Friendly 1999: Brasil Argentina

Data (Date): 07-09-1999

Competição (Competition): amistoso (friendly)

Local (Place): Estádio do Beira-Rio

Cidade (City): Porto Alegre (Brasil/Brazil)

Árbitro (Referee): Oscar Ruiz (Colômbia/Colombia)

Brasil: Dida, Cafu, Antônio Carlos, Scheidt,

Roberto Carlos, Vampeta (Marcos Assunção),

Émerson, Zé Roberto (Juninho Pernambucano),

Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Élber)

Técnico (Coach): Vanderlei Luxemburgo

Argentina: Bonano, Vivas (Hussaín), Ayala,

Samuel - Zanetti, Verón (Schelotto), Redondo

(Simeone), Sorín, Ortega - Crespo (Cláudio Lopez),

Kili González (Gallardo).Técnico (Coach): Marcelo Bielsa

Italian Super Cup 1990 Napoli Juventus

Date:  September 01, 1990 

Spectators: about 70.000 

Venue: Stadio San Paolo

Naples, Italy 

Referee: Longhi (Roma)

Napoli (coach A.Bigon): G.Galli, C.Ferrara,
Francini, Crippa (80` Rizzardi), Baroni,
Corradini, De Napoli, Alemao, Maradona,
Careca, Silenzi (70` Mauro).
Juventus (coach L.Maifredi): Tacconi, Napoli,
De Agostini, Gallia,Bonetti (46` De Marchi),
Julio Cesar,  Haessler (46` Fortunato),
Marocchi, R.Baggio, Schillaci, Casiraghi.

Goals: 8`Silenzi, 20`Careca, 38`R.Baggio,
42`Crippa, 44`Silenzi, 71`Careca.

 

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TO UPDATE Division One 1976 1977 Liverpool Aston Villa

30 October 1976
Anfield Road,
Liverpool

  Liverpool made their traditional close season swoop into the transfer market in August 1976, signing the England international, David Johnson from Ipswich for £200,000. The Liverpool-born Johnson had been on Everton's books for three years before joining Ipswich but his transfer to Liverpool confused many as they totted up the number of strikers already at Anfield. But there was sense to the signing. Unknown to the general public, Kevin Keegan had approached the club expressing his interest in playing abroad and Real Madrid had already made a tempting offer for his services. A deal was struck: if Keegan remained for one more year while the club attempted to win the European Cup, his request to leave would be granted. Johnson had, in fact, been purchased to provide extra firing power when Keegan left and Toshack moved on.

The foray into Europe began at Anfield where the Reds took on the Irish champions, Crusaders. It was the first time they had met an Irish League club in a European tournament and Liverpool schemed and sweated to break down their tight, well-organised defence. In the end it took a Phil Neal penalty and a John Toshack goal to make the scoreline look reasonably respectable and over in Belfast Liverpool fared better hammering five goals past the part-timers. The next round saw Liverpool breaking new frontiers again as they journeyed to the Black Sea to meet the Turkish champions, Trabzonspor. Weary after their long journey and with a bumpy pitch and poor quality match ball to add to their problems, the Reds struggled to find their rhythm. They conceded a hotly-disputed penalty but held on to keep the score down to a single goal.
Over the years the club had studied and smartly learned the lessons of European travel. In the mid-sixties they would fly out by schedule plane a few days beforehand, returning the day after the match but now they flew out by charter the day before the game and returned immediately. This itinerary reduced boredom to a minimum, avoided diet problems and kept the players fresh for the continuing League programme. Shankly and Paisley had also instilled into them a discipline of never retaliating when provoked by continental teams. 

