One of the biggest rivalries in Italian Serie A football will take place on December 1 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, the home pitch of UEFA Champions League title holders AC Milan. AC Milan will be hosting last year’s Italian Serie B champions Juventus, who returned to the Serie A after being relegated to the Serie B as penalty for game-fixing charges.

In any case, Juventus are at the 2nd spot on the Italian Serie A standings with 25 points while AC Milan are at 9th spot with 17 points. AC Milan hasn’t been performing to their potential, considering that they are the current Champions League title holders. However, a win against the Italian Serie A’s number 2 club Juventus could provide them the momentum to improve their standings and catch up with the leaders of the Italian Serie A.

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English Premier League club Chelsea defeated Norwegian Premier League club Rosenborg 4-0 at the Lerkendal in Trondheim, Norway to earn a spot in the final round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League.

When Chelsea and Rosenborg faced each other the last time, Rosenborg was able to draw 1-1 with Chelsea at the Chelsea home pitch at Stamford Bridge, and it resulted in the dismissal of former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho and was replaced by Avram Grant.

This time around, Chelsea assured the win with Chelsea striker Didier Drogba giving an inspired performance with 2 goals. Drogba opened the scoring on the 8th minute when Chelsea’s Joe Cole had his initial shot parried by Rosenborg keeper Lars Hirschfeld only to fall for Drogba to pounce on the rebound. On the 20th minute, Chelsea’s Shaun Wright-Phillips broke free from his defenders and picked out Michael Essien, who fired a shot, but the ball fell for Didier Drogba, who slotted it into the top corner for his 2nd goal of the match and his 4th Champions League goal this season.

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Spanish La Liga champions Real Madrid just needed 1 point to earn a qualification spot in the Final Round of 16, but a 3-2 loss to Werder Bremen at the Weser Stadium in Bremen, Germany, didn’t give them any points to advance. Instead, German Bundesliga club Werder Bremen improves their standing, and gives them a lifeline to fight for the 2 qualification slots from Group C of the Champions League.

Werder Bremen opened the scoring in the 5th minute with Markus Rosenberg turning a scrappy attempt into a goal after the Real Madrid defense was caught napping. On the 14th minute, Real Madrid found an equaliser with Robinho dribbling down the left side and given enough space to curl in a wonderful strike to find the far corner and beat Werder Bremen keeper Christian Vander.

Werder Bremen retook the lead 5 minutes before the first-half break when Werder striker Boubacar Sanogo made a fine volley-finish from a wonderful pass by team mate Marcus Rosenberg. On the 58th minute, Werder Bremen stretched their lead 3-1 when Aaron Hunt steered clear of Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas and drove in the goal.

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The Liverpool Fans at Anfield Park in Liverpool, England, were determined to show their passion for English Premier League club Liverpool FC, especially at a turbulent time in the club’s management ranks. Liverpool head coach Rafa Benitez might lose his job as Liverpool’s American owners Tom Hicks and George Gillet have put the Liverpool head coach under review.

However, Benitez did his talking on the Anfield pitch with his side delivering an amazing 4-1 win over Portuguese Liga champions FC Porto to keep their Champions League title hopes alive.

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres opened the scoring for the match with a goal on the 19th minute. Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard swung in a corner which was headed by Fernando Torres past Porto goalkeeper Helton. On the 33rd minute, Porto were able to find an equaliser when Lisandro Lopez headed a cross from team mate Przemyslaw Kazmierczak past Liverpool keeper Pepe Reina.

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The Stade de Gerland is the home pitch of French Ligue champions Olympique Lyonnais, and was the setting for a do-or-die Champions League group stage qualifying match against Spanish La Liga club Barcelona FC. Barcelona were on top of Group of the Champions League with 10 points while Lyon were struggling at the 3rd spot with 6 points, desperate for a positive result if they were to keep alive in the Champions League tournament.

Barcelona was without star strikers Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto’o, and star midfielder Ronaldinho was confined to the Barca bench. However, Barca head coach Frank Rijkaard still had 17-year old football phenom Bojan Krkic, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniseta to lead the Barca attack. Rijkaard’s decision was quickly rewarded on the 3rd minute when Barca forward Andres Iniesta stroked him a fine pass created by Bojan Krkic.

Lyon team captain Juninho Pernambucano scored with a free kick that curled to the far post past the reach of Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes to make the score 1-1.

