Tuesday, April 14, 2009
--Liverpool and Bayern Munchen Make it Today?--From Bayern Munchen.--
From Bayern Munchen..FC Bayern München coach Jürgen Klinsmann is confident there will be no repeat of the stage fright that has all but derailed his side's UEFA Champions League challenge when they face FC Barcelona in the second leg of their quarter-final tie on Tuesday.
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Dignified exit
A weakened Bayern lineup was brushed aside 4-0 at Camp Nou last week, slipping to their first defeat in this season's competition. Klinsmann's men now have to rewrite UEFA Champions League history to maintain ambitions of a fifth continental crown, and while the former Germany coach admitted that is an all but impossible task, he is determined to make a dignified exit.
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'Too much respect'
"It would be unrealistic to say we can go through, but we're going to do everything to win," he said. "In Barcelona, we gave them too much respect; some of our players were overwhelmed." The Bundesliga outfit have received a boost on that front with first-choice defenders Lucio (thigh) and Philipp Lahm (calf) available again after injury, although striker Miroslav Klose (ankle) remains sidelined. "We'll have a lot more stability and self-confidence," added the 44-year-old. "We want to play breathtaking football and bid an honourable farewell to the Champions League."
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Learning process
'Breathtaking' is an adjective which sits comfortably with Barcelona, who handed Bayern their record defeat in the competition in Catalonia. Klinsmann believes Josep Guardiola's side are "probably the best team in Europe at the moment", but hopes victory against the Blaugrana will be the catalyst for a successful end to Bayern's domestic campaign. "If we beat Barcelona, our Champions League season will have been positive," said Klinsmann, who saw his charges move up to second in the Bundesliga after Saturday's 4-0 defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt. "For us, it's very important to learn against a team like Barcelona. They showed us our limits, but it's also good to compare our team to theirs and see where we have to improve."
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'Good advantage'
The result of Barcelona's scintillating first-leg display is that Bayern have to better the exploits of RC Deportivo La Coruña, who overturned a 4-1 first-leg deficit to secure an improbable victory against AC Milan in their 2003/04 quarter-final tie. However, Guardiola suggested he will leave nothing to chance. "We have one foot in the semi-finals but we're taking Bayern very seriously," he said. "We don't have the right to think we're through just because we won the first leg. We have a good advantage, but anything can happen in sport."
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Henry doubt
French forward Thierry Henry missed Monday's training session with a high temperature and will be replaced by Aleksandr Hleb on the left-hand side of Barça's three-pronged front line should he fail to recover. With Rafael Márquez suspended, Carles Puyol will slip back into central defence, leaving Sylvinho and Eric Abidal, who has recovered from a long-standing thigh problem, to contest the left-back berth. Whoever he sends out, Guardiola will have total faith in his lineup. "They want to win every game; hard games, easy games, it doesn't matter," he said. "They run, they help each other. The rest is talent, but first and foremost they have spirit."
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--Liverpool and Bayern Munchen Make it Today?--From Liverpool--
From Liverpool...Liverpool FC have summoned the memory of Istanbul as they plot another 'mission impossible' aimed at overturning Chelsea FC's two-goal advantage from their UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg.
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Comeback pedigree
The Merseysiders succumbed 3-1 at Anfield last week to jeopardise their chances of securing a likely semi-final against FC Barcelona – 4-0 first-leg victors against FC Bayern München – but manager Rafael Benítez knows his side have already proved their comeback pedigree in more daunting situations. Most notably, they retrieved a three-goal half-time deficit in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League final against AC Milan in Turkey to lift the European Champion Clubs' Cup for a fifth time after a penalty shoot-out. "Istanbul is maybe the best ever final in the history of the Champions League," he said. "To beat Chelsea would be a fantastic achievement but a final is a final."
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Gerrard key
Liverpool's hopes rest to a large extent on whether Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are functioning at their best, and it will have been a boost to the visitors that the England midfielder took part in Monday's final training session with seemingly no pain from the groin injury which kept him out of Saturday's 4-0 victory over Blackburn Rovers FC, a result that kept the second-placed Reds in the Premier League title hunt.
"If he's fit, Stevie is a key player and an inspiration," added Benítez. "Hopefully he can play well, score goals and be a leader on the pitch. "
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'Chelsea under pressure'
The initial task for the Spaniard's charges will be to score first at Stamford Bridge and hope that gives them momentum. "This is football; you never know what will happen," he continued. "We have nothing to lose. Chelsea will be under pressure because they have to win, but then they have experienced players who have been through this before."
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Professional approach
In the opposition camp, Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink rejected the notion that complacency could creep into his team, who will be without suspended captain John Terry. "We will prepare very professionally because we know Liverpool are a very good team and they play beautiful football," he said. "Torres is very dangerous but they have several players who are capable of causing harm if you are not closing them down or if there is a lack of concentration for a slight second."
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Open game
The Dutchman also warned supporters to expect an open encounter. "I cannot believe we will have a game where nothing happens in the first hour and then the teams decide to take risks; it is not in their souls to do that," he said. "We are at home and of course we have to go for the win." There were certainly goals to savour in the league at the weekend, when third-placed Chelsea conceded three times late on after building a 4-0 advantage over Bolton Wanderers FC, however Hiddink feels his side have learned from that scare, concluding: "We should have controlled the rest of the game. You can concede one goal but one alarm bell should be enough. The problem was that the alarm clock kept ringing."
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~http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15278/match=302805/report=pr.html ~
~http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=265552&cc=4716&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS
--Cold & Flu.....and ME--
Coughing is the body's way of removing foreign material or mucus from the lungs and upper airway passages or of reacting to an irritated airway. Coughs have distinctive traits you can learn to recognize. A cough is only a symptom, not a disease, and often the importance of your cough can be determined only when other symptoms are evaluated.~
Productive coughs
A productive cough produces phlegm or mucus (sputum). The mucus may have drained down the back of the throat from the nose or sinuses (postnasal drainage) or may have come up from the lungs. A productive cough generally should not be suppressed; it clears mucus from the lungs. There are many causes of a productive cough, such as:
- Viral illnesses. It is normal to have a productive cough when you have a common cold. Coughing is often triggered by mucus that drains down the back of the throat.
- Infections. An infection of the lungs or upper airway passages can cause a cough. A productive cough may be a symptom of pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, or tuberculosis.
- Chronic lung disease. A productive cough could be a sign that a disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is getting worse or that you have an infection.
- Stomach acid backing up into the esophagus. This type of coughing may be a symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and may awaken you from sleep.
- Nasal discharge draining down the back of the throat (postnasal drip syndrome). This can cause a productive cough or the feeling that you constantly need to clear your throat. Experts disagree about whether a postnasal drip or the viral illness that caused it is responsible for the cough.
- Smoking or other tobacco use. Productive coughs in a person who smokes or uses other forms of tobacco is often a sign of lung damage or irritation of the throat or esophagus.
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--HAPPY KHMER NEW YEAR 2009-Chaul Chnam Thmey--
Cambodian New Year (Khmer: បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី) or Chol Chnam Thmey in the Khmer language, literally "Enter the New Year", is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the new year. ~
The holiday lasts for three days beginning on new year's day, most commonly April 13th but sometimes on the 14th in keeping with the lunar calendar. Khmer living in other countries may change the dates so as to celebrate on the weekend. This time of the year is at the end of the harvesting season. The farmers enjoy the fruits of their harvest and relax before the rainy season begins.
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