Liverpool began their League challenge in sparkling form, losing only two of their first sixteen games and by September had already climbed to the top of the table. There were fine wins against Everton at Anfield by three goals to one and a five-goal hammering of Leicester but then shortly before Christmas, Liverpool were astonishingly thrashed by five goals to one at Aston Villa. It was the first time any team had put more than four goals past the Liverpool defence since Ajax. To that date Liverpool had only conceded more than three League goals on seven occasions since their return to the First Division in 1962. The week after their humiliation at Villa Park, Liverpool lost at West Ham by two goals to nil and the prophets of doom began to write the team's obituary. But they bounced back the following week to end 1976 by beating Stoke City 4-0. The Football League Cup was soon brushed aside when they lost their replay at the Hawthorns after drawing one goal each with West Bromwich at Anfield. But the FA Cup was a far more serious proposition. In their opening game, Liverpool faced Third Division Crystal Palace but could only draw 0 - 0 at Anfield and it began to look as if this competition might be short-lived as well. Down at Selhurst Park, however, in front of a near record crowd of 43,000 Liverpool dismissed the South Londoners by three goals to two and drew Division Two's Carlisle for the fourth round. They proved to be easier opposition going down 3-0 at Anfield. There were further lower division opponents when Oldham came out of the famous bag for the fifth round but they too went out by three goals to one. 

 The quarter-finals brought Middlesbrough to Anfield with Fairclough and Keegan combining to dismiss them 2-0 but if the draw had been lucky until then, it turned against them in the semi-final when all Merseyside had hoped they would avoid Everton. So, the eighty-year long prospect of an all-Merseyside final disappeared yet again and instead the two lined up against each other at Maine Road in a semi-final for the fourth time. Like most of their previous cup encounters it was a gruelling contest. The first game ended two goals apiece with local players McDermott and Jimmy Case saving their blushes and they returned to Manchester four days later to recommence battle. This time Liverpool's superiority shone through as they hit three goals past their rivals and the Reds were through to their sixth FA Cup final. The League Championship was wrapped up at Anfield on 14 May, 1977 a week before the FA Cup final as Liverpool clinched the one point they needed against West Ham in a goalless draw. Just over 55,000 saluted Liverpool's tenth championship with more than 10,000 locked out an hour before kick-off. Their final run-in had been remarkable with not one game lost since 22 January until the title had been secured. They had gone sixteen games without defeat to win the championship by one point from Manchester City. Keegan lead the goalscoring list with twelve League goals, followed by Toshack with ten. In all, thirteen Liverpool players had contributed goals during the season, showing the depth of goalscoring strength throughout the team. With the League trophy safely secured and with two finals impending, Liverpool glimpsed the beckoning vision of an astonishing treble.

World Cup Qualifying 1985: Brasil Paraguay

Data (Date): 23-06-1985

Competição (Competition): Eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo (World Cup Qualifying)

Local (Place): Estádio do Maracanã

Cidade (City): Rio de Janeiro (Brasil/Brazil)

Árbitro (Referee): J. Martinez Bazan (Uruguai/Uruguay)

 Dimanche 23 juin 1985. Maracanà. Brésil-Paraguay. Éliminatoires du Mundial mexicain. Quatrième minute de jeu. Zico récupère le ballon au centre du terrain. Aussitôt, l'attaque brésilienne se déploie. Eder à gauche. Casagrande au centre. Renato a droite. C'est cette dernière option que Zico choisit. Et là, tout va très vite. Alors que l'ailier lancé dans le trou essaye de s'emparer de la balle, il croise soudain sur son passage un énergumène dératé qui fonce sur lui vers le centre du terrain. Personne ne l'a vu arriver. Sa destination : Zico. Stupeur dudit. Des autres joueurs. Stupeur de l'arbitre. Stupeur du public. Et voilà le supporter qui s'arrête devant l'idole. S'agenouille. Se prosterne. Et lui baise les pieds avec dévotion. Alors, la seconde d'étonne-ment passée, Maracanà jubile, applaudit, ovationne. Puis siffle les cerbères de service raccompagnant vers les escaliers du vestiaire le supporter messager de son adoration. Maracanà est heureux. Zico, le carioca de Flamengo, Zico, le symbole de l'art du football brésilien, Zicozinho, l'enfant chéri, est de retour. Et quel retour. Fanfare et trompettes. Avec un cri du cœur : Brésil je t'aime, je ne te quitterai plus jamais. Brésil je t'aime. Ton football. Ta vie. Tu es mon pays. Zico est de nouveau heureux. Et il l'a fait savoir. Balle au pied. Micro au poing. Lui aussi avait la « saudade », la nostalgie. Deux ans qu'il était parti, laissant derrière lui comme une grande sensation de vide dans le cœur des foules et du peuple...

