to the disappointment of the families of the victims. Since the tragedy, the gates at El Monumental have been identified by letters instead of numbers.^[13]
At the end of the 1968 season the 68 football clubs in the Argentine Football Association collected 100,000 pesos for the families of the deceased.

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Qualifiers

Africa

Group A

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Ethiopia	2	1	1	0	3	1	4
Central African Republic	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
South Africa	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Botswana	2	0	1	1	1	3	1

Group B

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Tunisia	2	2	0	0	5	2	6
Sierra Leone	2	1	1	0	4	3	4
Equatorial Guinea	2	0	1	1	3	5	1
Cape Verde Islands	2	0	0	2	2	4	0

Group C

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Côte d'Ivoire	2	1	1	0	4	2	4
Tanzania	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
Morocco	2	0	2	0	3	3	2
Gambia	2	0	1	1	2	3	1

Group D

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sudan	2	1	1	0	2	0	4
Ghana	2	1	0	1	7	1	3
Zambia	2	1	0	1	1	2	3
Lesotho	2	0	1	1	0	7	1

Group E

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Congo	2	1	1	0	1	0	4
Gabon	2	1	1	0	1	0	4
Burkina Faso	2	0	1	1	0	1	1
Niger	2	0	1	1	0	1	1

Group F

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Nigeria	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Namibia	2	1	0	1	1	1	3
Malawi	2	0	2	0	1	1	2
Kenya	2	0	1	1	0	1	1

Group G

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Egypt	2	2	0	0	5	2	6
Guinea	2	1	0	1	3	3	3
Zimbabwe	2	0	1	1	0	1	1
Mozambique	2	0	1	1	0	2	1

Group H

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Benin	2	1	1	0	2	1	4
Algeria	2	1	0	1	5	2	3
Mali	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
Rwanda	2	0	1	1	1	5	1

Group I

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Libya	2	1	1	0	3	2	4
Congo DR	2	1	0	1	2	1	3
Cameroon	2	1	0	1	2	2	3
Togo	2	0	1	1	1	3	1

Group J

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Senegal	2	1	1	0	4	2	4
Uganda	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Angola	2	0	2	0	1	1	2