Germany clearly to WIN European Soccer Cup 2012 in Poland

What team is most likely to win the European Cup? Of course, everyone knows it: Germany!!

The World Cup in 2010 was just something faked, just like England, France etc. Germany ended third, even without their formal captain, Michael Ballack. Now that the team has all of their player ready to go and eager to play, it is going to be definite Tournament win for Germany.

What team could even be in the way of Germany's National Team? There is none! Yes, because Spain, Italy may be good teams that have skill, but they don't have team play like Germany does. However Germany has at least same skill as any other team. National Teams like France and England, well, I don't think that they will even get into the last sixteen. Why that is so? Just look at the World Cup 2010. England lost against Germany in the last sixteen 4:1 and France was not even there anymore. 

That is the group draw:

GROUP A: Poland, Czech Republic, Greece, Russia,

GROUP B: Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, Germany.

GROUP C: Spain, Republic of Ireland, Croatia, Italy.

GROUP D: Ukraine, France, Sweden, England

It is clear: Germany to win the European Soccer Cup 2012

Bundesliga: FC Bayern Munich vs SC Freiburg 0:0 2012

Bayern Munich, Germany's first league favourite ties the game with FC Freiburg. The team that used to win every title and almost got the triple-win of Champions League, German DFB-Pokal and finished as first on the table, now almost loses against Freiburg? What is going on. 

FC Bayern Munich started the season very well as first and defended their position very well, until some matches ago against Borussia Dortmund, who won the game and took the lead on the league table. Since then the performance of Bundesliga-Favourite Munich got worse. A lot more loses and not enough win to get back on the first place. 

Now, since the last game on February 18th, Bayern Munich moved down to the third place. Is that unbeateble team we used to see some time ago? Now, this embarrassing tie game against last place SC Freiburg, Bayern Munich has to prepare themselves to the next game on February 26th against Schalke 04, which is a favorite as well. Let's hope that our team, Bayern Munich comes back and wins the next game and takes three helpful points home.

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Champions League: Barcelona vs Bayer Leverkusen 2012

The last sixteen game on Tuesday, February 14 between FC Barcelona and Bayer Leverkusen 04 ended 3 -1. The game was played at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany. The match started of slow in the first half with only one goal, but then it changed in the second half with three goals.

FC Barcelona took the lead when Lionel Messi passed it beautifully to Alexis Sanchez who scored in the 41st minute. Then in the 52nd minute, Leverkusen took it's first chance and scored with header by Left-Fullback Michal Kudlec, but Barca came back and won the game in the 55th and 89th minute with two goals scored by Sanchez and Messi.

Bayer Leverkusen started the game with too much respect for an too defensive so that Barcelona scored  in the 41st minute. "We deserved that 0:1 goal. We were good on the field, but we had a little too much respect", said Leverkusen's Sports Manager Rudi Völler. Barcelona had it's first chance in the 12th minute, when Dani Alves just missed a freekick from 30 meters and about one minute later, Daniel Schwaab cleared Messi's shot in the penalty area. After that, about four mnutes before half time, Lars Bender from Leverkusen lost the ball to Messi, who made a long pass to Sanchez, who scored it.

The game changed in the second half. After the ball was crossed from V. Corluka to Kadlec, who got to the ball before Sanchez and scored 1:1 at the long post. Barcelona didn't give up though and came right back, when Fabregas passed to wide open Sanchez, who outran Leno and scored again. Then both teams had a few chances in the 57th, 61st and 72nd minutes. While Barca's trainer Pep Guardiola didn't have Xavi, Michael Ballack, the "Capitano" of Leverkusen and Ex-National player of Germany couldn't play the game either, because of the injury on the Sunday before.

Statistics:

Referee: Craig Thomson

Goals: 0:1 Sanchez (41.), 1:1 Kadlec (52.), 1:2 Sanchez (55.), 1:3 Messi (89.

Audience: 29.412 (Full stadium)

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Barcelona vs. Real Madrid 2012

Who is better: Barcelona or Real Madrid?

