REAL MADRID POSSIBLE STARTING 11 TEAM LINE-UP VS GALATASARAY | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Spanish Football Club Real Madrid commences its long road to attempt to win what is their obsession, the UEFA Champions League title, in this case their 10th. Tonight they will be hosted by the very difficult Turkish team Galatasaray which will not make it easy for the Spaniards.

Below is an image elaborated by Spanish Sports paper "Sport" with their speculated possible starting 11 team line-ups

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REAL SOCIEDAD POSSIBLE STARTING TEAM 11 VS SHAKTHAR | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Champions League is back & for many its great news as we are talking the "Best Football in the World". Spanish Football Club Real Sociedad returns to the European Football elite after an 8 year absence hosting tonight at their home ground Shakthar Donetsk.

Spanish Sports paper "Sport" have made up the below image which highlight their speculated & possible starting 11 line ups for tonight.

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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP DRAW RESULT - CLUB MATCH UPS

UEFA has celebrated the Champions League Group Club match-ups - draw - with the following results:




For the four Spanish Football Clubs the outcome was:


Real Madrid ( Group B) Juventus, Galatasaray & Copenhague.
FC Barcelona (Group H) AC Milan, Ajax & Celtic.
Atletico de Madrid  (Group G) Oporto, Zenit & Austria de Viena
La Real Sociedad ( Group A) Manchester United, Shakhtar & Bayer

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THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IDEAL 11 TEAM SELECTION FOR SEASON 2012 - 2013

The news source in itself could be debated if its reputable, English paper "The Sun" has released their "Ideal Champions League 11" for season 2012 - 2013". Apart from their choices - all top players - there is a stark contrast with the "Ideal 11" lists from last season. 



Firstly, the list is dominated by the German Clubs Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund, both which will meet tomorrow in

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FOOTBALL FINANCE | REAL MADRID - FC BARCELONA PLAYING FOR CHAMPIONS "CASH"

Real Madrid
& FC Barcelona are not only playing next weekend for a place in the Champions
League Final, they are each playing for a "juicy" 6.5M€, figure UEFA
pays for being a finalist. Plus just to know,the winner of Champions League gets an
additional 10.5M€.



The UEFA ChampionsLeague is big business for the fortunate participating clubs. This edition is
bigger with 500,7M€ in fixed

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINALS DRAW MATCH-UPS

The Champions League draw for the semi-finals match-ups held this midday at UEFA H/Q in Nyon has giving the following clashes:


Bayern Munich - FC Barcelona
Borussia Dortmund - Real Madrid CF





The first leg matches are scheduled for the 23rd & 24th of April while the return 2º leg matches are down for the 30th of April & 1st of May. 

There is a chance that we could have an all Spanish Final

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | CRISTIANO RONALDO CURRENT TOP GOALSCORER

Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo is having his best Champions League season. The Portuguese crack is one of the principal reasons why his Club has got into the semi-finals. Ronaldo is the current leading goal scorer in Champions League with 11 goals. He is just only three goals away from equalling the all-time top mark of 14 goals reached by Altafini, Van Nistelroy & Lionel Messi. This feat

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q / FINAL RESULT | FC BARCELONA 1 PARIS ST GERMAIN 1 | BARÇA WINS IN AGGREGATE

Spanish Soccer giant FC Barcelona has qualified themselves for the semi-finals of the Champions League competition after drawing 1 - 1 at home against Paris St Germain in tonight's 2 º leg return quarter - final clash. Barça goes through thanks to their away goal advantage after drawing in Paris 2 -2 , this gave the overall aggregate a 3 - 3 result with more weight to the goals scored by Barça in

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | REAL MADRID INTO SEMI FINAL - MALAGA ELIMINATED IN LAST MINUTE

Champions League at the quarter-final stage is serious business. The veterans will tell you that if you slip just an inch you will be punished severely. This occurred to all four teams that participated tonight in their 2º leg return games. In the Spanish case, the experienced & Champions League regular Real Madrid CF suffered & received a good scare, while the never before into quarter-final

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q / FINAL | POSSIBLE REAL MADRID STARTING 11 LINE-UP AGAINST GALATASARAY

When it
comes to attempting to predict the possible Real Madrid starting 11 line-up
against Turkish Club Galatasaray, one has already a few signs & clues to
help out for the 2º leg Champions League quarter-final game in Istanbul.



