Champions League Fixtures 12.09.06 13.09.06

Highlighted Champions League Fixtures for Tuesday 12.09.06 and Wednesday 13.09.06

Three of the favorites are in action Tuesday, but only Chelsea have a high profile opponent. PSV v Liverpool might have some excitement.

Wednesday’s got three winners with Manchester United v Celtic for the crowd reaction alone. Lyon and Real Madrid renew their CL rivalry. And Hamburg v Arsenal might hold something, although the Gunners are not yet in form.

Tuesday’s Champions League Fixtures:

Chelsea v Werder Bremen
Barcelona v Levski Sofia
Sporting v Inter Milan

Bayern Munich v Spartak Moscow
PSV v Liverpool
Roma v Shakhtar Donetsk
Olympiacos v Valencia
Galatasaray v Bordeaux

Wednesday’s Champions League Fixtures:

Man United v Celtic
Lyon v Real Madrid
Hamburg v Arsenal
AC Milan v AEK Athens
FC Porto v CSKA Moscow
FC Copenhagen v Benfica
Dynamo Kiev v Steaua Bucuresti
Anderlecht v Lille

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Ruud Van Nistelrooy Three Goals for Real Madrid

Ruud Van Nistelrooy got his La Liga career off to an amazing start yesterday with three goals as Real Madrid buried Levante 4 – 1.

The former Manchester United striker’s first goal was vintage Ruud. With back to defender, Van Nistelrooy controlled, turned, and fired as the Levante defense was left with little do to but admire.

Van Nistelrooy’s second goal had the sweet touch of the old Man U link-up with David Beckham providing a perfect header to Van Nistelrooy, who chested down brilliantly and tapped in off his shin.

After missing a penalty that seemed to deny the new Real Madrid superstar his hat-trick, Van Nistelrooy took a beautiful ball from Cicinho in the 90th minute and deeked the keeper, lifting over and in from 12 yard out.

Lost in the Van Nistelrooy hat-trick was the spectacular second goal off a stunning 70-yard pass from David Beckham onto the foot of the speeding Antonio Cassano. The finish wasn’t as pretty in that Cassano’s first attempt deflected back off his arm. Persistence paid off as the Italian striker stayed focused and fired a lovely strike just inside the far post.

Videos of Real Madrid Goals:

Ruud’s First (new window)

Cassano from Beckham (new window)

Ruud’s Second (new window)

Ruud’s Third (new window)

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Ashley Cole Shoes – Boots

In my ongoing quest to fill in the boots section of SoccerGolazo, I’ve come up with the Ashley Cole shoes I keep finding in the search log.

adidas +F50.6 TUNIT

There are two links for the two different uppers.

Standard Upper

Wide Last Upper

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Boca Juniors Match Cancelled

In an odd turn of events, the match between Boca Juniors and Gimnasia of La Plata was suspended when referee Daniel Gimenez claimed he was threatened by the Gimnasia club president.

What the threats were, and all other juicy details have not been released.

No matter what was said, it was certainly bad timing as Gimnasia, 15th in the table, were leading unbeaten Boca 1 – 0 at halftime.

Full story from FoxSoccerChannel.

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