Spanish La Liga football club FC Barcelona move closer to qualifying for the First Knock-out round of the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League after posting a 2-0 victory over Scottish Premier League club Rangers FC at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, Spain just recently.

Barcelona established an early lead in the 6th minute of the match when Barac striker Thierry Henry was able to recover a rebound from a Lionel Messi header that bounced off the post. Thierry Henry slid to put the ball in the back of the net, and give Barcelona 1 -0 advantage.

On the 43rd minute, Barca midfielder Ronaldinho was able to dribble through the defense and make a shot on the Rangers goal. Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor blocked Ronaldinho's shot, but wasn't able to stop the rebound by Barcelona Argentinian forward Lionel Messi, who scored the second goal for the Blaugrana.

The scoreline was kept at 2-0 and FC Barcelona earned 3 points to bring their points standings in Group E of the UEFA Champions League to 10 points. Barcelona are leaders of Group E followed by the Rangers with 7 points. French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyon have 6 points. Should Barcelona beat Lyon on their next UEFA Champions League match, Lyon could be prevented from qualifying should Rangers defeat German Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart, who haven't earned a single point in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. There are 2 matchdays left for the group stages.

VfB Stuttgart wil play host to the Rangers on November 27. Meanwhile, Lyon will be hoping that the home pitch advantage will keep their qualifying hoeps alive when they host FC Barcelona.

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It was an easy match for the French national football team, who visited the Faroe Islands and beat them with an astounding 6-0 result.

Two goals in the first half of the match by French forwards Nicolas Anelka of English Premier club Bolton Wanderers and Thierry Henry of Spanish La Liga club Barcelona looked to be good enough to give France a convincing win against the Faroe Islands in Group B of the UEFA Euro 2008 group stage qualifiers. However, France kept the pace going in the second half and added 4 more goals to their tally in a show of football supremacy.

French substitute Karim Bebzema of French Ligue 1 team Lyon scored two goals, proving the awesome goal-scoring ability of the French Ligue's top scorer. Karim Bebzema has racked up 10 goals in the French Ligue 1 in just 10 matches played so far, giving Olympique Lyonnaise, or Lyon, the lead in the French Ligue 1 standings with 22 points.

France's Jerome Rothen of French Ligue 1 team Paris Saint-German also scored from a wonderful curling free-kick, and Hatem Ben Arfa of French Ligue 1 team Lyon also added a goal in second-half injury time to make the final score of France 6 against the Faroe Islands.

While France's win over the Faroe Islands has improved its standings in Group B of the Euro 2008 to 22 points, they still stand in 3rd place behind Italy with 23 points and Scotland with 24 points.

Italy was able to win 2-0 at home against Georgia and Scotland was able to win 3-1 at home against Ukraine to give them 3 points to stay at the top of Group B. With only the top two teams of Group B advancing to the Euro 2008 Finals in Austria and Switzerland, France must win their next match against Lithuania on France's home pitch at the Stade de France on October 17.

France must win in order to overtake Italy at the second spot , and keep their hopes alive for a spot in the Euro 2008 Finals. Meanwhile, France will be also hoping that the Group B match between Scotland vs. Georgia at the Boris Paichadze Stadium in Georgia will favor the Georgia national football team, so that Scotland won't pull too far away in the standings. Of course, that's highly unlikely as the Scotland national football team, led by the talents of JamesMcFadden and Kenny Miller, are red hot.

Following the France vs. Lithuania match at France, the last group stage qualifier for the France national football team will be on November 21 against Ukraine.

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