2008 | Page 51 of 63 | Soccer Blog|Football News, Reviews, Quizzes

Chelsea to spend £80 million for Lionel Messi ?

May 4, 2008

If news in the press are to be believed, Roman and Chelsea are willing to make a mockery of all previous football transfer records to bring Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to Stamford Bridge. Billionaire owner Abramovich has reportedly given Avram Grant the go ahead signal to bid for the Argentine, who is probably Barcelona’s most … Read more

How did Zenit St Petersburg make it to the UEFA Cup final ?

May 2, 2008

As you all might be knowing, Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg will meet Rangers in the final of the UEFA Cup 2007-08 (this season). Zenit upset FC Bayern, while Rangers beat Fiorentina on penalties. Zenit are coached by Dick Advocaat.

Here is a look at Zenit’s path to the final. A similar article for Rangers will follow.

Road to CoMS for Zenit St. Petersburg

Second Qualifying Round

First leg – Vion Zlate Moravce 0-2 Zenit St. Petersburg ( Erik Hagen, Alexsei Ionov)

Second leg- Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 Vion Zlate Moravce (Pavel Pogrebnyak,Ilya Maksimov, Kim Dong Jin)

Zenit win 5-0 on aggregate

First round

First leg- Zenit 3-1 Standard ( Andrei Arshavin *2, Kim Dong Jin)

Second leg- Standard 1-1 Zenit St. Petersburg (Oguchi Onyewu/Pavel Pogrebnyak)

Zenit win 4-1 on aggregate.

Group Stage- Group A

Melbourne Victory to play Juventus in friendly

April 20, 2008

Date : May 30

Venue : Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia

Fixture : Melbourne Victory vs Juventus.

It is a game that has Victory officials licking their lips in anticipation, with the A- League side rumoured to get around 40% of the gate receipts. Apparently, the Newcastle Jets also made an attempt to bring Juventus Down Under for a friendly, but failed.

While several Juventus players like Buffon, Iaquinta and Del Piero may not make the trip because of national team commitments, one can be sure of seeing players like Pavel Nedved and Mohammed Sissoko in action.