Sunday, September 1, 2013

Super Sunday in EPL Manchester United vs Liverpool and Arsenal vs Spurs

Its the third weekend since the Barclays Premier League started and we have had one big game Manchester United versus Chelsea which was disappointing. But this weekend it is a Super Duper Sunday as two high profile matches or we can say derbies are there. Liverpool face their bitter rivals Manchester United at Enfield Stadium where this tie is considered the El-Clasico of EPL. The other match of the day is the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs.

Bayern Munich win UEFA Super Cup 2013 by defeating Chelsea

Bayern Munich defeated Chelsea to take revenge for their defeat in the 2011-12 Champions League Final. This was a game which was more about the coaches going head to head rather than the teams with Pep Guardiola managing Bayern Munich and Jose Mourinho managing Chelsea. They resumed their rivalry from their days of being the managers of Sains top two rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid. The games versus the top two Spanish teams is known as the El Clasico and we did see a El-Clasico match when Bayern Munich and Chelsea played in the Super cup.

This was the first time that the Super Cup was played in Prague rather than the usual venue in Monaco. This was a one of the better Super Cups as two European Heavy weights were going each other. Usually one team is a considerably less popular team than the other as the second tier European competition ie Europa League is less glamourous and big teams dont take much interest in this competition as compared to the first tier Champions League.

Champions League Groups for season 2013-14

The much awaited Champions League group draw was held in Monaco and Arsenal are the side which had the worst draw as they were drawn in the group of death. Arsenal who qualified after going through an extra qualifier to get to the groups stages will be very unhappy as they have been drawn with last years finalized Borussia Dortmund and upcoming Napoli who have made some good signings after selling their prized asset Edison Cavani. They also play France's Marseille who arent bad either. The other english teams have a easier draw as Chelsea play Germany's Schalke , Switzerland's Basel and Steaua Bucharest. Chelsea and Schalke are favorites to go through to the next round.


Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad.

Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, FC Copenhagen.

Group C: PSG, Benfica, Olympiakos, Anderlecht.

Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, FC Viktoria Plzen.