Manchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich

Manchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich
At a time when many people favored Bayern Munich , Manchester United just a successful draw against the defending champion with a score of 1-1 , before dawn ( 2/4 ) , at Old Trafford .

At a time when many people favored Bayern Munich , Manchester United just a successful draw against the defending champion with a score of 1-1 , before dawn ( 2/4 ) , at Old Trafford . Bus parking is applied successfully to stop the game David Moyes Bavarians .

United went ahead through Nemanja Vidic 's header in the second half . But not until ten minutes , Bastian Schweinsteiger equalized success through hard kick . Unfortunately, the game is slightly marred by a red card received by the German midfielder .

first round
United eyeing the quick goal . They tried to close the space Bayern Munich and grab the ball before they get it . It had been a goal in the fourth minute , but Danny Welbeck diniliai been raised too high leg though he successfully put the ball into the net guarded Manuel Neuer .

It did not take long for Bayern to take control of the match . Continue to play their style of ball flowing endlessly from foot to foot torn directly put United lose ground . Arjen Robben of the right sector was repeatedly threatened by kick curled , but still widened by the goalkeeper . The Dutch winger made ​​a successful gymnastics United fans heart .

Half court game began and it feels Bayern just waiting for the right time to score goals . 31 minutes , they almost scored when Robben back off a corner kick curved into the goal . Fortunately, David De Gea saves and did secure the net .

Coming to the break , United finally got a golden opportunity . Through counter-attack , Welbeck successfully put yourself in a state of one-on- one with Neuer . The England striker tried to poke the ball , but fast reflexes Neuer cancel the threat of Welbeck . The first half ended goalless , but overall the game clearly belonged to the Bavarians .

The second half
Bayern still do tiki - taka German versions as they try to penetrate the bus parking lot conducted by forces David Moyes . So far , business is still able to attack Robben et al anticipated by the Red Devils back line .

Who would have thought , the first goal it fell into the hands of United. Utilizing a corner kick situation , Wayne Rooney stomach arching ball into the penalty box while the players are looking for an empty space . Nemanja Vidic got enough room and he jumped , sending a brilliant header into the corner of goalkeeper Neuer . United were winning goal , as the cheers at Old Trafford increasingly tightened .

However , Bayern did not allow United to have fun any longer . Not until ten minutes , they immediately reply with Vidic scored a goal which is not less beautiful . Starting from a cross , Mandzukic the ball into the penalty box and Bastian Schweinsteiger ran from outside the box immediately sent a hard kick to the left corner of the goal . De Gea did not move while Schweini to celebrate .

Bayern still consistent spread terror . Robben again sent the ball arcing , but this time was a little wide. Also had a golden opportunity when a cross was born Alaba forwarded by Gotze , but the ball did not want to shake hands with goal nets .

Finally, Bayern failed to achieve full points , they have to settle for a point , plus the red card received by Schweinsteiger at the end of the fight .

The two clubs will meet at the Allianz Arena next week .

LINE-UPS
Manchester United : De Gea , Jones , Ferdinand , Vidic , Buttner , Valencia , Carrick , Fellaini , Giggs , Rooney , Welbeck . Substitutes : Lindegaard , Hernandez , Nani , Young , Fletcher , Januzaj , Kagawa .

Bayern Munich : Neuer , Rafinha , Martinez , Boateng , Alaba , Lahm , Schweinsteiger , Ribery , Kroos , Robben , Muller
Reserves : Starke , Van Buyten , Mandzukic , Shaqiri , Pizarro , Götze , Hojbjerg .

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Barcelona 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Neymar reply to Diego Ribas goals but Atletico are now staring at the second leg with an away goal advantage store .

Barcelona failed to take advantage appeared before tens of thousands of fans who memadatai Camp Nou after a 1-1 draw with Atletico Madrid on Wednesday ( 2/4 ) early morning on the first leg of the quarter - finals of the Champions League .

Diego Costa, who was in doubt for coach Diego Simeone turned out to be paired with David Villa while at full strength minus Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes injured . The second goal was to create a team in the second half , Atletico had excelled in advance by the action of Diego Ribas before likened young Brazilian star , Neymar .

In this game Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both lost important players . Gerard Pique pulled out a few moments after the game rolling while Diego Costa suffered a hamstring problem in the middle of the first interval .

First round

Atletico Madrid started the game with a hit . Action has been running for five minutes former Barcelona striker David Villa to pack two opportunities goalkeeper Jose Pinto but his shot failed to meet the target .

In the 11th minute Barcelona defender Gerard Pique mainstay to be pulled out because of injury in the aftermath of his duel with Diego Costa and young defender Mark Bartra Tata Martino inserted to cover the holes in the defense sector . Strategies are applied strictly pressing Diego Simeone forces powerful enough to disrupt Barcelona's attack , but with the passing of time the hosts began to find a rhythm game .

