Yo soccer fans
BPL had started off and there are several so called unexpected results going around in the BPL. Many had expected that Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea to had a good start but sadly only 2 out of the 4 BPL giants had done that.
Man Utd had a small victory against Birmingham at OT which I would said Birmingham City should deserve at least 1 point. Man utd seems to lack of creativity in the front line. Rooney is trying his best to convince the fans that they can still be the champion without Ronaldo and Tevez but second match against Burnley really is a shock result and proves more that Ronaldo and Tevez departure had a great effect on Man Utd attacks. 3rd Match against Wigan should let the gunner's fans some scare when they travel to OT tmr. 5-0 in the second half and Michael owen getting his first goal seemes to brighten up the Man Utd morale. 2 win 1 lose is not a bad start but should had been 100% record win given their opponent.
Liverpool had not been in their usual form since the start of the BPL. Their opening match lost against Tottenham marks the bad start. I probabaly think that now all the BPL teams had strengthen their squad and had the possibilities to overtake the big 4. Liverpool second match trashed 4-0 against Stoke City and many had thought they had regain their confident but sadly a home defeats against Aston Villa really breaks the heart of Livepool's fans. All 3 goals conceded can be prevented if they are more caution. I think the problem for Liverpool is that Gerrard had not been performing well.
Chelsea had a great start under new manager Carlos Ancelotti and 3 wins of out 3 is a good start. Although Hull City had gave them a scare but really a win is a win. Anelka and Drogba are in top form and this proves crucial to the chelsea attacks.
Arsenal had been predicted by many that there will out of big 4 this season but 6-1 big win against Everton at Goodison Park and 4-1 win against Portsmouth at home really silence the criticise around them. 10 goals in 2 matches and if they continue their form this season,they had a higher chance of getting their first silverware since 4 years.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Yo to all soccer fans
What a interesting summer transfer window we have this year. There are several major signing all around but Man City and Real Madrid are the two top buyers for this year.
Real Madrid had splashed out 65m to buy Kaka and 80m for C.Ronaldo. They had also brought albiol and Benzema which I think would definitely strengthen their attack. The problem is will they gel together and produced the results that all are expected? C.Ronaldo is those of a selfish player where he will bring the ball all the way to the penalty box and take a shot, but can he do that at RM? There are Benzema, Raul and Kaka waiting and shouting for ball and they are all world class player. We need to see how happen when the seasons start to see if what RM spent is worthable. RM at the meanwhile are still in the process of signing Alonso from Liverpool.
Man City had brought Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Barry, Toure, Adebayor and most likely Lescott. Many had siad that what Man City do is a correct strategy, what they brought are all from their rivals team which potentially will be the ones that will be fighting against them next season. Tevez = Man Utd, Santa Cruz = Blackbun, Barry = Aston villa, Toure & Adebayor = Arsenal, Lescott = Everton. Luckily they did not manage to purchase Terry. I personally think that Man City had the potential to really challenge the big four with the players they had. The best signing would probably be Tevez and Toure.
What a interesting summer transfer window we have this year. There are several major signing all around but Man City and Real Madrid are the two top buyers for this year.
Real Madrid had splashed out 65m to buy Kaka and 80m for C.Ronaldo. They had also brought albiol and Benzema which I think would definitely strengthen their attack. The problem is will they gel together and produced the results that all are expected? C.Ronaldo is those of a selfish player where he will bring the ball all the way to the penalty box and take a shot, but can he do that at RM? There are Benzema, Raul and Kaka waiting and shouting for ball and they are all world class player. We need to see how happen when the seasons start to see if what RM spent is worthable. RM at the meanwhile are still in the process of signing Alonso from Liverpool.
Man City had brought Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Barry, Toure, Adebayor and most likely Lescott. Many had siad that what Man City do is a correct strategy, what they brought are all from their rivals team which potentially will be the ones that will be fighting against them next season. Tevez = Man Utd, Santa Cruz = Blackbun, Barry = Aston villa, Toure & Adebayor = Arsenal, Lescott = Everton. Luckily they did not manage to purchase Terry. I personally think that Man City had the potential to really challenge the big four with the players they had. The best signing would probably be Tevez and Toure.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
After watching the Champion league final between Man Utd vs Barcelona, I decided to write some comment on the match itself. (I watched the replay xD).
