Champions League Group C

PSG v Olympiakos - Ibrahimovic scored early in the game when a fast paced cross on the ground found Ibra in the box where he tapped it over the keepers head. This goal makes Ibra equal with van Nistelrooy, Crespo, Inzaghi, and Cristiano Ronaldo for group stage goals scored record.Verratti was booked a second time, forcing PSG to play with 10 men. It wasn't until the 80th miute when Manolas pulled one back when he finished a goal blocked by the keeper after a beautiful header from a cross. with the game tied 1-1, Olumpiakos seemed like they were going to receive a crucial point. Cavani was fed a through ball in the 90th minute, where he struck from just inside the box and beating the keeper near post.

Ibra's record equaling goal.
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Champions League Group B

Real Madrid v Galatasaray. Real Madrid played without Ronaldo due to injury, but that didn't make any difference. Ramos was sent off early in the game, making Real Madrid play with 10 men most of the game. Gareth Bale opened the scoring with a superb free kick that curled and dipped around the wall. Immediately after, Bulut scored for Galatasaray when a through ball beat the defender and a touch to the side of the keeper gave the teams a 1-1 score. Nothing happened until the second half when Arbeloa scored a volley from a cross. The ball was sent in from behind him, and he stuck his foot out to finish inside the box. The next goal came from Di Maria when a pass to him inside the box was touched, then shot with pace into the middle of goal. The final goal came from Isco when he picked up the ball off a blocked shot, out maneuvered the defender, and beat the keeper left side. the Final score was 4-1. Real Madrid beat Barcelona's record for goals scored in Champions League after this game. Galatasaray must win their last game to qualify while Madrid are sitting securely in 1st.

Gareth Bale's Superb Free Kick
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Champions League Group H pt.2

Ajax v Barcelona- Ajax played Barcelona in a must win to have a chance to move on. Ajax opened the scoring when a cross on the ground was then back-heeled through to Sorero, who finished it. Ajax then scored another goal when a strike was deflected and Hoesen then picked up the ball and scored a goal from inside the box.What looked promising for Ajax turned sour when Veltman was sent off the pitch for bringing down Neymar inside the penalty box. Xavi scored for Barcelona. Barcelona kept up the pressure, but ultimately succumbed to their first loss of the season. Ajax need to win they're final game against Milan to advance.

Hoesen's Goal
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Champions League Group H

Milan v Celtic - Milan, who have not one the last 7 games played, were trying to make something happen and move on to the knockout stage. At the moment, they were sitting in second place. Celtic were trying to play catch up, and were currently sitting in fourth. Milan's midfielder, Kaka, opened the scoring with a header off a cross. Since He left Milan for Real Madrid in 2009, Watching him score again for Milan is an amazing thing to see. Milan then scored after halftime when Nocerino shot across goal and Zapata put in a tap to finish it. Mario Balotelli finally ended his drought after scoring off a through ball and finishing it opposite side. Milan sit 1 point ahead off 3rd place.

Balotelli's goal
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Making History

Portugal v Sweden, leg 2 of the WCQ. Portugal has an aggregate of 1-0, which was scored by Ronaldo. Early in the game, Ronaldo exposed the defense and scored a goal. the score was 1-0. Sweden kept their hope alive when Ibrahimovic scored an equalizer. Then, Ibrahimovic scored a second goal, surely giving Sweden a foot in the door to the World Cup. Ronaldo aswered back, once again, tying the game 2-2, at which this point gives Portugal the win if the keep this tie. Ronaldo then completes his hat-trick with a break away goal. After this game, Ronaldo has tied the record for top scorer of Portugal, and his performance surely has won him the Ballon d'Or.

France v Ukraine, leg 2 of the WCQ. Ukraine won the first game 2-0, which made France's chances of qualifying severely low. France came out, dominating the field. 2 goals from France and an own goal from Ukraine gave France a historic win. It was the first 2-0 down comeback in a world cup qualifier.

