One month away from FOOTBALL season

FOOTBALL SEASON
hi guys, after all the drama on the worldcup is over now its time to get back to the actual football business.
The worldcup was mainly around spain, maradona, england, brazil, Octopos paul, holland. In the end it was iniesta who took everything with him. Many players like Rooney, messi, ronaldo, kaka and torres dint find their form in the worldcup. But everybody knows that how much power they have and produce when it comes to the club football.
Lots of speculations are going on few transfers and few transfer rumors and we have to wait until the last day of transfer window to find out which player is in which team....:)
In EPL the rumors are mainly upon the Fabregas, Torres and Cole. If any one rumors happens it will change the top teams.
In Spanish league barcelona are on high as 8 of their players are in worldcup winning squad. and as far as real madrid concerned they have got one of the best coach for this season.
In italy Inter mailn are on high after winning all the trophies last season and want to continue their form this season too.

WORLD CUP RESULTS

The last few matches results are as follows:
Italy vs Paraguay
It was the shocking day for the world champions italy as they have to settle for the draw against paraguay. paraguay striker alcaraz at 38th minute to take one up lead but in the second half it was De rossi who equalled the score that was the last goal match and italy have to settle with the draw. and they have to win all the remaining matches to keep in the race of retaining title
New zealand vs Slovakia
It was the first match for both the teams but it was slovakia who have scored the first goal of the match by vittek at the 49th minute and it was the goal which everybody thought last goal but in the extra minute at 92nd minute Reid scored a beauty to secure a draw and both the teams have to improve their standards.

World cup Results

Its been the busy week as many great matches are happening in africa and i am giving you few results of the matches that happened last few days.

Japan 1-0 Cameroon

We have seen a surprise result today as japan have beaten cameroon by one goal. it's the first time cameroon have lost opening match in the world cup and it is the first time japan have won the first match in the world cup. the sole goal was scored by japan striker Honda in the first half which is just enough for them to win and now they have a great chance to go to kock-out stage. as far as cameroon is concerned they have to fight hard to get into the next stage.

Netherland 2-0 Denmark

The dark horse netherland have won it easily over denmark in the opening match of the tourament. In the first half the match was evenly balanced as both the team tried to score but in the second half holland scored in the opening minute to get a one goal by Agger and in the final minute of the match kuyt doubled the score and sealed the match for the Netherland.

Germany vs Australia

It was a high scoring match as Germany Made an easy run over australia. they scored two goals each in either half of the match. The key players klose and podoski all came to form from the poor club performance. and the second half goals were scored by muller and cacao. but as far as match was concerned germany had even more easy chances but they have missed many anyhow they are back and back with the splendid form so we have to wait and watch

WORLD CUP RESULTS

As the world cup started with a bang the results of few matches are as follows:
England 1-1 USA
One of the most awaited match in the group stage kick started and it was as expected and england scored in the opeoning third minute of the match from their inspirational skipper Gerrard. but after that england missed many chances and USA utilized that chance and scored in the 39th minute by Dempsey and the score was draw and that is the final score as both team couldn't score more.
Argentina 1-0 Nigeria
The maradona team won over the nigerians with one goal from the Heinze at the 6th minute of the match. eventhough messi had his chances but couldn't convert it into the goals as the strong defending from negerian defenders. anyhow what is required is win and they have it and they want to keep the same tempo throughout the tournament
South Korea 2-0 Greece
south korea have won easily over the greece team by two goals and the goals are from the Lee at the 6th minute and their captain Park-ji-sung at 51st minute. park continued his form from manutd to here and he wants the same play from him and his side against Argentina when they face them in the second match in the tournament.
Algeria 0-1 Slovenia
Slovenia have won against Algeria by one goal at he end 78th minute from Koren which is enough to secure the match and the score was the final score
Serbia 0-1 Ghana
After missing Essien ghana were little low but they showed that they have got many players who can match upto standards. 83rd minute goal from the Gyan was enough for the ghana team to win over the Serbia. It was one of the shocking defeat for the serbia as they had one of the finest defeding team in the world but couldn't shoe in that day and they hape to improve in the final few games

France drew with Uruguay

France drew 0-0 with Uruguay

The first day of the match saw another draw followed by host and mexico draw as both the teams couldn't score a goal in the whole match. It was a third consecutive goalless match for france in the opening match of World cups.

