Luca Toni’s last-minute header gave Bayern Munich a dramatic away-goals victory over brave 10-man Getafe and a place in the last four of the UEFA Cup.

Toni stuck twice in the last six minutes of extra-time to earn a 3-3 draw for the German outfit, who were heading out of the competition in normal time before Franck Ribery popped up in the last minute to cancel Cosmin Contra’s opener.

Getafe had been reduced to 10 men as early as the sixth minute when Ruben De la Red was dismissed, but the hosts put on a superb display and goals from Francisco Javier Casquero and Braulio in extra-time appeared to have sealed the win before Toni scored with his dramatic late brace.

Cosmin Contra’s Goal:

Franck Ribery equaliser goal in the 88th minute!:

Javier Casquero’s goal in the 1st minute of extra time:

Braulio makes it 3-1 to Getafe, and remember they were down to ten man since the fifth minute of the game, the Getafe coach begins to smile and mildly celebrate, the home crowd goes bonkers:

Luca Toni profits from the keeper’s mistake, but i guess it’s too late now…… :

OMG, Luca Toni scored in the very last kick of the game, he sents Getafe out of the Cup and takes Bayern to the semi-finals, i can hear the boardroom in Bayern saying that he has repaid every single $$ they paid for him….:

What an amazing game that was!, and it was down to the Getafe’s keeper who made two horrible blunders to allow both Luca Toni’s goals.

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Chelsea who are facing a keeper crisis after injuries to Petr Cech & Carlo Cudicini are looking at the possibility of roping in unwanted Valencia star Santiago Canizares on loan for the rest of the season.

The Times says Chelsea are considering a move for Canizares, who is unwanted by Ronald Koeman at Valencia, and will also explore whether Manchester City and Aston Villa are willing to let Andreas Isaksson and Thomas Sorensen respectively go out on loan for the rest of the season.

In the meantime The Blues are also looking to sign Canizares teammate David Villa (for next season) to play alongside Anelka as it now seems that Drogba will be on his way out of the club at the end of the season.

It’s reported contact has already been made with the 26-year-old’s representative, who confirmed Villa’s desire to play in the Premier League.

The Spain international was originally wanted by Jose Mourinho two seasons ago.

Valencia refused to sell then but with the club struggling in 14th position in La Liga, they are now prepared to cash in to rebuild the squad.

Villa has averaged a goal every two games for his club this season despite their faltering form.

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Do you remember Arsenal’s Dennis Bergkamp? well if you don’t, your either not alive or you were born yesterday, i’m guessing that name must at least rings a bell.

Bergkamp was one the best srtikers to play in the “hole” position just like Wayne Rooney now at Man Utd, i remember his deft touches very well and my greatest memory of him is that goal against Argentina at the 1998 World Cup.

But just in case you need to refresh your memory i have included a video below.

The last time anyone of us saw the non-flying Dutchman was the testimonial game for him at the launching of the Emirates Stadium against an Ajax legends team, nearly two years ago. Little has been heard or seen of him since.

But he’s back, not as a footy player but back in the radar as he aims to complete a coaching course,a fast-track coaching diploma for former players from the Netherlands.

The Dutchman has not cured his fear of flying, which stems back nearly 15 years, so will be allowed to study in London under Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, rather than attend lessons at the Dutch FA in Zeist, east of Utrecht. Bergkamp qualifies for the fast-track scheme - Johan Cruyff also graduated from the course - because he has the necessary requirement of more than 50 caps. He retired from international football after the 2000 European Championship, having scored a record 37 goals in 79 appearances for Holland.

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Check out the Video below, you will see that goal i mentioned above (against Argentina), but you’ll probably be laughing your socks off at the commentator who seemed to have experienced footy orgasm at the sight of Bergkamp’s goal.:

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Barcelona will face Manchester United in the semi-finals of the Champions League, after stuttering past Schalke 1-0 at the Camp Nou to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory.