Barcelona present prime chance in the 27th minute when Lionel Messi handed on Andres Iniesta through ball , but Diego Godin could read and attack the flow of vital tackle in critical moments .

At 30 minutes turn Ateltico who got slapped hard due to a hamstring problem making Costa could not continue the match and had to be replaced Diego Ribas .

Ahead of the first half ended , Barcelona and Atletico sharing opportunities through Neymar and Brazil star Villa but the shot bounced while the action thwarted a second name Pinto . Stressful !


Second Round
No changes were made in the past but this time break the hosts who impressed marked Neymar kick on the edge of the penalty area but the ball flashed over the bar .

While enjoying the routine of dominating the match , struck in the 56th minute Barcelona goal for Atletico Diego . Receiving the ball near Azulgrana crucial area , the Brazilian fired a shot into the top corner that can not be intercepted Pinto .

Behind one goal improving the atmosphere at Camp Nou , Barcelona more frenzied attack. In search of equalizer and increase the power on the team in the 68th minute Cesc Fabregas pulled out to be replaced by Alexis Sanchez Simeone responded by resting Villa and make room for Jose Sosa .

At 71 minutes , Iniesta shows ' magic ' when breaking the Atletico defense and send feedback dsempurnakan sensational Neymar brilliant curling effort to change the position to be 1-1 .

Camp Nou increasingly turbulent , after Barcelona equalized looks increasingly comfortable with the ball and continue the domination , but Atletico almost pull all the players into the area to make it difficult for the Blaugrana opportunities .

In the 85th minute , Lionel Messi nearly made the whole stadium cheering executions celebrating a goal but his free-kick this time read Thibaout Courtois .

Until the end of the game story repeated , Barcelona ceaselessly rolling the ball but they have always foundered including attacks ahead of dispersal opportunities Sanchez belongs in the penalty box which quickly closed Felipe Luis .

Gerard Pique Pull Four Week

Gerard Pique Pull Four Week

Pique will miss the second leg of the Champions League quarter - finals and final of the Copa del Rey versus Madrid .

Detained Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the quarter - finals of the Champions League is not the only news is less encouraging for Barcelona .

Their flagship defender , Gerard Pique , pelvic injury early in the match at Camp Nou , early this morning . The medical team player convicted even born 27 years ago to be sidelined for four weeks .

Spain by international central defender got injured in the 12th minute - later replaced Marc Bartra - after one crashed during a duel with Atletico striker Diego Costa who moments later also had to pull out due to a hamstring problem .

Having analyzed the club's medical team , Pique required to pull over four weeks , which means he missed the second leg in midweek when his team visited the turn of Atletico at the Vicente Calderon . Pique also had to miss the final of the Copa del Rey Real Madrid versus , April 16.

The news is a blow for coach Gerardo Martuno who last week had just lost Victor Valdes for the remainder of the season due to a serious knee injury . Partner Pique in central defense , Carles Puyol , also having trouble with his knee problems this season and has not confirmed when it will re-sod .

Barcelona pays $18.6 million to Spanish tax officials

Barcelona pays $18.6 million to Spanish tax officials

Barcelona paid 13.55 million euros ($18.6 million) to Spanish tax authorities on Monday to cover any potential irregularities in its signing of Neymar, all the while maintaining its innocence of the fraud charges levied against it.

The Spanish champion said in a statement it paid the "complimentary" amount to cover any "eventual interpretations that could come out of the contracts signed relating to the transfer of Neymar. Meanwhile we are convinced of the legality of our initial fulfilment relating to our tax obligations."

Barcelona's actions take the price of Neymar's transfer to more than 100 million euros ($138 million) after the Catalan club initially said it paid 57.1 million euros ($74 million) for the Brazil forward.

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That sum does not include bonus payments made by Barcelona or the 22-year-old's salary, meaning his total cost likely exceeds the record-breaking 100 million euros-plus spent by rival Real Madrid on Gareth Bale last summer.

Spanish tax authorities charged Barcelona with fraud on Thursday, alleging it swindled the state of 9.1 million euros ($12.5 million) through payments to varying companies and false contracts.

Of the initial transfer fee, Brazilian club Santos received 17.1 million euros ($23 million) while Neymar's father, who also goes by Neymar, earned 40 million euros ($55 million).

The tax authorities considered the amount paid to Neymar's father as a salary, the club explained.

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Barcelona said it "scrupulously" met its financial obligations in signing the player from Brazilian club Santos and it would continue to work with the state authority in the matter.

Neymar's signing forced the resignation of Sandro Rosell as president last month, after one club member's petition to learn more about the intricate details of what has become a club-record signing was kept in the dark.

