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Friedel: Race For Europe Too Close To Call

Friedel: Race For Europe Too Close To Call

ASTON Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel expects the race for Champions League qualification to go to the wire despite the top four of the Barclays Premier League currently having a familiar look. 8 Feb 2010
Victory's Corporal Punishment Kit

Victory's Corporal Punishment Kit

MELBOURNE Victory today revealed the new home and away shirts for the Asian Champions League and announced ticketing details for their three group stage home games. 3 Feb 2010
Griffiths Signs For Adelaide

Griffiths Signs For Adelaide

FORMER Newcastle Jets midfielder Adam Griffiths has returned to Australia to join Adelaide United for their Asian CHampions League campaign, the club confirmed today. 3 Feb 2010
Football Superstar In ACL Squad

Football Superstar In ACL Squad

FOOTBALL Superstar winner Luke Pilkington has been named in a 25-man squad for Melbourne Victory's Asian Champions League campaign along with a five other youth players. 20 Jan 2010
Vidmar's Joy Taking On Old Side

Vidmar's Joy Taking On Old Side

ADELAIDE United coach Aurelio Vidmar says he will relish taking on his former Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima after they qualified for the Asian Champions League's Group H. 4 Jan 2010
Redknapp To "Sort Out" Party Players

Redknapp To "Sort Out" Party Players

HARRY Redknapp has told his players they are not off the hook despite back-to-back wins which have improved the club's chances of a place in the Champions League next season. 21 Dec 2009
AFC's ACL Threat To A-League

AFC's ACL Threat To A-League

AUSTRALIAN clubs could be excluded from the Asian Champions League from 2012 onwards if the conditions under which Wellington Phoenix participate in the A-League are not altered. 18 Dec 2009
Mourinho Hails Inter Team-Work

Mourinho Hails Inter Team-Work

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho is breathing a sigh of relief following his side's progression to the last 16 of the Champions League. 10 Dec 2009
Guardiola Relieved As Barca Scrape Through

Guardiola Relieved As Barca Scrape Through

Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola admitted his relief after the defending champions progressed through what he described as "a terrible group" and into the knockout stages of the Champions League. 10 Dec 2009
Juve Look to Move on

Juve Look to Move on

Juventus president Jean-Claude Blanc has stressed the Bianconeri must put their Champions League heartbreak behind them and concentrate on the league. 10 Dec 2009
Asia Forcing MV To Be The Best

Asia Forcing MV To Be The Best

MELBOURNE Victory coach Ernie Merrick has set his sights on a top two finish in the A-League this season to ease the potential for serious congestion at finals time. 10 Dec 2009
Tough Times for Scottish Clubs - Rangers

Tough Times for Scottish Clubs - Rangers

Rangers manager Walter Smith admitted it will be even harder for Scottish teams to make their mark in Europe after their Champions League campaign came to an end without a single win in the tournament this season. 10 Dec 2009
Wenger Hails Callow Arsenal

Wenger Hails Callow Arsenal

Arsene Wenger praised the efforts of his young Gunners after they went down 1-0 to Olympiacos following a battling display in today's final Champions League Group H clash in Athens. 10 Dec 2009
Rafa Reeling After Another Late Show

Rafa Reeling After Another Late Show

Rafael Benitez was left reeling from another Champions League horror show for Liverpool as they again conceded a late goal to go down 2-1 at home to Fiorentina. 10 Dec 2009
Reds Go Out With A Whimper

Reds Go Out With A Whimper

EURO WRAP: Liverpool's miserable Champions League campaign has finally ended with yet another dismal deafeat, losing 2-1 at home to Fiorentina this morning. 10 Dec 2009
CSKA Dodge UEFA Ban

CSKA Dodge UEFA Ban

CSKA Moscow will not be disqualified from this season's Champions League despite two of their players failing drugs tests. 9 Dec 2009