Torres Spain

Although he had a lame tournament he brought Spain the trophy they waited for so long. Kudos for Torres!

Manchester United win the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ! | VIDEO

Manchester United are the new champions of Europe ! The devils defeated Chelsea in the Champions League Final after the penalty kicks 6-5. It was 1-1 after 90 minutes thanks to goals scored by Ronaldo and then Lampard in the first half. Anelka missed the final penalty for Chelsea and sent the cup to Manchester. United win the Champions League after 9 years, with the same Ferguson on the bench, but this time after admiting of having the best team ever. These are the highlights and penalty kicks :

 

Interesting things related to the UCL final

 Manchester Utd - Chelsea it’s the 3rd final with 2 teams from the same country after Real Madrid - Valencia, 3-0 in 2000, and Juventus - Milan, 0-0/2-3 pen. in 2003.
- United is favorite for betting your money on : 2.25 is the odd for the devils, 3 for the blues and 3.2 for a draw
- The Winner will be awarded 7 million euros, and the loser 4

- Manchester met Chelsea 153 times : 65 wins, 44 draws, 44 defeats. But in the last 14 games, the devils won only 2

- United spent 375 000 euros for an after party , that will be held even if they lose.
- On the streets tickets are selled 25 times their value”.
- Both clubes have great debts : United 960 million euros and Chelsea 935.
- Scholes plays his first final , missing the one in 1999 against Bayern.
- Cristiano Ronaldo scored 31 goals in the Premier League, Drogba just 8.
- Previous, Van der Sar won the UCL with Ajax,Hargreaves - with Bayern, Sevcenko - with
Milan, Anelka and Makelele - with Real, Belletti - with FC Barcelona, Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo
Ferreira - with FC Porto.

- United won the previous two finals in 1968 and 1999, for Chelsea the final is something new.
- Grant can be the second Israelian that wins an European cup, after the midfielder Eli Ohana won the Cup of Cups with Malines in 1988.
- Park Ji-sung can be the first South-Koreean to win the Champions League.
-  Lubos Michel validated a fake goal of Luis
Garcia in Liverpool - Chelsea 1-0, from the 2005 semi-finals 2005.
-  “Lujniki” Stadium hosted the UEFA CUp in ‘99, Parma - Marseille 3-0.
- Whatever the result, Avram Grant will be replaced by Roberto Mancini
(favorite) or Frank Rijkaard.
- Lampard would announce after the game that he will go to Inter. Other possible goodbyes at
Chelsea: Sevcenko, Cudicini, Makelele, R. Carvalho, P. Ferreira, Wright-Phillips, Malouda,
C. Pizarro, Anelka. The boys in blue are offering 35 million euros for Robinho.

Zenit win the UEFA Cup ! | VIDEO

Zenit St. Petersburg is the new winner of the UEFA Cup. The Russians won the final against Glasgow Rangers 2-0 tonight and brought the cup back to Russia after 3 years. With the best striker of the competition suspended, the goals didn’t come as many as in theeir previous games, but Denisov 77′ and Zyrianov in the last minute made the difference in a game that was a bit one-sided. Rangers was the team with the best defence this year but the ambition of the Russians was too much for them . Congratulations Zenit !

The new ball for the EURO 2008 final

Today in Vienna, the official EURO 2008 Final ball was presented by Michel Platini (foto), the UEFA president, and Herbert Hainer, the Adidas president. The ball, silver with black, is called Europass Gloria, because “the winners will be covered in glory and honor”, explained the two. “Owing to the ball’s extraordinary qualities, Europass Gloria offers a much better precision, in any sort of weather conditions.” , reavealed the Adidas reprezentative.

A new ball for the Uefa Cup final

Today was revealed to the public,on occasion of the draws in Nyon,the official Nike ball for the Uefa Cup final 2008.

History part
The ball has prnted the Uefa Cup trophy and has references to the last 10 cities that hosted the final,including Manchester.It has a high-tech 5 layer design and it’s cross-linked.The nitrogen-expanded foam makes it to stay flexible and makes it good for any weather conditions.For a good release on impact it features a compressed polyethylene layer that stores energy and the stability,as well as the structure are given by the polyester support fabric.Uefa has a partnership contract signed with Nike since 2007.

The UEFA Cup Conquest Ball will be available in shops from Saturday.