The 2009 UEFA Cup Final was just held in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday March 21, 2009 and the winner is… Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk! They were able to defeate the German team Werder Bremen after a score in extra time.

The game was 1-1 for the lonest time causing them to go into extra time yesterday evening. In a quick shake of luck and skill Shakhtar Donetsk’s midfielder Jadson, put in the winning goal making the final score 2-1.

Congratulations Shakhtar Donetsk!

Just in case you didnt hear, the second tier league that the UEFA Cup crowns champions will be renamed the Europa League next season.

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Jesualdo Ferreira will not be allowed to coach or speak to his FC Porto team before or during tomorrows match against Manchester United.

Tomorrow game is important as it will be the UEFA Champions Leagues quarter –final match. However, the decision is final and could be extended if rules of the probation are broken.

Ferreira was suspended after making gestures to a referee for not making a penalty call against his team, causing a goal to be scored.

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The Bayern Munich team are making a surprisingly great push to come in third place for the Championship League Power Rankings. In this action shot Bayern Munich’s Tim Borowski tackles Fablio Grosso of Lyon for Group F match. FC Munich ended up defeating Lyon 3:2. Read match report for Bayern Munich & Lyon Match.

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FC Girondins de Bordeaux defeated CFR 1907 Cluj for the second time in as many matches to put themselves right back in contention in a tight Group A, with the Romanian champions dropping from second to last.

Read the complete article at UEFA.com

You all know that I am really excited about this news. This means that the Girondins de Bordeaux stand a chance at winning Group A if they can hang on past Roma.

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I was not expecting that! Juvantus FC put up a real fight against Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League, defeating them 2-0. Alessandro Del Piero put both goals in for the Italian team placing them for just one more win from the Group H title.

Read the complete article at TSN.

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Yesterday was full of games in the UEFA Champions League so if you haven’t seen the scores already you can see them below.

Group A:

Bordeaux 1 - 0 CFR Cluj-Napoca

Chelsea 1 - 0 Roma

Group B:

Inter Milan 1 - 0 Anorthosis Famagusta

Panathinaikos 2 - 2 Werder Bremen

Group C:

FC Basel 0 - 5 Barcelona

Shakhtar Donetsk 0 - 1 Sporting Lisbon

Group D:

Atlético Madrid 1 - 1 Liverpool

PSV Eindhoven 2 - 0 Marseille

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Manchester United played against the Glasgow Celtic and dominated with a 3-0 win. The first and second goals were scored by Berbatov and Tommy Smyth of ESPN reports that he was offside. Rooney finalized the win with third and last goal. You can check out the highlights from the game below.

After Chelsea slaughtered Bordeaux in a 4-0 victory at Stamford Bridge Stadium, I wanted to put up these highlight videos. Dang, some great passing skills by Chelsea and the third goal, provided by Florent Malouda , was amazing! Check out the videos below.

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Bordeaux lost to Chelsea in a humiliating 4-0 defeat during the 2008 UEFA Champions League. Can’t say that I’m too thrilled about this one. Some sports commentators are using this game as evidence that the English Premier League is far superior to the French League. Well, with games like these it’s kinna hard to argue against. There in no reason why a great team like Bordeaux, who have a strong lucrative fan base, can’t compete with teams like Chelsea who pay the top bucks for their players.

In this photo Michael Ballack of Chelsea takes on Fernando of Bordeaux during their September 13, 2008 game.

Read the complete article at Times Online.

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Paul Scholes may just have cost Manchester United’s chance for the UEFA Super Cup. During the decisive match against Zenit St.Petersburg, Scholes handled the ball, not once but twice! Thus causing himself to get booted out of the game. In the image Scholes is clearly reaching for the soccer ball. I mean you can’t get much dumber than that.

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