International games

Belgium played Colombia in a friendly. The game was at a stalemate until a early goal in the second half broke the deadlock. Falcao, the star of french club team Monaco, recieved a through ball in the middle, and had a 1v1 with the keeper. He dribbles past the keep and scores an open netter, giving Colombia a 1-0 lead. About 10 minutes later a cross from outside the box is headed back towards a player in the middle of the box. Ibarbo receives it and touches to the opposite side before shooting and scoring. The box score does not give either side justice, since many chances both sides had were very close to scoring.

Jordan played Uruguay in the 1st leg of the World Cup playoff spot. Jordan, who's odds of making it this far weren't very high, played a tough and experienced Uruguay team. Pereira opened the gates for Uruguay with a open net finish after the keeper came out to block a header, leaving Pereira to pick up scraps. Then, from a throw in, a couple one touch passes and a through ball that the defender couldn't stop gave Stuani a goal. The 3rd goal came from Lodeiro when a ball to Cavani was stopped before going out of play. He then passed it up top, where Lodeiro did what looked like a half chip, half power shot. Since the keeper was out of place from trying to stop Cavani's ball, the shot lifted over everyone and went in, even leaving the goalscorer wondering how that happened. The fourth goal was a wide open cross to Rodriguez, who touched it down and ripped it into near lower corner. The final goal was from Cavani, who had a free kick in extra time. The shot went beautifully around the wall and into opposite upper 90, making the final score 5-0 Uruguay. Jordan needs to pull off the greatest game they have ever played in order to beat these odds in the second leg.

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juventus vs real madrid

Juventus faced Real Madrid in the second game of the group stage. This game promised to be a good game. Juventus started off early in the game making threatening chances on goal, but Iker Casillas pulled off some great saves, as well as Real Madrid's defense helping. On another attempt for Juventus, Pogba gets tackled in the box, but the ball was not touched giving Juventus a penalty kick. Vidal steps up to take the penalty and puts it away in the top right corner, giving Juventus the lead.

In the second half, a poor pass back from a Juventus player deflects off of Ronaldo and to the foot of Benzema. The player then passes it to Ronaldo for a quick 1-1 with keeper, and then puts it away on the mid right side with a slight curl. Alonso almost scored for Madrid on a half volley that hit the top right corner and bounced away. New signing Gareth Bale was fed a pass from Ronaldo, and with a couple touches towards the box, he strikes. He shoots it with his left foot and into the bottom right corner, but the ball had so much speed, that not a goal keeper in the world was going to stop it. A cross from Juventus into the box gave Llorent a header that bounced off the ground and into the opposite side. Juventus managed to salvage a point. Both teams created some more threatening opportunities, but ultimately the game ended 2-2. Real Madrid will make it to the next round, but Juventus is fighting to make it there.

spotlight: Ibrahimovic

Ibrahimovic in his last two games has shown that he is easily one of the best in football, and game after game, shows it with his acrobatic skills. PSG played Bastia in a Ligue 1 game last week. Ibrahimovic scored two goals in the first half. The final score was 4-0 PSG, and teammate Cavani scored the two second half goals. The first goal by Ibrahimovic, Ibra for short, started from the outside on the right when Ibra's teammate crossed in the ball low. It was then flicked up high almost to the center of the 6 yard box. At this time, Ibra runs in, bodies the defender in front of him, then lift his foot behind his back and strikes it with his heel over the defenders head with pace into the other side of the goal. His second goal of the match happened when PSG was awarded a free kick on the left side about 40 yards out. The cross comes in opposite side where Ibra runs in on it and head it in.
The UEFA Champions League game played between PSG and Anderlecht yesterday was outrageous, in the sense that Ibra scored 4 out of the 5 goals. The final score was 5-0 PSG. The first goal was a pass from the middle to the right side on the goal box. there was one touch, then a pass across the 6 yard box, finding Ibra running in and touching it in on the opposite side. His second goal came from the outside right, where it was passed in to Ibra just in front of the 6 yard box, where as he faces the ball, lets it pass through his legs before hitting it with his right foot behind his body. It was quite spectacular, just to react that way with a defender on you. The third goal was a cross from the left side to the box, but a defender headed it out to the mid left side. Ibra was maybe 7 Yards from where the ball was landing. The ball bounces twice, and Ibra then strikes it, travelling at a ridiculous 76 mph. the ball land just below the left 90 corner, thus competing a first half hat-trick. The fourth goal was scored by teammate Cavani. Ibras fourth goal was another bouncing ball that Ibra had in front of him inside the box on the right side. The way he struck it made it seem like a rocket to the top shelf, but it dipped immediately after, passing the keeper and bouncing once before going in the opposite side.
Ibras form has been outstanding, being only the 10th player to score four goals in a champions league game, and even being hailed by former teammate Mark Van Bommel, as the "Best Striker in the World" via Twitter.

