England Euro 2012 Squad 23 Man squad
On Wednesday Roy Hodgson named his first England squad and more importantly the squad he named was the England Euro 2012 Squad who will be going out to Poland & Ukraine for the UEFA Euro 2012 tournament.
Ferdinand misses out – England Euro 2012 Squad
Before we look at the who’s on the plane to Euro 2012 we will look at who didn’t make it into the England Euro 2012 squad. The most notable is former England Captain Rio Ferdinand who despite having 81 caps will miss out on another European Championship. Ferdinand who has struggled with injury throughout the season perhaps weighed on Hodgson’s mind when picking the squad. Kyle Walker misses out with injury also whilst Michael Carrick misses out and will enjoy a long rest this summer.
England Euro 2012 squad 23 man team announced
So who did make the England Euro 2012 squad lets begin with the Goalkeepers and Man City’s Joe Hart, West Ham’s Robert Green & Norwich’s John Ruddy makes his first England squad.
Hodgson selected 7 defenders including Chelsea’s Gary Cahill, John Terry & Ashley Cole & Everton’s Leighton Baines. Liverpool’s Glen Johnson, Man City’s Joleon Lescott & Man Utd’s Phil Jones.
Midfielders Hodgson selected Gareth Barry, Stewart Downing, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, James Milner, Scott Parker, Theo Walcott, Ashley Young whilst Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain makes his first England squad after an impressive season with Arsenal.
Englands forward options will consist of Andy Carrol, Jermaine Defoe, Danny Welbeck & Wayne Rooney despite him being suspended for the first 2 group games.
That concludes the 23 Man England Euro 2012 squad, there have been 5 possible replacements named should any player be injured including Jack Butland, Phil Jagielka, Jordan Henderson, Adam Johnson & Daniel Sturridge.
Euro 2012 is just weeks away and with England naming their squad no doubt fans around England will be excited to watch this squad represent England at the tournament.
Champions League Semi Finals Results Chelsea V Barcelona
Last night saw the completion of this years Champions League Semi Finals results, the first game took place on Tuesday evening at the Camp Nou in Barcelona. Then last night we saw the second semi final game at the Bernabau. The prospects looked bright for an El Classico Champions league Final, both Spanish teams were home for this weeks semi final matches and although both teams took aggregate losses into the 2nd legs who wouldn’t back Barcelona and Real Madrid to Turn the Tables.
Champions League Semi Finals – Chelsea V Barca
So lets begin with Tuesday’s events which saw English side Chelsea attend the Camp Nou with a 1-0 lead after getting a shock win in their home game. Despite this advantage Chelsea were still rank outsiders with Barcelona stand out favorites, after Barca are the reigning champions and their home form is outstanding. That said Barca look unlikely to be La Liga champions this year after losing El Classico last week. With the game underway Barca aserted their dominance soaking up the possession and attacking in their familiar dominant style, their fortunes looked to be changed after 35 Minutes when Sergio Busquets scored for a 1-0 lead.
Then the nightmare moment came which to this moment I cant understand why John Terry did what he did, driving his knee in to the back of Sanchez in a shocking incident he saw the red card and Chelsea dropped to 10 players. Then it got worse Barcelona turned up the pressure and scored via Iniesta in the 43rd Minute. Chelsea looked sunk after 45 minutes play but this is football and what happened next is why I love this game, Chelsea’s Brazilian Ramirez then received a perfect ball from Lampard and lofted the ball over Valdez and into the net. Chelsea now had the advantage with their way with the away goal but they still had a whole 45 minutes of Barca football to last. As it turns out Chelsea put out one of the best defensive performances ever, I’ve seen teams park the bus but Chelsea built the Hoover Dam and kept Barca out. Then who should pop up in the 92nd minute none other than Fernando Torres, he rounded the keeper and slotted home that vital goal that gave the game to Chelsea.
Champions League Semi Finals Done – What Next
This result confirmed Chelsea as the first team to reach the Champions League Final, in last nights game after 90 minutes Real Reversed the first games result matching Bayern Munich’s 2-1 win from the first leg. This game came down to the penalties whic I highly recommend you watch yourselves over on the Champions League site where you can see the Champions league Semi finals results highlights.
So with the Champions league semi Finals complete we now look forward to seeing Bayern Munich play hosts in their own ground to Roberto Matteo’s Chelsea.
Barclays Premier League Scores – Easter Monday
As the Barclays Premier league season draws to the end the race to beat the relegation and qualify for Europe heats up as the Barclays Premier League scores Easter Monday showed.
With Man Utd & Man City looking to have Champions League spots lined up its a battle for 4 teams looking to claim the final two spots for Champions League qualification places. 3 of those teams were in action in the Barclays Premier League on Easter Monday looking to get a foothold in 3 & 4th place in the Barclays Premier League standings.
Barclays Premier League – Spurs poor form continues
Spurs who currently hold 4th place on 59 points which is 2 points behind Arsenal who play on Wednesday slipped up on Monday with a 2-1 home loss to Norwich at White Hart Lane. The game started badly for Spurs as George Pilkington scored his 8th of the campaigned with a slotted finish in the 13th minute. Spurs would equalise through Jermaine Defoe in the 33rd minute to keep the scores level at half time but Elliott Bennett’s first goal for the Canaries gave them all 3 points and Barclays Premier League football for next season.
