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Date/Time: May 8, 2010, 3:00pm Competition: Spain La Liga Live/Repeat: Live

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All matches will kick off at 19:00 GMT on Saturday. In the pick of the day, Sevilla and Barcelona will lock horns at the Sanchez Pizjuan. At the Santiago Bernabeu, however, Real Madrid will have a tough battle to overcome against Athletic Bilbao. Can Los Blancos punish Los Leones who took away all three points from them at the San Mames back in mid-January?

Real Madrid – Hoping And Fighting

Barcelona’s Juan Laporta insists that the pressure is on Real Madrid as La Liga is two match-days away from its end. The Spanish giants, in the meantime, prefer to remain hopeful that the current leaders will drop points against Sevilla. Real Madrid are actually one point behind Barcelona; if the Catalans complete the double over Los Nervionenses and if Madrid fail to defeat Bilbao, then the race for La Liga title will be well and truly over for Florentino Perez's $ 300 Million team.

As usual, especially since their Clasico loss, Real Madrid’s mission is to win at all cost no matter the situation. During the week, Los Blancos triumphed 4-1 over Mallorca thanks to the major influence of hat-trick hero Cristiano Ronaldo. The world’s most expensive player was praised by the coach as being “the embodiment of Real Madrid’s spirit”. This vital comeback victory offered Los Blancos a mental boost ahead of this weekend’s crucial home encounter against Athletic Bilbao.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini gave his thoughts, calling upon his players’ focus:

"The match against Bilbao will not be easy. We have to win and focus on ourselves since whatever happens in Sevilla will not have anything to do with us."

His statement was also echoed by midfielder Esteban Granero who explained:

"It would be a mistake not to focus on our match only. Barcelona's result will be meaningless if we don't win. Still, we will keep an eye on Sevilla because this weekend may be decisive."

Athletic Bilbao – European Aspirations Will Motivate

Los Leones have 51 points, and they are one point behind Villarreal and Getafe who both possess 52 points. These three teams are vying for a Europa League spot and with 6 points still at stake, anything could happen. Athletic Bilbao are keen to end their season on a wonderful note and only a 6th place finish will guarantee them that.

They’ll need to gather their forces and bring down Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu if they want to keep their European hopes alive. Defender Ander Iturraspe seems very much aware of the situation in which Athletic Bilbao find themselves. Looking at the game, he underlined the Spanish giant’s greatness and compared it to his side’s hard challenge.

“We’ll have plenty to prove at the Bernabeu. They [Real Madrid] have high standard attacking players. They usually have no mercy if they get their chances. We will have to be very, very good. We’ll need to have a bit of luck and also, we won’t have to give them opportunities. Actually, they end up taking them more than they do not.

“Against teams like Real Madrid, you have to take their chances. Otherwise, you pay dearly. This happened to us against Barcelona. We had plenty of opportunities. But Madrid will have chances because they are one of the best teams on the planet.”

It will be interesting to see whether Athletic Bilbao’s Europa League aspirations are strong enough to crash Real Madrid’s La Liga title dream.

Real Madrid's roster

Goalkeepers: Casillas, Dudek
Defenders: Ramos, Garay, Albiol, Arbeloa, Marcelo
Midfielders: Diarra, Gago, Lass, Drenthe, Kaka, Granero, Alonso
Attackers: Higuain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema

Athletic Bilbao roster

Goalkeepers: Armando, Iraizoz
Defenders: Ustaritz, San Jose, Iturraspe, Iraola, Koikili, Amorebieta
Midfielders: Susaeta, Yeste, Gurpegi, Gabilondo, Javi Martinez
Attackers: Llorente, Toquero, De Marcos, Muniain, Etxeberria

Real Madrid’s Last Five Results

Apr. 15: Almeria 1-2 Real Madrid
Apr. 18: Real Madrid 2-0 Valencia
Apr. 24: Real Zaragoza 1-2 Real Madrid
May. 02: Real Madrid 3-2 Osasuna
May. 05: Real Mallorca 1-4 Real Madrid

