World Class Performance In Champions league. Round of 16 Matches And Results

The most awaited match of round of 16 was Barcelona vs Arsenal, the match started off with a class performance from the Barca trio Neymar, Messi and Suarez and very soon Neymar found the net in the 18th minute which almost killed the zeal of Aresene men, the second half saw some flames of hopes flickering for Arsenal as Elnency curled the ball and made a way for it into the goalpost . Few minutes later suarez scored an acrobatic goal which came off his shin and paced into the top corner, Danny Welback effort was denied by the cross bar and in the 88th minute Messi crushed Arsenal as he flicked the ball on top of Ospina‘s head. Eventually Barcelona entered the quarter finals after beating Arsenal 5-1 on aggregate.

The second match was between Bayern Munich and Juvnetus, Allianz Arena was shell shocked to see their home team concede a girl in the 5th minute ,the sledgehammering didn’t stop there Cuadrado’s added more trouble by scoring a spectacular goal. Bayern had lost all hopes until a cross came in the 72nd minute which was converted into goal by Lewandoski, finally in the 90th another header was turned into a goal by Thomas Muller which equalized Juventus side .The extra minutes play began with full confidence by Bayern side and it got paid off in the 108th minute when the substitute Thiago Alacantra found the net, two minutes later Coman finished Juventus with a stunning goal.

Here are the results:

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Lasith Malinga No More In T2o World Squad: Big Blow For Sri Lankans

The Colombo express or the Sri Lankan pace spearhead, Lasith Malinga is no more in the current T20 world squad after he pulled out a knee injury, he had arrived to India a few days ago. The management hoped that he will be fit for the rest of the matches after missing the opener but having a look at his niggling injury which went on swelling, the management made a decision of flying him back.

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The Sri Lankan squad is currently out of form in the T20 format and with this blow, it will make the situation yet more worse. As a tough task awaits for the selectors to look for his replacement, the management has got many more things to ponder about since the experience Lasith had in India none in the squad have the same, the Sri Lankan team bagged their maiden world title under the captaincy of Lasith and now without him its tough for the team to defend it.

Geeta Basra Gets WAGS Treatment

The English born Bollywood actress and wife of Harbhajan Singh turned 32 yesterday, she celebrated her birthday with Indian cricket team. This is her first birthday after
getting married to Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan shared pics on social
media, he also wrote on Twitter wishing his lovely wife. Other players were present
and wished her, Hardik Pandya took it to twitter to make it even more special.

 

 

Source/ Read Full: The Indian Express