Having a good strength in the likes ribery, anelka,evra and Henry all are big players but none of them could play their best as all have missed chances through out the match and couldn't convert chances into the goals. However uruguay had their chances as forlan nearly scored in one attempt but however urugay are happy with the draw and it was France who were wondering how it was a draw..? and the match was full of warnings with six yellow and one red cards

Next France will take on Mexico and Uruguay will play against Host nation..

South Africa 1-1 Mexico

Southafrica drew 1-1 with the mexico team

It was the first day of the tournament and everything went as expected as both teams had their chances and many were missed and overall it was thrilling for the fans.

Mexico started well in the first half and had few chances but couldn't convert them to goals and last five minutes belongs to south africa as they have missed two easy chances.

In the second half hosts maintained their same spirit and it paid off in the 54th minute as Tshabalala scored for the host nation and took lead and they had a chance to make it two but they missed it in the D box. but mexico used their chances well and Marquez scored in the 78th minute and gave 1-1 a score and finally the whole match ended in the draw.

Ballack and Joe Cole will leave Chelsea

Joe Cole and Ballack will leave Chelsea

Chelsea have confirmed the news that their experienced midfielders Joe Cole and Michael Ballack had their last season and they will leave this summer transfer market.
Both the players contracts will expire end this month and chelsea are in no mood to extend their contract.

Joe cole who is in squad of england in south africa for the world cup is reportedly in links with the likes of Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham. and Ferguson has keen interest on him and he has been in chelsea for past seven years.

Meanwhile ballack is suffering from an injury and his performance in the last season is not upto the mark and Due to injuries he is not able to be involved in the World cup to make things worse he will be out of chelsea this summer.

Injured Nani out of World cup

NANI out of the WORLD CUP

After having inpressive season with the Manchester united, nani really wanted to show his skills in the world cup. He got a regular place in the squad after ronaldo left for the real-madrid and nani took full advantage and gave an impressive performance.
However his dreams were shatterd when he suffered an injury to the left clavicle during the training session. the coach has announce that he is out of the world cup and the reports are handed over to the manchester united .

Injuries at the World cup

WORLD CUP 2010 at South Africa
Few days are left for the world cup but there is a little worry for all the fans as many players have had been out in recent weeks due to injury.
1. David Beckham
The former captain of england was all geared up for the worldcup but due to the rupture of Achilles during march ruled him out of the Squad.
2. Rio Ferdinand
The current skipper had his dreams shattered when he had a knee injury at the training session which ruled him out of the world cup.
Both the players Rio and beck will still be with the team to have a moral boost and Capello will utilize their experience.
3. Michael Ballack
Germany will loose their inspirational captain Ballack as he suffered a damage to the right ankle in FA cup which ruled him out of the World cup.
4. Michael Essien
Another Chelsea player out of world cup is Essien. Ghana has lost their power house in january due knee injury which ruled out of the world cup
5. Nani
After having an impressive season with manutd the Portugal winger was out of world cup, as he suffered an injury to the left clavicle which ruled him out of the World.
Apart from this players in the likes of Jose bosingwa of portugal, and Diarra of france were also out of world cup.

Players injured during the world cup

WORLD CUP-2010

South Africa is set to host the most watched and most famous sports event in the world. i.e., WORLD CUP-2010

But now the biggest worry they are facing now is that many players in the tournament are facing the Injuries and few are already out of the tournament.

Few players like Beckham , Ballack and Essien are out before the Friendly matches then During the Training Rio ferdinand, Nani were also ruled out of the cup.

The players who are injured but still they could make into the Squad are :

Didier Drogba the Ivory coast captain who suffered major injury during training, showing recovery and the coach is having faith in him and told he will be with the squad.

Anjen Robben after having impressive season with Bayern his impressive runs were halted as he suffered a hamstring injury during a friendlies, which could be disaster for Holland if he wouldn't recover in time.

Andrea Pirlo is another player who is suffering from injury, However Italy hopes that he will be in time ready for opening matches.

Julio Cesar is suffering from an injury however he has been recovering from the injury and it is a good news for the Brazil as they want their cup back this time.