Let’s congratulate Barcelona first for their treble this season, they had done fantastically well and really this is probably one of their best season in their history.
Barcelona put up a 4-3-3 formation which considerably a attacking formation with Messi, Eto’o and Heny up front. They started quite nervously and almost let in a goal when Victor Valdes almost slips the ball from C.Ronaldo free kick lucky for Pique to clear it out. The first 10 minutes, Barcelona did not play up their standard but they got the lead at 10 mintues, Xavi skipped through M.Carrick challenge and pass to Eto’o which was at the righ flank, Eto’o went pass Vidic way too easily and took a shot which eventually went into net . Vidic and Van Der Sar had to be blame for conceding this goal.
After conceding early goal, Man Utd did not respone back quickly and through the first half, it was all almost Barcelona trying to score a second goal. Park and Anderson did not have a good game. Man Utd went into the first half with a goal behind.
Second half saw a Sir Alex Ferguson bringing out Tevez to replace Anderson, this prove to be a rather risky choice as they now played a more attacking formation M.Carrick alone did not have tha ability to guard both inestia and Xavi. Although Man Utd did try to create a few chances and Pique really did a geat job in handling Man Utd attack. Man Utd defensive problem prove to be a costly, at 70 minutes, Man Utd didn’t clear the ball well, Xavi uses this opportunity to make a cross to Messi which is unmark and Messi made not mistake in heading the ball into the net. This is his first goal against an English club for almost 12 matches.
Man Utd Sir Alex Ferguson perhaps had made a wrong deicision in his starting line-up, he should not start Park and Anderson. They are both good players but was rather inconsistent, He should start Paul Scholes which had tons of experience in hadling big matches, starting Tevez is also a more suitable choice rather then Park.
Suggested line-up
I think this would be a much better choice then starting Rooney alone in the up front. Second mistake made by Man Utd is that they did not really guard Xavi well, Carrick should guard Xavi closely to prevent him from having the space to make a pass or cross which would threaten Man Utd.
Although Barcelona won, but they did a mistake in starting up 4-3-3 formation which I think would be rather dangerous choice provided Man Utd played to their best, Man Utd is best at counter attack and Barcelona would count themselves lucky that Man Utd was slightly off-form on that day. One thing did exactly well for Barcelona is keeping C.Ronaldo quiet. Puyol did a very good job in marking C.Ronaldo, he never allow Ronaldo to run freely much often and this make Ronaldo quite fustrated on the pitch .LOL.
After watching the Champion league final between Man Utd vs Barcelona, I decided to write some comment on the match itself. (I watched the replay xD).
Let’s congratulate Barcelona first for their treble this season, they had done fantastically well and really this is probably one of their best season in their history.
Barcelona put up a 4-3-3 formation which considerably a attacking formation with Messi, Eto’o and Heny up front. They started quite nervously and almost let in a goal when Victor Valdes almost slips the ball from C.Ronaldo free kick lucky for Pique to clear it out. The first 10 minutes, Barcelona did not play up their standard but they got the lead at 10 mintues, Xavi skipped through M.Carrick challenge and pass to Eto’o which was at the righ flank, Eto’o went pass Vidic way too easily and took a shot which eventually went into net . Vidic and Van Der Sar had to be blame for conceding this goal.
After conceding early goal, Man Utd did not respone back quickly and through the first half, it was all almost Barcelona trying to score a second goal. Park and Anderson did not have a good game. Man Utd went into the first half with a goal behind.
Second half saw a Sir Alex Ferguson bringing out Tevez to replace Anderson, this prove to be a rather risky choice as they now played a more attacking formation M.Carrick alone did not have tha ability to guard both inestia and Xavi. Although Man Utd did try to create a few chances and Pique really did a geat job in handling Man Utd attack. Man Utd defensive problem prove to be a costly, at 70 minutes, Man Utd didn’t clear the ball well, Xavi uses this opportunity to make a cross to Messi which is unmark and Messi made not mistake in heading the ball into the net. This is his first goal against an English club for almost 12 matches.
