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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS: JOSE MOURINHO WRITES CHELSEA OFF

I will never stop adoring Mourinho. Is this the same man who is (allegedly) expected to make his way back to Stamford bridge next season? Why not? Mourinho is blunt anyways either he is resuming in stamford bridge this night or not he says it as it is.

The ex chelsea coach during a short interview this morning said he doesn't see the Blues beating spanish team Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals.

His words: "Let me be honest, I don't think the final will be a Real Madrid/Chelsea final. It could be Bayern or Barcelona, I just don't think it will be Real Madrid v Chelsea and we know why."

The 49 year-old Portuguese who termed the Barcelona team "super-favourites" had his team join the final four after an 8-2 victory over Apoel Nicosia last night.

He also believes Bayern Munich would prove their worth when Real Madrid faces them
"Bayern is a very powerful opponent. It is a team I know well as it is almost the same side that I played when I was the coach of Inter Milan in the Champions League final two years ago and they have great individual players.
The players and myself are looking forward to what should be a great semi-final." He concluded.

Chelsea players must have heard this and have strongly vowed to prove him wrong. April 18 will surely tell!!!

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BALLON D'OR: LIONEL MESSI CLAIMS FOURTH PLACE IN HISTORY

The 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or awards held at Zurich, Switzerland saw humble and talented Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi win the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive time, polling 47.88 of the votes, ahead of Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo (21.6)%) and Barcelona's Xavi (9.23%). 
24 year-old Leo as fondly called is the fourth person in history to win 3 Ballon d'Or trophies after Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten.
These awards were decided after a poll in which the captains and head coaches of the men's (for the two men's football awards) and women's (for the two women's football awards) national teams, as well as international media representatives selected by French football magazine France Football, voted for candidates in each of the four categories. Each group's votes represented one third of the final result. 
Speaking on the honour, the Argentine said, "It's a huge honour. I want to share this award with the people that voted for me and with my teammates. I'm very proud to have won the trophy three times, especially one after the other. It's hard to win one, let alone three."

List of winners
1) FIFA Ballon d'Or-Lionel Messi
2) Presidential award-Sir Alex Ferguson
3) FIFA Coach of the year award (Men's football)- Pep Guardiola
4) FIFA's Coach of the year award (Women's football)-Norio Sasaki
5) Best Goal of 2011-Neymar
6) Best Female player of 2011-Homare Sawa
7) Fairplay award-Japanese Football Association

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UEFA PRESIDENT LAUDS BARCELONA AND REAL MADRID

Former French football player and UEFA president Michel Platini has lauded the structures of spanish football teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
According to him, the system allows supporters to have a greater say in the running of their club, "I love the management structure of Real Madrid and Barcelona because the members remain responsible for the club and their decisions, both preserve their identity and the popularity of football lies precisely in the fact that there are such strong ties with the fans." He concluded.

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BARCELONA CLAIMS 2011 CLUB WORLD CUP TITLE

Lionel Messi
Barca team
Captain Puyol lifts up the trophy
players throwing pep Gaurdiola in the air
Fabregas, Pique and Puyol
Fabregas and Iniesta

Okies! This is like an intro, so happy to write about this, as a huge and consistent barca fan, I’m glad this went to my best club and of course this didn’t come easy, the team worked their butts out to achieve another feat.

Barcelona Football Club has been crowned Club World Cup champions after their 4-0 victory over Santos on 18th december, 2011.
Ballon D’Or winner and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, launched the scoring spree for the Catalans, before Xavi and Cesc Fabregas added their names to the score sheet.
For his epic and spectacular performance in the match, the quiet Argentine was also awarded the best player for the Club World Cup 2011.
Lanky and handsome Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola, together with some of the footballers dedicated the victory to David Villa who was unavoidably absent owing to an injury and also to Ibrahim Afellay.
In his words, Pep said, “We played a great game of football and people were happy to have seen it. Its great that we won it two times in three years. Winning 13 of 16 times is a huge thing, thanks to the mentality of the players. People will remember that this club won 2 club world clubs, they deserve it. ”
Josep Guardiola’s side lifted their second Club World Cup title, after the 2009 triumph over Argentine side Estudiantes. They also secured a quintuple for 2011, adding the trophy to Champions League, La Liga, European Super Cup and Supercopa triumphs over the course of the year.

Source: FCBlive

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST-16 DRAW

 This is the list of the champions league last 16 clubs, lets keep our fingers crossed and see who overcomes who? but the pairings don’t really look bread and butter?

Lyon v APOEL Nicosia
Napoli v Chelsea
AC Milan v Arsenal
Basel v Bayern Munich
Bayer Leverkusen v Barcelona
CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid
Zenit St Petersburg v Benfica
Marseille v Inter Milan
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