You may note that Feyenoord was leading at half time through Otman Bakkal’s 36^thminute strike but then, an equalizer from Rasmus Elm was followed by Holman’s decider in the 85^th minute of the soccer match.

There were two stoppage time goals that saw FC Groningen coming from behind to beat De Graafschap 3-2 in the second half at De Vijverberg. The first period was goalless butGroningen took an amazing lead in the 65^th minute due to goals from Yuri Rose and Vito Wormgoor.

It was Geoffrey Castillion who put the hosts ahead after 38 minutes and then Rick ten Voorde confirmed the win with a second 13 minute from time.

This 23 year old soccer player is known for his major victory for the Etihad Stadium Side. According to Roberto Mancini, City’s manager, he is building a team that is capable of winning the Premier League. Known as the son-in-law of Diego Maradona, Aguero is a key figure for the future of the Argentine national side. Aguero has also been coveted by both Juventus and Real Madrid.

You will be glad to know that this player is also thought to have indicated his willingness to move to the Premier League after discussions over the City’s offer with his wife, Giannina in the coming weekend.

This 37 year old man is full of qualities as an aspirational manager and has achieved this current position. Villa owner Randy Lerner also stated that Martinez will not be joining the Villa. You will be glad to know that one year still remains on his contract at Wigan when he was officially approached through proper channels.

According to Wigan owner, Dave Whelan, the bigger clubs would call for Martinez. Martinez on the other hand revealed that “Over the last two years the chairman has been very supportive to me and loyal”. Perhaps, this is the reason for Martinez’s love for Wigan that he is not ready to join the Villa.

This 25 year old soccer player has been capped by France to make his international debut against Norway in August last year. It should be noted that Cabaye flew into Newcastle just a few days ago that too after helping France to win over Poland with a 1-0 in Gdansk . It was his fourth cap of a superhit soccer career for Les Bleus.

Cabaye himself told to a Newcastle ’s website that “This is a fantastic move for me.” He also added, “I have enjoyed great times with Lille but the time is right now to test myself against the best and playing for Newcastle United in the Premier League.” On the other hand, the former West Ham boss commented, “We are delighted to have signed Yohan on a five year contract.”

People are however, still doubtful that whether Roberto Martinez is the right man for the Villa job? As per the Daily Telegraph, Aston Villa has acted above board and in a well professional manner. At the moment, he was on a holiday and granted the Villa permission.

In his short managerial career this Spaniard has shown that he likes his teams to play attractively passing football. Roberto is believed to be a person who likes to stick to his own football beliefs. It is also considered that Aston Villa is a club that full of potential with key players like Ashley Young and Stewart Downing.

The first leg of the match was over with zero score on both sides. However, Marseille seemed more confident as they had an upper hand. Since they already had the advantage of an away goal, they simply needed to get a draw for them to be in the quarters.

Javier Hernández, who is popularly known as Chicharito, made it clear that it is not so easy for Marseille. He opened the scoring in the 5th minute and showed the intent of the hone team.

Ryan Giggs, one of the most experienced one in the team, started the play, while Wayne Rooney took it close to the goal, where Hernández was already set to play the goal and made no mistake on it.

Though, Marseille got good time to be with the ball and got several chances as well, however, the French team missed many well-developed chances.

The second easy finish from Hernandez from close range came in the 75th minute of the game. This time also Giggs was the starter, while Antonio Valencia pushed the ball near and finally Hernandez sent it to the 6-yard box.

At the 82nd minute, Marseille were gifted a goal by Wes Brown. But the team still failed to earn a draw. 

In about a fortnight from now, FC Barcelona meets in the first leg of the round of 16 of UEFA Champions League. Going steady with the achievement in Liga along with visible performance on FIFA Ballon d’Or, FC Barcelona’s game has definitely sharpened the minds of supporters of Arsenal FC. And the question that is going on everyone’s mind right now is how to stop this powerful team.

Moreover, the reminiscence of the last encounter between the teams during UEFA Champions League last season’s quarterfinals is still fresh where Josep Guardiola’s team

Knock down the English Premier side 6-3. Undoubtedly, the four-goal performance of Lionel Messi’s in the second leg was the biggest contributor.

The absence of Puyol due to knee injury in the first match is quite unlucky. However, Messi, the top scorer of the last season with 27 goals combined in the Liga and Europe in 2010/11 along with 15 assists is unstoppable. It is yet to see now, how the Arsenals manage to fight him this season. In addition, 17 goal assists between Pedro Rodríguez and Daniel Alves this term, it seems Barcelona is a tough possession this time. 

Bader Al Mutawa’s penalty was a hit back by Kuwait in the second half. However, the 65th-minute strike by Server Djeparov’s finally gave Uzbekistan the much intended victory in Group A. Now the Central Asians will go to the second round of the tournament and fight for their third successive edition.

Nevertheless, Kuwait started brightly and Uzbeks reverted back strongly, and for a long time in the starting both teams failed to score any goals. But than Uzbekistan claimed the lead four minutes goal just before the break, all thanks to a deflected goal.

Kuwait tried to change things during the half-time, and got Hamad Nayef, who striked immediately. After that the game become all the more interesting and both teams tried their chances hard. But the Uzbeks managed to took the lead in the last few minutes of the game with a powerful shot.

Kuwait tried to equalise during the end of the match and even came quite close to doing it twice. However, Uzbekistan held their vistory firmly and secured their place in the last eight.

The Netherlands and Germany had a great start to their Euro Cup 2012 campaign. The two sides which performed exceedingly well during this year’s World Cup, although Germany failed to make to the finals, this is a perfect beginning for the two sides.

Germany had a fairly easy outing against Turkey as they beat them 3-0. On the other hand the Dutch had a tough time to beat Moldava. It was courtesy Klaas-Jan Huntelaar’s six goal of the qualifying that enabled Netherlands to register a win.

In another match, European and World champions Spain defeated Lithuania 3-1 to register a convincing victory. Spain has really been a revelation after its World Cup victory.

All is not well at the Italian camp though. The former world champions had a tough time drawing with Northern Ireland. Although they had several chances to score, they simply couldn’t find the back of the net. It’s about time the champions of defense found a good striker.

Italy still tops the group but they need to pull up their socks big time. They need to make up for their dismal performance at this year’s World Cup and if they want to keep their fans happy they really need to come up with something out of the blue.

Turkey had a huge fan following and they were cheered by over 70,000 fans but the Germans were too good and left all the fans disappointed to clinch a fantastic victory. The qualifying stages seem to be really exciting, so let’s hope that it sustains this excitement throughout the tournament.

Messi gave Argentina the early lead when he lobbed one past to Reina, who had a terrible day at the office and not just looked out of sorts but also nervous. Higuain made the score line 2-0 in the first half itself. Carlos scored the third goal for Argentina when Reina slipped while trying to clear the ball and Carlos managed to slip the ball past the net.

Spain rested many players who featured in the starting eleven World Cup finals against Holland, whereas there were very few changes in the Argentine side. The interim coach Sergio Batista, who took over from the great Diego Maradona would be extremely pleased with his side’s performance. With no pressure on either side due to the absence of competitiveness, both the sides produced some brilliant football, with Argentina dominating mostly.