Athletic Bilbao’s Last Five Results

Apr. 15: Valencia 2-0 Athletic Bilbao
Apr. 18: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 Real Zaragoza
Apr. 26: Osasuna 0-0 Athletic Bilbao
May. 02: Athletic Bilbao 1-3 Real Mallorca
May. 05: Athletic Bilbao 1-1 Malaga

La Liga’s Top Five Standings

Barcelona – 93 points, +69
Real Madrid – 92 points, +63
Valencia – 68 points, +20
Sevilla – 60 points, +16
Mallorca – 59 points, +14

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Date/Time: May 8, 2010, 3:00pm Competition: Spain La Liga Live/Repeat: Live

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With only two matches left in La Liga, the title race has appeared to be hotter than ever at the top of the table, but Barcelona can once again stamp their authority in the Primera División by defeating Sevilla at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Saturday.

Sevilla - Facts and Stats from the home side

The Andalusian club has managed to take a Champions League place in the top four with 60 points, placed ahead of 5th place Mallorca who have 59 points. Sevilla have proved to be a difficult side this season, although they have also shown a lot of struggle in their league campaign.

Sevilla only have 18 wins in 36 league games which include 6 draws and 12 losses. Their home record looks acceptable, having triumphed 14 times at home, drawn once, and lost thrice. It is thus away from home that their tests weaken them, as they can only boast of 3 wins in their name, and 7 draws as well as 8 defeats.

Luckily, their game this weekend will be decided at home against La Liga leaders Barcelona, and Sevilla can look ahead to retaining their recent good shape so as to keep their opportunities of playing in the Champions League next season. Nevertheless, results popping-out of their last matches show what could be referred to as inconsistency, in view of the fact that they have snatched 9 points over their last 15 possible due to 2 stoppable failures.

Last 5 games

Apr 13: Valladolid 2-1 Sevilla
Apr 17: Sevilla 3-0 Sporting Gijon
Apr 25: Getafe 4-3 Sevilla
May 02: Sevilla 3-1 Atletico Madrid
May 05: Racing Santander 1-5 Sevilla

Barcelona – Facts and Stats from the away side

La Liga title holders are still under the pressure of Real Madrid who look hungry enough to eat up all 6 remaining possible points in the Spanish First Division. With only one point separating them from Los Blancos, Barcelona have no right to relax. Conversely, they can only continue the battle and pour out their blood for at least 180 more minutes.

Barcelona will be packing their bags to travel to the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, but the Blaugrana could face a negative surprise, seeing that their away record only seems to be as positive as it is mainly because of excessive determination. The league favorites have won 12 games away from home, drawn 5, and lost 1. Their defeat came on February 14, when they suffered a setback in Madrid following a powerless starting line-up from Manager Pep Guardiola.

On this occasion, the Catalans will not be presented any choice. The only obligation which they will have to follow will be to answer the cries of their Madrid-fearing fans by getting closer to the title, using a win. Barcelona have stolen 4 wins out of their last 5 challenges, and below is the list of their results in their last 450 minutes on the pitch in La Liga:

Apr 14: Barcelona 3-0 Deportivo La Coruña
Apr 17: Espanyol 0-0 Barcelona
Apr 24: Barcelona 3-1 Xerez
May 1: Villarreal 1-4 Barcelona
May 4: Barcelona 4-1 Tenerife

Palop vs Lionel Messi

Sevilla goalkeeper and Barcelona ace Lionel Messi will face each for the eighth time in the Primera Division, but the fact that Leo has been able to score 7 times against the goalie is evident enough for fans to consider Little Messi as one of Palop’s biggest opponents, in terms of individual display. Messi got his first goal against Palop on October 15, 2006, when he scored Barcelona's third goal against Sevilla in the 80th minute as the Catalans triumphed 3-1 at the Camp Nou. He then scored 2 more goals on September 22 the year after in a 2-1 victory over Sevilla, with both goals scored within 6 minutes.