Champions League 1998/1999 Semi-final 1st Leg Dynamo Kyiv Bayern Munich

Date: 07 april 1999

Place: Olimpic Stadium ( NSC Оlimpiyskiy )

City: Kyiv, Ukraine

Attendance: 82.000 spectators

Referee: K.Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Dynamo Kyiv: Olexandr Shovkovsky,Olexandr Holovko,Vladyslav Vaschuk,Oleg Luzhny,Kakha Kaladze,Andriy Husin,Aleksandr Khatskevich (80` Olexandr Kiryukhin), Vitaly Kosovsky, Valentin Belkevich, Serhiy Rebrov, Andriy Shevchenko.Coach: Valery Lobanovsky.

Bayern Munich: Oliver Kahn, Markus Babbel, Samuel Kuffour, Hasan Salihamidzic, Jens Jeremies, Stefan Effenberg, Lothar Matthaus, Thomas Strunz, Michael Tarnat,Mehmet Scholl(72` Alexander Zickler), Carsten Jancker(89` Ali Daei).Coach:Ottmar Hitzfeld.

Goals: 16` Shevchenko, 43` Shevchenko, 45` Tarnat , 50` Kosovsky,72` Effenberg,89` Jancker.

Carsten Jancker scored in the 90th minute to give Bayern Munich a 3-3 draw with Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday in the first leg of the European Champions Cup semifinal.

Bayern rallied from a 3-1 deficit, with Stefan Effenberg drawing the German side within one on a free kick in the 78th minute. He shot from near the left of Dynamo's penalty area, with the ball swerving past the wall into the left side of the goal. 

Dynamo striker Andrii Shevchenko opened the scoring in the 15th minute after Valiantsin Bialkevich's pass from near the center of the field went through the defense. Shevchenko beat goalkeeper Oliver Kahnfired with a shot into the left orner of the goal. Shevchenko helped give Dynamo a 2-0 lead in the 43th minute, sending a free kick from the left corner of the penalty area flying to the lower left corner of the net to midfielder Kakha Kaladze for a header. 

Bayern, which began to attack methodically following Dynamo's first goal had several scoring opportunities an finally managed to break through in the 45th minute. 

Michael Tarnat scored on a free kick from the right side, directng the ball past Dynamo's tiny defensive wall and Ukrainian goalkeeper Olexander Shovkovsky. 

Dynamo took a 3-1 lead in the 50th minute. Vitaly Kossovskyi dribbled past defenders near the left side of Bayern's penalty area, regained possession after a pass attempt ricocheted off Bayern's Samuel Kuffour, and scored from close range. 

Tension escalated after the Germans' second goal, with both teams resorting to rough play. In one episode, Dynamo's Oleksandr Khatskevich encountered an opponent's boot that left a bleeding rip on his face. 

 Dynamo continued to press, and Bayern defender Lothar Matthaus saved his team in the 85th minute, heading the ball off the line. 

But as the Ukrainian team was losing one scoring opportunity after another, Jancker equalized in the 9th minute after getting a pass in Dynamo's penalty area and firing it home. Three defenders surrounded the Bayern striker, but were unable to stop him. 

Dynamo coach Valery Lobanovsky reproached his team after the game for mistakes in defense and the lost scoring opportunities, but said the Ukrainian team was far from giving up hope of making it into the Champions Cup final for the first time in its history. 

"Everything will be decided in the second game," Lobanovsky said.

Kiews Trainer Lobanowski entschied sich für seine Sicherheitsvariante, brachte den defensiver orientierten Chatskewitsch statt Jaschkin für die rechte Mittelfeldseite. Kollege Hitzfeld nahm gegenüber dem 2:2 von Dortmund vier personelle Änderungen vor.

Für Linke, Helmer, Fink und Basler kamen Babbel, Matthäus, Jeremies und Salihamidzic. Diese vier Änderungen veränderten das taktische Grundgefüge nicht.

Die Bayern versuchten zu Beginn, mit langen Ballpassagen das Spiel zu beruhigen. Die beiden Halbstürmer Scholl und Salihamidzic wechselten häufig die Seiten. Dennoch war in der Spitze zuwenig Bewegung, um entscheidend nach vorne kommen zu können.

