Raul Gonzalez stretch his UEFA competition goals record to 76 after brace vs Athletic Bilbao

Former Real Madrid and Spain national team striker Raul Gonzalez scored a brace vs Athletico Bilbao to extend his goal tally in European club competitions to 76, 6 goals more than Filippo Inzaghi, the AC Milan poacher. 

Raul Gonzalez 76 goals summary

Champions league 71

Real Madrid 66

Schalke 04 FC 5

EUSA Cup or Intercontinental Cup

Real Madrid 1

UEFA Super Cup

Real Madrid 1

UEFA Europa League

Schalke 04 FC 3

Recently messi scored 19th goal in European league knock-out stage breaking record formerly set by Raul, but after Raul double against Athletic Bilbao, he set new record and raise the bar to 20 goals. Surely Messi having more time in football will break the record again.

Raul has played for Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid CF and FC Schalke 04 in his carrier. His success so far are linked to Real Madrid were he won several award in European competitions.

UEFA Champions League: Trophy winner 1998, 2000, 2002

UEFA Champions League: Top scorer leading scorer 1999/2000, 2000/01

UEFA Super Cup: Trophy winner 2002

UEFA Club Forward of the Year: 2000, 2001, 2002.

AC Milan held defending champions Barcelona at San Siro, keeping Messi waiting for his 50th champions league goal.

AC Milan held Barcelona 0-0 in Champions league first leg quarter final.Alexis Sanchez penalty claim was turned down by the referee and Lionel Messi goal dissalowed for offside. AC Milan clear chances were squandered by Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The San Siro club playing style proved to be tough for Barcelona as they managed to stop Barcelona from scoring.

Messi taking free-kick during the game: Source Barcelona FC website

During the match, AC Milan has tough task stopping Lionel Messi from scoring a 55th goal this season or 13th in this Champions league campaign and reaching 50 goal mark in UEFA champions league competition, which they accomplished. AC Milan did not only prevent goals but only allowed 3 shots on target from highly rated UEFA champions as they also make 3 shots on target.

AC Milan vs Barcelona in group H and managed to force 2-2 draw and then defeated 3-2 in second matches.  Barcelona vs Inter Milan in San Siro in 2010 ended 3-1 and the second leg 1-0 as Inter Milan progress to final and beat Bayern Munich to lift the title.

Football records

AC Milan have never lost home quarter final in Champions league.

Barcelona has managed to score in all champions league games since November 2009. 

Massimiliano Allegri, Milan coach satisfied by the results and confident he will get the results they needed during the second leg at the Camp Nou: "We played better football after the restart, but in the first half we created several clear chances and despite not exploiting them, we gained in self confidence after such a performance. I think that the final result is fair, now we know we can get the qualification in Barcelona." 

AC Milan vs Barcelona FC video highlight

szólj hozzá: AC Milan 0-0 Barcelona

Bayern Munich vs Marseille

In another champions league  quarter final game, Bayern Munich beat Marseille by 2-0 and made it tough for Marseille to come back in away second leg. Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben goals mean Marseille have to score 3 goals in Allianz Arena and stopped in form attacking striker at Bayern Munich to qualify to the next round.

All Champions league first leg quarter final

Benfica vs Chelsea 0-1

Apoel Nicosia vs Real Madrid 0-3

AC Milan vs Barcelona 0-0

Marseille vs Bayern Munich 0-2

Marseille vs Bayern Munich video highlight of all goals

szólj hozzá: Marseille 0-2 Bayern GOALS

Champions League: Real Madrid score late goals to beat Giant killer Apoel 3-0, Benzema brace.

Karim Benzema missed first clear chance to put Madrid ahead but later scored a brace.

Real Madrid had to wait till 74 minutes to score first goal against defending Apoel. Madrid started with three strikers Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gonzalo Higuain and succeeded to make 28 shots with 8 shots on goals against zero shots for Apoel Nicosia. First clear chance to break the deadlock came on 33rd minute when Karim Benzema missed chance to put Madrid in front, wasting superb effort by Cristiano Ronaldo as he send the ball above the goal post.

