Champions League - Behind enemy lines: Real win

Eurosport - Mon, 23 Feb 21:24:00 2009

The English sides' midweek Champions League opponents shaped up for the last 16 in ominous fashion, with all four teams winning.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 La Liga Real Madrid celebración Sergio Ramos Pepe Huntelaar / Foto: EFE - 0

Internazionale (face Manchester United on February 24 at the Giuseppe Meazza and at Old Trafford on March 11)

Bologna 1-2 Internazionale

Serie A leaders Inter had a late Mario Balotelli goal to thank for their win at Bologna on Saturday that kept them nine points clear of Juventus. Coach Jose Mourinho resisted the temptation to rotate his squad ahead of Tuesday's visit from United, but saw his side labour before Esteban Cambiasso opened the scoring with a close-range finish just before the hour, although Adriano appeared to handle in the build-up. Miguel Britos equalised 11 minutes from time before Balotelli headed in a free-kick from fellow substitute Patrick Vieira on 82 minutes.

Roma (face Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on February 24 and at the Stadio Olimpico on March 11)

Roma 1-0 Siena

Luciano Spalletti's depleted side returned to winning ways with a hard-fought victory over strugglers Siena, and stayed sixth in the table. Rodrigo Taddei scored the only goal just after the hour mark, curling a superb shot into the top cormer. Captain Francesco Totti, whose season has been disrupted by injury, played 81 minutes but Mirko Vucinic, Max Tonetto, Marco Cassetti, Alberto Aquilani and Jeremy Menez did not feature, while Simone Perrotta and Daniele De Rossi were suspended.

Real Madrid (face Liverpool at the Bernabeu on February 25 and at Anfield on March 10)

Real Madrid 6-1 Real Betis

While Liverpool were struggling to a draw against Manchester City, Real did all the damage in the first half before cruising through the second against beleaguered Betis. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Raul scored twice each while Gonzalo Higuain and Sergio Ramos added one each - all before half-time - with Ricardo Oliveira replying for the visitors. Real have won nine games in a row and had an extra 20 hours to prepare for Wednesday's match.

Juventus (face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on February 25 and at the Stadio Olimpico on March 10)

Palermo 0-2 Juventus

Mohamed Sissoko was the star turn as Juventus maintained their slim hopes of winning Serie A with a win in Sicily. The Malian midfielder opened the scoring with a sensational solo effort, beating several players before lashing his shot into the roof of the net. David Trezeguet made the points safe 11 minutes from time, while goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made good saves from Fabrizio Miccoli and Fabio Simplicio.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. barca will fu ck man u if they meet

    From chechenr, on Tue 24 Feb 2:54PM

  2. woi joko, toya mat amin

    From c41ng0ku, on Tue 24 Feb 3:51AM

  3. evryone wants the rematch between barca vs man­ utd...but try to remembr last year barca werent at­ there bst ..bss still they were playng better than man­ utd in both legs..man utd were playng like a sissies in­ defence all of them ...n this year barca is in theere­ top form ..so man utd fans dont dare to face barca­ .....!

    From naj_s, on Tue 24 Feb 3:15AM

  4. barca the bst

    From naj_s, on Tue 24 Feb 3:13AM

  5. Inter will beat man utd. Jose has the beating of­ Fergusonand this inter squad look serious. Ibrahimovic­ to score first

    From The football genius, on Tue 24 Feb 2:01AM

  6. chelsea and united are going out big time.only cup­ united are winning is league cup

    From john, on Mon 23 Feb 10:15PM

  7. Real 5 - Liverpool 1
    Inter 3 - MU 2
    Barca 4 - Lyon­ 2
    Arsenal 0 - Roma 0
    Chelsea 2 - Juve 1

    From mehdi y, on Mon 23 Feb 10:05PM

  8. WHO is talking S hit? you @#$%. Vidic will rape adriano­ and Zaltan together in the secong leg. Inter will get­ abused just like roma did you slime bag. BECAREFUL­ because the next time you speak it might be FATAL!!!!!!

