* Ronaldo's late strike earns 3-2 win more than Manchester City
* Big-spending Paris St Germain thrash Dynamo Kiev 4-1
* Debutants Malaga beat Zenit, Milan booed off at San Siro (Adds facts, quotes)
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Real Madrid with Soccer Jerseys fashioned a gorgeous comeback to beat Manchester City 3-2 in a classic Champions League match having a last-gasp Cristiano Ronaldo strike in their Group D opener on Tuesday.
There were also wins for Paris St Germain, who beat Dynamo Kiev 4-1 on their return towards the competitors after eight years, newcomers Malaga, who beat Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 and former Champions League holders Porto who won 2-0 at Dinamo Zagreb.
In a clash of ex-European title winners Borussia Dortmund beat Ajax Amsterdam 1-0 while seven-times European champions AC Milan were booed off after a 0-0 home draw against Anderlecht.
Arsenal rode their luck to beat French champions Montpellier 2-1 away after conceding an early penalty.
But the outstanding game of the night was in Madrid where all five goals at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium came in the final 22 minutes with City taking a 1-0 lead through Edin Dzeko before Marcelo equalised six minutes later.
Aleksandar Kolarov put City with Real Madrid Jersey back in front with a free-kick after 85 minutes which looked like the winner before Karim Benzema equalised in the 87th and Ronaldo, the ex-Manchester United forward, struck in the 90th to bury the visitors.
Real are aiming to become European champions for the 10th time at Wembley Stadium next May and their opening group win, against the odds in the closing minutes, will only boost their confidence after a slow start to their domestic season.
"I celebrate when I have to celebrate," a jubilant Ronaldo, who has now scored 151 goals in 151 appearances for Real, said in an interview with Spanish television.
"The match was very important for us and we are back in the fight," added the Portuguese international, who took his tally to 39 Champions League goals.
Jose Mourinho, whose side have won only one of their first four La Liga matches, told ITV: "Real Madrid can lose matches, Jose Mourinho can lose matches, but my happiness is not just that we got three points, but that my team is back."
SUPERB PSG
PSG, outside contenders for the title after spending more than 200 million euros ($261.11 million) on players since being taken over by Qatari investors a year ago, played superbly and were the biggest scorers on the night, thumping Kiev in Group A.
PSG striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic,Custom Soccer Jerseys who opened the scoring with a first-half penalty, became the first player to score in the Champions League for six different clubs having also netted for Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona and AC Milan.
It was a dream start to the campaign for PSG with Thiago Silva netting on his debut, Alex making it 3-0 and Javier Pastore wrapping up the victory with a fourth in stoppage time.
PSG were never really threatened by the visitors who got a late consolation through Miguel Veloso.
Carlo Ancelotti's side next travel to Porto, who won 2-0 at Dinamo Zagreb with Lucho Gonzalez and Steven Defour scoring near the end of the first and second half respectively.
Malaga,Barcelona Jersey, playing in the competition for the first time, put their financial worries to one side with a 3-0 home win over Zenit St Petersburg in Group C with two goals from midfielder Isco and one from forward Javier Saviola.
AUDACIOUS PENALTY
Arsenal and Schalke 04 both took maximum points away from home in Group B.
The London side went behind against debutants Montpellier after only nine minutes when Younes Belhanda chipped an audacious penalty past Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Vito Mannone after Thomas Vermaelen upended Belhanda in the box.
But Arsenal, whose banned French coach Arsene Wenger watched from the stands, stormed back with a well-worked equaliser by Lukas Podolski after 16 minutes before Gervinho scored what was to be the winner with a close-range strike two minutes later.
Schalke won 2-1 at Olympiakos Piraeus with Benedikt Hoewedes and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who later missed a penalty, scoring for the German side. Djamel Abdoun had equalised for the hosts.
Borussia Dortmund began having a 1-0 victory more than Ajax in Group D with Robert Lewandowski scoring three minutes from time following Mats Hummels had a penalty saved inside the 58th minute.
With Real and Manchester City with Manchester City Jersey to come, points are at a premium in Group D and Dortmund will be hunting to construct on their very first win after they travel to Manchester on Oct. three.
