Champions League: Valencia vs. Schalke 2nd Leg Recap

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Valencia vs. Schalke

Another match I didn’t watch… I couldn’t stay up late twice in two nights.  But I guess Rual’s team goes to the next round.

It would be really interesting if they face off with Real Madrid… if Real Madrid advances to the next round, that is…

Aggregate Score:

Valencia: 2

Schalke: 4

Here are the numbers:

Schalke		Valencia
3	Goals scored	1
6	Attempts on target	4
7	Attempts off target	5
7	Corners	5
24' 45''	Possession (time)	33' 42''
42	Possession (%)	58
16	Fouls committed	20
3	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0

Goals:

            17^th minute – Ricardo Costa (Valencia)

            40^th minute – Jefferson Farfan (Schalke)

            52^nd minute – Mario Gavranovic (Schalke)

            90^th +4 minute – Jefferson Farfan (Schalke)

Yellow Cards:

            Peer Kluge (Schalke)

            Sergio Escudero (Schalke)

            Jefferson Farfan (Valencia)

            Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia)

            Juan Mata (Valencia)

More here:

Farfán leads Schalke past Valencia
Player Ratings: Schalke 3-1 Valencia (4-2 Agg.)
Valencia's Unai Emery: We Threw Away The Match Against Schalke
Schalke Striker Raul Delighted With Victory Over Valencia
We Had Our Chances To Progress Against Schalke - Valencia's Pablo Hernandez
Magath relieved to see Schalke forced into action

Valencia vs. Schalke – 2nd Leg

March 10 @ 5:30AM – Schalke vs. Valencia (Live)

March 10 @ 12NN – Schalke vs. Valencia (Replay)

March 10 @ 11PM – Schalke vs. Valencia (Replay)

Will Champions League record goal scorer, Raul, work his magic and score enough goals for them to proceed to the Quarter Finals? 

Wouldn’t it be interesting for Schalke and Raul’s former team, Real Madrid play against each other? (and Schalke winning because of Raul’s goals?  …that would be something)

Aggregate Score:

Valencia: 1

Schalke: 1

For the win:

Valencia

should score at least one point more than Schalke

except for 0-0, a draw can qualify them to the next round

Schalke

with the 1^st leg ending in a 1-1 draw, Schalke (like Valencia) should score at least one point more than Valencia

a 0-0 draw can advance them to the next stage

Stadium: Arena AufSchalke (Schalke’s Home Turf)

More here:

Raúl wary of Valencia as Schalke eye last eight
Schalke's Jose Jurado: Champions League Tie Is More Than Raul Against Valencia
Tino Costa Believes Valencia Are Ready For Schalke Champions League Showdown
Schalke - Valencia Special: Don't Write Raul's Champions League Obituary Just Yet (this article mentions that Sir Alex Ferguson made a personal plea to Raul that he play for Manchester but he turned it down because he already gave his word to Felix Magath… that would be pretty classy of him if it was only a verbal agreement)
Valencia Will Be More Dangerous In The Second Leg - Schalke Veteran Raul
Schalke Coach Felix Magath Confirms Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Will Miss Valencia Clash
Schalke on their guard as Valencia visit

Here's my attempt in being an “expert”... Below are score combinations showing which team can quailify to the next round.

Valencia	Schalke
0	0
0	1
0	2
0	3
0	4
0	5
1	1
1	2
1	3
1	4
1	5
2	1
2	2
2	3
2	4
2	5
3	1
3	2
3	3
3	4
3	5
4	1
4	2
4	3
4	4
4	5

Highlighted in yellow means that that team will will proceed to the Quarter finals.  Pink means the aggregate score as well as the number of away goals is a tie, so I dunno if they'll do extra time, shoot out or coin toss...

Champions League: 2nd Leg - Round of 16 Schedules

It’s do or die time for the last 16 teams left, as the 2^nd leg’s matches will decide if they proceed to the next round or not.

Here’s the schedule of Balls Channel’s telecast of the Champions League.

Live Games

March 9 @ 3:30AM – Barcelona vs. Arsenal

March 9 @ 5:30 AM – Shaktar Donetsk vs. AS Roma

March 10 @ 3:30AM – Tottenham vs. AC Milan

March 10 @ 5:30AM – Schalke vs. Valencia

March 16 @ 3:30AM – Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich*

March 16 @ 5:30AM – Marseille vs. Manchester United*

March 17 @ 3:30AM – Lyon vs. Real Madrid**

March 17 @ 5:30AM – Chelsea vs Kobenhavn**

* may swap time slots

** may swap time slots

Replay Skeds for this week:

March 9, 2011

Barcelona vs. Arsenal – 3:30PM

Shaktar Donetsk vs. AS Roma – 5:30PM

Barcelona vs. Arsenal – 10PM

March 10, 2011

Tottenham vs. AC Milan – 10AM

Schalke vs. Valencia – 12NN

Schalke vs. Valencia – 6:30PM

Tottenham vs. AC Milan – 9PM

Schalke vs. Valencia – 11PM

March 11, 2011

Shaktar Donetsk vs. AS Roma – 9PM

March 12, 2011

TBD – 10AM

TBD – 12NN

UEFA Preview Show:

March 9 @ 03:00 PM

March 12 @ 7AM

March 12 @ 6:30PM

La Liga Update

I don’t exactly follow any domestic league, I do, however, check in once in a while Serie A (Italy), La Liga (Spain) and the Bundesliga (Germany).  I just want to know who the top clubs are to give me an idea who would most likely be in the next season’s Champions League. 

I’ve already given this month’s update on Serie A, here’s the latest for La Liga (or more formally known as Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional, quite a mouthful, ain’t it?):

Rank	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	FC Barcelona	26	23	2	1	77	13	64	71
2	Real Madrid	26	20	4	2	62	19	43	64
3	Valencia CF	26	15	6	5	40	27	13	51
4	Villarreal CF	26	15	5	6	45	26	19	50
5	RCD Espanyol	26	13	1	12	35	38	-3	40
6	Athletic Bilbao	26	12	2	12	40	38	2	38
7	Sevilla FC	26	11	5	10	41	40	1	38
8	Atlético Madrid	26	10	5	11	36	34	2	35
9	Real Sociedad	26	11	2	13	37	42	-5	35
10	RCD Mallorca	26	10	4	12	27	35	-8	34
11	Getafe CF	26	9	6	11	36	39	-3	33
12	Racing Santander	26	7	9	10	24	36	-12	30
13	Levante UD	26	8	4	14	27	38	-11	28
14	Deportivo La Coruña	26	6	10	10	21	35	-14	28
15	Real Zaragoza	26	6	9	11	24	38	-14	27
16	Osasuna	26	6	8	12	26	32	-6	26
17	Hércules CF	26	7	5	14	24	39	-15	26
18	Sporting Gijón	26	5	10	11	23	34	-11	25
19	Málaga CF	26	6	5	15	34	58	-24	23
20	UD Almería	26	4	10	12	26	44	-18	22

Barca tops the league with a 7-point difference from Real Madrid, yey!  But they can still catch up as I think Real has, like, 12 matches to go.

I found a very informative article on La Liga, from the same site that gave info about the Serie A.