UEFA Cup February 22nd Second Leg Results

AZ Alkmaar 2 - 2 Fenerbahce
21' [0 - 1] T. Metin
34' [0 - 2] Alex
63' [1 - 2] M. Martens
87' [2 - 2] B. Opdam

Blackburn R. 0 - 0 Bayer Leverkusen

Nancy 0 - 1 Shakhtar Donetsk
71' [0 - 1] Fernandinho

Dinamo Bucuresti 1 - 2 Benfica
23' [1 - 0] C. Munteanu
50' [1 - 1] Anderson
64' [1 - 2] K. Katsouranis


Maccabi Haifa 1 - 0 CSKA Moscow
14' [1 - 0] R.D. Colautti


Celta de Vigo 2 - 1 Spartak Moscow
20' [1 - 0] A.L.d.C. Nene
78' [2 - 0] J. Juncal
88' [2 - 1] Y. Titov


Newcastle U. 1 - 0 Zulte-Waregem
68' [1 - 0] O. Martins


Panathinaikos 0 - 0 Lens

Paris S.G. 2 - 0 AEK Athens
42' [1 - 0] P.A. Frau
90' [2 - 0] B. Mendy (pen.)


Parma 0 - 1 Braga
89' [0 - 1] Diego

Sevilla 1 - 0 Steaua Bucuresti
45' [1 - 0] A. Kerzhakov

Ajax Amsterdam 3 - 1 Werder Bremen
03' [1 - 0] S. Leonardo
14' [1 - 1] H. Almeida
60' [2 - 1] K.J. Huntelaar
74' [3 - 1] R. Babel


Rangers 4 - 0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
24' [1 - 0] B. Ferguson
35' [2 - 0] K. Boyd
73' [3 - 0] B. Ferguson
90' [4 - 0] C. Adam

Juventus Announces Deal With Zdenek Grygera

Zdenek Grygera is going from Ajax Amsterdam to Juventus this summer. Juventus will not pay a dime for Grygera because his current contract expires in the summer. Juventus tried to take Grygera over from Ajax during the winter break but the Dutch club did not want to let Grygera go. Grygera’s contract with Juventus is until 2012

Inter, AC Milan And AS Roma All Win In Italy

Chievo-Internazionale 0-2
Inter which was visiting Chievo had a good day, there could go nothing wrong after a minute already for Internazionale. Dejan Stankovic passed the ball tot Adriano, who shot with his left foot for a 1-0 lead. It was the setup for the fifteenth triumph on file of the nerazzurri. Six minutes after the break Hernan Crespo scored 2-0

AS Roma-Parma 3-0
Francesco Totti opened the score after the break after an assist by David Pizarro. Fifteen minutes later Simone Perrotta made it 2-0. And finally Rodrigo Taddei scored in injury time after a corner kick


AC Milan-Livorno 2-1
Ronaldo made its debut as an attacker at AC Milan, He was brought into the game when the score was 1-1. The Brazilian did not score, but saw its team winning. Marek Jankulovski made the winning goal with a wicked shot. Gennaro Gattuso had made the first goal for Milan but Cristiano Lucarelli equalized for Livorno. Because of this win Milan will rise to the sixth place and that means closer to those important Champions League spots

Richest Soccer Clubs In The World

Spain has the two richest soccer clubs of the world. For the second year in a row Real Madrid has been the richest soccer club, it had an income of 292 million Euro's during the 2005/2006 season. Barcelona is number two with 259 million Euro's and Manchester united dropped to the fourty place with 242 million Euro's. Juventus is currently number three but will drop because of the Italian soccer scandal

all twenty clubs

01. (01) 292 Real Madrid (Spain)
02. (06) 259 Barcelona (Spain)
03. (04) 251 Juventus (Italy)
04. (02) 242 Manchester United (England)
05. (03) 239 AC Milan (Italy)
06. (05) 221 Chelsea (England)
07. (09) 207 Internazionale (Italy)
08. (07) 205 Bayern München (Germany)
09. (10) 192 Arsenal (England)
10. (08) 176 Liverpool (England)
11. (15) 128 Olympique Lyon (France)
12. (11) 127 AS Roma (Italy)
13. (12) 124 Newcastle United (England)
14 (14) 123 Schalke 04 (Germany)
15. (13) 107 Tottenham Hotspur (England)
16. (--) 102 Hamburger SV (Germany)
17. (17) 089 Manchester City (England)
18. (--) 088 Glasgow Rangers (Scotland)
19. (--) 087 West Ham United (England)
20. (--) 085 Benfica (Portugal)

Americans George Gillett jr And Tom Hicks Buy Liverpool

After Manchester United and Aston Villa also Liverpool is now owned by Americans. George Gillett jr And Tom Hicks came to an agreement with the Reds leadership about a takeover. The American duo will pay 218.9 million pounds for Liverpool. Gillett en Hicks guaranteed that they will spend about 280 million Euros to build a new stadium for 60 thousand spectators

Ajax Amsterdam Punishes Feyenoord Rotterdam Again By Winning 4-1

After winning 4-0 in Rotterdam earlier this season Ajax does it again and trashes Feyenoord 4-1 In The Amsterdam Arena. After 34 minutes it was already 3-0 for Ajax but Feyenoord did have chances because Ajax's defense was not the best today. Angelos Charisteas hit the post twice today and not until the 87 minute did Ajax score again

Scoreboard
Ajax Amsterdam [4 - 1] Feyenoord Rotterdam
20' [1 - 0] W. Sneijder
32' [2 - 0] W. Sneijder
34' [3 - 0] T.d. Mul
42' [3 - 1] A. Charisteas
87' [4 - 1] W. Sneijder


Top club PSV Eindhoven lost to AZ Almaar
PSV Eindhoven [2 - 3] AZ Alkmaar
20' [1 - 0] J. Farfan
50' [1 - 1] M. Dembele
62' [1 - 2] J. Jenner
65' [2 - 2] P. Cocu
88' [2 - 3] D. Koevermans

Bosko Balaban Gives New Coach Cedomir Janevski Victory

Croatian player Bosko Balaban is responsible that the new coach for Club Brugge has a good starts. Bosko Balaban scored both goals against Beveren. He scored after an assist by Elrijo Van Heerden and he also in scored in overtime

AC Milan: Ronaldo Will Play With Number 99

Ronaldo will play with shirt number 99, 99 is he closest to number 9 and that number is already Filippo Inzaghi's number. Ronaldo already said he likes it better in Milan than in Madrid; there is real friendship here

Gennaro Gattuso Will Play Until 2011 At AC Milan

AC Milan has extended the contract with Gennaro Gattuso until June 30th 2011. The old deal was supposed to expire in the summer of 2009. Clarence Seedorf, Kaká, Alberto Gilardino and Andrea Pirlo have also extended until June 30th 2011

Coppa Italia Final: Roma-Inter For Third Year In A Row

This is the third time in a row that AS Roma and Internazionale are to face each other in the final of the Coppa Italia. The Nerazzurri have won in 2005 (2-0 and 1-0) and also in 2006 (1-1 and 3-1). The final games of the Italian cup are played on April 18th and May 9th. The two teams are also meeting ths weekend when Roma comes to the San Siro for a regular Serie A match

Ronaldo Cost Real Madrid 875.000 Euro For Each Goal

Real Madrid's total costs for Brazilian megastar Ronaldo was 91 million euro's (45 million fee and 46 million salary)

O Fenomeno wore Real’s shirt 182 times in official games and he made 104 goals

Player Ronaldo
Total costs 91.000.000
Games 182
Goals 104
Cost per game 500.000
Cost per goal 875.000