We know
beforehand that Sergio Ramos & Xabi Alonso will not be present due to
yellow card accumulation suspension. Plus the defender expected to fill the place of

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THE UEFA IDEAL 11 PLAYERS FROM CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 1ºst LEG Q/FINALS

Imagine you observed all of the Champions League 1ºst leg quarter-final games last Tuesday & Wednesday & was allowed to pick 11 players for your ideal team. That is what UEFA has done & has released their "Ideal 11" & here are the selected players:Willy Caballero; Daniel Alves, Thiago Silva, Dante, Alaba; Gundogan, Xabi Alonso; Robben, Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo & Mandzukic

Impressive to say

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCORES | REAL MADRID 3 GALATASARAY 0 | MALAGA 0 BORUSSIA DORTMUND 0

Two Spanish Soccer - Football Clubs had their turn tonight with quarter-final 1º st leg games of Champions League. Overall positive results for the Spaniards with one Club finishing more happy than the other. Here are the final scores ( results ) & all the goalscorers.



Real Madrid hosted Turkish Club Galatasaray & won 3 - 0. This puts Real Madrid with a foot & half the other leg in the

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q / FINAL | POSSIBLE 11 TEAM LINE UPS REAL MADRID - MALAGA

Big Champions League 1º leg quarter-final games tonight for two Spanish Soccer Clubs: Real Madrid CF & Malaga FC. As with these games there is always speculation pre-match on the starting 11 team line ups & Barcelona based Spanish Sports daily "Sports" attempts to help out with their ideas & info-graphs created by "Marc Reus". 




For the Real Madrid - Galatasaray clash the above image is a

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q / FINAL RESULT | PARIS ST GERMAIN 2 FC BARCELONA 2

Spanish Soccer Club FC Barcelona travelled to Paris to play the 1º leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Paris St Germain. The final result ( score ) finished in a  2 - 2 draw which still gives Barça a handy two goal away advantage for the next week return 2º leg game back at "Camp Nou" Barcelona. Paris St Germain retain their chances of going through with a "miraculous" last second

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POSSIBLE FC BARCELONA STARTING TEAM 11 LINE-UP AGAINST PARIS ST GERMAIN

Big Champions League Football game coming up between Paris St Germain & FC Barcelona in the 1º leg quarter-final clash of the competition. Both teams are showing maximum respect for each other & FC Barcelona comes into the match without that "unbeatable aura" of past encounters.The 2 - 0 defeat by Barcelona at Milan in their last away game has given opponents signs, clues & hopes on how to cancel

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REAL MADRID | THEIR "ACHILLES HEEL" THIS SEASON

SpanishSports daily "AS" put in an interesting article today that highlights
the "Achilles heel" of Real Madrid this season: the set plays. They
give make interesting comments & give figures that ram home the point.



“We are
concerned about the goals from set pieces" comments Pepe. "In Europe these mistakes will be costly "says Club Directive Emilio
Butragueño."Our mistakes are due to lack of

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SPANISH FOOTBALL CLUBS | CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL DRAW

UEFA held this noon the Champions League draw for the quater-finals with the following match ups:




Although all the Clubs at this stage are powerful there are some Clubs that wished not to meet each other so early. The final match-ups show Real Madrid against Galatasaray which is "relatively" accessible, while FC Barcelona has perhaps harder work with Paris St Germain & Malaga FC will have to

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SCORE | MALAGA FC 2 PORTO 0

Historical night & result for Spanish Football Club Malaga FC after defeating Portuguese Club Porto 2 - 0 in the 2º leg Champions League game. The Spaniards managed to turn around an adverse 1 - 0 away result at Porto & win on aggregate 2- 1.Malaga FC will be in the last 8 European Clubs UEFA draw on Friday to know who will be their next opponents in the quarter-final phase of Champions League.

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | POSSIBLE STARTING 11 LINE-UPS MALAGA - PORTO

With all the excitement last night & the celebrations that another Spanish Football Club had qualified for the Champions League quarter-finals phase ( FC Barcelona ) most forget that tonight there is another great match scheduled. Spanish Football Club Malaga FC could join Real Madrid & FC Barcelona if they can turn around a 0 - 1 1º leg aggregate disadvantage at their home ground "La Rosaleda".

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FC BARCELONA TEAM PHOTO 2013 | vs AC MILAN

Managed to get this picture from a contact. Its the FC BARCELONA Team photo of tonights 2º leg match against AC Milan in Champions League. This starting 11 will go into the history books along with other Barça sides that have turned around adverse conditions. Tonight Barça transformed an awkward 0 - 2 away loss to Milan into a 4 - 0 victory at home to take the tie with a 4 - 2 aggregate & thus

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