Villarreal - Manchester United
It’s the 5th Champions League match-day. In the Group E, Villarreal and Manchester United will settle the group winner at the El Madrigal stadium. Both teams are at the top of this group with 8 points. The first leg clash at the Old Trafford with a goalless draw and any result besides a defeat will maintain the Red Devils as favorites to win this group.
Watch Villarreal – Manchester United online tonight, starting as usual at 7.45 pm GMT time. We will offer you the free streams available for this encounter just before Roberto Rosetti’s starting whistle. If you miss the game join us later in the evening for the video highlights. [click to continue…]
Basel - Barcelona Barcelona have the already the chance to make things clear in the Group C. The Catalans have maximum points and play in Switzerland against Basel, a team that scored only once and did not manage to win a point yet. Basel would need a miracle to remain in the Champions League after such a poor start, but a positive result against Barca is always very valuable.
Basel – Barcelona on the internet will be available at the FCFB starting with 20.45 GMT+1. Watch the live video broadcast from the St. Jakob Park as we expect some spectacular football from Pep Guardiola’s Barca. The video highlights will be updated after the match. [click to continue…]
Fenerbahce - Arsenal Fenerbahce had a poor start to this Champions League edition. The team coached now by Luis Aragones seems quite far away from last years performance when they managed to reach the stage of the last 16. Arsenal travels today to the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium and Fener might easily remain with a single point after this 3rd match-day in the Group G.
The Gunners top the group with 4 points and have a good confidence after demolishing FC Porto in the previous round.
Fenerbahce – Arsenal online will start tonight at 7.45pm GMT time. Football lovers are invited here at the FCFB to watch this encounter live on the internet for free. The live streams will be updated just before the kick off and highlights will be provided later in the night. [click to continue…]
Watch this superb EURO 2008 compilation. You will see beautiful movements of the 2008 European Championship hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
Let me remind you that the trophy winners are Spain after a 1-0 final match win over Germany. Third placed where Russia and Turkey. [click to continue…]
A nice Youtube compilation with the most beautiful 10 goals of the EURO 2008. According to this video, Wesley Sneijder’s superb long range goal during the group stage match is the best goal of the European tournament hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ranked second in this standings with his beautiful long range shot against Greece. Another Dutch goal ends the top 3, as the same Wesley Sneijder finished of a superb Netherlands attack against Italy. Buffon is defeated on the narrow corner. [click to continue…]
EURO 2008 and 700 million Euros UEFA has recently announced that their earnings during the EURO 2008 summed up an impressive sum of 1.3 billion Euros (1.300.000.000 Euros). The biggest chunk of this amount came from TV rights. This TV rights revenues covered 60% of the total income.
Another important revenue source are the marketing rights, which summed up 21% of the impressive 1.3 milliard figure.
The organization lead by Michelle Platini also announced its expenses for the European Championship organized by Austria and Switzerland. The approximative amount is 610.000.000 Euros. [click to continue…]
Pepe Reina might have missed his ideal job. The Spanish celebrations of the EURO 2008 have shown the unknown side of Liverpool’s goalkeeper Jose Manuel Reina. Pepe couldn’t step in the spotlights at the EURO 2008 as he was Aragones’ reserve keeper. [click to continue…]
The Spanish players celebrate on the plane during the way home.
Pepe Reina going crazy once again in the plane that takes the European Champions back to Madrid. The players cheer their coach Luis Aragones. The stewardesses dance Macarena for the EURO 2008 Champions. All this can be seen in the above Youtube video.
More, the Trophy Presentation at the airport and on the double decker bus that brought the players from the airport to the Plaza de Colon in Madrid, followed by the party in the Plaza. [click to continue…]
Spain’s reserve goalkeeper at the EURO 2008, Pepe Reina, has put quite a show at the presentation of the Spanish side in the Plaza de Colon in Madrid. Liverpool’s goalkeeper has played the role of an announcer and presented the entire Spanish squad that played at the European Championship. Luis Aragones was also included in the great show provided by Pepe Reina. [click to continue…]
Xavi Hernandez – Player of the EURO 2008
Spain’s playmaker, Xavi Hernandez, has been voted as the player of the EURO 2008 tournament, by a series of UEFA technical experts. Barcelona’s inner midfielder was responsible with Spain’s attacking rhythm. He delighted everyone with the unique attacking paths and with the clever passes the he sent for his fellow teammates.
Xavi also impressed with his constant high level of play during the entire tournament. He managed to keep his high standard starting with the group stage matches and ending with the final. There where other players that could have been a good choice for this award but all of them failed to provide a great shape in all matches. An example would be the Russian’s Arshavin and Pavlyuchenko, who played superbly with Sweden and Holland, but failed to show the same shape against Greece and Spain. [click to continue…]
Spain are the EURO 2008 Winners! Casillas and Co won the trophy a few minutes ago after a great final against Germany.
The Spanish side provided the same combinational play as they used us in the previous matches of the tournament and managed to upset a determined German squad.
Joachim Low encouraged his players and Germany got a better start. Spain managed to balance the game and Fernando Torres sent the ball into the post to preview his opening goal. Spain continued their nice passing style football during the entire game and missed some other important scoring opportunities in the second half. [click to continue…]
Germany vs Spain Live
The highly expected EURO 2008 Final is only a few hours away. Time to preview this interesting game between Germany and Spain. It should be a great game between two top class squads. The final is hosted by the Ernst Happel stadium in Vienna and is scheduled to start at 20.45 CET. Germany vs Spain will be covered live online here at the FCFootballBlog. Our live text commentary starts after the first whistle. The video highlights are provided during the game, minutes after they occur at the Ernst Happel stadium. Free live streams are also available and you can watch the EURO 2008 live on your PC.
Germany’s way to the final was a traditional one. The only unexpected event was the 2-1 group stage defeat against Croatia. Germany’s best game at the EURO 2008 until now was the 3-2 quarter-final win against Portugal. Check here their complete road to the final.
Spain are a 100% attacking side and they proved it during the EURO 2008. All the 5 matches played by Aragones’ side in this tournament showed Spain in the attack for the most part of the match. Aragones’ squad is also undefeated during the EURO 2008. Watch their way to Vienna here. [click to continue…]