President Josep Bartomeu, who replaced Rosell, said Monday's figures were the final, transparent sums associated to the deal, despite having said such words previously about the initial 57.1 million euros it paid out.

"We did everything we could to bring Neymar to Barca. We're very confident about our dealings, everything has been transparent," Bartomeu said. "We would do everything again exactly the same way."

Rosell has preached financial prudence while signing lucrative sponsorship deals that have put advertising on the front of Barcelona's jersey for the first time in the history of an institution that considers itself "more than a club" and a symbol of Catalan values.

Rosell was being investigated by the same Spanish court that laid the fraud charges against the club.

Barcelona said the decision to make the payment came after an emergency board meeting on Sunday.

Barcelona's on-field play has also been as erratic as its off-field distractions of late as it fell behind Madrid in the standings for the first time in nearly two years over the weekend.

The electronics giant announced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S5, along with three wearable devices, including the Galaxy Fit fitness band.

The electronics giant announced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S5, along with three wearable devices, including the Galaxy Fit fitness band.

As one of the handful of tech companies whose every move is scrutinized closely by pundits and consumers alike, there had been a lot of speculation about what Samsung's Galaxy S5 smartphone might look like and do.

Now that the curtain has been lifted, here's what we know about the successor to the Galaxy S4, which is coming in April to the major U.S. carriers, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless.

The new S5 is water resistant, has a 5.1-inch full HD 1080p display, with technology that Samsung claims takes brightness levels to new highs and dimness levels to new lows. And as rumored, the home button has an embedded fingerprint scanner that not only locks and unlocks the phone but that authenticates purchases made through the likes of PayPal.

This fingerprint scanner, Samsung's answer to a feature introduced by Apple on the iPhone 5s, can also be used to unlock pictures you want to keep private, or to take the place of other Web passwords. It works with up to eight fingers. You swipe down to perform the unlocking function, but I haven't gotten a chance to have it recognize any of my own digits yet.

The phone incorporates an advanced flavor of Wi-Fi, supplementing the fast global LTE bands that are also supported. Samsung says downloads of large files are extra speedy — 1 gigabyte in just 30 seconds, a potential boon to people who like to watch movies on the go.

Samsung has always piled on a bevy features to its devices — sometimes bordering on overkill — with many of those features focused on the camera. Among the tricks Samsung is touting this time around: a "phase detection" feature found on digital SLRs that speeds up auto-focusing (0.3 seconds, which Samsung says is the fastest auto-focusing available on a smartphone).

The HDR (High Dynamic Range) imaging technology that has been on other smartphones works with video as well as digital stills on the S5. A new "blur" mode lets you selectively keep part of the picture in focus while blurring another part of the scene, a feature found on rival smartphones. The rear camera on the new Galaxy has a 16-megapixel sensor.

This latest phone might also give a boost to the burgeoning mobile payments space, supporting not only Google Wallet but the rival payments system known as Isis.

And if your children routinely snatch your phone — mine do — you'll appreciate a Kids Mode that lets you display only apps and features deemed appropriate for the youngest members of your household.

Another of Samsung's claims concerns power. The S5 permits wireless charging and promises battery life of up to 12 hours of video playback. A power-saving mode can keep the phone humming for 24 hours in standby, Samsung says, even when the battery droops down to a puny 10% level.

The 5.1-ounce device is made of plastic, not metal like a competitive device the HTC One, and the matte finish on the back (decorated by tiny holes) looks and feels similar to the back of Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 "phablet" that is already on the market. That's in stark contrast to the slippery plastic finish on the S4. The S5 comes in "charcoal black," "electric blue, "copper gold" and "shimmery white." To which I respond, where do the marketers come up with this stuff?

One area of emphasis is fitness. Samsung loaded the phone with what it said is the first built-in heart rate sensor. It sits below the camera lens on the rear (and can easily be mistaken for a camera flash). In addition, you can use the phone to track meals, workouts and to get motivated by a real-time fitness-coaching app.

Speaking of fitness, Samsung separately announced the Gear Fit, a bracelet aimed at keeping all of us in shape. It has a 1.84-inch curved Super AMOLED display. Over the weekend, Samsung also unveiled the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches, with fitness apps of their own.

Samsung says it refined the user interface of the phone and simplified controls — I want to spend time with my own review unit before coming to a verdict on whether the company has succeeded.

The phone runs the "Kit Kat" version of Android, which is hardly a surprise, even if the new Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo smartwatches that Samsung separately announced over the weekend eschewed Anroid for the Linux-back backed Tizen.

The phone is water-resistant to a 1-meter depth for up to a half-hour as Samsung seems to be heralding a feature that has been a staple on recent Sony mobile devices.

