Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Champions League 06-05-2015, Match Preview

FC Barcelona vs Bayern Munich Match Preview Champions League semi-final First Leg
Pep Guardiola returns to the Nou Camp for the first time as Bayern Munich boss when his team face Barcelona in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash on Wednesday.

Referee : Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)
Stadium : Camp Nou, Barcelona (ESP)
Date : Wednesday, 6 May 2015
Kick-off : 19:45 BST / 20:45CET
UEFA Champions League
Semi-finals, First leg

Television and Streaming
US: Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes, Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2Go
Canada: Sportsnet, Sportsnet World, TVA Sports 2, Sportsnet World Now
UK: Sky Sports 1 & 5 | HD, Sky Go, Sky Go Extra, NOW TV
Germany: Sky Sport 1 | HD, ZDF, Sky Go, SRF zwei, TeleClub Sport Live
beIN SPORTS HD, beIN SPORTS 

Every season, Bayern Munich seem to run into at least one major rematch in the UEFA Champions League. Now, for the fourth year in a row, a Spanish giant stands between them and a trip to the Champions League final.

This time it is Barcelona, a team they humiliated 7-0 two years ago en route to the first European treble in German football history. Now Barcelona will get their chance at revenge, as well as a chance to take down the manager who left the club three years ago before taking a job at their German foe six months later.

Team News

Barcelona

Luis Enrique is set to name the same XI that beat Cordoba on Saturday, with Jordi Alba expected to shake off a slight niggle.

Bayern Munich

Pep Guardiola is not so lucky, with a long list of injuries and a few key ones heading into the trip to Spain.

Left-back David Alaba will be lucky to play a game again this season, whilst Holger Badstuber is out for the season.

Javi Martínez has only just made his return after being out for most of the season, it would be a surprise to see the Spaniard feature in this one.

Arjen Robben is out for the season with a calf injury whilst Franck Ribery is a doubt for this match having been troubled with an ankle injury.

Robert Lewandowski is also a doubt, with a broken nose.

Possible starting

Possible Barcelona Team Line-up :
Bravo , Pique , Alves , Mascherano , Rakitic , Busquets , Inesta , Neymar , Messi , Suarez

Possible Barcelona Team Line-up :
Nevuer , Martinz , Dante , Rafinha , Strieder , Gaudino , Lahm , Weiser , Schweinsteiger , Pizarro , Götze

Head To Head

Worryingly for Barca, they have never beaten Bayern without Guardiola in charge.

The 44-year-old’s triumph over his current employers came at the Camp Nou in 2009 when Messi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry were all among the goals.

The most memorable games between the two sides, though, were played after Guardiola’s departure in 2013. Bayern stunned the footballing world by winning the first leg in Germany 4-0, before hammering home their advantage thanks to a 3-0 victory in Spain.

In total, there have been eight games between the teams, with Bayern leading 5-1 overall.

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Real Madrid vs Juventus Football Match, UEFA Champions League 05-05-2015

Juventus vs Real Madrid 05/05/2015 UEFA Champions League Preview

Champions League Semi-final: Juventus FC vs Real Madrid, Tue, 05 May 2015. Juventus Arena, Turin, Italy

 • UEFA Champions League

 • May 5, 2015 • 19:45 

 • Juventus Stadium, Torino 

Telecast & Broadcast channels:( TV Info ):

where to watch the match!

Fox Sports 1(US)/TVE La 1(Spain)/Sky Sport 1 Italia(Italy), beIN SPORTS HD, beIN SPORTS

Juventus host Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday looking to reach their first final since 2003.

Juventus squad which has big ambitions this season with the aim Treble Winer to create a new record for the best club in the Italian league. they successfully reached the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia and the Champions League Semifinal. Juventus had a record of (Serie A) with 14 points ahead of Lazio and 15 points from AS Roma.

Real Madrid since losing the El Clasico obtain great results with the results of seven games never lose. and even Los Blancos make 5 victories in the Spanish League, 1 win and 1 draw in the Champions League against Atletico.


Team News:

Juventus 
Juventus are without both Paul Pogba (thigh) and Martin C?ceres (ankle) for the first leg. Pogba has been out for the past two weeks while C?ceres has been sidelined for a month.
Kwadwo Asamoah’s season is over with a knee injury.

Real Madrid
Madrid's French international striker Karim Benzema has scored six Champions League goals this term, but it has been confirmed that a knee injury will sideline the 27-year-old for this tie.

