Football 2016 Discussion Thread

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OFC Champions League

 

Auckland City retaining their OFC Champions League title with a 3-0 win over compatriots Team Wellington.

It is a sixth title in a row, and eighth overal, for Auckland City.

They are the first team qualified at the FIFA Club World Cup 2016 (8th appearance at tournament).

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  PARIS SAINT GERMAIN  won the French Ligue Cup (6th title).

Final result PSG 2 - 1 LILLA (1-0 40' Pastore, 1-1 49' Sidibe, 2-1 74'  Di Maria)

 

Manchester United reach the final of FA Cup (won 2-1 Everton)

 

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CRISTAL PALACE win  2-1 over WATFORD and reac second FA Cup Final in their history , where will face Manchester United (11-time winners) .

(1-0  6' Yannick Bolasie; 1-1  55'  Troy Deeney; 2-1  61'  Connor Wickham )

 

The Eagles have only been runners-up in 1990 when lost the Cup against Manchester United after a replay match (3-3, replay 0-1)

The coach Alan Pardew was a key man in their famous run in 1990, scoring the semifinal winner over Liverpool at Villa Park (4-3 OT;  Pardew scored at 109' min).
 

 

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Large win in both derby (first leg) of Semifinals of UEFA WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

 

Lyon 7 - 0 Paris Saint Germain

 

Wolfsburg   4 - 0  1. FFC Frankfurt

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+7 points and -3 matches >>>>>> LEICESTER  

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For 5th consecutive Juventus become Italian Champion  

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JUVENTUS #32 titles      

DYNAMO KYIV #15 titles   (+7 pts on Shakhtar; but Metalurh Zaporizhya  were expelled from the Ukrainian PL and their matches will be awarded, the real advantage is  +10 with 3 matches to play)

 

 

 11 teams having already sealed their spot in Champions League 2016/2017 (group stage) :

 

 Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid

Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund

Leicester

Juventus

Benfica, Sporting CP

Paris Saint Germain

Dynamo Kyiv

[mihamiha 124]

pretty boring first semifinal yesterday.real tried to score in last 20 minutes,but without ronaldo they were toothless.city should play more agresive

 

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today atletico madrid-bayern

 

it will be interesting if germans can broke spanish defence

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finally justice for liverpool

 

A 27-year struggle for truth by the families of the 96 people killed at the Hillsborough football stadium has been vindicated after new inquests into the disaster determined that they had been unlawfully killed.

The jury was directed by the coroner, Sir John Goldring, that their verdict meant that the Liverpool supporters died because of failings of the police officer in command at the FA Cup semi-final on 15 April 1989, South Yorkshire Ch Supt David Duckenfield.