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Quarter-Finalist Brief Guide Champion League 2012-2013




Quarter-Finalist Brief Guide Champions League 2012-2013. Europe's elite competition, the Champions League this season has entered the quarter-finals and eight teams have secured their semi-final clash for the ticket. After going through the fierce battle in the round of 16, the remaining eight teams are still pioneering please embrace the supremacy of European trophy nicknamed The Big Ears at Wembley Stadium next May.

Who are they ? Here are some brief guide about the Champions League quarter-final contestants 2012-2013.
FC Barcelona

  • Coaches: Tito Vilanova
  • Star Player: Lionel Messi
  • Top scorer: Lionel Messi (7)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Champion 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 2011/12 (won 3-1 v AC Milan)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 12 Lost 2
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 5 Draw 1 Lost 2 Enter conceded 157
Opportunity Analysis :

Barcelona won La Liga although not accompanied Vilanova undergoing cancer treatment. Two of the four titles won by Barca in Europe at Wembley - allow them champions recorded a hat trick in the same place ?

Did You Know ?

Prior to winning the Champions League in 2006, Barcelona have never appeared in a European final since 1994.


Bayern Munich

  • Coach: Jupp Heynckes
  • Star player: Franck Ribery
  • Top scorer: Thomas Muller (4)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Champion 1974, 1975, 1976, 2001.
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 2011/12 (won 4-0 v Olympique de Marseille)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 13 Lost 10
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 5 Draw 1 Lost 2 Insert 18 conceded 10
Opportunity Analysis :
Lost in the final last season, Die Roten hunting trophy collection in order to increase the redemption of the Bundesliga title that was almost at hand.

Did You Know ?


Bayern lost the final in 2011-2012 despite held at home game - a 1-1 draw in normal matches, Bayern defeat at the feet of Chelsea on penalties in the Allianz Arena.


Borrusia Dortmund

  • Coach: Jurgen Klopp
  • Star Players: Robert Lewandowski
  • Top scorer: Robert Lewandowski (5)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Champion 1997
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 1997/98 (won 1-0 v Bayern Munich)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 3 Lost 2
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 5 Draw 3 Lost 0 Enter 16 conceded 7

Opportunity Analysis :

Look attractive in the group phase and is considered as one of the dark horse title contender with nan attractive attacking game.

Did You Know ?Dortmund, under the direction Klopp, has become a champion of the Bundesliga in the last two seasons - even noting the doubles title in the 2011-12 season yesterday by winning the DFB-Pokal trophies.


Galatasaray

  • Coach: Fatih Terim
  • Star Player: Didier Drogba
  • Top scorer: Burak Yilmaz (8)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Semifinal 1989
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 2000/01 (lost 3-5 v Real Madrid)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 1 Lost 3
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 4 Draw 2 Lost 2 Enter conceded 11 9

Opportunity Analysis :

Locking second in Group H and adds significant strength in the winter transfer market with a hook Drogba - Chelsea hero last season, plus Dutch playmaker who have felt the title with Inter Milan, Wesley Sneijder.

Did You Know ?


Gala became the first Turkish team to win a European trophy when arrested Arsenal on penalties in the 2000 UEFA Cup final.


Juventus



  • Coach: Antonio Conte
  • Star Player: Arturo Vidal
  • Top scorer: Fabio Quagliarella (4)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Champion 1985, 1996
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 2005/06 (lost 0-2 v Arsenal)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 10 Lost 4
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 5 Draw 3 Lost 0 Enter conceded 17 4

Opportunity Analysis :

Serie A champions are already in the right track to defend their crown and will be tough opponent for any team. But this was their appearance in the quarter-finals for the first time in seven years.

Did You Know ?


Juventus original uniform was pink in 1897 ago. They adopted a new color six years later when a British citizen in Turin, John Savage bought a set of vertical black-and-white uniform of a friend who was supporting Notts County.


Malaga




  • Coach: Manuel Pellegrini
  • Star Players: Isco
  • Top scorer: Eliseu, Isco (3)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :

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Last time in Round 8 Large :
  1. -
Record in Quarter Finals :
  1. -
Season Record :
  1. Won 4 Draw 3 Lost 1 Insert 14 conceded 6

Opportunity Analysis :
Look impressive so far in his debut in the Champions League, but financial difficulties forced UEFA to block their participation in European competition next season.

Did You Know ?
Pellegrini took Villarreal into the Champions League semifinals in 2006, but in the short period at Real Madrid he only led the club to the last 16.


Paris Saint-Germain



  • Coach: Carlo Ancelotti
  • Star Player: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • Top scorer: Ezequiel Lavezzi (5)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Semifinal 1995
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 1994/95 (won 3-2 v Barcelona)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 1 Lost 0
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 6 Draw 1 Lost 1 Insert conceded 17 5

Opportunity Analysis :
This new super-rich club has ambition to win the Champions League this season and if the star, Zlatan Ibrahimovic can continue the appearance of her death it could have been realized. Plus the arrival of the aging star, David Beckham, which gives them more options in the dead ball execution.

Did You Know ?


PSG newly established in 1970 as a merger of Paris FC and Stade St Germain.
Real Madrid

  • Coach: Jose Mourinho
  • Star Player: Cristiano Ronaldo
  • Top scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (8)

The best performance in the Champions League Participation :
  1. Champion 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966, 1998, 2000, 2002.
  2. Last time in Round 8 Large:
  3. 2011/12 (won 8-2 v APOEL)
  4. Record in Quarter Finals:
  5. Won 23 Lost 6
  6. Season Record:
  7. Won 4 Draw 3 Lost 1 Insert 18 conceded 11

Opportunity Analysis :More than a decade since the last time Real became champions of Europe, this season they won the confidence soar to tenth increasingly crucial victory over Manchester United. If this rumor is Jose Mourinho last season, so he can go out with his head held high after a record third title in the Champions League after being a champion with Porto and Inter Milan.

Did You Know ?

Real has appeared in eight of the 11 first final of Europe's elite competition this.

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