Spanish La Liga Round 26

 

Barcelona lost the leadership in La Liga after being held to a draw by Almeria last weekend. This Sunday they face strong rival Valencia. They may be distracted by an important Champions League fixture mid of next week, where they will take on Stuttgart. The first leg agains the German outfit ended in a 1-1 draw.

 

Swedish striker Ibrahimovic is suspended while Valencia defender Navarro is also sitting out for this game.

 

Real Madrid's lethal offense went dead against Lyon and was dumped out of the Champions League. Disappointment filled the camp and it will be a puzzle whether Real Madrid can bounce back quickly. They will be travelling to struggling Vallodolid in search of a victory.

 

UEFA Champions League Round 16 (2nd leg)

 

Arsenal 5 Porto 0 (Total Agg 6-2)

Fiorentina 3 Bayern Munich 2 (Total Agg 4-4)

Manchester United vs AC Milan (1st Leg 7-2)

Real Madrid vs Lyon (1st Leg 1-2)

 

English Premier League Round 30

 

Chelsea is expected to rest several key players against West Ham this weekend as they will want to turn a 2-1 deficit against Inter Milan in the Champions League.

 

Arsenal crushed Porto 5-0 and qualified for the quarter finals. They can now concentrate on the league with a visit to lowly Hull City. The same goes to Manchester United as they walloped AC Milan 4-0. Rooney is red hot and is keen to continue his form against Fulham.

 

Liverpool's battle for the fourth spot took a tumble after their loss at Wigan. This weekend they entertain bottom-of-table Portsmouth, and anything less than a convincing victory is disastrous.

 

 

Italian Serie A Round 28

 

Inter Milan's two consecutive goalless draw has seen them dropped vital points. Their lead in the table is reduced to only five. With the Chelsea game in mind, will Mourinho take a risk against a humble Catania?

 

AC Milan's morale suffered after their 4-0 thrashing defeat at Old Trafford. They have only one mission now; to win the league and that starts from recording a win against Chievo.

 

Roma shall not have issues at Livorno and Juventus is expected to beat Siena in their fight for the all-important fourth place.

 

German Bundesliga Round 26

 

Bayern Munich cannot possibly drop points against a second-from-bottom Freiburg team. They have successfully qualified for the quarter final after a brilliant performance at Fiorentina.

 

Leverkusen is desperate to go back to their winning ways after surrendering the leadership in the league. They surprisingly crashed to 3-2 defeat at lowly Nurnberg last weekend, and this Sunday they face strong opponent Hamburg, who is occupying the fourth position.

 

 

Top 10 Players' Transfers in the Summer 2009

1. £80m - Cristiano Ronaldo (from Man Utd to Real Madrid)

2. £59m - Kaka (from AC Milan to Real Madrid)

3. £43m + player - Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter to Barcelona)

4. £30m - Karim Benzema (from Lyon to Real Madrid)

5. £30m - Xabi Alonso (from Liverpool to Real Madrid)

6. £26m - Mario Gomez (from Stuttgart to Bayern Munich)

7. £25m - Carlos Tevez (from Man Utd to Man City)

8. £25m - Emmanuel Adebayor (from Arsenal to Man City)

9. £24m - Dmytro Chygrynskiy (from Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona)

10. £22m - Diego (from Werder Bremen to Juventus)

10. £22m - Joleon Lescott (from Everton to Man City)

10. £22m - Arjen Robben (from Real Madrid to Bayern Munich)

 

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