In 2008, on November 29, Messi again clinched a double in a 3-0 win against Manuel Jimenez’s club. He did not fail to exhibit his goalscoring skills on the 16th of January this year, when he placed two goals past Palop in La Liga to help Barcelona enter the winter break as La Liga leaders thanks to a 4-0 win.

Messi however could not score in the Copa del Rey against Sevilla, and after a 2-2 loss on away goals, Barcelona suffered their first competition exit for the first time since the departure of ex-coach Frank Rijkaard. On Saturday, Palop and Messi fight each other again, and the winner between the two men will surely emerge from the winning team.

Sevilla vs Barcelona – Head To Head

In their 5 last La Liga meetings, Barcelona have never lost a game against Sevilla. The title holders have won 4 of their last games against the Andalusians, and drawn one. The highest number of goals they have scored against Sevilla is 4, while they have made 3 clean sheets, since September 22, 2007.

22 Sep, 2007: Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla
09 Feb, 2008: Sevilla 1-1 Barcelona
22 Nov, 2008: Sevilla 0-3 Barcelona
22 Apr, 2009: Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla
16 Jan, 2010: Barcelona 4-0 Sevilla

La Liga Standings (Top 5) – May 07, 2010

Barcelona – 93 points

Real Madrid – 92 points

Valencia – 68 points

Sevilla – 60 points

Mallorca – 59 points

A loss or a draw for Barcelona might end their titles hopes if Real Madrid take their chances till the end of Day 38, but on the side of Sevilla, a loss or even a draw might also end their hopes of playing in the UEFA Champions League next season.

Manchester United vs Chelsea Live Streams :: Watch this match here in 3/4/2010

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Date/Time: Apr. 3, 2010, 7:45am Competition: England Premier League Live/Repeat: Live

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First place Manchester United will host second place Chelsea on Saturday in what may well prove to be the defining match of the season.

Manchester United’s midweek encounter with Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League Quarter Final tie was a disaster as United gave away a winning goal in 2nd half stoppage time while Wayne Rooney almost simultaneously rolled his ankle and had to be helped off the pitch.

The gravity of United’s predicament is clear. They have an opportunity to recover from the 2-1 loss to Bayern when they meet the Bavarians at Old Trafford next week. But Wayne Rooney probably won’t be there to help them.

Rooney's ankle is sprained, and although initial estimates suggested his convalescence would require some two to four weeks, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been reluctant to reveal anything.

More importantly for United, however, Rooney won’t be available for the Red Devil’s massive league match against Chelsea at Old Trafford on Saturday. Yet Saturday’s winner--if there is one--probably wins the league!

Points are like gold right now

United hold the league lead by just a point going into the weekend, and they’ll be determined to avenge their 1-0 loss to the Londoners at Stamford Bridge in November. A win over Chelsea on Saturday would give United a four point lead and allow them some breathing room should they fail to get maximum points in the run-in to the end of the season.

Considering that United are yet to play Manchester City and Tottenham before the season ends those four points could be worth their weight in gold.

Beating Chelsea, however, will be a big task, even at Old Trafford. Without Rooney in the lineup United have often failed to impress. The England striker has 34 goals in all competitions this season and has seemed unstoppable.

Prior to the midweek loss in Germany United had gone seven games undefeated, scoring 19 goals and letting in only two in that time. Rooney scored nine of those 19.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will undoubtedly turn to Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov in Rooney’s absence. The Bulgarian’s goal tally this year so far pales in comparison to Rooney’s magnificent haul, but there is no doubt that Berbatov is a quality striker.

Although Berbatov’s commitment has been questioned from time-to-time, especially in light of his £30 million transfer fee, the Bulgarian has been impressive in recent weeks, and scored two in United’s 0-4 win over Bolton last weekend.

Still, against Chelsea, and in subsequent matches until Rooney’s return, Berbatov will be carrying the full weight of Manchester United’s hopes and aspirations for the championship this season. It could make, or break, his reputation among the pantheon of Manchester United gods.

London Calling

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich must be licking his chops at the prospect of his club facing a Rooney-less Manchester United in what may well be the deciding match of the season.