Jose Mourinho Marcelo and Kaka tactical chance

Jose Mourinho has been known for making superb tactical switch; In 64th minute he replaced Gonzalo Higuaín and Fábio Coentrão with Kaka and Marcelo. In 74th Kaka set up Benzema for 1st goal, the two substitutes Marcelo and Kaka combined, Marcelo set up Kaka for second goal. Ozil did tremendous work and set up Benzema for easy third goal in 90th minute. In took Real Madrid 15 minutes to score three, the first goal were very crucial.

Lyon, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk killers killed

The result is a big blow for giant killers, Apoel Nicosia have surprised Lyon, Porto and Shakhtar Donetsk in previous game and looked like they will once again managed to pull another surprise before being undone on 74th minute. Now it would be easy for Madrid on second leg in April 4th to finish the job and set a possible el classico if Barcelona beat Bayern Munich in another Quarter final champions league draw on 28 March 2012

Apoel Nicosia vs Real Madrid goals summary

Karim Benzema (74') 0-1
Kaká (82') 0-2
Karim Benzema (90') 0-3

Apoel Nicosia vs Real Madrid video highlight of all goals

szólj hozzá: APOEL 0-3 RMCF BOSNIA

Chelsea to play Seattle Sounder in Pre-season preparation, repeat of 2009 preseason

Chelsea FC has set a plan to play Major League Soccer club, Seattle sounder in pre-season on July 18 2012 and bring back memories of Chelsea pre-season in 2009. The club under Carlo Ancelotti won 2-0 against Seattle Sounders FC in 2009. Daniel Sturridge had just joined from Manchester City and scored and was involved in setting up the second for Lampard. The striker was hailed for his performance and playing for the team but currently he seems to play more for himself and try to score even if he is at impossible angle and his team mate are well place to receive the ball and score.

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said ''We’re delighted to be returning to Seattle to kick off our summer in the US,’…. .“We were there in 2004 and 2009 and both turned out to be winning seasons for us, so we're really looking forward to taking the team back.”

Three years ago, the match attracted a record squad attendance of 65,289, a good reason as to why Chelsea once again target pre-season in Seattle. Seattle Sounders are looking to open the entire stadium to allow more support in a game that will be sold as 4 match package. The 4 Match package consists of

Seattle Sounders FC vs Chelsea - July 18,

Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles Galaxy - August 5,

Seattle Sounders FC vs Vancouver Whitecaps - August 18

Seattle Sounders FC vs Portland Timbers - October 7.

The blues will be touring Seattle for the fifth time, in four previous seasons Chelsea won three including two last visits.

2009 Chelsea vs Seattle Sounders 2-0

2004 Chelsea vs Scotland Celtic 4-2

1997 Original NASL Sounders vs Chelsea 2-0

1967 Chelsea vs Locals 5-0

La Liga: Video highlights of all 101 Cristiano Ronaldo scored at Real Madrid in Spanish Liga BBVA

Cristiano Ronaldo continued is goal scoring run at Real MadridE reaching a century and smashing Ferenc Puskas record. He netted 101 goals in just 92 appearance while Ferenc Puskas netted 100 in 105 games and Alfredo Di Stefano scored 100 in 115 matches.

His goal scoring spree started in 2010 against Deportivo La Coruna and went on to score 26 goals in La Liga 2009-2010, in 2010-2011 he break La Liga goal scoring record in one season with 40 goals and 2011-2012 he is right on course to set another new record, with 35 goals and 9 games before the league end this season.He has already scored 44 goals this season including 35 goals in Spanish League. Among these goals, there are six La Liga hat-trick.

Ronaldo scored 118 goals for Manchester United between 2003 and 2009 in 292 appearances, 84 of which in 157 Premier league appearances. He scored his first in FA cup in 2004. The Portuguese international have been involved in rumour move to Chelsea for £80m combined price Ronadlo-Higuan . The blues are looking to building a new squad for next season.

szólj hozzá: All CR7 101 Goals in La Liga

La Liga: Cristiano Ronaldo score double with Karim Benzema and stay in touch with Lionel Messi for Pichichi and Golden boot trophy

Real Madrid recovered from two consecutive 1-1 draw with Malaga and Villarreal and secured a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad. All three Real Madrid top scorers were on target with Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo score two goals each and Gonzalo Higuaín scored one.  Cristiano Ronald level goals with Lionel Messi and keep Pichichi and Golden boot trophy open for any one of the two as they make a huge gap with other top scorers in Europe.