In diesem Bereich arbeitete Kiew wesentlich effektiver. Schon nach einer Viertelstunde erzielte Schewtschenko nach einem steilen Paß von Belkjewitsch aus dem zentralen Mittelfeld heraus an Babbel vorbei überlegt die Führung. Der Stürmer, der bereits in den Viertelfinalbegegnungen gegen Real Madrid alle drei Treffer erzielt hatte, bewies erneut seine Klasse und erhöhte damit seine Gesamtausbeute im diesjährigen Wettbewerb der Champions League auf sieben.

Doch er war sich auch nicht zu schade, defensiv auszuhelfen. Der Topstar Dynamos komplettierte bei Bedarf, im Wechsel mit Rebrow, das Mittelfeld zu einer Fünferreihe. Umgekehrt stellte es die Ukrainer auch nicht vor taktische Probleme, aus dem 4-4-2 heraus blitzschnell auf 4-3-3 umzuschalten, indem sich Gussin oder Belkjewitsch blitzschnell nach vorne bewegten. Immer wieder verbreitete Kiew mit präzisen Pässen in die Spitze höchste Gefahr.

Dies lag auch daran, daß es im Bayern-Mittelfeld an Kompaktheit zwischen den Außen Strunz und Tarnat sowie dem zentralen Dreierblock Scholl/Effenberg/Jeremies mangelte. Dies führte einerseits dazu, das der Paßgeber nicht entscheidend gestört wurde und in Übernahmesituationen in der Spitze verwundbare Schnittstellen offenlagen.

Schewtschenkos achter Treffer in der Champions League war etwas glücklich. Sein Freistoß aus halbrechter Position wurde in der Mitte von allen verfehlt. Der Gegenschlag von Tarnat aus gut 30 Metern ließ wieder Hoffnung aufflackern. Diese wurde jedoch erst einmal schnell wieder erstickt, als ein Querschläger Kuffours Kossowski genau vor die Füße flog.

Bis zur 60. Minute verpaßten die wesentlich kreativeren, raffinierteren und mannschaftstaktisch flexibleren Ukrainer bei mehreren guten Einschußmöglichkeiten, die Führung zu erhöhen. Danach wandelte sich das Bild. Matthäus gab das Signal, lebte vor, wie man sich gegen eine drohende hohe Niederlage stemmte. So gewannen das Bayen-Spiel an Druck, Kiew wurde weit in die eigene Hälfte zurückgedrängt. Doch es fehlte an Ideen, um wirklich Gefahr zu entwickeln. So traf Effenberg wiederum per direktem Freistoß zum Anschluß. Und, oh Wunder, Jancker traf sogar noch zum 3:3!

Aus Kiew berichten Karl-Heinz Heimann und Karlheinz Wild

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Mundialito clubs 1983 Juventus Flamengo

02 Luglio 1983 

Località: San Siro (Milano-Italia) 

Spettatori: 80.000 Arbitro: Enzo Barbaresco (Italia) 

Juventus: Bodini, Gentile, Scirea (Prandelli), Caricola, Cabrini, Furin, Tardelli, Platini, Bonini, Boniek, Paolo Rossi. Allenatore: Giovanni Trappatoni.

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Friendly 1989: Italia Brazil

Data (Date): 14-10-1989

Competição (Competition): amistoso (friendly)

Local (Place): Stadio Renato Dall'Ara

Cidade (City): Bologna (Itália/Italy)

Árbitro (Referee): H. Kohl (Áustria/Austria)

Itália: W. Zenga, D. Bergomi, R. Ferri (C. Ferrara), F. Baresi, L. De Agostini - F. De Napoli, N. Berti, G. Giannini (L. Fusi), R. Baggio - G. Vialli, A. Carnevale
Técnico (Coach): Azeglio Vicini

Brasil: Taffarel, Jorginho, Aldair (André Cruz), Mauro Galvão, Ricardo Rocha, Mazinho, Dunga, Alemão (Geovani), Silas (Tita), Müller, Careca Técnico (Coach): Sebastião Lazaroni

TO UPDATE Division One 1972 1973 Chelsea Manchester United Bobby Charlton Last Game