This is a question that already always existed, but which one is actually better? In this article we will compare both teams and their statistics and we'll hopefully see what team is better. Have fun!

Barcelona

Barcelona is a Spanish football club that was founded in November 1899 as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona. They won their first trophy in 1902, the Copa Macaya, and participated in the Copa del Rey, but lost in the finals. 1908 Gamper became the president of Barcelona, where he stayed for 25 years in total. The club participated in the Pyrenees Cub from 1910 to 1914. Barcelona is the worlds second richest team in terms of revenue, with an annual turnover of €398 million. But enough with history, let's see some facts.

FC Barcelona's Statistics:

• Most European trophies: 15 (4 Champions, League, 4 European Cup-Winners Cup, 3 Fairs Cup and 4 European Super Cup)
• Most European Cup Winners Cups: 4 (1979, 1982, 1989, 1997).
• Team with most Fair Cups3 (1958, 1960 and 1966)
• Most official Spanish titles: 111
• Only Spanish team to win the treble: Won the Copa del Rey, La Liga and the Champions League in the 2008/09 season
• Team with most Spanish Cups: 25

Now let's take a look at their records:

• Biggest attendance at Camp Nou120,000 for FC Barcelona v Juventus. Quarter final of the European Cup, first leg (5/03/1986)
• Most Consecutive Ligas: 4 (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94). (National record: Real Madrid, 5 consecutive Ligas between 1960 and 1965 and between 1985 and 1990).
• First half of La Liga unbeaten: 19 games of La Liga 2009-10 (15 wins and 4 draws)
• Most points in second half of La Liga: 50 points in la Liga 2009/10 (national record: Real Madrid, 52 points in second half of La Liga 2009/10)
• Longest scoring run in La Liga at home: 88 games between game 22 of la 1951/52 (02/10/1952) and the 18th of 1957/58 (01/19/1958)
• Biggest home win n La Liga: FC Barcelona 10 - Gimnàstic Tarragona 1 (11/09/1949)

 All in all, Barcelona is one of the worlds best soccer clubs and it won 15 European trophies, which compared to the average of the other teams is pretty high. 

To see more info about FC Barcelona go to http://www.fcbarcelona.com/

Real Madrid

Now let's take a look at Madrid's soccer team. Real Madrid Club de Futbol is also a Spanish team that was founded 1902 as Madrid Football Club. The word real in Spanish means royal and was given to the club by King Alfonso XIII. Real Madrid is the worlds second most valuable club, worth €1.4 billion and the richest in terms of revenue, generating €438.6 million in 2011. The president of the club is Florentino Perez and manager is Jose Mourinho. Let's go to the stats now.

Real Madrid C.F. Statistics:

• 31 La Liga trophies
• 18 Copa del Rey trophies
•  9 European Cup trophies (the only team that won it 5 times in a row)
• 2 UEFA Cup trophies
• 8 Spanish Super Cup trophies
• 3 Intercontinental Cup trophies
• Won the Latin cup twice
• 2 Small World Cup trophies
• Has 5 Mancomunado Trophies

Let's see some records:

•  Real Madrid's record win was 11-1 against FC Barcelona (during the 1942-43 Copa del Rey)
• Longest unbeaten run (all major competitions)
• Longest unbeaten home run (League): 121 matches
• Longest streak without conceding a goal: 7 matches
• Most league wins in a season: 31 in 38 games (during the 2009-10 season)
• Most League goals scored in a season: 107
• Most points in a season: 96 in 38 matches (2009-10 season)

Well, that shows us how good Real Madrid C.F. really is. With 31 league trophies and 9 European Cup trophies it also is a world class team.

To see more info about Real Madrid go to http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/Home.htm

Now that we have looked at both teams statistics and records it looks like it is not going to be easy to choose which one is actually better. Barcelona has won more cups than Real Madrid, but is not as rich. Both teams are about the same old and all statistics are pretty similar, but since they are the biggest rivals, there will always be people that hate one and are big fans of the other team.

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