D Green Grass: 2015-03-15

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Ogbeche Hangs

Playing against AZ in Dutch league.

A Nigerian just had to hang.

Live Scores (Spain)

Athletico 2

Getafe 0

Levante 0

Celta Vigo 1

Aston Villa

Swansea City

Game Details

Newcastle United

Arsenal

Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has claimed he prevented Tottenham selling Harry Kane last January.

Sherwood has been credited with helping Kane’s development during his previous job as Spurs’ technical director and gave the 21-year-old his first Premier League start for Tottenham in April 2014 during an ill-fated spell as head coach.

Match Preview : (Spain) Atletico Madrid vs Getafe / Athletic Bilbao vs Almeria

Atletico Madrid vs Getafe

Diego Simeone is keen for his players to concentrate on the league this weekend after an impressive showing in the Champions League.

Atletico Madrid beat Bayer Leverkusen on penalties to secure a quarter-final berth on Tuesday, and were subsequently drawn against Real Madrid, but Simeone was keen to downplay the fixture.

Manchester City vs West Brom

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has insisted his side's faltering season is not a disaster.Pellegrini also claims he is still enjoying life at the Etihad Stadium even though he has been heavily criticised in recent weeks and pressure is mounting.

I guess Babas don't like to debate.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has rejected a joint offer from the BBC and Sky to take part in a televised presidential election debate.

His three rivals accepted the invitation but insisted all candidates must take part in the debate as a condition of their participation.

Story from SL10. This cannot be o. we no want.

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West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce heavily favored to move to Sunderland at the end of this season is reportedly on the wish list of the Nigeria senior national team.

Allardyce according to the Sun has been approached by Nigeria to take over from Stephen Keshi in event the NFF fails to reach an agreement with the out of contract coach.

The Champions League Quarter final Draw

Ties to be played April 14 and 22:

Paris Saint-Germain	vs.	Barcelona
Atletico Madrid	vs.	Real Madrid

Ties to be played April 15 and 21:

FC Porto	vs.	Bayern Munich
Juventus	vs.	AS Monaco

Now this is interesting. PSG Vs Barcelona is fire! Athletico Vs Real is revenge.

Too damn funny!

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Lionel Messi show adds to expectation ahead of Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

Lionel Messi's magical display as Barcelona beat Manchester City 1-0 to secure their place in the Champions League quarterfinals has drawn the attention of both the media and the bookmakers ahead of Sunday's Clasico.

Earlier in the week, the press build-up had focused around Real Madrid's poor

The Champions League round of 16 is complete and we now have the pleasure (or disappointment, depending on your perspective) of a tournament with no Premier League teams still involved. And so, after a week in which Barca cemented their spot atop the Power Rankings, the top four remained the same while Europe's biggest and best clubs continue to fight for supremacy beneath them.

1. Barcelona (no change)

Brilliant Fiorentina stunned Roma with an early goal blitz to seal their spot in the Europa League quarterfinals at the expense of their Italian rivals.

Roma might have held a narrow advantage after drawing the first leg 1-1 in Florence but any hopes of progressing were sunk inside 21 minutes on Thursday as Gonzalo Rodriguez, Marcos Alonso and Jose Maria Basanta all netted for Fiorentina.

Arsenal planning mega-triple deal

Edinson Cavani, Petr Cech and Morgan Schneiderlin all on the radar

Arsenal are set to launch a staggering triple-deal over the Summer with Edinson Cavani, Morgan Schneiderlin and Petr Cech all on Arsene Wenger's radar.

The Sweden striker is facing a lengthy ban for labelling France a "s**t" country but his boss wants him to focus on his football again

Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc has called on Zlatan Ibrahimovic to put the controversy surrounding his anti-France rant behind him and prove himself a great champion again.

The Gunners will face Reading on April 18 at the Madejski Stadium as they look to reach their second consecutive Wembley showpiece, while Liverpool or Blackburn face Aston Villa

Arsenal's FA Cup semi-final with Reading will be played on Saturday April 18 at 17:20 GMT, the Football Association (FA) have announced.

