The chelsea skipper john terry has revealed he regards Lionel Messi as the greatest of all time and that even his children love messi 24, has again had every adjective used to describe his feats this term and has a staggering 58 goals from 50 games so far this term in the Blues will face Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final in just under two weeks at Stamford Bridge.And the clash will evoke memories of their 2009 game when they met at the same stage to the following that game Messi has gone on to cement his reputation as arguably the greatest player of all time terry's 5 year old twins Georgie and Summer may be too young to recall that clash will have to decide whether to wear their Chelsea or Barca strips for this game such is there love for the player "My kids love him," said Terry.They are pleasure because when you finish and look back and the guy still going to be going strong have tested yourself against the best for the quite clearly for me, he's the best ever to he is a great individual, a great person as well and a credit to the sport for me, he is a got everything to he is magical.
The brazil legend ronaldo believes that this season's champions league final will be contested between two of his former clubs, barcelona and real Madrid in the Catalan giants will face chelsea in the semi-finals of european football's elite competition to Real Madrid face a tricky tie against Bayern Munich.A ronaldo is confident that the two spanish rivals will overcome to the last-four encounters to reach the showpiece event is to be held at Bayern's Allianz Arena on May 19 in the real madrid and Bayern Munich are both at a high level and it will be a hard-fought semi-final to i believe Real will go through to he is quoted as saying by espn brazil.And the spain is suffering an economic crisis to both teams madrid and barcelona are at a level much higher than the rest in the champions league final will be between the former forward then moved on to speak positively of Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, who he believes will stay in the Spanish capital beyond the current campaign.The ronaldo has scored 47 goals in 49 appearances during a one-year spell at Barcelona for the netting 104 times in 177 games for madrid, enjoying five seasons at the santiago bernabeu.
The pablo aimar has voiced his disappointment with Benfica's Champions League elimination as he believes that Chelsea's individual quality made the difference in the quarter-final tie for the portuguese side were beaten 2-1 at Stamford Bridge after losing the 1st leg 1-0 at home and the aimar stressed that Benfica deserved better than two losses.But, I think that we played our own game, and we did it very well for some things didn't go for us and they had the individuals to see them through to the semi-finals of the Champions League, Aimar said to uefa.com and we are talking about a team chelsea that have lots of great individuals do not get a big window of opportunity against them. In matches like this it's very hard.Thy are we played a good game and we were coming off a very difficult defeat in the 1st game to think we deserved to win in benfica resume domestic action on April 9 when they travel to Sporting Lisbon.International career for pablo aimar first represented Argentina at youth levels for along to future senior team stars Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Román Riquelme, he won the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship and went on to gain over 50 full caps to his debut in 1999 to he played in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups.
The Referee Bjorn Kuipers (Left) shows Robinho (Right) of AC Milan a yellow card after he fouled Andres Iniesta (Bottem) of FC Barcelona during the Champions League quarter-final second leg match between FC Barcelona and AC Milan at the Camp Nou stadium on April 3, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.A Dutch referee has received his fair share of criticism for his decision to award the catalans a second penalty after Alessandro Nesta's infringement on Sergio Busquets five minutes before half-time to the kuipers declared that he was pleased with his display and does not feel guilty about any of his decisions.We have the match officials for a good team performance and the match went as we expected it to go," Kuipers was quoted as saying by ANP and Uefa doesn't allow its match officials to comment on specific situations, but Kuipers hinted that he has no regrets about his controversial calls to the fact that we have a good feeling about the match says it all for my phone has been ringing non-stop and to nothing but compliments.And the barcelona qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League following Tuesday's victory after drawing 0-0 in the first leg at San Siro.
The Argentine struck with a pair of spot kicks to send the Blaugrana into the next round and claim the record for most goals in a single Champions League season and the lionel messi moved into 3rd on the list of all-time goalscorers in the competition as Barca set up a last-four place against Benfica or Chelsea and after a goalless draw in the 1st leg of the quarter-final between two of Europe's heavyweights, World Player of the Year Messi, 24, netted an early penalty, making him the youngest player to reach 50 goals in the Champions League.And the lionel messi stole the headlines once again for the two penalties in the 1st half either side of an Antonio Nocerino strike up to 14 Champions League goals for the season a record for a single campaign to messi himself stepped up to take the spot-kick and made no mistake, beating Abbiati with a low shot into the left corner to score a record 13th Champions League goal of the season and 50th of his career.The Messi inspired them to beat Manchester United in last year's final at Wembley, and the Argentine's incredible goalscoring form could steer the club to another title this year and the goal crushed Milan's spirit to the match desended into an exhibition as Barca booked their place in the semi-finals for a 5th successive year.Barcelona Play next face the winner of Chelsea and Benfica's clash on Wednesday, setting up a tantalising replay of previous clashes with the Blues and a possible SuperClasico final against Real Madrid in May.
The Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has weighed in on the future of son-in-law Sergio Aguero, insisting that the Manchester City striker has to move to Real Madrid in order to fulfil his potential in the former Independiente and Atletico Madrid star has a favourite in Manchester for completing a move prior to the 2011-12 season and in 41 appearances has netted 24 times to he is also known for his close relationship to the Al Wasl coach and is married to Maradona's daughter Giannina.A former Independiente and Atletico Madrid star has become a favourite in Manchester to completing a move prior to the 2011-12 season and in 41 appearances has netted 24 times is also known for his close relationship with the Al Wasl coach and is married to Maradona's daughter Giannina to speaking press on Tuesday morning, Maradona expressed his belief that the Santiago Bernabeu was the right place for Aguero, although he admitted that completing a deal would not be easy.They would be the perfect take-off for him to he is flying at city to the best thing for him would have been to sign for Madrid, he made a mistake to outspoken idol stated in quotes published by AS to he is beating all-comers right now is not going to be easy to take him away from City for want to keep hold of him because manager Roberto Mancini sees him as a key player forentino perez has no limits but City have money to burn.
The Wayne Rooney admits that winning the title this season will mean a bit more because they will have beaten rivals Manchester City to the prize are in pole position to take their 20th league crown, as they have the chance to move five points clear at the top of the table on Monday evening with victory at Blackburn and the city have been top for the majority of the campaign to have stuttered in recent weeks and reigning champions United have taken their chance.And the rooney admits beating them to the title would add something to the success.Would it mean something extra because City are challenging? Yes, of course," he said to be a first time since I've been here and the first time for many years that United and City have been going head-to-head for the title to win it would be great for the players in fans and the club as a whole be one of the best titles we've ever won, if we can do it.The many have claimed that United have been far from their best this season, but Rooney insists that winning the title this year has been as difficult as ever to probably more challenging than it has ever been in the Premier League to win the title and he continued to be you have to be at your best in every game. You can't perform at 75 per cent of your capabilities and expect to win and the premier league in general has got stronger over the last few years.