Chelsea are the CHAMPIONS

CHELSEA are the PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS-09/10

Chelsea are finally the CHAMPIONS of the Premier League and they did it in style with 8-0 win over Wigan Athletic on their Home ground Stamford Bridge.

They have finally the champions of Premier league and they lead Manutd by one point. Finally Ancelotti is a very happy man, chelsea have won after three years and they have scored highest 98 goal in EPL surpassing Manutd 1999 season of 97 goals.
Meanwhile Drogba have earned the Golden boot as the best player in the EPL surpassing in the total goal, he scored a hattrick in this match . and Kalou and lampard , Ashley cole each goal and two goals from Anelka to seal the season.

Manchester united 4-0 Stoke city

Manchester United 4-0 Stoke city

Manchester united have won their last game of this season, an easy victory over stoke city at Old Trafford.
Fletcher gave an early lead in the 30th minute and Giggs double the score at the 37th minute . and in the second half Higgnbotham gave an own goal finally the substitute Park-ji-sung at the 83rd minute to give the total score of 4-0 .
but the results are out Chelsea are the Champions and Manutd are second they have lost it after three years. Alex ferguson in his interview congratulated the Chelsea and Ancelotti for their win and told they will be strong next season and bring back the cup home.
Meanwhile Rooney again had an injury hope it wont last until World cup. and he will stay at Manutd and he wants two big names with him for next season.
So, All the Best for Manchester united and Rooney..:)

Real Madrid 4-1 Real Mallorca

Real Madrid 4-1 Real Mallorca

It was the important match for both the teams as both want to secure three points
to give a good compition.
Mallorca scored an early goal Adruiz at the 15th minute to give a 1-0 lead. But later in the match belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo who showed why he is a costliest player.
He scored a hattrick to give a necessary win and keep the pressure on the Barcelona. Later Higuain added a goal to make 4-1 over Real Mallorca. So now the lead between the top two teams are reduced to just a one point.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester city

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester city
finally the Champions league fourth position is declared and it is a Tottenham, after their 1-0 win over Manchester city.
It was the match for the Champions league spot whoever wins will get a chance but since tottenham have won and now they are 4 points ahead of city with only one match to play.
All were anticipated city to win because of their strong squad but it couldn't help, but Tottenham striker Peter Crouch headed Tottenham into the Champions League spot at 82nd minute.
So city have to play Europa league and have to rebuild their team and back with good squad for the next season and as far as Tottenham are concerned they have to continue their performance next season.

Barcelona 4-1 Tenerife

Barcelona 4-1 Tenerife

Lionel messi showed his class again by scoring two goal against Tenerife that secured them a four point lead over real madrid who have to play against Real Mallorca .
He scored goal at 16th minute and 90th minute and apart from that Pedro scored a goal at 62nd minute and Pedro at 76th minute , for Tenerife Martinez scored only one goal.
For barcelona it was a good score after their lost to inter milan in the Champions league semi-finals and if real madrid win tomo still they lead by one point and if they maintain this spirit they can win this season without any mistake.

Real Madrid 3-2 Osasuna

The costliest player Ronaldo showed his worth again in the La Liga this week as he scored two goals to gave Real Madrid 3-2 win over Osasuna .
Real Came twice from behind to secure the win. and now they are point behind the Leaders Barcelona and this League will also go down to wire.

Arsenal 1-2 Blackburn rovers

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Arsenal

After leading the match by 1-0 until 42nd minute with the goal from van persie, arsenal lost the match 2-1 to blackburn rovers.

Arsenal took the lead in the 13th minute from Van Persie but later the goal from Dunn 43rd minute and Samba 67th minute gave Blackburn a very important win in the end of the season. as far as arsenal are concerned they are having worst.

Manchester united 1-0 Sunderland

Manchester United 1-0 Sunderland

With Chelsea have won their match against liverpool , it was just applying pressure again.
Eventhough manutd had many chances they couldn't convert into the goals apart from the Portugal international Nani,
The goal ensured the race will go down to wire for the Barclays Premier League title.
Nani's 28th minute goal was the lone goal for the match as the manutd won by 1-0 against sunderland.

Now they are one point behind the league leaders chelsea, and both the teams are playing the last match of the season and if chelsea makes any mistake then only the manutd will have chance.

Chelsea are going to play against Wigan athletic and Manchester united are going to play against Stoke city at Old trafford and it is Sunday's final-day showdown .