Newcastle move level with Spurs in 4th place – Barclays Premier League
Spurs Loss became Newcastle’s gain as the they moved level on points after a 2 nil win at home against Barclays Premier League strugglers Bolton. A drab game was set alight when Hatem Ben Arfa’s stunning strike gave Newcastle the lead after a special 70 yard run and finish. Newcastle wrapped up all 3 points when Januanry signing Papiss Cisse slotted home Shola Ameobi’s cross.
The third team chasing a Champions League spot are Chelsea who could have joined Spurs & Newcastle on 59 points but could only muster a 1-1 draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage. Frank Lampard opened the scoring for Chelsea from the Penalty Spot but a Clint Dempsey header in the 82nd minute meant the scores were level and left Chelsea 2 points behind 4th place.
In the days’s 2 other Barclays Premier League Games saw Aston Villa move 7 points clear of the relegation zone with a 1-1 draw with Stoke. Everton will be high on confidence heading into the FA Cup semi final with Liverpool after beating Sunderland 4-0 at Goodison Park.
That wraps up Easter Barclays Premier League scores check back to Real Sporting News for the the latest Barclays Premier League News
Champions League Quarter Finals Preview
After the 1st legs of the Champions League Quarter Finals took place last week we bring you a preview of the Champions League Quarter Finals 2nd leg. With all 8 teams remaining looking for a place in the 2011/2012 Champions League Semi Finals. So lets take a look at the games taking place in the Uefa Champions League Quarter Final.
Barcelona V AC Milan – Champions League Quarter Finals
The tie of the Champions League Quarter Finals saw Barcelona against AC Milan drawn out of the hat but the first leg in the San Siro failed to capture the imagination after the game ended in a goalless draw. So the 2nd leg takes place at the Camp Nou with all to play for with either side looking to claim a place in the Semi Finals. Barcelona will be hoping for a big game from their superstar Lionel Messi whilst Milan will look to take advantage of the away goal rule.
Bayern Munich V Marseille – Champions League Quarter Finals
In the second Champions League Quarter Finals match sees Bayern Munich welcome Marseille to Munich. Munich carry the huge advantage after defeating Marseille 2-0 at the Stade Velodrome thanks to goals from Mario Gomez & Arjen Robben. Bayern Munich will look to further extend their advantage on Tuesday to get them into the Champions League Semi Final.
Moving onto the Champions League Quarter Finals taking place on Wednesday which will see Chelsea returning home to Stamford Bridge to face Benfica with an away goal and the 1 goal advantage. Chelsea scored in through Salomon Kalou in the 75th minute to give Chelsea there first away win in the Champions League this season.
The remaining game from the Champions League Quarter Finals draw sees Real Madrid face the surprise package of this years competition APOEL. However APOEL face an uphill task trying to make the semi finals after losing 3 nil at home. Madrid claimed the wins thanks to 2 goals from Benzema & a Kaka strike with all 3 goals coming in the final 16 minutes of the game.
Be sure to check back for the latest Champions League Quarter Finals results from Tuesdays & Wednesdays action.
Europa League Quarter Final Results 2012
Thursday evening saw the first Legs of the Europa League quarter final take place with 4 Europa League Results to get you caught up on. To begin our look at tonights Europa League Quarter Final results we look at Athletic Bilbao who conquered Man Utd in the previous round.
Llorente’s double lifts Bilbao – Europa League Quarter Final
Bilbao travelled to Germany to take on Schalke in what turned out to be the best game in the Europa League quarter final. Athletic Bilbao opened the scores with a goal from Fernando Llorente in the 20th minute but 2 goals from former Real Madrid midfielder Raul in the 22nd & 60th minute gave the German side the lead.
Llorente was the man again for Athletic Bilbao when he headed them level in the 73rd minute & Bilbao took hold on the game from there with goals from De Marcos & Iker Muniain to give the Spanish side the 4-2 victory. The victory sees Athletic Bilbao have the upper hand in the Europa League Quarter Final tie heading into the 2nd leg on 5th April.
Alkmaar shock Valencia – Europa League Quarter Final
In the shock result of the Europa League Quarter Final saw AZ Alkmaar defeat Valencia 2-1. Alkmaar took the lead through Brett Holman, who joins Premier league side Aston Villa in the summer with a superb volleyed strike. Valencia equalised in the 51st minute through Mehmet Topal, but Maarten Martens scored 11 minutes from time to win the first leg of there Europa League Quarter Final tie.
In another of tonights 2012 Europa League Quarter final game saw Sporting Lisbon defeat Metalist Kharkiv 2-1. Lisbon had a 2 nil lead thanks to goals from Marat Izmailov & Emiliano Insua, but a late Cleiton Xavier penalty gave the side from the Ukraine a hope going into the 2nd leg of the Europa league Quarter final.
In the last Europa League Quarter Final results saw Atletico Madrid seal victory in the 89th minute with a curling strike from Salvio to give them the advantage into the 2nd leg.
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