Friday, July 29, 2005
Champions League 3rd Qualifying Round Draw
UEFA conducted its draw for the 3rd qualifying round of this year's Champions League tournament. Following are the results of the draw with the games scheduled for 9/10 August and 23/24 August.
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| Artmedia (Svk) or Celtic (Sco) v Partizan (Ser) or Sheriff (Mol) |
| Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukr) v Inter |
| Shelbourne (Irl) or Steaua (Rom) v Rosenborg (Nor) |
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| Everton (Eng) v Villarreal (Spa) |
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| Sporting |
| Valerenga (Nor) or Haka (Fin) v Club |
| Dudelange (Lux) or Rapid (Aut) v Rabotnicki (Mac) or L'motiv (Rus) |
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| Wisla Krakow (Pol) v Panathinaikos (Gre) |
| Real Betis (Spa) v |
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
Liverpool survived an early scare by FB Kaunas and went on to win the 1st leg of the 2nd qualifying round in the Champions League by three goals to one. Stevie again managed to score, increasing his goal-tally to 6 goals in three games this season. FB Kaunas opened the scoring ealry on only to see Cisse wipe out their advantage. Carragher gave the advantage to the Reds with Stevie adding on a third to finish things off. The 2nd-leg will be played at Anfield on 02/08.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round
Liverpool resume their European campaign tonight with the 1st-leg of the 2nd qualifying round in the Champions League. The Reds face an unknown opponent in Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas, who beat Faroe Island's FB Torshavn's 8-2 on aggregate in the 1st qualifying round. Liverpool won their 1st qualifying round match-up against Welsh champions TNS 6-0 on aggregate.Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Champions League 1st Qualifying Round Result
The Reds will next face Lithuanian champions FBK Kaunas, who beat Faroe Island's FB Torshavn's 8-2 on aggregate. Simliar to the 1st-leg, TNS played a superb match keeping the Champions at bay for most of the match. Cisse scored Liverpool's first goal after 26 minutes to ease any fears of an upset. Hamann missed a spot-kick in the 2nd-half, and TNS had a shot hit the bar, and a goal disallowed for offsides. Gerrard came on late to seal the deal, scoring twice in the 85th and 86th minutes.
Liverpool will play the 1st-leg in the 2nd qualifying round away on 26/07, before returing home for the 2nd-leg on 02/08.
Liverpool 3 TNS 0 (Prediction: Liverpool 5 TNS 0)
Super-Stevie strikes againTuesday, July 19, 2005
Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
The Reds start their journey towards the 2nd Qualifying Round of the Champions League by finishing off Welsh Champions TNS tonight. Also, Crouch is set to join the Champions of Europe as soon as Wednesday. The result of the 1st-leg was 3-0 for the Reds thanks to Stevie's hatrick.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Champions League 1st Qualifying Round
Liverpool started defence of their European trophy with a 3-0 win over a good TNS side. Stevie took home the game ball after scoring all three goals in a fine display in front of the Anfield faithful.
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
UEFA Champions League is Back!!!!!
The new season of the UEFA Champions League kicks-off today with first-leg matches of the first qualifying round. The champion Reds will start the defence of their title tomorrow by facing little-known Welsh side Total Network Solutions (TNS). The first-leg will be held at Anfield, and will be only the second appearance for the Champions after the crazy night in Istanbul. Their first appearance came last Saturday when they faced Wrexham at The Racecourse. The Reds won 4-3 after doubles by Morientes and Baros. The Racecourse will also host the 2nd-leg of Liverpool's matchup with TNS on the 19th of July. Following is a prediction for tomorrow's match:
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Latest English Premier League Tranfers
Dutch midfielder Boudewijn Zenden is expected to joing the European Champions Liverpool by Monday. Other confirmed transfers related to the English Premier League include:
| Player | From | To | Fee |
| Asier Del Horno | Athletic | | £8 mil |
| Yakubu Ayegbini | | | £7.5 mil |
| Emanuel Pogatetz | Bayer | | £1.8 mil |
| Tom Huddlestone | | Tottenham Hotspur | £1 mil |
| Park Ji-Sung | PSV | | Undisclosed |
| Aaron Lennon | | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| Wayne Routledge | | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| Edwin van der Sar | Fulham | | Undisclosed |
| Thomas Lyskov | | | Tribunal |
| Patrik Berger | | Aston Villa | Free |
| Thomas Hitzlsperger | Aston Villa | Vfb Stuttgart | Free |
| Shefki Kuqi | | | Free |
| Paul Stalteri | Werder | Tottenham Hotspur | Free |
| Jeremie Aliadiere | Arsenal | Celtic | Loan |
| Richard Duffy | | | Loan |
| Laurent Robert | | | Loan |
| Alessandro Pistone | Everton | Free | Released |
| Alan Stubbs | Everton | Free | Released |
| Steve Watson | Everton | Free | Released |
| Boudewijn Zenden | | Free | Released |
