Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The Return of the Champions League. And the Europa League. Oh, and some domestic action.

Starting up the Champions League coverage, how about the game in Milan that ended in tragedy for the Milanese: AC Milan losing 1-0 to the visiting Tottenham side. Aaron Lennon was the man who set-up the winning 80th minute goal which went in from the boot of Peter Crouch. All AC Milan could seem to do was collect cards as they went through the game. The after-match scuffle wasn't nice either. In the other match for a spot in the quarter-finals today, Valencia were tied with Schalke as the final whistle blew. Roberto Soldado was the man who put the Spanish side ahead in the 17th only to be disappointed when, in the 64th minute, Raul Gonzalez struck on his return to Spain to bring the German side level. This game also ended with some bad blood as Lukas Schmitz was sent off in the third minute of stoppage time in the second half among other bookings. In the Europa League, Aris welcomed Manchester City to Greece and weren't polite at all. Neither side ended up scoring despite both sides having goes throughout the match. Manchester City definately looked better though, though you wouldn't know that from the 0-0 scoreline. It bodes well for the English side when they play the second leg in England, but we'll have to wait and see! Finally, on the domestic front, Scotland saw Motherwell go to Aberdeen and win 2-1. Aberdeen got an early lead through Sone Aluko before Francis Jeffers and Jamie Murphy gave Motherwell the lead. South now in England, Newcastle ran out 2-0 winners over Birmingham following goals from Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best.

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