May
21
Champions League final prediction
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The football season draws to a close this week in Europe, and all eyes are going to be on the big game on Saturday between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. My Champions League final prediction is that this is going to be a very close match, with Inter just edging it 1-0.
Both teams have achieved [...]
May
3
It doesn’t seem like Barcelona will be making any official statements about the little “accident” that happened at the end of the 2nd leg between the Spanish side and Inter Milan in the Champions League semi-final, which shouldn’t be too surprising. The incident speaks for itself really.
After the final whistle, which saw Inter lose 1-0 [...]
Mar
26
The UEFA Champions League quarter-finals feature some exciting match-ups: Arsenal vs. FC Barcelona, Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich, Bordeaux vs. Lyon, and CSKA Moscow vs. Inter Milan.
Who will emerge victorious? Here are our predictions:
Arsenal vs. Barcelona
Defending champion Barcelona is probably seen by most observers as the CL favourite but with Arsenal not far behind. The [...]
Feb
15
Champions League Ready To Go
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It has been two months and a week since the last Champions League games, and finally, we are back. A lot of things have happened since the biggest competition in Europe held it’s last group games, namely the January transfer window and the 2010 African Cup of Nations. Some big players have moved clubs; some [...]
May
28
Unless you live under a rock, you already know that Barcelona very comfortably subdued the London club to capture their 3rd Champions League title in history and second since 2006. The miracle team made the final game look easy for them. After the first few minutes of the game with Manchester United having control and [...]
May
7
By now, we all know that Barcelona managed to win the second ticket to the Champions League final where Manchester United has been waiting since the day before. The game was controversial and Chelsea have lots of reason to complain about some of the referee’s calls. Then again, Barcelona had to play more than 20 [...]
May
5
Manchester United crashes Arsenal waits for Barcelona at the Champions League final
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Manchester United became the first team last night to qualify for the 2008-09 Champions League final. With an unbelievable performance and 2 quick goals in the span of 3 minutes in the first 15 minutes of the game (the 8th and 11th minutes) to take an early lead at Emirates Stadium, Man U sealed the [...]
Apr
16
Ronaldo goal against Porto video
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal last Tuesday against FC Porto for Champions League will go down in history as not only one of the most beautiful goals scored from 40 yards out but also as the goal that for the first time allowed an English team to beat Porto away from home.
Ronaldo’s incredible shot stunned everyone [...]
Mar
20
The Champions League Draw.
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Well the conspiracy theory didn’t come true. There was only one all-English quarter final drawn (Liverpool v Chelsea) which left one tie without an English team, this turned out to be Bayern Munich v Barcelona, which promises to be a fantastic tie. It will be interesting to see how Bayern play after crushing Sporting Lisbon [...]
Mar
12
Arsenal’s So-so Performance.
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If yesterday’s Champions League Round of 16 game had been a 90 minute game Arsenal would have been booed by their fans as they went off at full time and Wenger would have been facing more criticism. Nicolas Bendtner would have been hounded out of North London for having the touch of a donkey and [...]