Chelsea 2-0 Liverpool

Chelsea won 2-0 over Liverpool

Chelsea came closer to the Premier League title with a important victory against Liverpool.

The result gave them a point lead in the table and they have only one game to play against the Wigan Athletic.

Costly error by Gerrard captain of Liverpool gave Drogba an easy goal to open the score in the first half of match and in the second half goal by Frank Lampard doubled the score and took the lead 2-0 and that was enough to take them a victory at Anfield.

The result gave them a one point clear of Manutd, and they have all the chance of winning the EPL Title after three years unless they make a silly mistake at the last match of this season for chelsea.

Chelsea 7-0 Stoke city

Chelsea are back to top of the League Table

Chelsea sent a warning message to Manchester United as they are back to the top of the EPL Table with a demolition of Stoke.

Earlier manutd 3-1 result over tottenham gave chelsea necessary winning requirement to keep in the race. and Ancelotti's side with suspended captain John Terry gave the response in style.

A hat-trick from striker Kalou, and two goals from Lampard, including a penalty, and each goals from Sturridge and Malouda gave them a 7-0 win over stoke city and they remained in the top of the table. and they are in very chance of getting the two championship in this season.

Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham

Manchester United won 3-1 over Tottenham

United's winger Nani late moment goal sent Manutd to the top of the Premier League table.

Nani filling the shoes of Cristiano Ronaldo's have very large response and certainly he is filling the gap.

Giggs scored a penalty at 58th minute to give a one lead for the club and later king scored at 70 minute to give 1-1. Until 80th minute, the score was level Later nani gave the excellent lead at 81st minute to give 2-1 lead for the manutd and later Giggs scored 3-1 final score at 86th minute. This is the first time giggs took the penalty after ronaldo left and indeed he scored very well.

Bayern Munich 1-0 Lyon

Bayern Munich won over Lyon
Bayern Munich are Facing Lyon in the First leg of semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League.
After defeating Manchester united Munich are flying high and they are playing the first leg in their home ground in Milan.
Most of the half time both the players are trying to find the goals but couldn't achieve the score, To make thing worse Ribery was given a direct red card at 37th miute and Lyon couldn't use the chance but later they also lost their Toulalan after two yellow -a Red card at 54th minute. In the 69th minute its Bayern Master Robben who scored goal and gave 1-0 lead and it was enough for the day.
So they are playing again in the next round at Lyon home ground which will decide who will enter the Champion League Finals.

Inter milan 3-1 Barcelona

In the UEFA Champions Semi-final game 1st leg played in Milan between host Inter milan and Champions Barcelona.
Barcelona came by nearly 1000km by bus and it was not the excuse for their result.
Mourinho have already planned for Barca and he wont man-mark the Messi.
The match started and Barcelona scored in the 19th minute to take 1-0 lead and it was their surprise element Pedro Rodriguez from Messi pass.
Later all the match took different turn and Intermilan took whole control of the match and scores level 1-1 and goal was scored by Sneijder at 30th minute, later in the second half Maicon add a goal at 48th minute to 2-1 lead ,finally Milito finished the match with 3-1 at 61th minute. so in home inter are 3-1 lead and they are playing the second leg of the semi-finals at barcelona home ground in which they are very very strong and even Mourinho knew that and he wants to make sure that team will just reach the finals

Alex Ferguson OUT Mourinho IN

Alex Ferguson OUT Jose Mourinho IN

From a Reports - Sir Alex Ferguson will quit the Manchester United at the end of this season – and Jose Mourinho will succeed him. Ferguson aims to complete his journey an unprecedented 25 seasons in charge at Old Trafford before calling time on the most successful managerial career in history of Football.
Sir Alex Ferguson took over as a coach at Old Trafford in November 1986, hopes to have steered United to a record number of title wins.Ferguson, who will be 69 on December 31, has been involved in discussions about his successor for the past few years.
Reports claim that United have already lined up with the Mourinho, who is currently coaching Inter Milan. Mourinho has an excellent record of winning Champions league and all the success with Chelsea are very Notified and he will be the Replacement for Ferguson at Old trafford- Quoted by Daily Star

Arsenal 2-3 Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic won 3-2 over Arsenal

Arsenal appeared to be cruising to victory on most of the match as they scored goals either side of half time from Theo Walcott at 41st minute and Mikael Silvestre at 47th minute. and it was enough to put them into three points behind of Chelsea.

