UEFA Champions League Day 1 Results Groups E,F,G,H

Group E
Dynamo Kyiv 1 - 4 Steaua Bucuresti
3' [0 - 1] S. Ghionea
16' [1 - 1] S. Rebrov
24' [1 - 2] V. Badea
43' [1 - 3] N. Dica
79' [1 - 4] N. Dica
Lyon 2 - 0 Real Madrid
11' [1 - 0] F.C.G. Fred
31' [2 - 0] Tiago

Group F
FC Copenhagen 0 - 0 Benfica

Manchester U. 3 - 2 Celtic
21' [0 - 1] J.V.o. Hesselink
30' [1 - 1] L. Saha (pen.)
40' [2 - 1] L. Saha
43' [2 - 2] S. Nakamura
47' [3 - 2] O.G. Solskjær

Group G
FC Porto 0 - 0 CSKA Moscow

Hamburger SV 1 - 2 Arsenal
12' [0 - 1] G. Silva (pen.)
53' [0 - 2] T. Rosicky
90' [1 - 2] B. Sanogo

Group H
AC Milan 3 - 0 AEK Athens
17' [1 - 0] F. Inzaghi
41' [2 - 0] Y. Gourcuff
77' [3 - 0] R.I.S.L. Kaka (pen.)
Anderlecht 1 - 1 Lille
41' [1 - 0] N. Pareja
80' [1 - 1] N. Fauvergue

UEFA Champions League Day 1 Results

Group A
Barcelona 5 - 0 Levski Sofia
7' [1 - 0] A. Iniesta
39' [2 - 0] L. Giuly
49' [3 - 0] C. Puyol
58' [4 - 0] S. Eto'o
90' [5 - 0] Ronaldinho
Chelsea 2 - 0 Werder Bremen
24' [1 - 0] M. Essien
68' [2 - 0] M. Ballack (pen.)


Group B
Bayern Munich 4 - 0 Spartak Moscow
48' [1 - 0] C. Pizarro
52' [2 - 0] R.S. Cruz
71' [3 - 0] B. Schweinsteiger
84' [4 - 0] H. Salihamidzic
Sporting Lisbon 1 - 0 Inter Milan
64' [1 - 0] M.A. Caneira


Group C
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Bordeaux

PSV Eindhoven 0 - 0 Liverpool



Group D
AS Roma 4 - 0 Shakhtar Donetsk
67' [1 - 0] R.F. Taddei
76' [2 - 0] F. Totti
79' [3 - 0] D.D. Rossi
89' [4 - 0] D.M.C. Pizarro
Olympiakos Piraeus 2 - 4 Valencia
28' [1 - 0] M. Konstantinou
34' [1 - 1] F. Morientes
39' [1 - 2] F. Morientes
66' [2 - 2] N.A. Castillo
85' [2 - 3] R. Albiol
90' [2 - 4] F. Morientes

Spain - Primera Division Results; Ruud van Nistelrooy Scores 3 Goals

September 10

Getafe 1 - 0 Racing Santander
59' [1 - 0] D. Guiza

Gimnastic 1 - 2 Celta de Vigo
48' [0 - 1] F. Baiano
67' [1 - 1] J.G. Portillo P.F. Contreras
74' [1 - 2]

Levante 1 - 4 Real Madrid
16' [0 - 1] R.v. Nistelrooy
6' [0 - 2] A. Cassano
35' [1 - 2] F.D. Ettien
56' [1 - 3] R.v. Nistelrooy
90' [1 - 4] R.v. Nistelrooy

Mallorca 0 - 0 Deportivo La Coruna

Real Betis 3 - 0 Athletic Bilbao
19' [1 - 0] Juanito
39' [2 - 0] Edu
83' [3 - 0] J. Capi

Real Sociedad 1 - 3 Sevilla
8' [0 - 1] Renato
75' [0 - 2] F. Kanoute
89' [0 - 3] Dragutinovic
90' [1 - 3] D.d. Cerio

Villarreal 0 - 1 Recreativo Huelva
81' [0 - 1] S. Cazorla

Zaragoza 3 - 0 Espanyol
37' [1 - 0] P.C. Aimar
81' [2 - 0] D. Milito
82' [3 - 0] Oscar


September 9

Barcelona 3 - 0 Osasuna
1' [1 - 0] S. Eto'o
26' [2 - 0] S. Eto'o
36' [3 - 0] L. Messi