Man Utd Sir Alex Ferguson perhaps had made a wrong deicision in his starting line-up, he should not start Park and Anderson. They are both good players but was rather inconsistent, He should start Paul Scholes which had tons of experience in hadling big matches, starting Tevez is also a more suitable choice rather then Park.
Suggested line-up
I think this would be a much better choice then starting Rooney alone in the up front. Second mistake made by Man Utd is that they did not really guard Xavi well, Carrick should guard Xavi closely to prevent him from having the space to make a pass or cross which would threaten Man Utd.
Although Barcelona won, but they did a mistake in starting up 4-3-3 formation which I think would be rather dangerous choice provided Man Utd played to their best, Man Utd is best at counter attack and Barcelona would count themselves lucky that Man Utd was slightly off-form on that day. One thing did exactly well for Barcelona is keeping C.Ronaldo quiet. Puyol did a very good job in marking C.Ronaldo, he never allow Ronaldo to run freely much often and this make Ronaldo quite fustrated on the pitch .LOL.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
So, it will be Man Utd vs Barcelona in the final after Barcelona won Chelsea at SB through the away goal rule. Man Utd on the other hand had won 3-1 at Emirates Stadium to give Arsenal another trohpyless season.
Arsenal did not played well in this game, they started brightly but mistakes by Gibbs and Almunia really destroyed the hope of all Arsenal fans. In my opinion, Arsenal did make some mistakes in their tactic and formation. I would think that putting Diaby on the bench is a wrong choice. Since Arsenal are 1 goal behind, they should put a more attacking formation, Song is a defensive midfielder, he can't really go forward and plays a part in attack, starting Diaby would be a much better choice because his dribbling skills is much better than Song and he can play as a attacking midfield.
Second mistake by Arsenal is that they let Ronaldo too much space. Man Utd most dangerous player would be C.Ronaldo and Arsenal simply just gave too much space and didn't close him down whenever he has the ball.
Third mistake is that I would say such an important match should not let an unexperienced player play, although he had a decent performance at the 1st leg but 2nd leg is much more important, playing Eboue would be a better choice.
The highlight of the game is probably C.Ronaldo 30 yards free-kick goal and Fletcher's red card. As Wenger said in the press conference "The match has ended before it starts"..it's true because Arsenal conceded two goals in just 11 minutes and it two away goal. Man Utd fully deserve a place in the final.
Barcelona booked the final ticket to Roma after a 1-1 draw with Chelsea at SB. Chelsea was unlucky in this match, they had several clear cut penalty calls but none of them has been awarded. After the match, Chelsea's players surrounded the refree and trying to confront. Drogba almost beat the refree and might be punished. Barcelona two full-backs, Abidal and Alves both missed out of the final due to suspension, thats a gd news for Man Utd. Chelsea plays better than Barcelona today, they kept on threatening Victor Valdes and Malouda really performed above expectation, you can't ask for more from him. He was very active on the right hand side and gives Alves many problems, and Alves was suspended coz of marking him. Michael Essien wonderful volley gives Chelsea a 1-0 lead at 9minutes...superb volley I would say, probably goal of the season, better than Ronaldo 40 yards goal.
Chelsea did not had much possession but they did defend well in this match, although Barcelona had lots of possession, Cech really didn't get much threatened. Chelsea on the other hand had fewer chances but all of their chances came close to a goal. Drogba was very threatening, few penalty calls were from him. Iniesta however scored in the 93rd minutes to silence the whole SB. Even at 94th minutes, there was a penalty call after Ballack shot somehow blocked by Eto'o hand in the penalty area but still, it was not a penalty.
So Final would be Man Utd vs Barcelona.. Will Barcelona get their 3rd Champion league trophy or Will Man Utd become the Champion of Europe two times in a row? Bear in mind that no teams had ever becomes the Champion of Europe twice and if Sir Alex Ferguson has done it, he would be the first manager to done so.
So, it will be Man Utd vs Barcelona in the final after Barcelona won Chelsea at SB through the away goal rule. Man Utd on the other hand had won 3-1 at Emirates Stadium to give Arsenal another trohpyless season.