Yaya Toure’s first-half strike provided the solitary high note to a wholly unconvincing performance from Frank Rijkaard’s side, who did little to defuse growing frustration among their supporters.

Armed with a 1-0 lead from the first-leg, Barca lined up with Thierry Henry and Krkic Bojan in support of Samuel Eto’o. It was a statement of attacking intent, but they found themselves forced to defend for almost the entirety of a one-sided first half.

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Manchester United has done it again, reaching the semi-finals fo the Champions League thanks to a solarity goal from Carlos Tevez, but it could have all been different had De Rossi scored from the spot kick in the first half after Wes Brown was harshly judged to have brought down Mancini.

Man Utd started the game brightly and some fans must have been worried after Rooney and Ronaldo were left on the bench but Rio Ferdinand somehow played the full 90 minutes, Pique started alongside Rio while Silvestre took the left back position, even club captain Gary Neville came on later and the fans showed their appreciation and for all the rumors of fans turning against Ryan Giggs he showed tonight what he still can do with some excellent work and crosses.

Owen Hargreaves has once again proved my hunch right, he has a sweet right foot and his crosses are way better than any of Utd’s rightbacks and one of his cross led to the goal as Tevez stooped low to head the ball in.

The result represents a record 11th consecutive home win in the Champions League for United, A fine goal by Carlos Tevez. Successful injury comebacks for Gary Neville and Mikael Silvestre. A well-earned breather for Ronaldo. Next stop: Barcelona!

Man Utd will now play Barcelona in the semis and what a match that is going to be!, if Messi recovers in time we could very well be treated to a Rooney/Ronaldo v.s Eto’o/Messi treat, and not to mention Nani, Henry, Bojan and more.

De Rossi’s Penalty Miss

Carlos Tevez’s Goal:

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This is a quick post for those that need to watch the game on their PC.

In a rather wierd lineup Ronaldo and Rooney are left on the bench while Silvestre and Ferdinand plays.

To watch the game you will need to download Sopcast

and than CLICK THIS LINK

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What an entertaining game we’ve just seen, nobody in their right mind would have predicted a 6 goal fest in this game especially after the previous two encounters ended in 1-1 draws.Liverpool progress to the semi-finals of the Champions League yet again and they will face a familiar foe in the shape of Chelsea.

It all began extremely well for Arsenal when in the 13th minute Abou Diaby skipped past a couple of defenders to power in the first goal and give Arsenal a 2-1 lead on aggregate, but Liverpool were not going to lay low, definitely not in the Champions League and at Anfield and definitely not in this game considering their only hope for silverware this season is in the Champions League.

They got their deserved break in the 30th minute when a Stevie G cross was headed in by Hyppia, i must say that Arsenal’s defending at times is dreadful, Hyppia and tons of time to get his header in and the guy at the post (Fabregas i think) didn’t seem to give his all to prevent that ball from entering the net and such casual defending came to haunt them again when Torres put Liverpool in the driving seat in the 69th minute.

But for all Liverpool’s effort it seemed that they were on their way out when a brilliant Theo Walcott run from inside his own half and cross found an unmarked Adebayor who cooly slotted in, that made it 3-3 on aggregate and Arsenal were going through based on the away goal rule, the travelling Arsenal fans were estatic but their joy was shortlived when two minutes later Kolo Toure was shwon the yellow card and the referee awarded a penalty to Liverpool, and Steven Gerrard rarely misses a penalty.

Arsenal were shell shocked and went all out to find another goal but instead susbstitute Ryan Babel found himself on a one-on-one sprint with Fabregas to cooly slot in the 4th goal for Liverpool and ensure the REDS meet the BLUES (again!) in the semi-fianls of the Champions League.

Diaby Goal:

Hyppia Goal:

Torres Goal:

Adebayor Goal:

Gerrard Goal(penalty):

Ryan Babel Goal:

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