Iker The Octopus Champions League Prediction - Real Madrid

Iker the Octopus has made his prediction for the next Champions League semi-finals Clasico. And after 20 minutes of hesitation, like an expert in sports analitics, he finally chose the tube with Real Madrid logo inside it.

This could be a good sign for all Madridistas, even though it could be just a coincidence.

Iker The Octopus Champions League Prediction - Real Madrid

Iker the Octopus has made his prediction for the next Champions League semi-finals Clasico. And after 20 minutes of hesitation, like an expert in sports analitics, he finally chose the tube with Real Madrid logo inside it.

This could be a good sign for all Madridistas, even though it could be just a coincidence.

Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures vs Tottenham Hotspur (5 April 2011)Champions League

Real Madrid collected 4 goals yesterday against Hotspur. Adebayor with 2 goals, Angel di Maria one goal,and Ronaldo ended the match with the fourth goal. The result definitely will smoothen their victory on the second leg match.

Playing with 10 players early on the match, Hotspur totally couldn't match the host, who played aggresivelly from minute 1. Redknapp, who consider that last night was his worse night ever, had to go home with zero goal.

For the second leg match, they have to win 5-0 in order to win, and that's a mission impossible for Spurs.

More pictures on the Gallery

Champions League Quarter Finals Draw - Real Madrid Strong Opponents Will Be....???

Champions League quarter finals draw will be held on Friday March 18th, at Nyons headquarters. Real Madrid  could be facing Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, InterMilan, Shakhtar Donetsk, Schalke 04, or Barcelona.

According to Cristiano, right now, Schalke 04 is the strongest team, and would like to see Raul Gonzalez, Real ex captain, back at Santiago Bernabeu with his current team, Schalke.


"Schalke is a good team. Raúl will return home. Barça do not want to face them right now because for me they are the strongest team. It's fine if we have to meet, because everything could happen in a playoff. I'm looking forward, and we'll see what awaits us in the draw," said the Portuguese forward.

Cristiano Ronaldo Pictuers vs Olympique Lyon (16 March 2011)

Real Madrid finally made their first victory against Lyon last night, after 7 years. Jose Mourinho proves that he is capable to break Lyon's curse, on his first year with Real Madrid.

The goals came from Marcelo, Benzema, and Angel di Maria.
Check out for more pictures of CR on the gallery....

Lionel Messi's Curse in Champions League (Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona,16 February 2011)

If Leo Messi thinks that it was easy for Cristiano Ronaldo to be the number one player in British with ManU, well... he should think again. Messi may be the best player in the world right now, but on the land of England, he just couldn't  score. This fact has adding his no goal record in England for 7 straight matches.

It's pretty strange, since in Spain, Messi can score easily. Remember on last season Champions League, when Messi scored 4 goals in 2nd leg over Arsenal in Camp Nou, but contributed zero goals when played at Emirates Stadium ? Call it a curse or maybe a coincidence, but it did happens to him, repeatedly.

And back to the match itself, Arsenal have won 2-1 against Barcelona. David Villa  was the first to score, with the assist from Messi. Arsenal made it even with a goal from Persie on 78th minute, and 5 minutes later, another goal for The Gunner from Arshavin.

But despite their victory, Arsene Wenger said that Messi is still a big threat, when Arsenal visit's Camp Nou on March 8th.
"Who doesn't get worried by Messi ?"Wenger wrote on Arsenal's website.
"It would be a tough task to take him , but we get more enthusiasm with this victory,"he added.

Cristiano Ronaldo vs Auxerre (8 December 2010) Champions League - Pictures and Video

A Hat-trick from Benzema, and one goal from Cristiano Ronaldo brings them to another Champions League victory 4-0 against Auxerre, last night. More pictures on the GALLERY

WATCH CRIS GOAL VIDEO

Champions League Match Schedule

 KNOCK OUT STAGE

16 Feb 2011   AS Roma 2-3 Shakhtar Donetsk
9 Mar 2011    Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 AS Roma

16 Feb 2011   AC Milan 0-1 Tottenham
9 Mar 2011    Tottenham 0-0 AC Milan

23 Feb 2011   Intermilan 0-1 Bayern
15 Mar 2011    Bayern 2-3 Intermilan

16 Feb 2011   Arsenal 2-1 Barcelona
9 Mar 2011    Barcelona 3-1 Arsenal

16 Feb 2011   Valencia 1-1 Schalke 04
9 Mar 2011    Schalke 04 3-1 Valencia

23 Feb 2011   Marseille 0-0 Manchester United
15 Mar 2011    Manchester United 2-1 Marseille

22 Feb 2011   Lyon 1-1 Real Madrid
16 Mar 2011    Real Madrid vs Lyon

22 Feb 2011  Coppenhagen 0-2 Chelsea
16 Mar 2011 Chelsea vs Coppenhagen

Matchday 1 (14-15 Sept 2010)