Arsenal did not played well in this game, they started brightly but mistakes by Gibbs and Almunia really destroyed the hope of all Arsenal fans. In my opinion, Arsenal did make some mistakes in their tactic and formation. I would think that putting Diaby on the bench is a wrong choice. Since Arsenal are 1 goal behind, they should put a more attacking formation, Song is a defensive midfielder, he can't really go forward and plays a part in attack, starting Diaby would be a much better choice because his dribbling skills is much better than Song and he can play as a attacking midfield.
Second mistake by Arsenal is that they let Ronaldo too much space. Man Utd most dangerous player would be C.Ronaldo and Arsenal simply just gave too much space and didn't close him down whenever he has the ball.
Third mistake is that I would say such an important match should not let an unexperienced player play, although he had a decent performance at the 1st leg but 2nd leg is much more important, playing Eboue would be a better choice.
The highlight of the game is probably C.Ronaldo 30 yards free-kick goal and Fletcher's red card. As Wenger said in the press conference "The match has ended before it starts"..it's true because Arsenal conceded two goals in just 11 minutes and it two away goal. Man Utd fully deserve a place in the final.
Barcelona booked the final ticket to Roma after a 1-1 draw with Chelsea at SB. Chelsea was unlucky in this match, they had several clear cut penalty calls but none of them has been awarded. After the match, Chelsea's players surrounded the refree and trying to confront. Drogba almost beat the refree and might be punished. Barcelona two full-backs, Abidal and Alves both missed out of the final due to suspension, thats a gd news for Man Utd. Chelsea plays better than Barcelona today, they kept on threatening Victor Valdes and Malouda really performed above expectation, you can't ask for more from him. He was very active on the right hand side and gives Alves many problems, and Alves was suspended coz of marking him. Michael Essien wonderful volley gives Chelsea a 1-0 lead at 9minutes...superb volley I would say, probably goal of the season, better than Ronaldo 40 yards goal.
Chelsea did not had much possession but they did defend well in this match, although Barcelona had lots of possession, Cech really didn't get much threatened. Chelsea on the other hand had fewer chances but all of their chances came close to a goal. Drogba was very threatening, few penalty calls were from him. Iniesta however scored in the 93rd minutes to silence the whole SB. Even at 94th minutes, there was a penalty call after Ballack shot somehow blocked by Eto'o hand in the penalty area but still, it was not a penalty.
So Final would be Man Utd vs Barcelona.. Will Barcelona get their 3rd Champion league trophy or Will Man Utd become the Champion of Europe two times in a row? Bear in mind that no teams had ever becomes the Champion of Europe twice and if Sir Alex Ferguson has done it, he would be the first manager to done so.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
John O'Shea score the only goal in the CHampion league semi-final so far to give Man Utd a 1 goal advantage when they travel to Emirates Stadium next week. Arsenal did not perform up to par in today's game. Alunmia probably is the best player in that match with several crucial saves to help Arsenal from conceding more than 1 goal.
Arsenal uses a more defensive formation, Adebayor alone upfront with Walcott, Diaby and Nasri behind him, Fabregas and Song controlling the middle. Arsenal did not have a gd lst leg, they kept on being attack by Man Utd. Even Bendtner and Eduardo brought on later in the second half did not help Arsenal at all. Man Utd did play very gd today, fortunately, Arsenal was lucky enough to concede 1 goal.
John O'Shea score the only goal in the CHampion league semi-final so far to give Man Utd a 1 goal advantage when they travel to Emirates Stadium next week. Arsenal did not perform up to par in today's game. Alunmia probably is the best player in that match with several crucial saves to help Arsenal from conceding more than 1 goal.
Arsenal uses a more defensive formation, Adebayor alone upfront with Walcott, Diaby and Nasri behind him, Fabregas and Song controlling the middle. Arsenal did not have a gd lst leg, they kept on being attack by Man Utd. Even Bendtner and Eduardo brought on later in the second half did not help Arsenal at all. Man Utd did play very gd today, fortunately, Arsenal was lucky enough to concede 1 goal.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
Chelsea and Everton will be meeting each other on 30th May to decide who is the FA cup holders.
Everton booked the tickets to final after ex-Man Utd player Howard saves two penalties from berbatov and ferdinand. I heard that Man Utd puts a lot of youngster in this semi-final cup tie and also need to congratz Everton ..
