| 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, September 18, 2012
TODAY'S FIXTURES....................UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE......................
TUESDAY'S UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ENCOUNTER RESULTS
| 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 |
| 9' | Younés Belhanda (pen) | 1 - 0 | |
| 16' | 1 - 1 | Lukas Podolski | |
| 18' | 1 - 2 | Gervinho |
| 41' | 0 - 1 | Benedikt Höwedes | |
| 58' | Djamel Abdoun | 1 - 1 | |
| 59' | 1 - 2 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar |
| 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
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]
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Monday, September 17, 2012
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.
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
. Left: River vs Boca at El Monumental Right: Boca vs River at La Bombonera |
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| 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) |
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]
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
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.
KUELEKEA RIO DE JANEIROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Africa
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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