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Italian Serie A club AS Roma confirmed their place in the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League with a comfortable 4-1 win against Ukranian Premier League club FC Dynamo Kyiv that left the Ukraine side without a point in the section and ended their hopes of claiming the UEFA Cup place. The Ukranian

AS Roma were the first to open the scoring as early as the 4th minute when Christian Panucci’s low cross evaded everyone on its path and magically found its way beyond Dynamo goalkeeper Olexandr Rybka and into the net. In the 32nd minute, AS Roma doubled their advantage with a goal from Roma forward Ludovic Giuly. In the 36th minute, Roma scored again to go three goals up against Dynamo through the fine strike of Roma forward Mirko Vucinic, who made no mistake converting Giuly’s fine pass into a far corner goal.

Dynamo were able to pull back a goal on the 63rd minute when Ismael Bangoura teed up a low shot that beat Roma goalkeeper Doni.

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Turkish League club Fenerbahce suffered their first defeat of the season at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan when they faced Italian Serie A champions Inter Milan for a group stage qualifier of the UEFA Champions League. Inter Milan defeated the visiting Fenerbahce 3-0, putting them through to the round of 16 in the Champions League with 12 points to lead Group G. Fenerbahce are in 2nd place of Group G with 8 points, but they still need to fend off PSV Eindhoven who have 7 points.

Inter Milan and Fenerbahce were off to a competitive start, keeping the scoreline level at 0-0 in the first half of the match. However, Inter Milan applied the pressure to the Fenerbahce defense, and were evetually to gain a goal on the 55th minute. Inter Milan’s Maxwell was able to cross to Inter Milan striker Julio Cruz who headed the ball past Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Demirel.

Inter Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic doubled the advantage on the 66th minute with team mate Christian Chivu firing the cross from the left side, and the unmarked Ibrahimovic had all the time to pick his spot and score his fifth UEFA Champions League goalof the season, being the first player in the league to reach that mark.

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English Premier League club Arsenal FC suffered its first loss of the 2007-08 season at the hands of Spanish Super Cup Champions and current UEFA Cup champions Sevilla FC.

Sevilla FC had the home crowd support as Arsenal were visitors at the Ramon Sanchez Pijuan Stadium in Sevilla, Spain. However, the Sevilla fans were shocked on the 11th minute of the match as the Arsenal Gunners were the first to put a goal on the scoreline when Arsenal’s Eduardo da Silva fired a shot past Sevilla keeper Andres Palop.

Sevilla FC managed to regain their composure, and soon enough Sevilla was able to find the equaliser on the 24th minute when Sevilla’s Seydou Keita scored his first UEFA Champions League goal to make the score 1-1. With a renewed spirit, the Sevilla players surged forward behind the roars of the Sevilla fans, and eventually found another goal on the 34th minute. Sevilla superstar right back Daniel Alves fired a free-kick that was headed in by Luis Fabiano to make the score 2-1.

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Spanish La Liga club Barcelona is set to make it through to the next round of the UEFA Champions League if they score a victory over French Ligue club Lyon at France. Barcelona currently lead Group E of the Champions League with 10 points with Rangers FC in second spot with 7 points. French Ligue champions Lyon, who are at the 3rd spot with 6 points, must have a positive result against Barcelona if they want to qualify for the next round of the UEFA Champions League.

Lyon will be looking to its players like Fabio Grosso, Francois Clerc, Hatem Ben Arfa, Milan Baros, Sidney Govou, Fred and Karim Benzema to provide the spark in order to win against Barcelona.

Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan is convinced that Lyon will qualify for the next stage despite their shaky start to their Champions League campaign.

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English Premier League champions Manchester United suffered an upset against the Bolton Wanderers, who were able to win with a 1-0 margin on their home pitch at the Reebok Stadium. Bolton Wanderers’ striker Nicolas Anelka scored the only goal of the match, and that was enough to guarantee Bolton Wanderers a win. The loss of Manchester United is their second of the 2007-08 English Premier League season. The defeat of Manchester United keeps their Premier League standing to 30 points, and they are now in 2nd place behind Arsenal, who have 33 points.

Manchester United was without its superstar cast of Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Scholes, and the lack of offense despite the efforts of Carlos Tevez and Ryan Giggs weren’t enough to score a goal. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was sent to the stands after he said some nasty things to the referee. Sir Alex Ferguson will be fined and penalized for his actions.

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