Tuesday Champions League Results.
Soccer newsTuesday Champions League Results. (Home teams listed first) First Round Group E Aalborg (Denmark) 0, Manchester United (England) 3 Villarreal (Spain) 1, Celtic (Scotland) 0 Group F Bayern Munich (Germany) 1, Lyon (France) 1 Fiorentina (Italy) 0, Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 0 Group G Arsenal (England) 4, FC Porto (Portugal) 0 Fenerbahce (Turkey) 0, Dynamo Kiev [...]
Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the winning goal Tuesday.
Soccer newsRuud van Nistelrooy scored the winning goal Tuesday. To give Real Madrid a 2-1 victory over Zenit St. Petersburg in Group H of the Champions League. Van Nistelrooy scored with a left-foot shot in the 31st minute, ending Madrid’s poor away record in the competition. The nine-time champions had not won in seven matches on [...]
Dimitar Berbatov scored twice to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 win over Aalborg on Tuesday.
Soccer newsDimitar Berbatov scored twice to lead Manchester United to a 3-0 win over Aalborg on Tuesday. And put the defending champion back on track in the Champions League. Wayne Rooney scored in the first half from a pass by Ryan Giggs, and Berbatov had two clean finishes after the break to give United its first [...]
Vincenzo Iaquinta scored two goals Tuesday.
Soccer newsVincenzo Iaquinta scored two goals Tuesday. To help Juventus rally for a 2-2 draw, with BATE Borisov in the Champions League. BATE jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead before Iaquinta headed in a cross from Sebastian Giovinco in the 29th minute. Iaquinta brought Juventus even in first-half injury time when he took another pass [...]
Marcos Senna scored from a free kick to give Villarreal a 1-0 victory over Celtic.
Soccer newsMarcos Senna scored from a free kick to give Villarreal a 1-0 victory over Celtic. In Group E of the Champions League on Tuesday. The Spain midfielder curled a right-footed shot over the defensive wall and inside the near post beyond the reach of goalkeeper Artur Boruc in the 67th minute. “The players are not [...]
Bayern Munich rebounded from two straight losses in the Bundesliga.
Soccer newsBayern Munich rebounded from two straight losses in the Bundesliga. To earn a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Lyon in the Champions League on Tuesday. Lyon took the lead in the 25th minute on an own-goal by Martin Demichelis, but Ze Roberto leveled in the 52nd with a header in front of 64,000 spectators at a [...]
Rafael van der Vaart scored three goals to help defending champion Real Madrid.
Soccer newsRafael van der Vaart scored three goals to help defending champion Real Madrid. Trounce last-place Sporting Gijon 7-1 in the Spanish league on Wednesday. Raul Gonzalez added two more at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, while there was also a goal apiece for Gonzalo Higuain and Arjen Robben in Madrid’s third straight victory that kept it a [...]
Chelsea cruised into the fourth round of the League Cup with a 4-0 win at Portsmouth on Wednesday.
Soccer newsChelsea cruised into the fourth round of the League Cup with a 4-0 win at Portsmouth on Wednesday. While Tottenham began its title defense with a 2-1 victory at Newcastle in a meeting of the Premier League’s crisis clubs Championship side Queens Park Rangers ousted five-time champion Aston Villa 1-0 after Damion Stewart planted a [...]
Seven-time defending champion Lyon is already opening up a gap on its French league rivals.
Soccer newsSeven-time defending champion Lyon is already opening up a gap on its French league rivals. And the team will look to improve on its four-point lead against Nancy on Saturday. Lyon strengthened its squad with several new players, and with others coming back to form or returning from injury, the team is perhaps even stronger [...]
FC Cologne has little time to regroup after its disappointing elimination from the German Cup.
Soccer newsFC Cologne has little time to regroup after its disappointing elimination from the German Cup. Next facing Bundesliga leader Schalke. Cologne’s 3-1 loss at second-division FSV Mainz followed defeats against Bayern Munich and Arminia Bielefeld. “We are certainly in an absolutely critical phase,” said Cologne coach Christoph Daum, whose job is not yet in danger [...]