World Cup Qualifiers.

Sweden-Austria. 

Sweden played Austria in the World Cup Qualifier. With a win against Austria, Sweden would be guaranteed a spot in the World Cup. It didn't start off well for the Swedes as Harnik scored a goal in the 28th minute from a shot on the left side of the keeper, and it rolled across to far post. Swede then scored an equalizer when Ibrahimovic sent in a short cross to Elmander for a diving header, which he sent opposite post. late in the 85th minute, Sweden sends a ball downfield to find a Ibrahimovic at the top of the box. He then touches it once with his right foot, and send it opposite post with his left in a classy finish. the final score was 2-1 Sweden.

Denmark-Italy.

Denmark needed a win to qualify, but Italy denied them. Denmark still has hope, but it will come down to the last game. Italy opened the goal tally with a strike in the 28th minute by Osvaldo, who only had to beat one man with a step over. Then, late in the first half, Denmark's Bendtner score a header that bounced off the ground and went upper 90. In the 79th minute, Bendtner scores another header to put them up one. Denamrk was then equlaized when in extra time, Osvaldo passes to Aquilani in the box, where he scores off what almost seemed like a deflection.

Netherlands-Turkey

Netherlands' Van Persie breaks Patrick Kluivert's record for international goals with a hat-trick. Van Persie scored in the 16th, 44th, and 53rd minute. other goals by Netherlands include Strootman (25'), Lens (38'), an own goal by Devecseri (65'), van der Vaart (86'), and Robben (90'). The only goal from Turkey was a penalty scored by Dzsudzsak (47'), which was hardly meaningful to a blow out.

Champions League - Milan v Ajax

Italian team, AC Milan, played Netherlands home team Ajax on tuesday in the second game of the champions league group stage. Milan, missing a couple key players due to injury, had to play with precision and tenacity or fall victim to Ajax. The first half was completely dominated by Ajax, where as the second was easily Milans game.
A shot by Sigthorsson on Milan from the left side was stopped and cleared. Montolivo then had a shot from just outside the six to put pressure on Ajax goalkeeper, but was ultimately blocked. Then, Balotelli put up a curl from the left side, but the Ajax keeper barely gets a hand on it forcing the ball to hit crossbar and having the ball fall short of an upper 90 goal. Later, Milan crosses the ball into the box where it is shot, but the defender blocks it with his arm. The referee should have given a penalty kick, but none was awarded.
In the winding minutes of the game, Ajax had a couple opportunities to score. They seemed to have scored a goal at one point late in the game, but the referee called the player offsides. Then, in the 89th minutes, there was a cross off a corner and defender Denswil of Ajax was wide open to put in the header to the corner, surely giving the home team a win.
Milan grabs the ball and quickly rushes to midfield to try to salvage a point. right from the start, they rush down to Ajax's defending half, and the ball is shot in an awkward angle, rolling on top of the goal line, but never crossing. A defender quickly clears it out. Hope for Milan is diminishing, but they are putting a lot of pressure on Ajax. With plus 4 minutes of extra time given, Milan is making the best of it. In the 94th minute, Milan crosses the ball in, where it seems Balotelli is fouled in the box, resulting in a penalty. This call was controversial because it seems as thought he wasn't really fouled. Given that the earlier penalty wasn't given, this can be seen as a make up call. Balotelli, who at this point, is 21-22 on his penalty shots, steps up to take this on. He starts his run and does a stutter step. the goalie is trying to psych out Balotelli by pretending to dive one way. Balotelli puts it in the bottom left corner and ties the game. Ajax makes one last run down field but the ball is lost and booted down field. Time is called. Both teams leave with a point, leaving Ajax in third place and Milan in second for the group stage.

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