UEFA Europa League(8 Games)

Dinamo Moscow

Napoli

Leg 2Aggregate: 1 - 3

Game Details

Dynamo Kiev

Everton

Leg 2Aggregate: 6 - 4

Big sales in recent months have helped the Premier League club

Chelsea Football Club can afford to sign Paul Pogba or Lionel Messi over the Summer.

Due to big deals in recent months, The Blues have opened some breathing space with regards to their Financial Fair Play situation, meaning they can afford to spend big at the end of this season with Pogba and Messi on their radar.

The Asturian coach was full of praise for the Argentine attacker after his peerless performance against Manchester City and believes nobody ever can match the in-form forward

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique believes Lionel Messi is not only the best player in the world, but also the finest footballer in the history of the game.

Roma v Fiorentina

Roma host Fiorentina in Thursday's Europa League last-16 return leg desperate to put their domestic woes behind them.

The Giallorossi go into their all-Italian tie at the Stadio Olimpico having endured a disappointing spell in Serie A.

Barcelona v Man City

Lionel Messi and Barcelona turned on the style to dump Manchester City and their inspired goalkeeper Joe Hart out of the Champions League.

It was thanks to Hart's heroics that Barcelona could manage only a 1-0 win at the Nou Camp.

Live Scores : Champions League

UEFA Champions League(2 Games)

Barcelona

Manchester City

Leg 2Aggregate: 3 - 1

Game Details

Borussia Dortmund

Juventus

Leg 2Aggregate: 1 - 5

With Manchester City's squad in need of overhaul, who stays and who goes?

Throughout their transformation from Premier League mid-table also-rans into regular title challengers, Manchester City have been a pure buying club.

This is hardly a revelation: Sheikh Mansour's millions have unquestionably been the major reason they have become one of England's leading sides.

An alleged Cristiano Ronaldo rant -- as well as his reported rivalry with Real Madrid teammate Gareth Bale -- has made waves in the Spanish media in the buildup to Sunday's Clasico at the Camp Nou.

Atletico Madrid penalty hero Fernando Torres called Champions League nights like this "gifts" as he scored his team's final penalty in the 3-2 shoot-out win, which took them past Bayer Leverkusen in their last-16, second leg at the Estadio Vicente Calderon.

Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker said Monaco deserved to progress to the Champions League quarterfinals after a second leg filled with drama and tension at the Stade Louis II stadium.

Barcelona v Man City

Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini called on his team to deliver in Barcelona as he again asserted confidence in his position.

Pellegrini has become noticeably more bullish in recent weeks as pressure and speculation over his future have increased.

Atl Madrid v Bayer Levkn

Atletico Madrid reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League following a 3-2 penalty shoot-out victory over Bayer Leverkusen, after a 1-1 aggregate draw at the Vicente Calderon on Tuesday night.

Mario Suarez netted after 27 minutes to hand the hosts the lead on the night but with no other score to follow in normal time, the match went to extra-time and penalties thanks to the German side's 1-0 first-leg lead.

Is Pogba on is way out of juve ?

Juventus have claimed that Man United and Chelsea are willing to pay £ 55m to land paul Pogba this summer.

Chelsea Target Douglas Costa Issues Come-and-get-Me Please

Chelsea target Douglas Costa has issued a come-and-get-me please as he admits he is ready to leave Shakhtar.

AA Gent post record price on Moses Simon

I know this kid would be a mega super star some day.
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Moses Simon (19) against Anderlecht statistics and hence its price a bit inflated. For the first time AA Gent manager Michel Louwagie speaks an amount. "The transfer record in Belgium will have to die to make a transfer negotiable," he says. 19 million state that the name of Marouane Fellaini.

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Atl Madrid v Bayer Levkn

Atletico Madrid's players firmly believe they will hit back from a first-leg deficit and beat Bayer Leverkusen to stay alive in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Reading v Bradford

Reading outclassed 10-man Bradford in their FA Cup quarterfinal replay to set up a Wembley semi-final date against holders Arsenal.

