FC Basel Veteran Closes a Successful Career

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With his contract expiring at the end of this season, former Swiss National Team midfielder and seasoned FC Basel player Benjamin Huggel is retiring from professional football.

This Week in the UEFA Champions League....

Mata and Kalou celebrate his goal against Benfica
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Chelsea were able to score the sought-after away goal in Portugal as they faced off against Group C winners Benfica after they made a dramatic entrance into the quarter finals. Real Madrid are one match away from denying APOEL another chapter in their dream UEFA Champions League campaign and Bayern Munich continue to assert their Champions League dominance as they fight for their spot in the final, which is to be hosted in their home stadium in Munich. AC Milan and Barcelona held each other to a stalemate, making the second leg in Barcelona a potential goal fest as the two best strikers in the world, Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, face off against each other again.

This Weekend in the EPL...

Bolton players warm up with Muamba shirts
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This Weekend in the EPL....

The Old Firm Derby

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One of the biggest derbies in footballing history kicked off in the Ibrox stadium in Glasgow today as Rangers faced Celtic in the world renown Old Firm derby.
The match was box to box action from the starting whistle, and The Old Firm certainly lived up to it's reputation. The atmosphere was unlike any other, the commentators were barely audible over the rhythmic chanting of fans from both sides, clearly separated in blocks of blue and green. Three players and a manager saw red before the end of the match, but Celtic, down to nine men by the 56th minute, rallied from a 3-0 deficit to make it 3-2 before the end of the ninety minutes. However, Rangers were able to hold on and prolong the inevitable title win for Celtic.

Check out the New Talent Scout Page!

I had some time to kill, so if you look to the right hand side of your screen just above the blog archive you will see a nice link to the new site that is a library of talented young prospects and many other links and places for you to enrich your knowledge of the up and coming youth that the footballing world has to get excited about.
Sticking with the library metaphor, we only have about five books available for you to check out. Bear with me, more are on the way and I prefer quality over quantity so more, very thorough and accurate, scouting reports will be headed your way in no time!

FC Basel March on to the Swiss Cup Semi Finals

Basel can celebrate reaching the semi finals in the Swiss Cup
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FC Basel march on to the semi-finals of the Swiss Cup after defeating Lausanne on their home pitch at St. Jakob Park 5-2. The last time these two sides met in the competition was in the 2010 final, also at St. Jakob park where Basel were the victors by six goals to nil. 

Weekend Action from the EPL and the FA Cup

Action from the weekend includes FA Cup and English Premier League match reviews. Fernando Torres' goal drought is lifted as he nets two against Leicester in the FA Cup. Manchester United sit at the top of the table but City are hot on their heels and have a game in hand. Liverpool look to be back in winning form as they defeat Stoke 2-1 in FA Cup action and the latest news on Fabrice Muamba following his unfortunate incident at White Heart Lane.