Having crashed surprisingly out of the Champions League in the Round of 16 thanks to a resilient Inter Milan squad, Chelsea will be looking to exorcise their demons and prove they are the rightful claimants to the English throne. Except for a small matter an FA Cup Semi-Final upcoming, the Blues can now turn their focus almost entirely on the league.

Chelsea have trailed United for some weeks now, but for much of that time they possessed a game in hand and thus were well-placed to take the top spot. All they needed to do was continue to win and the league was theirs.

But Blackburn Rovers forced a shocking draw with the Blues 10 days ago. Chelsea’s game in hand was effectively nullified as a result and the Blues found themselves chasing the lead.

Like a wounded bear Chelsea came back in subsequent games and tore the competition asunder. They gobbled up Portsmouth at Fratton Park, winning that one 0-5, then last weekend they destroyed Aston Villa, embarrassingly thrashing Villa 7-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Fate in their own hands

Both teams come into the weekend’s match with injuries to key players. United won’t have Rooney, Hargreaves, Brown, Owen, O’Shea, Anderson or Welbeck. Chelsea are missing Ivanovic, Carvalho, Bosingwa, Essien and Ashley Cole.

Yet both squads possess talent pools deep enough to field quality selections even when injuries are rife.

Injuries aside, each club controls its own destiny coming into the weekend’s match at Old Trafford, and each will see a win as essential. For Manchester United the three points adds cushion to their lead should they concoct to wobble in the run in. For Chelsea the three points means they overtake United and then it’s simply a case on hanging on through the following five games.

Neither side would find a draw to be palatable, for that would open the door to Arsenal again. Indeed, a draw would be especially abhorrent to Chelsea, whom Arsenal could catch were they to win at the weekend.

Can Manchester United beat Chelsea without Wayne Rooney in their lineup? Absolutely, of this there can be no doubt. One could point to the 0-4 win over Bolton last week as an example of Manchester United’s potential for firepower without Wayne Rooney.

Fair enough, United can clearly put the ball in the onion bag without Rooney in the line up. But let’s face a simple fact: Bolton is not Chelsea.

Cahmpions League: Fiorentina vs Bayern München online live link for 09.03.2010

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Date/Time: Mar. 9, 2010, 2:45pm Competition: UEFA Champions League Live/Repeat: Live

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Referee Tom Henning Ovrebro took center stage unfortunately when the Bayern Munich hosted Fiorentina at the Allianz Arena two weeks ago.

After sending of Fiorentina’s Massimo Gobbi for what appeared to be no good reason, he allowed Bayern’s Miroslav Klose to remain on the pitch following what appeared a more aggressive challenge.

Klose rubbed salt in the Fiorentina wound when he later scored the winner from an offside position.

Fiorentina’s goal, like all away goals in the Champions League knockout phase, looms large, however, and if the Viola can get one back and keep a clean sheet they’ll go through to the round of 8.

Yet league results suggest that Fiorentina will have an uphill climb to beat the Germans. They’ve won just once in nine Serie A matches and currently sit 10th in the league.

Nevertheless, Fiorentina have some sting in their tail and Bayern will have to beware Montenegran striker Stevan Jovetic and especially Italian international striker Alberto Gilardino, who has 11 goals this season.

Bayern meanwhile are two points clear of nearest rivals Schalke in the Bundesliga table and haven’t lost a match in any competition since November.

But they nearly suffered an upset at the weekend as 13th place Cologne held them to a 1-1 draw.

Bayern had to come from behind for the equalizer and with a little luck could have gotten a winner, as they hit the woodwork on two occasions. Yet the result proves that the Bundesliga’s top club can be vulnerable.

Bayern come into the match with some defensive concerns. Defender Diego Contento suffered a knee injury against Cologne. And although Daniel van Buyten has been declared fit again, Argentine international defender Martin Demichelis will be out for three weeks.

Despite Bayern’s defensive concerns, there is no doubt that Fiorentina will have their hands full on Tuesday. Bayern will be visiting Florence with top stars Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mark van Bomell, Miroslav Klose and Mario Gomez among others all fit.