GROUP A :                    Twenthe  2-2  Internazionale
                                       Bremen  2-2  Tottenham
GROUP B :                         Lyon  1-0   Schalke
                                       Benfica  2-0  H.Tel Aviv
GROUP C :    Manchester United  0-0  Rangers
                                   Bursaspor  0-4  Valencia
GROUP D :                 Barcelona  5-1  Panathinaikos
                                 Kobenhavn  1-0  Rubin
GROUP E :                     Bayern  2-0  Roma
                                    CFR Cluj  2-1  Basel 
GROUP F :                   Marseille  0-1  Spartak Moskva
                                          Zilina  1-4  Chelsea
GROUP G :               Real Madrid 2-0 Ajax
                                          Milan  2-0  Auxerre
GROUP H :                    Arsenal  6-0  Braga
                        Shakhtar Donetsk  1-0  Partizan


Matchday 2 (28-29 September 2010)


GROUP A :                Tottenham  4-1 Twente
                             Internazionale  4-0  Bremen
GROUP B :              H. Tel-Aviv  1-3 Lyon
                                      Schalke  1-0  Benfica
GROUP C :                   Valencia  0-1  ManUtd
                                     Rangers  1-0  Bursaspor
GROUP D :                       Rubin  1-1  Barcelona
                             Panathinaikos  0-2  Kobenhavn
GROUP E :                       Basel  1-2  Bayern
                                        Roma  2-1  CFR Cluj
GROUP F :       Spartak Moskva  3-0  Žilina
                                      Chelsea 2-0 Marseille
GROUP G :                   Auxerre  0-1  Real Madrid
                                          Ajax  1-1  Milan
GROUP H :                   Partizan  1-3  Arsenal
                                        Braga  0-3  Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 3 (19-20 Oct 2010)

GROUP A :          Internazionale  4-3  Tottenham
                                     Twente  1-1  Bremen
GROOUP B :                Schalke  3-1  H. Tel-Aviv
                                         Lyon  2-0  Benfica
GROUP C :                  Rangers  1-1  Valencia
                              Man. United  1-0  Bursaspor
GROUP D :          Panathinaikos  0-0 Rubin
                                 Barcelona  2-0  København
GROUP E :                      Roma  1-3  Basel
                                      Bayern  3-2  CFR Cluj
GROUP F :        Spartak Moskva 0-2  Chelsea
                                   Marseille  1-0  Žilina
GROUP G :                        Ajax  2-1  Auxerre
                               Real Madrid  2-0  Milan
GROUP H :                      Braga  2-0  Partizan
                                      Arsenal  5-1  Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 4 (2-3 Nov 2010)

GROUP A :               Tottenham  3-1  Internazionale
                                     Bremen  0-2  Twente
GROUP B :             H. Tel-Aviv  0-0  Schalke
                                     Benfica  4-3  Lyon
GROUP C :                 Valencia  3-0  Rangers
                                 Bursaspor  0-3  Man. United
GROUP D :                     Rubin  0-0  Panathinaikos
                               København  1-1  Barcelona
GROUP E :                      Basel  2-3  Roma
                                  CFR Cluj  0-4  Bayern
GROUP F :                   Chelsea  4-1  Spartak Moskva
                                        Žilina  0-7  Marseille
GROUP G :                  Auxerre  2-1  Ajax
                                        Milan  2-2  Real Madrid
GROUP H :                  Partizan  0-1  Braga
                      Shakhtar Donetsk  2-1  Arsenal

Matchday 5 (23-24 Nov 2010)

GROUP A : (24/11) Inter Milan  1-0  Twente
                                    Tottenham  3-0  Bremen
GROPU B : (24/11)           Schalke  3-0  Lyon
                                  H. Tel-Aviv  3-0  Benfica
GROUP C : (24/11)          Rangers  0-1  Man. United
                                       Valencia  6-1  Bursaspor
GROUP D : (24/11)             Rubin  1-0  København
                               Panathinaikos  0-3  Barcelona
GROUP E : (23/11)             Roma  3-2  Bayern
                                          Basel  1-0 CFR Cluj
GROUP F : (23/11)    Sp. Moskva  0-3 Marseille
                                       Chelsea  2-1  Žilina
GROUP G : (23/11)              Ajax  0-4  Real Madrid
                                      Auxerre  0-2  Milan
GROUP H : (23/11)          Braga   2-0 Arsenal
                                      Partizan  0-3  Shakhtar Donetsk

