Sunshine placed in group of death.

Sunshine Stars of Nigeria will commence their CAF Champions League group phase with a home match against defending  Champions, Esperance of Tunisia. Etoile du Sahel and ASO Clef of Algeria are the other teams in group A. Etoile du Sahel won the title in 2007 after losing to Al Ahly the previous year. Sunshine Stars overcame Djoliba FC of Mali by 2-1 on aggregate. The Nigerian campaigners survived a big scare in the second round when they lost 4-1 against Recreativo de Libolo of Angola. Sunshine were able to win the return leg by 3-0 at the Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Dolphins FC were sent out of the competition in the second round. Last year, Sunshine got to the semi final stage of the CAF Confederations Cup.
The commencement date for the group phase of the Champions League is July 6th, 2012.

Champions at last!

Manchester City became the NOISY CHAMPIONS of the English Premiership when the Citizens came from 2-1 down o beat QPR on Sunday. Yaya Toure had earlier put Mancini's men in front before QPR went ahead later in the second half. Joey Barton was sent off in the second half after a row with Sergio Aguero. Djibril Cisse made it 2-1 for Mark Hughes men who were fighting against relegation. The scoreline was still 2-1 in favour of the London side after 90 minutes, but the introduction of Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli changed the scheme of things at the Etihad Stadium. Dzeko equalised in the 2nd minute of added time before Sergio Aguero made it 3-2 some moments later. Manchester City's victory was the first time they'll be crowned League Champions since 1968. Sir Alex Ferguson had hoped a stupid result would be recorded at the Etihad and it was as if he was going to get it after 90 minutes of action at the Etihad. Surely the most successful manager in the Premier League will still be wandering what happened to QPR in the injury time. STAND UP FOR THE CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND.

MANCHESTER CITY-2011/2012 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Dortmund tears Bayern apart in DFB Pokal Cup final

Borussia Dortmund defeated Bayern Munich by five goals to two in the DFB Pokal final that was played at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday night. The 15 time Champions were devoured by Jurgen Kloop's men. Shinji Kagawa opened the scoring after three minutes of play. Luiz Gustavo gave away the ball in his own half before Jakub Blaszczykowski squared up Kagawa to fire the ball into an empty net. Weidenfeller brought down Mario Gomez in the penalty box and Arjen Robben converted the spot kick in the 25th minute to make it 1-1. Mats Hummels denied Bayern a second goal when he blocked Phillip Lahm's shot on the goal line and he sent Neuer the wrong way from the penalty spot some moments after his heroic display in defence. Jerome Boateng fouled Jakub Blaszczykowski in the penalty box.
Shinji Kagawa delivered a great pass to Lewandowski who played a shot that went in between the keeper's legs to make it 3-1 on the stroke of half time.

After the restart, Bayern couldn't penetrate into the danger area of the reigning German league winners. Some few minutes before the hour mark, Kagawa was able to find Kevin who later set up Lewandowski to make it 4-1. Later in the game Mario Gomez's header came off the post. In the 76th minute, Frank Ribery made it 4-2. The Frenchman ran through the Dortmund defence before he unleashed a shot that beat Dortmund's second choice keeper who came in after the first choice goal keeper sustained an injury in the first half.
Lukas provided an inch-perfect cross that was nodded past Neuer to make it 5-2 to the Bundesliga cum Pokal Champions. Bayern's last game of the season will be played at the Allianz Arena against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League final on May 19th.

Preview: Seattle Sounders v Real Salt Lake

Monteri and Johnson will lead the attacking line of the home team at the Century Link Field. Sounders on a five game winning streak and that will pose a lot of threat for RSL. Josh Ford, Steve Zakuani, Michael Tetteh and Babyele Sodade are all done due to injury and they wil play no part in their match against Real Salt Lake. Nick Rimando is the only injured player that Real Salt Lake will miss in this game. Seattle are just one point behind RSL in the Western Conference standings after Wednesday's fixtures. Fredy Montero has the highest number of goal attempts this season, but he has only managed to score three goals in his last three outings. Kyle Beckerman is RSL's top scorer with three goals.

Our prediction: Seattle 1-2 RSL

Preview: Swansea City v Liverpool

The Welsh team will be glad to welcome Kenny Dalglish's men to the Liberty Stadium in Wales this weekend. The first leg of this match ended in a draw at the Anfield Stadium last year. Liverpool can finish above Everton in the race for a seventh place if they win this game while Everton fail to get all the three points in their fixture at the Goodison Park. Andy Carroll is expected to pair Luis Suarez in a 4-4-2 formation. Liverpool have not scored on the final day of the last two Premier League seasons. Craig Bellamy may be given the nod to start this game ahead of Dirk Kuyt. Maxi Rodriguez might play his last match for the Reds if he is used as one of the substitutes on Sunday. The Argentine has been relegated to the bench since the beginning of he season despite having the second best goal/match ratio.

Facts:
* Swansea have not scored against Liverpool in their last five meetings.
*Stewart Downing has not scored a goal in his last 72 shots.
*Liverpool is the only team to have lost every away game in which they concede first.
*Luis Suarez is Liverpool's leading top scorer with a total of 17 goals this season.
*This is the first time in several years that Liverpool will be in eight position after 37 matches.

Luis Suarez

Our prediction: Swansea 2-1 Liverpool

Betis vs Barcelona preview

Real Betis will play host to FC Barcelona in their last La liga match of the season at the Estadio Benito Villamarin on Saturday. Pep Guardiola will lead out his Barcelona players to Sevilla in his last La liga match as the manager of the Catalans. The home team are unbeaten in their last five games at the Benito stadium. Roque Santa Cruz has been passed fit to play against Barca after sustaining an injury in his last match. Seydou Keita is a major doubt for this match, while Carles Puyol has been ruled out with an injury that might keep him out of the Euro 2012 campaign in June.Barcelona have won their last seven away league matches.  Lionel Messi has scored 50 league goals this season and he is set to win the Pichichi that was won by Cristiano Ronaldo last season.

Our prediction: Betis 1-4 Barcelona.