It was nice game for Jose Mourinho as he get opportunity to rest his top strikers ready for first-leg Champions League tie against APOEL Nicosia on Tuesday which they would like to finish the tie before second match.

Ronaldo became the fastest goal scorer to reach 100 Spanish league goals. He scored 101 goals in 92 games (1.098goals/game), 13 games less than Ferenc Puskas who score 100 in 105 games (0/952goals/game. Alfredo Di Stefano  score 100 goals in 115 games (0.87goals/game. The ratiodid with 115Real Madrid lead the La liga log by 6 points Barcelona on second spot, the two will meet at Nou Camp on 22 April for El Classico.

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad all goals summary

Gonzalo Higuaín (6')   1-0

Cristiano Ronaldo (32')   2-0

Karim Benzema (40')   3-0

Xabi Prieto (41')   3-1

Karim Benzema (49')    4-1

Cristiano Ronaldo (56')   5-1

Real Madrid vs Real Sociedad video highlights all goals

Top 5 scorers in Premier league, Spanish La Liga, France Ligue 1, Bundesliga, Scotish SPL and Serie A competition for European golden boot on 25 March 2012

Barclays Premier league, Spanish La Liga, Italy Serie A, Ligue 1, Scottish premier league, German Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 top scorers competition for golden boot on 25 March 2012. 

It is easy to mark strikers that consistently keep scoring in European leagues. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are clear contenders fro golden boots but Robin Van Persie and Mario Gomez  also put up a great show challenging the La Liga players. These season fan have seen a series of hat-trick, a word derived from magician hat which used for magic trick.

Barclays Premier league top scorers

1	Robin Van Persie	Arsenal FC	26
2	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United	20
3	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	17
4	Demba Ba	Newcastle	16
5	*Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Blackburn Rovers	14

Robin Van Persie keeps on scoring but also misses clear goals some times. With his left foot he has scored some goals from difficult angle, remember his goal second goal in Arsenal vs Liverpool.  Ten games remaining, one wouldn’t hesitate to bet him for 30 goals this season in premiership alone.

Top assist

David Silva (Manchester City) 12

Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur) 11
Antonio Valencia (Manchester United) 11

Juan Mata (Chelsea)10

Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) 9

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Bundesliga top scorers

1	Mario Gomez	Bayern Munich	23
2	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	SC Freiburg	22
3	Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	16
4	Lukas Podolski	FC Cologne	16
5	Claudio Pizarro	Werder Bremen	16

Mario Gomez still lead Bundesliga top scorers with 23 one ahead of Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who score two goals in famous 2-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen.  Bayern is 2 points behind Bundesliga Champions Borrusia Dortmund who have a game at hand.


Top assist

Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)11
Juan Arango  (Borussia Monchengladbach)9

Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund)7
Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) 7
Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) 7 
Christian Fuchs (Schalke 04)7
Toni Kroos (Bayern Munich)7
Patrick Herrmann (Borussia Monchengladbach) 7

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France Ligue 1 top scorers 

1	Olivier Giroud	Montpellier	17
2	Anderson Nene	PSG	13
3	Eden Hazard	Lille	13
4	Batetimbi Gomis	Lyon	10
5	Pierre Aubameyang	St Etienne	10

*Kevin Gamerio same goals as Pierre Aubameyang
Oliver Giroud, Montpellier striker 20 goals mark. The striker has been crucial in Montpellier success who are currently on top of League one table. The striker has also assisted 7 goals so far. 


Top assist

Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 11

Jérémy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain) 11
Eden Hazard   (Lille)11
Michel Bastos (Lyon) 8
Yann Jouffre (Lorient) 8 

Olivier Giroud (Montpellier) 7

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Spanish La Liga top scorers

1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	35
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	35
3	Radamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	19
4	Gonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	18
5	Roberto Soldado	Valencia	16

*Karim Benzema same goals as Roberto Soldado
Lionel Messi keep on scoring and sets new record with every goal he score after becoming Barcelona all-time goal scorer. He scored the first against  to rise the bar to 235 goals, clubs new record. Cristiano Ronaldo level with Messi after he scored 2 goals in 5-1 and just five goals shoot from his last year 40 goals mark. Real Madrid victory against Real Sociedad to cut difference to just one goal. The race for Pichichi trophy and European Golden boot award is still very open.