Luka Modri? is also injured and Sami Khedira has not been named in the squad for the first leg, meaning the defending champions are short in defensive midfield options. Sergio Ramos played alongside Toni Kroos in a 4-4-2 formation at the weekend.

possible lineup:

Juventus possible starting lineup:
Buffon; Lichsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Evra; Pirlo, Vidal, Marchisio; Tevez, Llorente

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Casillas; Carvajal, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo; Ramos, Kroos, James; Bale, Ronaldo, Hernandez



What time does Juventus vs Real Madrid start?
New York, United States: 2:45 PM
Chicago, United States: 1:45 PM
Los Angeles, United States: 11:45 AM
Mexico City, Mexico: 1:45 PM
Bogota, Colombia: 1:45 PM
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: 3:45 PM
Santiago, Chile: 2:45 PM
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 3:45 PM
Madrid, Spain: 8:45 PM
Rome, Italy: 8:45 PM
Cairo, Egypt: 9:45 PM
Cape Town, South Africa: 8:45 PM
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: 10:45 PM
Moscow, Russia: 10:45 PM
New Delhi, India: 11:45 PM
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 2:45 AM
Hong Kong, China: 2:45 AM
Tokyo, Japan: 3:45 AM
Sydney, Australia: 4:45 AM
Wellington, New Zealand: 6:45 AM

Last matches between Juventus and Real Madrid:
Juventus vs Real Madrid (2 - 2) on 11/5/2013 at Juventus Stadium - (UEFA Champions League)
Real Madrid vs Juventus (2 - 1) on 10/23/2013 at Santiago Bernabeu, Spain - (UEFA Champions League)

Statistics from last games Juventus against Real Madrid:
Juventus: Wins: 0, Lost: 1, Draw: 1, Goals Scored 3, Goals Average 1.5, Goals Against 4, Goals Against Average 2

Real Madrid: Wins: 1, Lost: 0, Draw: 1, Goals Scored 4, Goals Average 2, Goals Against 3, Goals Against Average 1.5

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Preview match: Barcelona vs PSG - Champions League 2015 - News & TV Info

Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain Champions League quarter-final 21 April 2015

   Match match details:

• Barcelona vs PSG

             • UEFA Champions League

     • 21 April 2015 • 19:45

 • Referee: S. Moen 

Telecast & Broadcast channels:

Get full International TV listings for PSG vs Barcelona match here.

United States: FOX Sports 1 USA

United Kingdom: Sky Sports 1

Qatar: beIN Sports 1; 11

Spain: Canal+ Liga Campeones

India: Ten HD; Ten Action

Malaysia: Astro SuperSport 3

Canada: Sportsnet Ontario

Paris Saint-Germain head to the Camp Nou for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie on Tuesday night knowing that they face a major battle to remain in the competition.

A persuading 3-1 triumph for Barcelona in the opposite meeting a week ago has put the hosts immovably in the driving seat, despite the fact that the Parisians have as of now demonstrated this season that they ought not be composed off at any stage.

 TEAM NEWS:

Andres Iniesta is available for Barcelona's Champions League quarter-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain after suffering a back injury in the first leg in France. The midfielder was stretchered off in that match but he returned to training on Monday, as did defender Jeremy Mathieu. Brazilian international Dani Alves should also play after suspension.

PSG captain Thiago Silva misses out after failing to recover in time from the thigh strain he sustained in the first encounter on Wednesday, while the visitors will also be without injured midfielder Thiago Motta and the banned Serge Aurier.

However, coach Laurent Blanc will have the likes of skipper Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marco Verratti available after both missed the first leg through suspension.

Possible lineups:

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Rakitić, Busquets, Iniesta; Suárez, Messi, Neymar.
• Out: Vermaelen (hamstring)

Paris: Sirigu; Van der Wiel, David Luiz, Marquinhos, Maxwell; Verratti, Cabaye, Matuidi; Cavani, Ibrahimović, Pastore.
• Out: Silva (hamstring), Motta (hamstring), Aurier (suspended)

Barcelona vs PSG Tips:

Barcelona is still battling Real Madrid in the domestic championship now that qualification in the semifinals of the Champions League is virtually assured. They take on Valencia over the weekend before locking horns with city rivals Espanyol and that's why they won't go for a lopsided victory over the French side. A narrow margin triumph would be more than enough to appease the fans.