Atletico Madrid 0 - 1 Valencia
7' [0 - 1] D. Villa

Italy - Serie A Results Matchday 1

September 10

AC Milan 2 - 1 Lazio
27' [1 - 0] F. Inzaghi
70' [2 - 0] R. Oliveira
73' [2 - 1] A.S. Makinwa

Atalanta 3 - 1 Ascoli
32' [1 - 0] R. Zampagna
36' [2 - 0] N. Ventola
44' [3 - 0] N. Ventola
60' [3 - 1] S. Bjelanovic

Cagliari 0 - 1 Catania
55' [0 - 1] G. Corona

Chievo 1 - 2 Siena
31' [1 - 0] S. Pellisier
74' [1 - 1] E. Brevi
89' [1 - 2] E. Chiesa

Messina 1 - 0 Udinese
73' [1 - 0] M. Zanchi

Palermo 4 - 3 Reggina
11' [1 - 0] M. Bresciano
17' [2 - 0] G. Biava
27' [3 - 0] E. Corini (pen.)
42' [3 - 1] R. Bianchi
55' [3 - 2] R. Bianchi
67' [4 - 2] C.d.O. Amauri
78' [4 - 3] R. Bianchi (pen.)

Sampdoria 1 - 2 Empoli
9' [1 - 0] E. Bonazzoli
28' [1 - 1] A. Busce
51' [1 - 2] L. Saudati (pen.)

Torino 1 - 1 Parma
55' [0 - 1] I. Budan
90' [1 - 1] R. Stellone



September 9

AS Roma 2 - 0 Livorno
45' [1 - 0] D.D. Rossi
54' [2 - 0] A.F.A. Mancini

Fiorentina 2 - 3 Inter Milan
11' [0 - 1] E. Cambiasso
41' [0 - 2] E. Cambiasso
61' [0 - 3] Z. Ibrahimovic
68' [1 - 3] L. Toni
79' [2 - 3] L. Toni

Juventus Goes From -17 to -16 In Serie B

On the first day of the season Juventus playing in Serie B now already wastes precious points at Rimini; Rimini and Juventus tied 1-1
Juve started with a lead; Matteo Paro scored in the 60th minute; Domenico Cristiano from Rimini received a red card 20 minutes before the end of the game. With 10 men Rimini managed to score the equalizer in the 74 minute to tie the game

Rimini [1 - 1] Juventus
60' [0 - 1] Paro
74' [1 - 1] A. Ricchiuti

Euro 2008 Qualifying Games

There are 21 games being played today, the big game is the one between Italy and France. This is the opportunity for France to take revenge for the lost World Cup final. France has 3 points right now and Italy has 1. If Italy loses then coach Roberto Donadoni will face a difficult path for italy to come out as winners of the group



Group A
Azerbaijan 1 - 1 Kazakhstan
16' [1 - 0] Ladaga
36' [1 - 1] D. Byakov

Armenia 0 - 1 Belgium
40' [0 - 1] D.v. Buyten

Finland 1 - 1 Portugal
21' [1 - 0] J. Johansson
41' [1 - 1] N. Gomes

Poland 1 - 1 Serbia
30' [1 - 0] Matusak
71' [1 - 1] D. Lazovic



Group B
Lithuania 1 - 2 Scotland
46' [0 - 1] C. Dailly
63' [0 - 2] K. Miller
85' [1 - 2] D. Miceika

Ukraine 3 - 2 Georgia
31' [1 - 0] A. Shevchenko
38' [1 - 1] S. Arveladze
60' [1 - 2] G. Demetradze
61' [2 - 2] R. Rotan
80' [3 - 2] A. Rusol

France 3 - 1 Italy
2' [1 - 0] S. Govou
17' [2 - 0] T. Henry
20' [2 - 1] A. Gilardino
55' [3 - 1] S. Govou



Group C
Norway 2 - 0 Moldova
74' [1 - 0] F. Strømstad
79' [2 - 0] Iversen

Turkey 2 - 0 Malta
56' [1 - 0] Nihat
77' [2 - 0] T. Metin

Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 - 3 Hungary
36' [0 - 1] Huszti (pen.)
46' [0 - 2] Z. Gera
50' [0 - 3] P. Dardai
64' [1 - 3] Z. Misimovic (pen.)