28 April 1973
Stanford Bridge,
London

 It's impossible to name for sure the greatest Manchester United player of all time. How can you compare footballers from different ezas and different positions, and come up with a definitive answer? But a few key individuals are bound to crop up on any shortlist: Edwards, Best, Charlton and Cantona would surely be there. But when it comes to the most influential player in the club's history, then you are picking from a list of one: it can only be Bobby Charlton. A glance at the statistics alone establishes his status: he still holds the club's appearances record (606 League games, including two as a substitute) and remains United's all-time top-scorer with 199 league goals. And for sheer longevity he stands out from the rest. Charlton made his first-team debut in 1956 and won two Championship medals with the great Busby Babes team. He overcame the horror of Munich to become a mainstay of the side in the 19605; throughout the transitional years while Busby re-built the team and on into the title-winning campaigns and the glory of the European Cup in 1968. Even into the 19703 Charlton was an effective midfield operator, until he made an emotional farewell to his time as a United player. But the figures and dates tell less than half the story. Most importantly, he was a beautiful footballer to watch. There have been few more thrilling sights in United's history than that of Charlton running from deep with the ball at his feet, the perfect marriage of grace and power. Defenders trailed in his wake as he swept onwards, before unpacking his hammer of a shot to send the ball soaring into the net.

Charlton had a football intelligence that made him master in a series of different roles. In his early days he was a deadly penalty box operator, playing a striking role which suited him so well that he scored 29 League goals in 38 games in the first full season after Munich. In the early 19605 he was more commonly found on the left wing, where his direct running and ability to deliver an accurate ball made him one of the best wide players in the country. But his best role was probably the deeper, midfield position he made his own while United were climbing back to the summit of English football in the mid-1960s. It was also the place he played his best football for his country, and his surging runs and thoughtful passing made him a prime architect of England's triumph in the 1966 World Cup. It was that tournament that cemented Charlton's reputation as one of the world's greatest players. Out of all England's heroes that year Charlton was singled out for the European Player of the Year award. By the time he played his last competitive game for United, a i-o defeat at Chelsea on 28 April 1973, Charlton had amassed a list of honours rivalled by few players: three Championships, an FA Cup, a European Cup and a World Cup. He played 106 games for England and remains top of his country's all-time goalscoring list with 49. Most importantly, he had earned the respect and admiration of his peers, and the game's most discerning judges. Busby said, 'There has never been a more popular footballer. He was as near perfection as man and player as it is possible to be.'

Cup Winners Cup 1993 1994 Paris Sg Arsenal

Semi Finals

First and Second Leg,
March 1994

Combien seront-ils à pleurer PSG-là? Sans doute, ces quelques centaines de fidèles rêveurs, parqués dans un coin de tribune à Highbury et que seuls Roche, Ginola et Lama ont eu le courage et la dignité d'aller saluer ou ces quelques milliers d'autres, noyés à longueur de saison sous la bruine du Parc des Princes, molle averse de tristesse et d'ennui. Combien seront-ils à se réfugier hypocritement derrière un titre de champion de France conquis à la force du boulier (44 matches officiels disputés depuis le début de la saison, 12 remportés par plus d'un but d'écart...)? A pleurer sur le nombre incalculable d'occasions de but gâchées, mangées, dispersées au vent mauvais? A plaindre les efforts à la fois louables et désespérés d'un groupe rarement régénéré, sans cesse sur la brèche et, donc, fatigué? Combien seront-ils à regretter Artur Jorge, pour peu qu'il se décide enfin à partir? 