PSG will have Ibrahimovic back in the starting formation as he returns from suspension and this gives them a decent chance of scoring in Barcelona. Three strikers will be sent upfront from the very beginning, hoping to take the lead early but the emphasis will be on bolstering their defenses.

Weekend results:

Barcelona 2-0 Valencia CF (Suárez 1, Messi 90+4)
OGC Nice 1-3 Paris (Bodmer 45+1; Pastore 39 63, Cavani 69pen)

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Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid: Preview, News, TV Info, Champions League 2015

Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid Champions League 2015, Match Preview, News, TV Info

Champions League returns for the first legs of Quarter Finals this week, Atletico Madrid host Real Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League quarter-final first leg – a repeat of last season’s final. Real ran out 4-1 victors last year but both sides will fancy their chances over two legs this time round.

Team: Atletico Madrid v Real Madrid

Competition: UEFA Champions League

Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2015

Kick off Time: 18:45 GMT / 7:45 p.m. BST / 2:45 p.m. EDT / 8:45 p.m. local

Venue: Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid

Referee: M. Mažić

Telecast & Broadcast channels ( TV Info ):
where to watch the match!

Sky Calcio 2
CANAL + Sport HD
TVE La 1 Madrid
SuperSport 3 / HD
TV6 (Sweden)
Arena Sport 3
beIN SPORTS 1 HD
beIN SPORTS 11 HD
beIN SPORTS 14 HD
beIN SPORTS 2 HD FR
beIN SPORTS 2 FR
SRF ZWEI HD
Sky Sport 2 Deutschland
3Sport TV
CANAL + Sport
Sky Sport Plus
Digi Sport HD
SuperSport HD 2 alb

team news:

Atletico Madrid team news:
Atletico coach Diego Simeone has positive injury news, with centre-forward Mario Mandzukic returning to training after an ankle problem and midfielder Raul Garcia expected to take part in Monday's session after recovering from a fractured arm. Mandzukic looks most likely to start, displacing Fernando Torres in the XI. At the back Diego Godin has sat out Atletico's last two La Liga games with a hamstring issue, but the key centre-half seems sure to start on Tuesday.

Real Madrid team news:
For the first time in months, boss Carlo Ancelotti has a full squad to choose from. Welsh winger Gareth Bale is back training with the squad after missing Saturday's 3-0 La Liga win over Eibar with a minor muscle problem. Centre-back Pepe returned from his hamstring injury by coming through 30 minutes against Eibar unscathed. Midfielder Sami Khedira and left-back Fabio Coentrao are also fit again but seem unlikely to feature at the Vicente Calderon -- where both started in Madrid's 4-0 defeat on their last visit in February.

Possible lineups:

Atlético: Oblak; Juanfran, Miranda, Godín, Gámez; Arda Turan, Tiago, Suárez, Koke; Griezmann, Mandžukić.

Madrid: Casillas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Marcelo; Kroos, Modrić, James; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.

Last 6 Results in All Competitions:

Atletico Madrid:
D: 2-2 vs. Malaga
W: 2-0 vs. Real Sociedad
W: 2-0 vs. Cordoba
W: 2-0 vs. Getafe
W: 1-0 vs. Bayer Leverkusen
D: 0-0 vs. Espanyol

Real Madrid:
W: 3-0 vs. Eibar
W: 2-0 vs. Rayo Vallecano
W: 9-1 vs. Granada
L: 1-2 vs. Barcelona
W: 2-0 vs. Levante
L: 3-4 vs. Schalke


Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid: Preview, News, TV Info, Champions League 2015
Atlético Madrid vs Real Madrid, Champions League: Tactical Preview
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid: Team News, Predicted XIs, Live Stream, TV Info

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Borussia Dortmund vs Juventus Preview - UEFA Champions League 2015 - Round of 16

Match Preview: Borussia Dortmund vs Juventus - UEFA Champions League - Wednesday, 18/03/2015

Borussia Dortmund welcome Juventus to the Westfalenstadion on Wednesday knowing that a 1-0 victory over Massimiliano Allegri's men would be enough to see them through to the quarter-final stages of the Champions League.