Group D
Slovakia 0 - 3 Czech Republic
10' [0 - 1] L. Sionko
21' [0 - 2] L. Sionko
57' [0 - 3] J. Koller

San Marino 0 - 13 Germany
12' [0 - 1] L. Podolski
29' [0 - 2] B. Schweinsteiger
30' [0 - 3] M. Klose
34' [0 - 4] M. Ballack
43' [0 - 5] L. Podolski
45' [0 - 6] M. Klose
47' [0 - 7] B. Schweinsteiger
64' [0 - 8] L. Podolski
66' [0 - 9] T. Hitzlsperger
71' [0 - 10] L. Podolski
73' [0 - 11] T. Hitzlsperger
87' [0 - 12] A. Friedrich
89' [0 - 13] B. Schneider (pen.)



Group E
Russia 0 - 0 Croatia

Israel 4 - 1 Andorra
9' [1 - 0] Y. Benayoun
11' [2 - 0] B. Shushan
43' [3 - 0] S. Gershon (pen.)
69' [4 - 0] Tamuz
84' [4 - 1] J. Fernandez

Rep. of Macedonia 0 - 1 England
46' [0 - 1] P. Crouch



Group F
Sweden 3 - 1 Liechtenstein
1' [1 - 0] M. Allback
27' [1 - 1] M. Frick
70' [2 - 1] M. Allback
89' [3 - 1] M. Rosenberg

Iceland 0 - 2 Denmark
5' [0 - 1] D. Rommedahl
33' [0 - 2] J.D. Tomasson

Northern Ireland 3 - 2 Spain
14' [0 - 1] X. Hernadez
20' [1 - 1] D. Healy
52' [1 - 2] D. Villa
64' [2 - 2] D. Healy
80' [3 - 2] D. Healy




Group G
Bulgaria 3 - 0 Slovenia
58' [1 - 0] V. Bojinov
70' [2 - 0] M. Petrov
80' [3 - 0] Telkiyski

Albania 0 - 2 Romania
65' [0 - 1] N. Dica
75' [0 - 2] A. Mutu (pen.)


Holland 3 - 0 Belarus
32' [1 - 0] R.v. Persie
78' [2 - 0] R.v. Persie
90' [3 - 0] D. Kuijt

Slaven Bilic Removes Bosko Balaban, Ivica Olic And Darijo Srna From Croatian Squad

One visit to a club will be costly for Bosko Balaban, Ivica Olic and Darijo Srna; they will miss Croatia's qualification game against Russia
Slaven Bilic has removed the three players from the squad after photos were posted showing the 3 players in a club

'I can't understand that professional players at this level three days before a important match sneak out of a hotel to get wasted

Slaven Bilic wouldn't say if he would use Balaban, Olic and Srna in the future

Kanoute Won't Play With Satanic Advertisement

Frederic Kanoute has asked his club Sevilla to play in a shirt without advertisements
Kanoute, who is a muslim , is citing religious reasons. 'Gambling is like alcohol. It's Satan's dirty work. It's better not to use it if you want to live a good life', according to the 29 year old French-born attacker.
According to Kanoute Sevilla is not forcing him to wear the ads. 'Sevilla seems to understand my reasoning. They don't insist that I have to wear the ads. I am very happy with that.

Euro 2008 Qualifying Games

There are 19 Euro 2008 qualifying games today; Worldcup 2006 Champions Italy and second place holders are both playing today. France and Italy are both in the same qualifying group B





Euro 2008 - Group A
Serbia 1 - 0 Azerbaijan
72' [1 - 0] N. Zigic

Poland 1 - 3 Finland
54' [0 - 1] J. Litmanen
76' [0 - 2] J. Litmanen (pen.)
85' [0 - 3] M. Väyrynen
89' [1 - 3] Gargula



Euro 2008 - Group B
Scotland 6 - 0 Faroe Islands
7' [1 - 0] D. Fletcher
10' [2 - 0] J. McFadden
24' [3 - 0] K. Boyd (pen.)
30' [4 - 0] K. Miller (pen.)
38' [5 - 0] K. Boyd
85' [6 - 0] G. O'Connor


Georgia 0 - 3 France
7' [0 - 1] F. Malouda
15' [0 - 2] L. Saha
46' [0 - 3] M. Asatiani (o.g.)