AC Milan, seven times European champions, were jeered off by frustrated fans following failing to score in the San Siro for the third successice match, this time against an Anderlecht side back within the Champions League following a six-year absence.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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Germany beat feisty Austria
VIENNA (Reuters) – Germany with Soccer Jerseys survived a torrid initial half and an unbelievable late miss from Marko Arnautovic to win 2-1 at feisty neighbors Austria within a pulsating Globe Cup qualifier on Tuesday.
The hosts, backed by a passionate residence crowd which clearly believed inside the possibility of an upset and also jeered the German national anthem, huffed and puffed and had their opponents on the back foot for most from the time ahead of slumping to one more heroic defeat.
Marco Reus and Mesut Ozil, from a penalty, scored either side of halftime to set Germany on the way to an eighth successive win against their smaller neighbors and leave them with six points from their opening two Group C games.
The Germans, who extended their unbeaten run in qualifying matches to 24 games, still had to cling on through a difficult last half hour after Zlatko Junuzovic pulled one back for the hosts and they had a huge let-off with four minutes to go.
Substitute Jakob Jantscher burst down the left and delivered a low cross which fiery striker Arnautovic scuffed wide from only three meters.
“That was a head in your hands moment,” Austria coach Marcel Koller, making his competitive debut with the team on a balmy September evening, told reporters.
“It was same story as in the last few years when Germany with Germany Soccer Jersey and Austria played, We played well, we created lots of chances but Germany won the game.
“In the first half, we pressed them but we lacked precision, we didn’t score a goal although we had five or six good chances and Germany had two.
“But that is what makes a team world class, when their opponents make mistakes, they pounce and that is the difference.”
Coach Joachim Loew complained that Germany allowed Austria back into the game and singled out Philipp Lahm for criticism after the Germany captain played a back pass to Austrian substitute Guido Burgstaller, who was foiled when goalkeeper Manuel Neuer grabbed the ball at his feet.
“We had some good spells when we controlled the game, but not for the whole match,” he said. “We had fewer chances and Austria should have equalized at the end.”
The win left Germany with six points from their opening two games in Group C while Austria, who began with nine Bundesliga players in the starting line-up, have yet to get off the mark.
MAJOR TOURNAMENT
The hosts have not qualified for a major tournament since the 1998 World Cup but were convinced that this time, with an improving team, they could end their dismal run against their neighbors.
Holger Badstuber rescued Germany after only four minutes with a last-ditch tackle to foil Martin Harnik after he had a clear run on goal.
Both goalkeepers had let-offs from botched clearances.
Austria’s Robert Almer made a complete hash of a back pass from Christian Fuchs but the ball went out for a corner while Neuer hit one effort straight at Andreas Ivanschitz but the ball ricocheted wide of his goal.
Harnik and Andreas Ivanschitz, mysteriously overlooked throughout the two-year reign of Koller’s predecessor Didi Constantini, also sent long-range shots fizzing wide of the goal as Austria’s unrefined and aggressive approach unnerved the visitors.
Germany stole the lead one minute before the break when Reus burst down the left, cut inside Gyorgy Garics and buried his shot beyond Robert Almer.
It got worse after halftime for the hosts when Veli Kavlak recklessly clattered into Thomas Mueller with a late tackle and Mesut Ozil calmly buried the penalty with a short run-up.
Germany settled and sensed the likelihood to add towards the tally on the counter-attack, only to become rattled again when Arnautovic forced his method to the byline and pulled the ball back for Junuzovic to divert the ball in from six meters.
That set up a dramatic final finale with Austria unable to capitalize on many unsafe circumstances.
Germany’s final qualifying defeat was against Czech Republic in October 2007. They final failed to beat Austria in 1992 and have not lost to their neighbors since 1986.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
FC New Caracas Home/Third Soccer Jersey 2012-2013
The new home soccer jersey keeps its traditional red color with grey and black details on it. Maltin, club’s main sponsor, runs across the middle of it in yellow letters. The grey Adidas logo is on the top right while on the opposite the club’s badge. It has a black cut in “v” collar neck with grey touches on its sides. The three grey Adidas stripes were placed on its shoulders all the way to half of its red sleeves.
On the other hand, the third soccer jersey didn’t present any major changes, keeping Barcelona Jersey template, design, and having only changed its colors.
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