Match schedules:

Date : wednesday, 18 March, 2015

Kick off Time : 19:45 (GMT)

Where: Signal-Iduna-Park, Dortmund

Team: Dortmund vs Juventus 

Referee: M. Mažić

Competition: UEFA Champions League 2015/Round of 16, Second leg

Telecast & Broadcast channels:

you can watch this match on TV Telecast channels given below:

SuperSport 3, Sky Calcio, Sky Sport 1 Italian, NTV Plus Football, 3+ Denmark, RTÉ Two, SuperSport 3 ZA, Digi Sport (Hungary), beIN SPORTS 1 HD, beIN SPORTS 11 HD, beIN SPORTS 13 HD, beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR, beIN SPORTS 1 FR, C + LCampeones, Sky Sport 3 Germany

Team news

Borussia Dortmund
Since it is increasingly clear that Borussia will not be able to reach European positions through the Bundesliga and it is absolutely certain that will not qualify for the Champions League next year, the importance of this match is evident as Borussia really wants to reach the quarterfinals. Although it can be said that they are significantly better compared to the first half of the season and the very beginning of the second half, it is again noticeable an easier crisis in Borussia’s game, this time in the attack. They have played four matches in a row in which they didn’t lose but they drew the last two matches.

It is interesting that they haven’t received a single goal in those four matches, namely they haven’t conceded a goal since the first leg of the CL round of 16 played in Turin, however, they have ever more difficulties to score goals and it is a worrisome trend. Therefore, we expect changes in that part of the team, while the defence is doing well its job and there will be certainly no changes. In the midfield the dilemma is between recently recovered Sahin and S. Bender, while in the offensive part of the midfield Mkhitaryan and Kagawa could move on the bench as the two of them is out of shape, while Oberellbogen and Blaszczykowski would step in instead.

Juventus
Retaining the Serie A title looks well within the grasp of Juventus who secured another vital three points this past weekend with a 0-1 win at Palermo, but the fans are demanding a Champions League run. They were Quarter Finalists two seasons ago, but Juventus were disappointingly knocked out at the Group Stage last season and now hold a narrow advantage over Borussia Dortmund as they head to Germany for an important Second Leg.

There have been some impressive performances from Juventus in the Champions League over the last three seasons, but also some really disappointing ones and it is hard to guess which Juventus teams turns up on Wednesday. They are unbeaten in their last 4 Champions League games, winning 3 of those, but Juventus had lost 4 straight and 5 of their last 6 away games in the competition. Juventus have ended that run with a 0-2 win at Malmo last time out, but this is a much bigger test of their credentials.

Juventus recently lost to Fiorentina in the Coppa Italia, which is their sole defeat in their last 26 games in all competitions, and the side also bounced back with consecutive 1-0 wins over Sassuolo and Palermo. They are unbeaten in their last 11 away games in all competitions, but Juventus had drawn 3 in a row before the victory this past weekend.

Andrea Pirlo will be hoping to return to the squad, while Andrea Barzagli has only recently returned. Martin Caceras has been ruled out with an ankle injury.

MANAGER QUOTES

Juergen Klopp: "We face the greatest challenge there is in football, to score against an Italian team which will advance with a 0-0 draw. Fact is Juve are experienced, very clever, in football terms good but not invincible. If you are in the last 16 and want to advance you need to play at least one exceptional game out of two. We did not do it in the first leg so hopefully we will do it tomorrow.

"We know how to be dangerous, we know how to score. We just have to use the right spaces, take the right decision. That was rare in the last two games. Juve will challenge us with their disciplined defence. But at the end of the day we don't need to win 9-0, just 1-0"

Massimiliano Allegri: "We start with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg. We know how difficult the game will be, but so do Borussia. We must do everything right, from every point of view. I hope it’ll be a good game. It’s unlikely to end 0-0, so we need two goals to go through. In the first leg we didn’t allow them a shot on goal, and Borussia scored because [Giorgio] Chiellini slipped, while we had several chances to score. We have to know what Borussia’s qualities are, they have great pace and pressing, we’ll have to make very few mistakes tomorrow and hit them where they have weaknesses.”

probable lineups

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Kirch, Subotić, Hummels, Schmelzer; S Bender, Gündoğan; Błaszczykowski, Kampl, Reus; Aubameyang

Juventus: Buffon, Barzagli, Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Vidal, Marchisio, Pogba, Evra, Tevez, Morata

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Barcelona vs Manchester City Match Preview | Champions League - Round of 16

Match Preview: Barcelona vs Manchester City - UEFA Champions League - Round of 16 - Second Leg - Wednesday, 18/03/2015

Match schedules:

Date : wednesday, 18 March, 2015

Kick off Time : 19:45 (GMT)

Where: Camp Nou, Barcelona

Team: Barcelona vs Manchester City

Competition: UEFA Champions League 2015

Telecast & Broadcast channels:

you can watch this match on TV Telecast channels given below:

SuperSport 3, Sky Calcio, Sky Sport 1 Italian, 

NTV Plus Football, 3+ Denmark, RTÉ Two, SuperSport 3 ZA, Digi Sport (Hungary), 

beIN SPORTS 1 HD, beIN SPORTS 11 HD, beIN SPORTS 13 HD, beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR, beIN SPORTS 1 FR, C + LCampeones, Sky Sport 3 Germany

Like last season, Manchester City travel to Catalonia with a deficit to overturn. Like last season, they are unlikely to succeed.

