Showing posts with label Draw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Draw. Show all posts

Thursday, December 20, 2012

It is Man United vs Real Madrid: The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Draw Results


The draws for the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League 2013 were held just a short while ago in Nyon, Switzerland, bringing end to predictions and suspense.


The draw Proceedings began with a tribute to Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova, who is having an emergency operation today after suffering a relapse of a cancerous tumour in his salivary gland.

The draw contained nine former champions of Europe, including United and Celtic, though not last year's winners Chelsea.

The men wanting to lift the trophy: Sir Alex [left] and Jose Mourinho [right]

Starting February 2013, the matches will be held as per the draw results finalized Thursday today. And the match to watch will be Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United vs Jose Mourinho' Real Madrid on March 13 and 5 March. United will play the first leg at the Bernabeu on February 13 with the return at Old Trafford on March 5, just three days after the Spanish champions are due to play rivals Barcelona.

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Barcelona's match-up with AC Milan is the pick of the rest of the ties, which will kick off in February.

The complete draw list [Getty Images]

Arsenal who were beaten by Barcelona in 2006 final, were lucky to avoid Barca and will now be facing a tough draw against last season's runners up Bayern Munich. After the draw, Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge expressed his optimism of seeing off Arsenal.

Read more about it at: Daily Mail

Sunday, December 2, 2012

FA Cup third-round: Manchester United to play West Ham United



Manchester United will play West Ham United at Upton Park in one of four all-Premier League clashes in the third round of the FA Cup.

Southampton welcome holders Chelsea, QPR host West Brom and Arsenal visit Swansea in the other top-flight ties.

Manchester City will play Watford, while Tottenham entertain Coventry in a repeat of the 1987 final.

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Non-league Harrogate or Hastings will play Middlesbrough, while Lincoln or Mansfield will welcome Liverpool.

The ties will take place on Saturday 5 and Sunday, 6 January 2013.

Read more about it at: BBC Sport

Friday, June 8, 2012

Greece draws 1-1 against Poland at Euro 2012

The Euro 2012 was set into motion on Friday yesterday with Greece facing hosts Poland and Russians taking on the Czech Republic. About 100 000 of football fans came to the fan zone in the center of Warsaw to watch the first match of the soccer Euro 2012 between Poland and Greece, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday.

Greece and Poland perhaps decided not to make headlines in their first match and settled for a 1-1 draw in the Group A match at National Stadium, Warsaw.
The hosts Poland were dominant in the first half and exploited the right side on the field and eventually taking the lead in the 17th minute.

But tides turned in the second half and the Greeks took over the arena despite playing with 10 men. And scored the equalizer.
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