First up, Roger Federer has finally done it! Yes, the man whom many has debated to be the greatest player of all time has finally completed the grand slam with a win in the French Open. Of course, many people will argue that he won because Rafael Nadal was knocked out. Well hey, give him some credit.. 19 consecutive Grand Slam Semi Finals is an awesome record, and no one else has come close to that.

In Soccer, Real Madrid has done it again! There’s definitely something in their system that many corporations or even countries can take a leaf from, because they seem to have endless amount of cash for players. After a £59 million record breaking deal for Kaka, they now have an £80 million bid for Cristiano Ronaldo accepted.

Personally, i’m kinda glad to see Ronaldo leave. As much as he guarantees at least 20 goals a season, i think he’s slowly becoming a nuisance at the club. Anyway, latest news today is that Manchester United is attempting to hijack Real’s bid for David Villa by launching a £45 million bid of their own. Don’t think they’ll succeed though.. Villa has stated that he prefers to stay in Spain.

As much as I don’t really like Chelsea, you have to feel sorry for them. Over the two legs, they played a superb controlling game (Aka boring game), and made Barcelona look ordinary. In fact, I took a nap for 30mins of the second half, simply because I was so confident Barcelona will not be able to score.

Those of you who watched the game will know what I mean. Barcelona had plenty of possession, but their passes were all going sideways and backwards instead of forward. Chelsea packed their whole defence till there was almost no gap for all those creative Barcelona players to pick a pass. So much for the pretty football (Maybe the Wimbledon style football could have been more effective)

Anyway, for the record. Chelsea went ahead as early as the 9th minute through a stunning 20 yard volley from Essien. As mentioned, Barcelona had plenty of possession, but it was Chelsea who always looked likelier to score. In fact, they had a couple of penalty appeals turned down (that’s gonna lead to a different discussion altogether).

Barcelona had Abidal sent off for bringing down Anelka as the last defender. Just when we all thought that Chelsea had done enough to secure a win, they momentarily allowed Iniesta room to shoot from outside the penalty box and he made it count with their only shot on target.

That wasn’t the end of the drama though. Chelsea then sent everyone forward (probably regretting all those time wasting they did) and Ballack had a shot right at the death which hit the arm of a Barca player. Again, no penalty was given and it’s understandable that the Chelsea players were furious. After the game, many of them confronted the referee (who had to be escorted), including Drogba, who is probably gonna be in trouble for ranting at the TV camera in front of world TV.

So it’ll be Barcelona against Manchester United in the final in Rome on 27th May. For the purists, I think this is a much better fixture than an all English match which can be seen all the time on BPL.

In fact, I think Man Utd had a tougher time against Porto in the quarter finals, though that could also be due to their dip in form during that period. Anyway, for the record, Arsenal started very strongly and managed to put Man Utd under some pressure initially, but a slip by young defender Kieran Gibbs in the 8th minute let Park through and he clipped the ball over the keeper. Man Utd lead 1-0 (2-0 on aggregate)

Just when Arsenal thought their night is gonna be a lot harder, Ronaldo practically ended it for them 3 minutes later when he smashed home a free kick from almost 40 yards. 2-0 on the night (3-0 on aggregate).

By then, it was practically game over. After the restart, Arsenal throwed everyone forward and Man Utd scored with a typical counter attack involving Park, Rooney and Ronaldo and it was 3-0 on the night. Arsenal did eventually manage to score, through Van Persie from the penalty spot after Fletcher was sent off for bringing down Fabregas as the last man (kinda harsh cos replays showed he got the ball as well, but referees got no replays to help them).

So the final score on the night was 3-1, though the contest was really over after the first 11minutes. Man Utd now await the winner of tonight’s over semi finals, but it’s back to the Premier League with Manchester City this sunday.