This final was played between Inter (Italy) and Bayer Munich (Germany).
The final was played in Madrid on May 22nd 2010.
Inter scored the first with a great goal by Diego Milito during minute 35, and he scored again during the second half. It was the goal which closed the match, and Zanetti raised the trophy.
Inter won its second Champions League trophy .
martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010
lunes, 25 de octubre de 2010
Uefa Champions League History (Part 2)
The following two years the competition was dominated by the Italian teams.
In 1994 AC Milan beat Johaan Cruyyf's Barcelona with a conclusive victory, 4-0. The following year, in 1995, Milan reached the final again, but they lost this time against Ajax 1-0. And then in 1996 Ajax fell against Juventus in a penalty shootout.
In 1997 the German teams appeared and Borussia Dortmund wonits first Champions League, beating Juventus 3-1. An old aquaintance appeared in 1998: Real Madrid won the Champions League for the seventh time against Juventus 1-0.
The Champions League final of 1999 was one of the most amazing matches in the Champions League history. Bayern Munich and Manchester United were fighting for the cup, Bayern Munich started very well and Mario Basler scored during the 6th minute with an amazing free-kick. Manchester United had a lot of goal chances but they were very unlucky that night. The score at half time was 1-0 for Bayern Munich. It was minute 88 and a goal shot by Mario Basler crashed on the crossbar. The match was almost finished, but the referee added three stoppage minutes, and Paul Sheringam scored twice in two minutes, and Manchester United won the Champions League.
The first Champions League final in XXIst Century was played by two teams of the same country (Valencia and Real Madrid). This time, Real Madrid won against Valencia 3-0 with goals of Morientes, McManaman and Raul Gonzalez.There are the highlights:
The following year, Valencia reached the final, but they lost again. The winner this time was Bayern Munich, who won the final in a penalty shootout after extra time.
Here are the penalties:
This cup was the last Champions League for Real Madrid up to today.They beat Bayern Leverkusen (Germany) 2-1, with goals by Raul and the amazing volley by Zinedine Zidane.
A very young Iker Casillas saved his team in the 5 last minutes with three amazing saves.
In 2003 there was an Italian final between AC Milan and Juventus.
AC Milan won on penalties 3-2 after a goalless draw.
The final of 2004 was very unexpected, because that final was played by Oporto and Monaco. These teams aren´t so potent in their domestic leagues.
Oporto won the final 3-0 and Mourinho (nowaday, the Real Madrid Coach) won his first Champions League (the second
one this year).
This year Deportivo de La Coruña comeback a 4-1 in San Siro against Milan, winning 4-0 in La Coruña. They reached semifinals, but they were defeated by Monaco.This team was remembered as "Superdepor"
In 2005 one of the best finals in Champions League history was played.This match was called The Miracle of Istanbul, because AC Milan was winning 3-0 at half time against Liverpool and some Liverpool supporters left the stadium because they had lost all hope. After the break, Liverpool comeback the match scoring three goals in nine minutes (Gerrard, Smicer and Xabi Alonso). Nobody in the stadium could believe that it was true. Liverpool players wre very tired in the extra time, but they defened their team decisively. During minute 118, the goalkeeper Dudek saved an amazing chance by Schevchenko twice.
The match went to penalties and Liverpool won 3-2 and the goalkeeper Dudek was the hero of the night.
In 2006 Vilareal reached to semifinals against Arsenal, but they lost because Riquelme missed a decisive penalty during the last minute of the match. The other finalist was Barcelona who won AC Milan.
The beginning of the final between Arsenal and Barcelona was very complicated for Arsenal because the referee showed the red card to the Arsenal's goalkeeper, Jans Lehman.
Arsenal was playing with ten players, but they scored during minute 37 with a header of Sol Campbell. Barcelona scored during minute 76 and they cameback during minute 85 with a goal by Belleti.
The following year, in 2007, Liverpool beat Chalesea in semifinals again and they reached the final against AC Milan again. But this time AC Milan wanted revenge, and they did it with two goals by Filipo Inzaghi and one goal for Liverpool by Kuyt during stoppage time.
In 2008 the final was played by two English teams, Manchester United and Chelsea, who played its first Champions League final.
Manchester United beat Barcelona in semifinals and Chelsea beat Liverpool.
The final was played in Moscow. Manchester United scored the first during minute 26 with a header of Cristiano Ronaldo, but after half time Frank Lampard drew the match.
The match reached extra time and the referee showed the red card to Didier Drogba(Chelsea).
The match went to penalty shootout and Manchester United won, because John Terry missed the decisive penalty.
Manchester United repeated final the following year at Olimpiastadium of Rome, this time against FC Barcelona.
Manchester couldn't win his second consecutive Champions League, because Barcelona played very well and they scored two goals (Eto'o and Messi).
