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UEFA Champions League Odds Spreads Lines 2009

The final four teams are set for the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona won convincingly against Bayern Munich. Chelsea narrowly escaped an onslaught of goals by Liverpool. Arsenal put Villareal away with a spectacular goal by Adebayor. Manchester United became the first English team to beat FC Porto in Portugal to advance to the next round, lead by an impressive goal by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 6th minute from 40 yards away. Here are the latest odds... [Read More...]

UEFA Champions League Draw Announced 2008 2009

The 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League quarterfinal round draw was announced today. There are eight teams left. Four teams from the English Premier Leauge. Two from the Spanish Leage. One form the Portugese League. Finally one team representing the German League. Here are the matchups: Manchester United vs FC Porto Chelsea vs Liverpool Barcelona vs Bayern Muchen Villareal vs Arsenal Some would say Manchester Unietd has the easiest draw and the hardest... [Read More...]

UEFA Champions League Odds 2008 2009

The Sports Affiliate had previously discussed the 2008-2009 Champions League Odds in July at the moment Manchester United was the favorite at 6/1. So far the top six teams are still in the mix. Here are the odds for to win the Champions League from July 2008: Manchester United 6/1 Chelsea 7/1 Real Madrid 11/2 Barcelona 9/1 Inter Milan 9/1 Arsenal 11/1 One team will can potentially be left out of the next round as Manchester United faces Inter Milan... [Read More...]

Beckham to transfer to AC Milan during January transfer window

AC Milan confirms that LA Galaxy middielder will be on loan during the January transfer window. This will be during the break of the MLS season. Full story on Yahoo Sports - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081022/sp_soccer_afp/fblitaengacmilanbeckham;_ylt=AsYQjrckhVcJ8ZlUcmbjHDMLMxIF Not sure if AC Milan is making a good move, perhaps they should look at some rising stars and not outgoing stars such as Beckham, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho. No get me wrong... [Read More...]

Manchester United vs Aalborg Sept 30 Champions League Goal Highlights

Manchester United defeated Aalborg today 3-0, Aalborg was no match for Manchester United’s attack. Wayne Rooney had a goal in the first half and Berbatov scored his first goal in a Manchester United uniform and another one in the second half. Berbatov’s second goal was spectacular. It shows the kind of skills he adds. It looks like Manchester United is finally putting everything together with players returning from injury. Cristiano Ronaldo... [Read More...]

Chelsea vs Bordeaux UEFA Champions League Video Highlights Sept 16 2008

Chelsea continued its tear and domination of teams. They are scoring at will. Goals by Frank Lampard, Florent Malouda, Joe Cole, and Nicolas Anelka. They will face Manchester United this week in English Premiership matchup, withouth Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United looks mediocre at best. Here are the highlights from today’s match: 1st Half Goals     2nd Half Goals   SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Chelsea vs Bordeaux... [Read More...]

Marseille vs Liverpool UEFA Champions League Sept 16 2008 Video Highlights

Steven Gerrard scored two goals and lead Liverpoool from behind to defeat Marseille 2-1 at Marseille in Group D. Gerrard was replaced in the second half along with Fernando Torres. Gerrard’s first goal was a nice one. The second goal was a goal from a PK. Odds on that match was Olympique Marseille +0 (+120) vs Liverpool +0 (-155) from Betus.com. Here are the goal highlights.   SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Marseille vs Liverpool UEFA... [Read More...]

2008 2009 UEFA Champions League Odds

The UEFA Champions League begins this week. I originally discussed the odds to win the Champions League a couple of months ago. It seems that Manchester United is struggling to win in the English Premier League and suffered a loss against Zenit in the Super Cup. Chelsea looks to be the favorite as they are scoring at will and are dominating. Here odds from Bodog for some key games: Chelsea -1.5 (-115) vs Girondins de Bordeaux +1.5 (-115) FC Barcelona... [Read More...]

Amsterdam Tournament Coverage

The Sports Affiliate has initiated coverage of the Amsterdam Tournament. The Amsterdam tournament has one unique aspect according to WikiPedia: The Amsterdam Tournament uses an unusual points-scoring system. As with most football, a victory results in three points; a draw in one; and a defeat in none. However, teams are rewarded one extra point for every goal they score. For example, a 3-3 draw brings the same number of points as a 1-0 victory brings... [Read More...]

Cristiano Ronaldo and Niki Ghazian

TheDirty.com has reported that Cristiano Ronaldo and Niki Ghazian hooked up this weekend. The Villa seems to be the place of choice for Ronaldo to hang out. Who is Niki Ghazian anyways ? Well without further adu here she is… Cristiano Ronaldo and Niki Grazian She is not bad. Ronaldo likes to diversify and he does like them top heavy. What’s up with the ball huggers though? I guess if you are C-Ron, you can get away with wearing ball huggers... [Read More...]

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