Matchday 6 (7-8 December 2010)

GROUP A :(7/12)            Twente  3-3 Tottenham
                                        Bremen 3-0 Inter
GROUP B :(7/12)                Lyon  2-2  Tel Aviv
                                      Benfica  1-2  Schalke
GROUP C :(7/12)        Bursaspor  1-1  Rangers
                                      ManUtd  1-1  Valencia
GROUP D :(7/12)        Barcelona  2-0  Rubin Kazan
                              Coppenhagen  3-1  Panathinaikos
GROUP E :(8/12)             Bayern  3-0  Basel
                                    CFR Cluj  1-1  AS Roma
GROUP F :(8/12)                Zilina  1-2  Spartak Moscow
                                     Marseille  1-0  Chelsea
GROUP G :(8/12)       Real Madrid 4-0  Auxerre
                                    AC Milan  0-2  Ajax
GROUP H :(8/12)            Arsenal  3-1  Belgrad
                        Shakhtar Donetsk  2-0  Braga

Real Madrid Getting Ready for AC Milan (18 Oct 2010) News & Pictures

 Real Madrid team made their last training session at Valdebebas before the clash against AC Milan tonight at Santiago Bernabeu.

The team were divided into two groups . The first team were Carvalho, Xabi Alonso, Pepe, Khedira, Marcelo, Özil, Di Maria, Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo and Arbeloa. Meanwhile,the second team worked Pedro León. Adam Dukek, Diarra, Casillas, Lass, Benzema, Barn, Mateos, Ramos, Channels and Albiol. The session began with the same menu for both of the team.Warming at the beginning, and training with the ball.

Sergio Ramos is sidelined from the match against Milan, due to injury.

Lionel Messi Pictures Against Rubin Kazan (29 Sept 2010)

 Lionel Messi only plays for 30 minutes as a substitute on Barcelona last Champions League match against Rubin Kazan. They only made it 1-1 draw, and stands in second place at group stage with 4 points.

HEAD TO HEAD : Valencia vs Manchester United (29 September 2010)

Wayne Rooney's absence isn't the only problem that Manchester United's have to deal on tonight's match, when they meet Valencia in matchday 2 Champions League Group Stage. The Red Devils face back lines crisis, when they play on away match. Gergie admitted that the defense needs to be increased, to prevent another blunder.

Rio Ferdinand is already fit to play, but Jonny Evans, and Gary Neville don't fill the expectacy. Patrice Evra's performance is weakening after the WC 2010 scandal, while Wes Brown often has a medical problem. In other word, Manchester United is having a defense players stock crisis.

The preparation is far from their expectation. Meanwhile, Valencia shows an outstanding performance on the Spanish League and Champions League competition. They were unbeatable in their 5 last matches, while MU only has 50% chance on winning. READ THE STATISTIC HERE

Cristiano Ronaldo Pictures - Auxerre vs Real Madrid (0-1) 28 September 2010

Cristiano did fall a lot on this match, probably his new Nike shoes didn't match with the field condition. Anyway, it wasn't a night to remember for Cris, as he didn't show any significant contribution on the match...well, except for his handball incident ;p ( he got a yellow though ).

Check out more pics of him on the match HERE

Match Preview and Prediction : Auxerre vs Real Madrid

Tonight, Real Madrid will be facing Auxerre in Champions League match (28 Sept). This time, Mourinho changed his team players position. He will be playing Cristiano Ronaldo as a forward, along with Benzema and Higuain. On his press conference, Mou has stated that he will give Benzema a chance to play him as a starter team. That means Higuain will be a substitute players, as he always plays Ronaldo in a starter team.

Higuain and Benzema shared the same goal with Benzema, each of them collected 1 goal. However, Benzema played in a shorter time than Higuain, that's why Mou is willing to try him out for a starter.

Starting this season with a new coach, Real Madrid has failed to impressed the fans with a low number of goals they have achieved. According to the statistic, in 105 shots attempt, they only able to score 6 goals. READ MORE

Wayne Rooney Pictures - ManUtd 0-0 Glasgow Ranger (14 September 2010) CL

For more Wayne Rooney pictures on the match, just click HERE