What you missed while NASA was getting ready to go to Mars…
- UEFA Champions League recap: Manchester City 1-1 Napoli, Benfica 1-1 Manchester United, Villareal 0-2 Bayern Munich, Lille 2-2 CSKA Moscow, Inter 0-1 Trabzonspor, Basel 2-1 Oţelul Galaţi, Dinamo Zagreb 0-1 Real Madrid, Ajax 0-0 Lyon.
- CONCACAF Champions League recap: FC Dallas 1-1 Tauro FC, UNAM 4-0 Toronto FC.
- MLS roundup: Columbus 2-2 Houston.
- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has emphasized that David de Gea is still his first-choice goalkeeper, in spite of the fact that Anders Lindegaard started in goal in his place in the Champions League. His actual quote (“David de Gea will play on Sunday. That’s the understanding we had before the game and it doesn’t change. I don’t know why you ask these questions. You are just looking for stupid little things.”) comes off a little bit bitchy, possibly because Kenny Dalglish’s daughter is the one asking him the question.
- Ferguson also claims that striker Dimitar Berbatov may actually play some games for United this season.
- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini claims his players were nervous against Napoli; given that this is the club’s first Champions League appearance since 1968, you can’t really blame them.
- Arsenal midfielder Yossi Benayoun – on loan from Chelsea – held talks with Liverpool about a possible return to Anfield before opting to move to the Emirates this summer.
- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp acknowledges that it would be hard to turn down the chance to manage England if he were asked.
- Harry Redknapp also claims that he isn’t disrespecting the Europa League by playing a bunch of reserves against PAOK Salonika.
- Everton manager David Moyes is aware that selling Mikel Arteta may have sent out a bad message to the other players on his squad.
- Swansea centerback Steven Caulker will miss some time with damaged cartilage.
- Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo is aware that people envy him because he’s “rich, handsome, and a great player.” He forgot “humble”.
- Lille have lost striker Dimitri Payet for three weeks while he undergoes a knee surgery.
- FC Sion have launched a £3.4 million compensation claim against UEFA for their omission from the Europa League; Sion were dropped for failing to adhere to a transfer ban.
- The head of the Egyptian FA claims that they’ve reached an agreement with former U.S. manager Bob Bradley to manage the Egyptian National Team. Have fun with that, Egypt.
- Columbus striker Andres Mendoza scored two penalties against Houston to earn them a 2-2 draw; Columbus is now on top of the Eastern Conference table.
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Cristiano Ronaldo also said, “I’m a sniveling little wench who likes to play dress up in my spare time because I’m an effeminate little boy.”
Well, maybe not, but you have to admit that isn’t all that far from the truth.