Entries tagged with football:competitions:champions league

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MORE RECENT CUP and/or LEAGUE WINNERS

Here are some pics of the Italy Cup winners, the Mexican Primera league, and the Copa Del Rey. Oh, and some more of Chelsea after winning the Champions League. :)

I think Lavezzi does this on purpose. ;P

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CHAMPIONS - A PHOTO SPREAD

Now that MOST of the leagues are finished for the season (not ALL, mind you - some of the South American leagues have still to finish) I thought I'd do a photo recap of the winners so far. Also some of the teams in the lower leagues who have risen to the top once more (or in some cases, it's perhaps for the first time).

Starting with...yeah, baby, Atletico Madrid, 2012 winners of the Europa League!

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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS - QUITE AMAZING RESULTS

I don't think anyone would argue that Barcelona and Real Madrid were the favourites to go through to the final this year. But the exact opposite happened. It's not that Chelsea and Bayern Munich are not good teams. Far from it. But with it being impossible for both of these teams to win their respective leagues, while Barcelona and Real Madrid were still battling it out to see who would win theirs, the key factor for the CL semis seems to be that while Chelsea and Bayern were able to rest their players for their Champions League matches, Barcelona and Real Madrid had to face each other last Saturday in a high octane match that probably decided who would be La Liga champions. And I think that 'El Clasico' game probably took all the wind out of both teams' sails.

Both semi-finals were highly dramatic. Here are some photos.

"He ain't heavy, he's my brother."

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