    From klismanmurati, on Mon 23 Feb 9:33PM

  9. SCOTT S YOU @#$%. Tell you mum I will be 10 mins late­ today.

    From klismanmurati, on Mon 23 Feb 9:29PM

  10. hussainzaheer86 - you are a @#$%

    From Abc, on Mon 23 Feb 6:23PM

  11. Only english team to go through will be MAN UTD

    From mathewdionyssiou, on Mon 23 Feb 5:39PM

  12. Liverpool is about to be crucified this wednesday. OMG­ I can not wait to see it

    From Joe Y, on Mon 23 Feb 5:35PM

  13. 5 title in a season. 1st team to be success to defend­ the title of CL.18th EPL title.1st english club­ produced a world player of the year.1st english club­ win the world club cup.the most success of manager.MAN­ UTD is a CUP METROPOLITAN.....be ware INTER....zlatan­ ibra will face a worst broken legs.

    From joko81, on Mon 23 Feb 5:04PM

  14. all english club will win except­ liverpool.Liverpool's stupid of game.boring.always­ used Gerrard as the rescue.for those watch liverpool­ versus others team in EPL without gerrard, they draw­ and almost­ lost.So.......................................liverpool­ is loser.7 points behind Man utd.So, the EPL for­ Liverpool is like earth and sky.very very very far.they­ don't have long hand to take the title.UTD will­ win....liverpool record of winning EPL will be erased­ by UTD.liverpool the destroyer of english football­ because they used non England player for their squad in­ EPL.keep watching MAN UTD versus BARCA in ROME because­ of Paul Scholes's goal last year.

    From joko81, on Mon 23 Feb 4:55PM

  15. I have the almana@#$%il 2099
    inter - man utd (1-5)­ first leg (1-3) then 2nd leg (0-2)Utd win and face­ Bayern Munich.The scorers are Ronaldo(penalty),­ Ferdinand(header), Scholes(long shot), Giggs(tap), and­ own goal by Javier Zanneti.Inter's golly will have­ a red card.5 yellow card to both teams.
    lyon - barca­ (1-2) and 2nd leg at nou camp (barca - lyon )­ (3-2)Barca through.....
    at madrid - porto (3-1 in­ aggregate)
    arsenal -roma (2-2 and penalties win for­ arsenal 4-3)
    real- liverpool(the club that i hate­ forever because of benayoun...the terrorist's­ Israel)(real win 5-4­ aggregate)
    (liverpool=israel=terrorist)
    chelsea - juve­ (chelsea through by penalties shootout 4-3)Drogba­ injured.3 yellow cards.
    sporting-bayern (sporting­ through by aggregate 3-1)
    Villareal - panath (villa­ through by win in both leg by 1-0 and 1-0)both legs­ score by simao.

    all this in Champinship­ manager.....hahahahahhahahahahahhahaahahahah.

    Forever­ Man utd......

    From joko81, on Mon 23 Feb 4:35PM

  16. Nice 1 David im with you got 120 to 1 2nil both Ronaldo

    From merrindavid, on Mon 23 Feb 4:31PM

  17. United will need to be at their best against Inter and­ I'm hopeful that we can at least nick a goal. Good­ luck to all the English sides competing. Let's hope­ they all progress to the next round for the sake of the­ English game.

    From David, on Mon 23 Feb 3:09PM

  18. Chelsea 1-0 Juventus- Juventus 1-1 Chelsea=Chelsea 2-1­ Juventus,Inter 2-0 Man U- Man U-2-1 Inter= Inter 4-1­ Man u,Real Ma 2-0 Liverpul Liverpul 2-1 Real Ma -Real­ Ma 4-1 Liverpul,Arsenal 1-1Roma Roma 1-0 Arsenal=Roma­ 2-1 Arsenal

    From A A, on Mon 23 Feb 12:13PM

  19. Inter 2-3 United
    Chelsea 3-1 Juve
    Roma 2-1­ Arsenal
    Madrid 3-0 Liverpool

    From W I L M, on Mon 23 Feb 11:15AM

  20. I think the scores will be as follows since the­ premiership is boring and predictable!

    Inter 0-0 Man­ Utd 3-0 Penalties
    Madrid0-0 Liverpool 3-5­ Penalties
    Juventus 0-1 Chelsea
    Roma 0-0 Arsenal 5-4­ Penalties

    From irish09boi, on Mon 23 Feb 11:07AM
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