Top assist

Mesut Özil (Real Madrid) 14
Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) 13 

Daniel Alves (Barcelona)10

Lionel Messi (Barcelona)9
Cesc Fábregas (Barcelona) 8

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)8

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Italy Serie A top scorers

1	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	AC Milan	22
2	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	19
3	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	18
4	German Denis	Atlanta	15
5	*Rodrigo Palacio	Genoa	14

* Same goals as Diego Milito

Zlatana Ibrahimovic scored two against AS Roma open three goals gap with Antonio Di Natale. Just keeping himself on form for Barcelona encounter in Champions league.

     

Top assist

Fabrizio Miccoli  (Palermo) 12
Pablo Armero    (Udinese)  8 
Andrea Pirlo  (Juventus) 8
Antonio Cassano (AC Milan) 7
Marek Hamsik  (Napoli) 7
Robinho (AC Milan) 7

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Scottish Premier League SPL top scorers

1	Gary Hooper	Celtic	16
2	Jon Daly	Dundee United	15
3	Nikica Jelavic	Rangers	14
4	Francisco Sandaza	St Johnstone	13
5	Michael Higdon	Hibernian	12

No change on top three top goal scorers in terms of  number of goals once, more. Francisco just score one goal since previous Sports News report. Nikica Jelavic  score one two goals since joining Premier league Everton.


Top assist
Steven Davis (Rangers) 10
Anthony Stokes (Celtic) 9
Nicky Law (Motherwell) 8
Jonathan Hayes (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 8
Paul Dixon (Dundee United) 8
Francisco Sandaza (St Johnstone) 8

Messi on the verge to level or break Barcelona goal scoring record set by Cesar Rodriguez

Lionel Messi is set to level or break club’s all time official goal scoring record of 232 goals reached by Cesar Rodriguez in 1950s. The Barcelona star has scored 231 and he will fancy a chance to level or break Cesar’s record in La Liga match on Tuesday night against strangling Granada.

This season alone, he scored 31 goals in La Liga, 12 goals in Champions league, 2 goals in King’s cup and contributing 16 goal assists in all these and 45 goals competition.  This season alone he has scored 7 hat-tricks for Barcelona, 5 on La Liga and 2 in Champions league. His recent hat-trick was on champions league were he score 5 goals to became the first player to have scored five goals in one match.

Messi top scoring records La Liga and Champions league

In La Liga, Messi won the pichichi trophy in 2008-2009 scoring 34 goals. This season he is second in top goal scorer list following Cristiano Ronaldo who has 32 goals, one more than Messi. But leads champions league top scorers table with 12 goals and if he maintain his position he will be Champions league top scorer for four consecutive years. In 2010-2011 he set record to be first player to win Champions league golden boot for three consecutive years. Gerd Müller and Jean-Pierre Papin also were top scorers for three consecutive years in Europen club competition before champions league changed it format in 1992. This season he also netted his first hat-trick for Argentina when playing against Switzerland.

 

Barcelona matches in which Lionel Messi score hat-trick

Barcelona 8-0 Osasuna

Barcelona 5-0 Atletico Madrid

Barcelona 5-0 Mallorca 

Barcelona 4-0 Viktoria Plzen

Barcelona 4-1 Malaga

Barcelona 5-1 Valencia

Barcelona 7-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Updates Messi goals record: 
Barcelona vs Granada is live now, Barcelona leading 2-0 20 minutes. Xavi opened the score Messi score the second goal to equal Cesar on all time Barcelona goal score with 232. He also level with Cristiano Ronaldo on 32 La Liga goals this season.

Messi score again to break the club goal scoring record and also top the La Liga goals scorers table. 82 minutes and the score is 4-2 Barcelona. Barca will cut points difference with Real Madrid to five points, but Madrid still have game in hand.


85 minutes, he score another one and it is eighth hat-trick, total goals 234, 33 La Liga goals one ahead of Ronaldo.

Granada got a penalty, Alves red card and the score 5-3.



Barcelona vs Granada goals summary
Xavi (3') 1 - 0    
Lionel Messi (17') 2 - 0  
Mainz (55') 2 - 1  
Guillherme Siqueira (pen) (61') 2 - 2  
Lionel Messi (66') 3 - 2
Tello (81') 4-2 
Messi (85') 5-2 
Guillherme Siqueira (pen) (88')5-3  

Barcelona vs Granada all goals highlights