Swansea v Liverpool

Liverpool maintained the pressure in the race for Champions League qualification as Jordan Henderson's fortunate second-half goal saw off Swansea at the Liberty Stadium to seal a 1-0 win.

Henderson's 68th-minute winner -- his sixth goal of the season and his third in successive Premier

League table as of 17 March: England, Spain, France, Germany, Italy

Total	H2H
1	Chelsea	28	19	7	2	58	23	+35	64	D W D W W
2	Manchester City	29	17	7	5	59	28	+31	58	L W L W W
3	Arsenal	29	17	6	6	56	30	+26	57	W W W W W
4	Manchester United	29	16	8	5	50	26	+24	56	W W W L W
5	Liverpool	29	16	6	7	43	30	+13	54	W W W W W
6	Southampton	29	15	5	9	40	21	+19	50	D W L L D
7	Tottenham Hotspur	29	15	5	9	46	42	+4	50	L W W D L
8	Stoke City	29	12	6	11	33	35	-2	42	L W W W L
9	Swansea City	29	11	7	11	33	38	-5	40	L L W W L
10	West Ham United	29	10	9	10	39	37	+2	39	L L L D D
11	Newcastle United	29	9	8	12	32	46	-14	35	L L W L D
12	Crystal Palace	29	8	9	12	34	40	-6	33	W L W L D
13	West Bromwich …	29	8	9	12	27	36	-9	33	W L W D W
14	Everton	29	7	10	12	36	41	-5	31	W L L D L
15	Hull City	29	6	10	13	26	37	-11	28	D D L W W
16	Aston Villa	29	7	7	15	19	38	-19	28	W W L L L
17	Sunderland	29	4	14	11	23	43	-20	26	L D L D L
18	Burnley	29	5	10	14	26	47	-21	25	W L L D L
19	Queens Park Ra…	29	6	4	19	30	52	-22	22	L L L L W
20	Leicester City	28	4	7	17	24	44	-20	19	D L D L L

Spanish La Liga Table

Total							Form	H2H
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P	Last 5 matches
1	Chelsea	28	19	7	2	58	23	+35	64	D W D W W
2	Manchester City	29	17	7	5	59	28	+31	58	L W L W W
3	Arsenal	29	17	6	6	56	30	+26	57	W W W W W
4	Manchester United	29	16	8	5	50	26	+24	56	W W W L W
5	Liverpool	29	16	6	7	43	30	+13	54	W W W W W
6	Southampton	29	15	5	9	40	21	+19	50	D W L L D
7	Tottenham Hotspur	29	15	5	9	46	42	+4	50	L W W D L
8	Stoke City	29	12	6	11	33	35	-2	42	L W W W L
9	Swansea City	29	11	7	11	33	38	-5	40	L L W W L
10	West Ham United	29	10	9	10	39	37	+2	39	L L L D D
11	Newcastle United	29	9	8	12	32	46	-14	35	L L W L D
12	Crystal Palace	29	8	9	12	34	40	-6	33	W L W L D
13	West Bromwich …	29	8	9	12	27	36	-9	33	W L W D W
14	Everton	29	7	10	12	36	41	-5	31	W L L D L
15	Hull City	29	6	10	13	26	37	-11	28	D D L W W
16	Aston Villa	29	7	7	15	19	38	-19	28	W W L L L
17	Sunderland	29	4	14	11	23	43	-20	26	L D L D L
18	Burnley	29	5	10	14	26	47	-21	25	W L L D L
19	Queens Park Ra…	29	6	4	19	30	52	-22	22	L L L L W
20	Leicester City	28	4	7	17	24	44	-20	19	D L D L L

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Friday, 20 March 2015

Thursday, 19 March 2015

UEFA Europa League(8 Games)

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

UEFA Champions League(2 Games)

Tuesday, 17 March 2015