Thursday, 17 March 2016
SPORT CARTOON FOR TODAY
Messi, Neymar Suarez Score To Confirm Arsenal's Elimination From Champions League
Barcelona thrashed their visitors 3-1 at Camp Nou, with Messi, Neymar and Suarez all scoring, to officially send Arsenal out of the UEFA Champions League, in a match that was already seen by bookmakers as work-over.
Barcelona won the first leg 2-0 at Emirate, and pundits had already predicted that the second leg in Camp Nou was just for formality.
Messi, Neymar and Suarez were obviously to big for Gunners to curtail and the trio ensured that they had their names on the score sheet in the encounter.
Barcelona qualify 5-1 on aggregate, and making history for the first time by defeating Arsenal at home and away.
The match was at a point considered to be one of Barcelona's training session, as they made very close and completed passes that made their visitors come begging to get the ball.
Bayern Scale Through To Quarter-Final Despite Juventus Early Lead
Bayern Munich are through to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions league after defeating Juventus 4-2 in a match that was played for 120 minutes.
Paul Pogba and Juan Cuadrado put Juventus in the lead by two goals in the first half, putting the host under serious pressure to turn the game around before home crowd.
Robert Lewandowski's header gave Bayern hope in the second half and brought life back to the stadium, Juve relaxed, and felt the game would probably end 1-2 until in their favour, Muller's 91 minutes header took the game into extra time.
Thiago Alcantara and Kingley Coman were introduced in the second half and both players made the difference by scoring the two goals of the extra time making Bayern to win 4-2 after extra time, and 6-4 on aggregate.
This is the first time Juventus will concede four goals in a single match since 2013 when it happened against Fiorentina.
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Arsenal Set To Get Mysterious Pound Of Flesh From Barcelona At Camp Nou
Camp Nou will be on fire tonight, when Arsenal will seek to overturn a 2-0 deficit against defending champions Barcelona in the second leg of the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Barcelona beat Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg at Emirate, making bookmakers to right off Arsenal but Arsene Wenger men will aim to prove a point to the Catalans.
Arsenal's quest to scale through is seen by many as a mirage, but Arsenal will become the third club in history to overturn a 2-0 after Barcelona and Manchester United.
Bayern Set To Send Juve Out Of Champions League Tie
Bayern Munich will be looking up to to secure a quarter-final ticket at the expense of Juventus, when both sides clash tonight in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League.
Bayern were compelled to a 2-2 draw at Turin in the first leg, and today's match will determine if they will make headway in the tournament.
Guardiola's side need to win and regain the confidence they need to enable Bayern make way to the semifinal stage of the tournament which has always been Bayern's least performance in the past seven years.
It will also be an honour to Pep Guardiola to win the Champions League with Bayern before leaving for Manchester City in July.
Pep Guardiola To Know Fate Today After Juventus Encounter
Pep Guardiola will lead his German side against Juventus in a second leg encounter that requires nothing short of success.
Bayern were forced to a 2-2 draw in Turin, and Pep had been criticized by management of Bayern of not taking his job serious after securing a new contract at Etihad. He was also threatened to be sacked if eventually he fails to make something meaningful out of this Champions League.
Guardiola will need to ensure that Bayern qualify, to keep their hope alive otherwise may lose his job.
Bayern who took the lead by 2-0 in the first half of the first leg were compelled to draw by the Italian side, making situation more difficult for the Spaniard.
An outright win will see Bayern through, a goalless or 1-1 draw will also favour them, while a 2-2 draw will take the match into extra time.
Pellegrini Drags Manchester City To First Champions League Quarter-final Stage
Manchester City are through to the quarter-final stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time, and history will also have it that Pellegrini was the man who made it.
The Chilean knowing full well that his contract with City will expire at end of season has done all he can to take Manchester City to this historical stage, with hope of going further if they excel in the quarter-final stage.
Pellegrini became the first coach to qualify City to the knock-out stage of the Champions League, and has been able to improve on that by going beyond that.
It will also be recalled that while in charge of City, the club for the first time finished top in their Champions league group stage with 12 points,where they played Sevilla, Juventus and Borussia Monchengladbach.
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