They were 2-0 until 79th minute of the match, but three goals in the final 11 minutes gave Wigan Athletic a stunning victory over Arsenal.

For wigan the win came after eight defeats and a draw in the EPL against Arsenal, Wigan this season won against Chelsea and Liverpool this season and now also Arsenal and this is a big boost. and as far as concerned the race for title is over.

Chelsea 1-2 Tottenham

The Last Match of the Saturday has changed the EPL title race wide open .
The Match was between Chelsea and Tottenham.
Chelsea are playing for the Title championship and Tottenham are playing for the UEFA Championship position. Chelsea have won last games they have played in EPL and they are in high spirit, and all their team members are fit and ready for the action. Tottenham have started well this season and
The match was well started and it was goals from Jermain Defoe at 15th minute and Gareth Bale at 43rd minute to take 2-0 over in the first half and up till the end of second half .
It was only in the 90th minute Lampard scored to take the tally to 2-1, from this Chelsea lead is reduced and are point ahead of Manchester united and Tottenham Hotspur are back in the Champions League place contention.

Manchester united won 1-0 over Manchester city

ITs the greatest Derby Clash and it is between
Manchester United VS Manchester City
United are playing for the Chmpionship contention and City are playing for the Championship position.

As the Coaches have said it would be a greatest encounter and with Rooney back in the squad and it was great manchester Derby clash. the match started with the same level expectation and it was as though warrior matches. Manchester have had their chances in the First-half from Rooney and Giggs it was very close match. and even city had their chances as Tevez had chances was blocked by Van-der-ser. and the second-half was also having the same result 0-0 and it was only in the Final minute i.e., 92nd minute and it was from their Paul Scholes and it was 1-0 on that night. and manutd continued their late goals in the season and it is third time this season agaisnt Manchester city.
Manchester city have now gone behind Tottenhalm after they have won against chelsea. Manchester united are one point behind Chelsea in the table.

TRANSFER RUMOR -- 2010

Here comes the end of the season and all the teams are planning their investments.
Manchester united are interested in improving their striker strength and they are mainly concentrating on Realmadrid player Karim Benzema and David Silva . They had their eyes on David villa but due to his heavy cost rating he wont be selected as manutd are suffering from Debts.
Chelsea are interested in buying few striker and mid-fielders. since many players are old it would be better have some fresh young bloods. so mainly David villa and David silva and even Lampard Torres are in contention.
Liverpool club is on Sale now and who the takers till nobody know.. and all the teams are interested. Rafa benitez is rather interested on players than who the owner will be. and if all goes well they will hold torres and gerrard in team. and will improve the strength after the sale.
Arsenal having their team in final three and Wenger wants to improve the squad and since Van-per-sie is back he insists Fabregas will be here next season and will try on David silva and villa .
Manchester city have the highest power of having still one more team but they will try it only if they are qualified to play UEFA Champions league then only they will take and improve the squad.
Barcelona are the strongest team in the current event still they want to improve their squad and they are thinking of having Fabregas in their squad to make it a perfect combination with Messi.
Real-Madrid the biggest power house in the industry are still thinking of about investing after spending millions in last season. and They are trying Rooney for 150 million and also trying for Fabregas and David villa and even Torres is in watch.

Arsenal are out of EPL race

This is an important clash between the third and fourth position teams. Arsenal are playin for championship and tottenham are playing for the champions league. Both the teams are in good shape and came into the field. Tottenham scored an early goal to give them a 1-0 lead thanks to their Rose who scored in the 9th minute and this score was still in first half and in the second half it was 2-0 from a goal by Bale and it did shatter arsenal hopes in the cup. and the soal goal for arsenal came in the 88th minute from Bendtner to take the overall score of 2-1 .
From this arsenal are out of EPL champions trophy run.

Meanwhile astonvilla drew 2-2 with Everton and
Wigan Athletic drew 0-0 with Portsmouth

Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

Chelsea are facing Bolton in the EPL match to move close to the Championship.
they are happy as manutd lost two points due to their draw. and happy to win.