This season Barcelona met Chelsea in semifinals. The referee didn't whistle four penalties for Chelsea and Andrés Iniesta scored an amazing goal during the last minute of the match.
In 1994 AC Milan beat Johaan Cruyyf's Barcelona with a conclusive victory, 4-0. The following year, in 1995, Milan reached the final again, but they lost this time against Ajax 1-0. And then in 1996 Ajax fell against Juventus in a penalty shootout.
In 1997 the German teams appeared and Borussia Dortmund wonits first Champions League, beating Juventus 3-1. An old aquaintance appeared in 1998: Real Madrid won the Champions League for the seventh time against Juventus 1-0.
The Champions League final of 1999 was one of the most amazing matches in the Champions League history. Bayern Munich and Manchester United were fighting for the cup, Bayern Munich started very well and Mario Basler scored during the 6th minute with an amazing free-kick. Manchester United had a lot of goal chances but they were very unlucky that night. The score at half time was 1-0 for Bayern Munich. It was minute 88 and a goal shot by Mario Basler crashed on the crossbar. The match was almost finished, but the referee added three stoppage minutes, and Paul Sheringam scored twice in two minutes, and Manchester United won the Champions League.
The first Champions League final in XXIst Century was played by two teams of the same country (Valencia and Real Madrid). This time, Real Madrid won against Valencia 3-0 with goals of Morientes, McManaman and Raul Gonzalez.There are the highlights:
The following year, Valencia reached the final, but they lost again. The winner this time was Bayern Munich, who won the final in a penalty shootout after extra time.
Here are the penalties:
This cup was the last Champions League for Real Madrid up to today.They beat Bayern Leverkusen (Germany) 2-1, with goals by Raul and the amazing volley by Zinedine Zidane.
A very young Iker Casillas saved his team in the 5 last minutes with three amazing saves.
In 2003 there was an Italian final between AC Milan and Juventus.
AC Milan won on penalties 3-2 after a goalless draw.
The final of 2004 was very unexpected, because that final was played by Oporto and Monaco. These teams aren´t so potent in their domestic leagues.
Oporto won the final 3-0 and Mourinho (nowaday, the Real Madrid Coach) won his first Champions League (the second
one this year).This year Deportivo de La Coruña comeback a 4-1 in San Siro against Milan, winning 4-0 in La Coruña. They reached semifinals, but they were defeated by Monaco.This team was remembered as "Superdepor"
In 2005 one of the best finals in Champions League history was played.This match was called The Miracle of Istanbul, because AC Milan was winning 3-0 at half time against Liverpool and some Liverpool supporters left the stadium because they had lost all hope. After the break, Liverpool comeback the match scoring three goals in nine minutes (Gerrard, Smicer and Xabi Alonso). Nobody in the stadium could believe that it was true. Liverpool players wre very tired in the extra time, but they defened their team decisively. During minute 118, the goalkeeper Dudek saved an amazing chance by Schevchenko twice.
The match went to penalties and Liverpool won 3-2 and the goalkeeper Dudek was the hero of the night.
In 2006 Vilareal reached to semifinals against Arsenal, but they lost because Riquelme missed a decisive penalty during the last minute of the match. The other finalist was Barcelona who won AC Milan.
The beginning of the final between Arsenal and Barcelona was very complicated for Arsenal because the referee showed the red card to the Arsenal's goalkeeper, Jans Lehman.
Arsenal was playing with ten players, but they scored during minute 37 with a header of Sol Campbell. Barcelona scored during minute 76 and they cameback during minute 85 with a goal by Belleti.
The following year, in 2007, Liverpool beat Chalesea in semifinals again and they reached the final against AC Milan again. But this time AC Milan wanted revenge, and they did it with two goals by Filipo Inzaghi and one goal for Liverpool by Kuyt during stoppage time.
In 2008 the final was played by two English teams, Manchester United and Chelsea, who played its first Champions League final.
Manchester United beat Barcelona in semifinals and Chelsea beat Liverpool.
The final was played in Moscow. Manchester United scored the first during minute 26 with a header of Cristiano Ronaldo, but after half time Frank Lampard drew the match.
The match reached extra time and the referee showed the red card to Didier Drogba(Chelsea).
The match went to penalty shootout and Manchester United won, because John Terry missed the decisive penalty.
Manchester United repeated final the following year at Olimpiastadium of Rome, this time against FC Barcelona.
Manchester couldn't win his second consecutive Champions League, because Barcelona played very well and they scored two goals (Eto'o and Messi).
This season Barcelona met Chelsea in semifinals. The referee didn't whistle four penalties for Chelsea and Andrés Iniesta scored an amazing goal during the last minute of the match.
miércoles, 13 de octubre de 2010
HISTORY
The next two years Benfica of Lisbon won two European cups against Barcelona and Real Madrid. Benfica was going to win the third consecutive cup but they lost against AC Milan,
whose city rivals (Inter Milan) would win the cup in 1964 and 1965 beating Benfica and
Real Madrid.