Italy 1 - 1 Lithuania
21' [0 - 1] T. Danilevicius
30' [1 - 1] F. Inzaghi




Euro 2008 - Group C
Malta 2 - 5 Bosnia-Herzegovina
5' [0 - 1] Hrgovic
5' [0 - 2] S. Barbarez
7' [1 - 2] Page
10' [1 - 3] Hrgovic
48' [1 - 4] Muslimovic
50' [1 - 5] Muslimovic
86' [2 - 5] M. Mifsud


Hungary 1 - 4 Norway
15' [0 - 1] O.G. Solskjær
31' [0 - 2] F. Strømstad
41' [0 - 3] M.G. Pedersen
54' [0 - 4] O.G. Solskjær
89' [1 - 4] Z. Gera


Moldova 0 - 1 Greece
78' [0 - 1] N. Lymperopoulos



Euro 2008 - Group D
Czech Republic 0 - 0 Wales

Slovakia 6 - 0 Cyprus
8' [1 - 0] Skrtel
33' [2 - 0] M. Mintal
43' [3 - 0] F. Sebo
48' [4 - 0] F. Sebo
52' [5 - 0] M. Karhan
55' [6 - 0] M. Mintal


Germany 1 - 0 Ireland
57' [1 - 0] L. Podolski



Euro 2008 - Group E
England 5 - 0 Andorra
5' [1 - 0] P. Crouch
13' [2 - 0] S. Gerrard
38' [3 - 0] J. Defoe
47' [4 - 0] J. Defoe
69' [5 - 0] P. Crouch


Estonia 0 - 1 Israel
7' [0 - 1] Colautti



Euro 2008 - Group F
Northern Ireland 0 - 3 Iceland
13' [0 - 1] G.H. Thorvaldsson
20' [0 - 2] H. Hreidarsson
37' [0 - 3] E. Gudjohnsen


Latvia 0 - 1 Sweden
38' [0 - 1] K. Kallstrom

Spain 4 - 0 Liechtenstein
20' [1 - 0] F. Torres
45' [2 - 0] D. Villa
62' [3 - 0] D. Villa
66' [4 - 0] L. Garcia


Euro 2008 - Group G
Belarus 2 - 2 Albania
2' [1 - 0] Kalachev
7' [1 - 1] E. Skela (pen.)
24' [2 - 1] M. Romashchenko
86' [2 - 2] B. Hasi


Romania 2 - 2 Bulgaria
40' [1 - 0] Rosu
54' [2 - 0] Marica
82' [2 - 1] S. Petrov
83' [2 - 2] S. Petrov


Luxembourg 0 - 1 Holland
18' [0 - 1] J. Mathijsen

Internationals - Friendly Game: Denmark - Portugal

Denmark 4 - 2 Portugal
15' [1 - 0] J.D. Tomasson
17' [1 - 1] R. Carvalho
21' [2 - 1] T. Kahlenberg
66' [2 - 2] R. Carvalho
78' [3 - 2] M. Jørgensen
90' [4 - 2] N. Bendtner

Angelos Charisteas Going From Ajax Amsterdam To Feyenoord Rotterdam

Ajax has agreed with Feyenoord about the immediate transfer of Angelos Charisteas. The striker had a contract with Ajax Until June 30 2008.

The Greek attacker aanvaller, whose first game was on januari 23 2005 against FC Utrecht (0-2), played 45 matches for Ajax Amsterdams. He scored 15 goals. Before he came to Ajax, Charisteas played for FC Aris Thessaloniki, Athinaikos FC and Werder Bremen.

Euro 2007 (Under 21) qualifiers

There are 7 games that are being played today as part of the Euro 2007 Under 21 qualifications




Group 2
Albania 0 - 3 Spain
37' [0 - 1] Silva
58' [0 - 2] Kepa (pen.)
70' [0 - 3] Silva

Group 4
Ireland 0 - 1 Belgium
58' [0 - 1] Martens

Group 5
Iceland 0 - 1 Italy
56' [0 - 1] R. Montolivo

Group 7
Latvia 0 - 2 Portugal
61' [0 - 1] S. Varela
89' [0 - 2] Machado

Group 8
Moldova 1 - 3 Switzerland
14' [0 - 1] B. Dzemaili
20' [0 - 2] B. Dzemaili
29' [0 - 3] J. Esteban
47' [1 - 3] Suvurov

Group 10
Northern Ireland 2 - 3 Germany
13' [0 - 1] R. Hilbert
35' [0 - 2] P. Helmes
65' [0 - 3] Trochowski
69' [1 - 3] Shiels (pen.)
81' [2 - 3] Stewart


Group 14
Scotland 1 - 3 France
3' [0 - 1] J. Briand
16' [0 - 2] S. Pongolle
83' [0 - 3] Y. Gourcuff
86' [1 - 3] Adam (pen.)