Cristiano Ronaldoand Soccer. Soccer and ZinedineZidane. Juventus and Soccer. As sports enters the Summer doldrums almostall of the attention of the sporting world today concentrates on AssociationFootball, commonly known as Soccer in much of the world. In Wales, thisevening, the Champions League final will be contested and the European Cupawarded. Welshman, and Real Madrid phenom Gareth Bale will be right at home this evening, if he returns from the disabled list to be able to play on home soil. He and blog favorite Cristiano Ronaldowill try for his fourth Champions League victory in Real Madrid's match againstItaly's Juventus, played at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. This time of year, the benefits of an indoor stadiumare less obvious, but the climate controlled field will definitely heat up with90 minutes of championship action. Real Madrid are aiming for their 12th European Cup, andlooking to repeat last year's win, a feat which no team has been able toaccomplish. In the historic standingsReal Madrid are far ahead of second best, AC Milan, who have 8 Europeancups. Juventus has lost six European Cupfinals, the most of any team. Juventus has also won two, but the last of thosewas 21 years ago, so they are hungry for a win. Real Madrid Coach, Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, has beenrotating players in and out all season, so the team has learned to be flexibleand to harness fresh energy. Juventus iseager, though, and with all of the bravado for which the Italians areknown. Tune in with us to watch theChampions League Final this evening! In Scandinavia: The European TourGolf continues with the Nordea Masters,today in third-round play at Barsebäck Golfand Country Club in Malmö, Sweden. Open Champion Henrik Stenson is back playingat his home course, and was a strong favorite as play began. “It feels good to be back in Sweden andBarsebäck again. It’s extra fun to play on the golf course that I grew up onand I’m looking forward to the week," Stenson said. “Thanks to all the golf that I’ve played hereI know where to place the ball and where not to be and how to adjust myself tothe greens and fairways and so on. So it’s an advantage to have played atBarsebäck.” Going into today'splay, Welshman Jamie Donaldson may draw daytime attention briefly away from theChampion's League final, as he leads the field at 8 under par. Second is Roman Renato Paratore, at 6 underpar. Third place heading into today'saction is shared by three golfers at 5 under par, Frenchman Benjamin Hebert,and Englishmen Graeme Storm and Max Orrin. Denmark claims the only Scandinaviancurrently in the top ten, Thorbjørn Olesen, who shares sixth place at 4 underpar. Stenson is far down in thestandings at one under par, but in golf almost anything can happen. Skol! In the UnitedStates: the Pittsburgh Penguins travelto the Nashville Predators for tonight's Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Pittsburgh, captained by blog favorite Sydney Crosby, has won the first two games athome to go ahead on the series, and are leading two games to zero. The series is the best of seven. Fans admit that the Penguins have beenoutplayed by the Predators in the first two games. The Nashville team has made many more shotsthan the Quaker Staters, the Penguins have come through with accuracy, though,getting the goals when it counts to win both games. Nashville fanshave been known to throw catfish onto the ice as a show of support for theirteam. Tonight maybe the Penguins will bedistracted, or maybe they will toy with the Predators like a Penguin toys withfish before eating. We'll know they are serious if they make the sign of theCross and say Grace before the game. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 6/03/2017 01:58:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