 Le constat est une nouvelle fois amer: pour la deuxième année consécutive, le Paris Saint-Germain de toutes les promesses, victime d'un syndrome décidément bien français, échoue aux portes d'une finale européenne, contre un adversaire qui n'a pas donné l'impression de lui être supérieur. J'ai les boules , commente, laconique, Laurent Fournier. Raccourci saisissant. Le double affrontement contre Arsenal a illustré l'ensemble de la saison du Paris Saint-Germain. Crispés et nerveux au Parc des Princes, mis dans l'incapacité de développer leur jeu par une bande de baroudeurs pugnaces et déterminés, les Parisiens ont laissé filer le match, un grand Lama évitant même le pire. Une bonne leçon de réalisme, de rigueur tactique et morale, de la part d'un Arsenal limité sur le plan technique mais animé d'une foi inébranlable. Face à ce bloc homogène, le PSG a une nouvelle fois laissé paraître des signes inquiétants: ostensible retenue dans te jeu, faiblesse défensive (symbolisée par un placement défaillant et fatal sur le but de Wright  mais Alain Roche ne jouait pas), finition bâclée. Mais que dire, alors, du festival de ratés d'Highbury?  Six occasions franches, fruit d'un jeu cette fois bien élaboré à l'approche du but, et autant de navrants échecs? On ne peut raisonnablement prétendre disputer une finale de Coupe d'Europe lorsque l'on avance un aussi piètre bilan. Bernard Lama est en colère: «C'est incroyable qu'on n'en mette pas une au fond! Pour gagner, il faut marquer des buts et nous en sommes incapables. 

 Mais comment le faire lorsque nos attaquants sont sur le banc?i. Illustration des propos du gardien de l'équipe de France, la titularisation, pour le match retour, du funambule Rai, au détriment de George Weah. Un chorx tactique pour le moins surprenant et douteux, dicté par une volonté de jouer court et à terre, intentions rapidement mises à bas par un terrain glissant et un pressing constant des Anglais. Total: le capitaine de la sélection brésilienne (passé depuis peu de la tribune au terrain) a été consternant: non seulement il n'a strictement rien apporté sur le plan du jeu mais il a loupé deux occasions en or, dont l'une, dès la troisième minute, aurai pu donner une toute autre tournure à la rencontre. Et l'entrée en jeu bien trop tardive de Gravelaine (un attaquant, un vrai), aux côtés d'un Ginola décevant, sonnait comme un aveu d'impuissance. Sassus avance un bout d'explication: "Ce problème de réussite est peut-être d'ordre psychologique. D'accord, il y a aussi la malchance mais cela n'explique pas tout: ce manque de réalisme, c'est notre péché, il va falloir travailler devant le but". Ginola, pour sa part, évoque la pression, puis s'attarde sur la capacité du PSG à réagir lors de ce match retour disputé dans des conditions difficiles. Rarement Arsenal avait été à ce point bousculé sur sa pelouse. Car, oui  le PSG a fat un bon match à Highbury. Un match intense et appliqué, bien maitrisé sur le plan tactique. Mais troublé par ce but rapide de Campbell (et elle est où, la défense?) et irrémédiablement gâché par cette incroyable maladresse dans le dernier geste, agaçante et lancinante rengaine. Deux coups de boule ont suffi à propulser Arsenal en finale de la Coupe des coupes, very easy, et à tirer un trait sur une campagne européenne d'un PSG frustré. Mas combien seront-ils à pleurer ce PSG-là? A l'heure où le club s'apprête à célébrer son deuxÈme titre de champbn de France (il lui reste aussi la Coupe, l'autre: la petite), à l'heure où l'on parle de restrictions budgétaires, de querelles de clans et de mouvements divers, déjà, l'alléchante et juteuse Champions League se profile à l'horizon. Pour aller au bout, il faudra cette fois un autre esprit et un autre style. Un tout autre PSG qui ne devra laisser aucune place aux regrets.

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Primera Division 2011 2012 Opening : Season Review 2010 2011 Revista de la Liga

Apres la greve des joueurs qui a empêché le déroulement de là 1e journée, la Liga reprend ce week-end directement par la deuxième. On avait hâte d'y être après le spectacle de la Super-coupe d'Espagne, entre le Barça et le Real Madrid, à la mi-août (2-2,3-2). Et on ne fera injure à aucun de leurs rivaux en présentant ces deux-là comme les deux grands favoris à la succession de Barcelone, triple champion sortant. Leur bras de fer s'annonce déjà grandiose, démesuré, monumental. Car seront face à face les deux meilleurs joueurs du monde : Messi en quête d'un troisième Ballon d'Or de suite, et Cristiano Ronaldo, immense pichchi (meilleur buteur de la Liga) avec un total de 40 buts la saison dernière. Mais ce sera aussi l'opposition de deux grandes personnalités du banc de touche, Pep Guardiola et José Mourinho.