The Inter era was ended by Real Madrid (who won against Inter in 1966 semi-final) because they won the sixth European Cup against Partizan of Belgrade in Brussels.
The first Scottish and British team who won the European Cup was Celtic of Glasgow in 1967 against Inter Milan in Lisbon.
In 1968 Manchester United became the first English team to win the European Cup beating Benfica 4-1 at Wembley Stadium (England). Bobby Charlton scored two goals in this match.
The next year Milan won the final against Ajax.
From 1970 to 1973 the winners of the European Cup were Dutch, first in 1970 Feyenoord of Rotterdam won against Celtic of Glasgow after the extra time.
The three next years Ajax won the European Cup three consecutively times beating Panathinaikos, Internazionale and Juventus. (The football legend Johaan Cruiff played in this team)
In the mid 70s Bayern Munich dominated the competition winning the European Cup three times consecutively, like Ajax in the previous three years. First they beat Atlético de Madrid (Spain) in the first final match which was played in two games. The following year, they won against Leeds United (England) and finally against ST.Etienne(France).
From 1977 to 1985 the English clubs dominated the competition, but this period ended in tragedy.This period was started by Liverpool Fc in 1977 and the English Clubs won the competition six consecutive times, and they won seven times in eight years.
First, Liverpool beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 in the legendary Olympiastadium of Rome, and then in 1978 they became the first English club to win the competition two consecutive times,the second one they beat Brugge(Belgium) at Wembley.
The following English team to win the European Cup was Nottingham Forest who won the cup two consecutive years like Liverpool. First they defeated Malmo (Sweeden) 1-0 in Munich, next they beat Hamburg at Santiago Bernabeu for 1-0.
Liverpool returned to a final again in 1981 winning the cup against Real Madrid 1-0 in Paris, to follow the English dominance in the tournament, Aston Villa won in 1982 against Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam.
In 1983 Hamburg won the final against Juventus for 1-0, this final was the first final in six years with no English team.
In 1984 Liverpool striked back defeating AS Roma in Rome in one of the most famous penalty shootouts and Liverpool won their fourth European Cup.
The following, year Liverpool returned to the final against Juventus but they lost 1-0 in Heysel Stadium (Brussels) this final was remembered because 39 Juventus fans died there.
After that tragedy the English clubs were banned from participating in any European competition.
In 1986 Steua Bucharest (Romania) beat Barcelona in a penalty shootout in La Cartuja (Seville), and the following year Porto won against Bayern Munich in a very exciting final with an incredible backhell goal of Rabah Madjer. Here is the goal:
In 1988 PSV of Eindhooven won against Benfica in penalty shootout.
The following year, Steaua Bucharest got to the final but they lost against an amazing AC Milan for 4-0, and then in 1990 they won the cup aghain against Benfica 1-0.
Nowadays, the Red Star of Belgrade (former Yugoslavya) is a poor team, but in 1991 this team was a big team in Europe and they won against Marseille during the penalties after a goalless draw.
The 1991-1992 was the last edition of this competition with that name(European Cup) and it would became Uefa Champions League. Barcelona won its first European Cup beating Sampdoria 1-0 and the goal was scored by Ronald Koeman in a free-kick shoot.
In 1993 Marseille won the first Champions League against AC Milan, but this final was very controversial, because Marseille shot a wrong corner kick and they scored.
viernes, 8 de octubre de 2010
-INTRODUCTION
The UEFA Champions League, usually known as the European Cup, was created in 1955 for the best clubs in Europe.
Along with the NFL's Super Bowl final it is the annual most watched sporting event on TV worldwide. In 1992 the competition was oficially called The UEFA Champions League.
First, only the champion of each country played in the competition.
Later on, the comptetion expanded and incorporated a group phase before the knockout round. In some leagues, the top four would play the following Champions League edition and the 5th and 6th would play the UEFA European Cup, nowadays known as UEFA Europe League.
The season begins in Semptember and it finishes in May(Final Match).
Since the comptetition changed the name and the format in 1992, no club has won the Champions league two consecutive years.The winner qualifies for the FIFA Clubs World Cup and the UEFA Super Cup(in this final match the Champions League winner plays against the UEFA Europe League winner).
miércoles, 6 de octubre de 2010
Greatest moments of Uefa Champions League
There are some videos that show the greatest moments of the Uefa Champions League along the last years:
martes, 5 de octubre de 2010
Project by Victor Mundin and Josep Chofre
In this blog we going to tell the history of one of the must important football clubs tournament: the Uefa Champions League.
We'll tell the history of the competition and all kind of clubs and players statics.
We'll tell the history of the competition and all kind of clubs and players statics.
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