Meanwhile,Barcelona progressed from last year’s tie by beating Manchester City in both legs, 2-1 at home and 2-0 away. This season, Barcelona won group F, winning their three home games in the progress, beating PSG 3-1, Apoel 1-0 and Ajax 3-1.

Team news

Sergio Busquets is out and will be Barcelona’s biggest loss for the second leg. Thomas Vermaelen is out injured but Luis Enrique has had to deal with that all season.

Manchester City will be without defender Gael Clichy, who was sent off in the first leg between the two sides.

Just minutes after City pulled a goal back to make the score 2-1 at the Etihad, Clichy picked up a second yellow card for a high tackle on Barcelona's Dani Alves.

 MANAGER QUOTES

Luis Enrique: "What is clear is that we are not taking anything for granted. We will be facing one of the favourites for the competition, for the title. We are still only halfway through the tie and have to play the return yet and looking at their players we can see they have the potential to make life difficult for us. They got back into the tie in the first leg despite our great start to the game. We are not taking anything for granted."

Manuel Pellegrini on future: "Roberto [Mancini] left the club for other reasons, not because he didn't win anything one year. It's not 'if you don't win, you're out'. Of course, winning trophies here is extremely important. I understand you can't just say, 'It doesn't matter, we'll come in fourth or fifth because we've got a long-term project'. But in the last four years this team has won two leagues, come second once, and won the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup. I have never felt the situation is that if I don't win I am out whatever happens."

Possible lineups

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba; Xavi, Rakitić, Iniesta; Suárez, Messi, Neymar.

Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov; Fernando, Fernandinho; Milner, Touré, Silva; Agüero.

Head to Head:(Last Meetings)

Manchester City vs FC Barcelona1 - 225/02/2015   UEFA Champions League
FC Barcelona vs Manchester City2 - 113/03/2014   UEFA Champions League
Manchester City vs FC Barcelona0 - 219/02/2014   UEFA Champions League

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Match Monaco vs Arsenal Preview | Champions League quarter-finals 2015

Monaco vs Arsenal Preview – Champions League quarter-finals 17-03-2015

Monaco vs Arsenal

Match schedules:

Date : Tuesday, 17 March, 2015

Kick off Time : 3:45 pm ET/19:45 (GMT)

Where: Stade Louis II., Monaco

Referee:‬ S. Moen

Team: Monaco vs Arsenal

Competition: UEFA Champions League 2015

Telecast & Broadcast channels:

then you can watch this match on TV Telecast channels given below:

 SuperSport 3, Sport TV 1,  Sky Calcio 2,  TV3 (Ireland), TV3 (Danmark), TV6 (Sweden), itv, Viasat Sport Baltic, Arena Sport 1 (Serbia), Digi Sport, İdman Azərbaycan, beIN SPORTS 1 HD, beIN SPORTS 11 HD, beIN SPORTS 13 HD, beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR, beIN SPORTS 1 FR, STV (scotland) HD, Sky Sport 3 Germany.

Team news

Jeremy Toulalan, Yannick Ferreira Carrasco and Geoffrey Kondogbia are in the Monaco squad after recovering from injuries.

The trio have trained as normal after missing the 3-0 win over Bastia on Friday evening.

Calum Chambers and Theo Walcott both started Saturday's 3-0 win over West Ham, but could be replaced by Hector Bellerin and Santi Cazorla in the starting XI.

Mathieu Debuchy, Abou Diaby, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Mikel Arteta will all miss out through injury.

Meanwhile, Jack Wilshere, Gabriel and Tomas Rosicky are doubts and are unlikely to feature.

Probable Lineups:

Monaco (4-2-3-1): Subasic; Raggi, Carvalho, Abdennour, Kurzawa; Fabinho, Kondogbia; Dirar, Moutinho, Martial; Berbatov.

Arsenal (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Coquelin, Ramsey; Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez; Giroud. 

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