The new Galaxy is not the only development to emerge from the universe that is Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Nokia made news with the introduction of its first line of Android phones. Microsoft is in the final stages of acquiring Nokia, of course, and the Finnish company has been closely aligned with Windows Phones, including the Lumia Icon flagship that recently debuted as a Verizon Wireless exclusive.

The Nokia X, X+ and XL models will be positioned as more affordable phones compared with the Lumia. The phones will run Android apps, and Android is the underlying operating system, but Nokia is lopping its own interface on top to mask the experience.

Sony and HTC also showed off new devices, though HTC seems to be saving its next banner device for an event next month.

For now, it is Samsung hogging the spotlight. Stay tuned for a full review.

Drogba Mau Balik ke Chelsea ?

Drogba Mau Balik ke Chelsea ?

Pertemuan Chelsea dengan Galatasaray akan menjadi ajang reuni Didier Drogba. Dengan kontrak yang akan habis dalam waktu dekat, striker Pantai Gading itu mungkin saja balik ke Stamford Bridge, kalau diminta Jose Mourinho.

Memperkuat Chelsea dalam kurun 2004 sampai 2012, Drogba menjadi salah satu striker terbaik yang pernah dipunya Chelsea sepanjang sejarah klub London tersebut.

Total 157 gol dibuat Drogba selama berseragam The Blues, termasuk yang terakhir berupa eksekusi penalti yang memastikan Chelsea jadi juara Liga Champions di musim 2011/2012. Soal trofi, ada 12 gelar juara berhasil dipersembahkan eks Marseille itu.

Kamis (27/2/2014) dinihari lusa, Drogba untuk kali pertama akan berhadapan dengan Chelsea. Laga di babak 16 besar Liga Champions itu sekaligus menjadi ajang reuni dirinya dengan Jose Mourinho dan beberapa mantan rekannya seperti Frank Lampard, John Terry dan Petr Cech.

Delapan tahun kebersamaan dengan Chelsea membuat laga tersebut punya nilai emosional buat Drogba. Dalam wawancara yang dilakukan dengan Daily Mail, dia malah membuka kesempatan untuk kembali ke Premier League dan berseragam Chelsea.

"Jika, saya tegaskan lagi jika, ada peluang hal tersebut terjadi, itu hanya akan terjadi dengan satu klub," sahut Drogba.
"Kontrak saya habis di musim panas ini dan saya akan memikirkan solusi apa yang terbaik untuk saya nantinya. Tapi saya sudah menjalani periode yang hebat bersama Chelsea dan jika Jose berkata, "Didier, aku mau kamu kembali", saya akan memikirkan hal tersebut," lanjut dia.
Meski sudah berusia 36 tahun, peluang Drogba kembali ke Chelsea dianggap terbuka. Dasarnya adalah pernyataan Mourinho soal ketidakpuasannya terhadap penyerang tengah yang dia punya saat ini.

Robert Lewandowski dan Mats Hummels sudah bisa bermain pasca pulih dari cedera

Robert Lewandowski dan Mats Hummels sudah bisa bermain pasca pulih dari cedera

Borussia Dortmund akan tandang ke markas Zenit St Petersburg di leg pertama babak 16 besar Liga Champions. Kabar baik bagi Die Borussen, Robert Lewandowski dan Mats Hummels sudah bisa bermain pasca pulih dari cedera.

Lewandowski ikut main ketika Dortmund takluk 0-3 dari Hamburg SV akhir pekan lalu, tapi ia melewatkan sesi latihan tim di hari Minggu karena mengalami flu.

Sementara itu Hummels sudah absen sejak awal Februari karena cedera engkel dan membuat panjang daftar pemain Dortmund yang ada di ruang perawatan. Sebelumya sudah ada Sven Bender, Ilkay Guendogan, Neven Subotic, dan Jakub Blaszczykowski.

Keempat pemain itu adalah mereka yang berjasa mengantarkan Dortmund ke final Liga Champions musim lalu. Tanpa kehadiran keempat pemain itu permainan tim asal Lembah Ruhr itu menurun dan tercecer jauh dari Bayern Munich di puncak klasemen Bundesliga.

Namun, jelang lawatan ke Petrovsky Stadium, Rabu (26/2) dinihari WIB nanti Juergen Klopp mendapat kabar baik ketika Lewandowski sudah mendapat lampu hijau untuk bermain.

"Saya pikir Robert Lewandowski akan bisa bermain," ujar Klopp di Soccernet.

Tak hanya Lewandowski, Hummels tampaknya akan mengisi satu posisi bek tengah di starting eleven karena bek 25 tahun itu ikut dalam rombongan tim yang terbang ke Rusia serta sudah mengikuti sesi latihan kemarin.