The match was a close encounter as bolton have beaten the beg teams in the recent times. and wanted to show it in this match.
Both the teams started with attacking instinct and the match was evenly balanced until the goal from Anelka at 43rd minute which gave 1-0 lead in the first half.
In the second half it was goalless and just fierce tackles and bolton tried their best but couldn't score the goals. So chelsea remained in the top of the table with 4 points away from the Manchester united.

Manchester United took a heavy blow for Champions win

It was the crucial match for Manchester united in the
English Premier League after losing out chelsea and uefa semi-finals slot to Bayern munich and they need to win this match to have any chance of getting the trophy.

Manchester united are facing Blackburn ,
As expected there was a absence of Rooney and it looked like manchester is incomplete without rooney and it was clearly showing the match day.
and berbatov couldn't score many chances so in the end the match was 0-0 a one vital point for blackburn and major setback for the champions.

Barcelona vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid vs Barcelona match at Bernabeu stadium which will decides the LA LIGA Champions.
Both the teams are on same points on the top of the table and real madrid are ahead with goal difference. Both messi and ronaldo are fit to play and it will be the best encounter and it is called El Classico.

The match was a fierce one with a lot of yellow cards and many tackles. But finally in the end Barca have won the match with 2-0 win over real to move to the top Pedro scored to seal the match for the Barca. Even though Real tried their best couldn't convert chances to the goals. So now Barcelona moved to top of the table and still 7 matches is left and anything is possible.

Chelsea are through to Finals

It was Semi-finals of the FA CUP and Aston villa are facing inform Chelsea.
Recent results shows that even aston villa are in good shape to score and it was an interesting encounter for the final pass.
As expected both the teams are tried to score but both having good defence couldn't convert into the goals. so the first half was 0-0 and few chelsea players are booked for tackles. and it was the second half the goals came out and it was drogba who opened the score sheet at 67th minute and malouda made it 2-0 at 88th minute and in the final minute Lampard to score in the 90th minute to make it 3-0 and through to finals.

Bordeaux VS Lyon in second leg of Champions League

Lyon vs Bordeaux

Lyon are going to face against Bordeaux in the second leg of Quarter finals of the Champions league today. Lyon are a very strong defence team and they have won the first leg with 2-1 .

The match was started very evenly and both the teams are trying to score and it was only just less than a goal and it was onle on the very end of Half-time that Chamakh hit the goal for Bordeaux at 45th minute to give a 1-0 lead .

In the second half both the teams are trying their best and lyon need only one goal to finish the match.and at the end of the match the score is 1-0 and the overall score is 3-2 and Lyon have won the match and through to semi-finals and wher they will meet Bayern munich.

Manchester united vs Bayern munich

On Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Manchester united are Facing Bayern munich on Old Trafford for the Semi-final Slot in the UEFA Champions League.

Its a thrilling encounter as both Rooney and Robben are back in squad. Gibson scored an early goal on 3rd minute and Nani scored two goals at 7th and 41st minute to take it 3-0 before half time Olic scored one for bayern and the total score is 3-1 at the end of Half-time.

It was a one sided game untill Rafael was given red card for second yellow at 50th minute now the match is wide open.and at the 74th minute Robben scored a goal for bayern to take oveall score 3-2 and this score persists and they will win on away goal and it is Bayern munich who through to semi-finals and they will face Lyon in the semis. Bayern munich are through on away goals.

Manchester united vs Bayern munich

Manchester united vs Bayern munich

It is the second leg of the thrilling match in Champions league at Old Trafford between Manchester united and Bayern munich. In the first leg of the Quarter finals manchester were beaten by munich 2-1 in their home ground . and rooney were injured and manutd have lost two weeks in the last week. But the good news is that rooney is back in squad and on fire .It is a great moral boost for Manchester united and a Nightmare for Bayern munich as the form he is in this season. Gibson included in place of Scholes.

The match started as rooney in the squad for manutd with a lot of fresh bloods and for bayern it is ribery is back in squad. the match started and it was a full attack from manutd from the very first minute and mancester scored the goal in the 3rd minute from the Gibson touch manchester are in lead and Nani scored the goal in 7th and 41st minute to give manchester 3-0 lead in the second leg. Olic scored the brace goal for bayern at 43rd minute and the match state is 3-1 at Half-time. Both the team had their chances as Robben and Rooney did had chances and missed.