Arsenal on the other hand had lost the chance of getting to FA Cup final after a 2-1 lost. Arsenal did put up a strong line-up..Walcott, Adebayor and Van Persie all in the starting line-up. I feel that Arsenal did not play really well in this game. They didn't pass that fluently n did not have many chances to threaten P.Cech. One of the factors why Arsenal had lost is because their midfield can't match with Chelsea. Chelsea have Lampard, Essien and Ballack controlling the middle and they are all world-class midfielder and if you see Arsenal midfielder, Fabregas, Denlison, Diaby..Arsenal are lost out in terms of whether Experiences or Skills. Fabregas is carefully marked therefore he didn't really that much threat. Adebayor alone had to face two big defenders, Alex and Terry and Adebayor was poor in this match. There is only Walcott and Van Persie threatening the full-backs, esp Walcott whose speed is really threatening Ashely Cole.
Arsenal got the lead through Walcott.. nice cross by gibbs and walcott's shot deflect off Cole and goes into the net. Chelsea on the other hand scores just before the break, Malouda shoot from penalty box scores for Chelsea. This goal could have been prevented if Fabanski can be more alert because this shot has no strength. Fabanski was poor in that match, the 2 goals that Arsenal conceded was mainly his fault. Drogba scores again for Chelsea 6 minutes from stoppage times to give Chelsea a place in the FA Cup final.
Liverpool will be taking on Arsenal on Tue morning, if Arsenal win, they will successfully secured the place for 4th spot IMO. If Liverpool win, they will still had chances of overtaking Man Utd. So important match for both clubs...Arsenal will be in disadvantage because they had gone through a tough battle at weekend while Liverpool have no match at weekend.
Chelsea and Everton will be meeting each other on 30th May to decide who is the FA cup holders.
Everton booked the tickets to final after ex-Man Utd player Howard saves two penalties from berbatov and ferdinand. I heard that Man Utd puts a lot of youngster in this semi-final cup tie and also need to congratz Everton ..
Arsenal on the other hand had lost the chance of getting to FA Cup final after a 2-1 lost. Arsenal did put up a strong line-up..Walcott, Adebayor and Van Persie all in the starting line-up. I feel that Arsenal did not play really well in this game. They didn't pass that fluently n did not have many chances to threaten P.Cech. One of the factors why Arsenal had lost is because their midfield can't match with Chelsea. Chelsea have Lampard, Essien and Ballack controlling the middle and they are all world-class midfielder and if you see Arsenal midfielder, Fabregas, Denlison, Diaby..Arsenal are lost out in terms of whether Experiences or Skills. Fabregas is carefully marked therefore he didn't really that much threat. Adebayor alone had to face two big defenders, Alex and Terry and Adebayor was poor in this match. There is only Walcott and Van Persie threatening the full-backs, esp Walcott whose speed is really threatening Ashely Cole.
Arsenal got the lead through Walcott.. nice cross by gibbs and walcott's shot deflect off Cole and goes into the net. Chelsea on the other hand scores just before the break, Malouda shoot from penalty box scores for Chelsea. This goal could have been prevented if Fabanski can be more alert because this shot has no strength. Fabanski was poor in that match, the 2 goals that Arsenal conceded was mainly his fault. Drogba scores again for Chelsea 6 minutes from stoppage times to give Chelsea a place in the FA Cup final.
Liverpool will be taking on Arsenal on Tue morning, if Arsenal win, they will successfully secured the place for 4th spot IMO. If Liverpool win, they will still had chances of overtaking Man Utd. So important match for both clubs...Arsenal will be in disadvantage because they had gone through a tough battle at weekend while Liverpool have no match at weekend.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Yo Soccer fans!
It would be another english-dominated in this season Champion leageue, after Chelsea and Barcelona successfully booked a ticket to the semi-final, Arsenal and Man Utd had also done it.
Chelsea had a scare on wed morning as the Liverpool score 2 goals inside the opening 30minutues but Chelsea came back and hang on to a 4-4 draw which eventually sees them vsing Barcelona in the Semi-finals. It would be a great match to watch because both clubs are very attacking minded and it would end up in the high-scoring match.
C.Ronaldo scored a wonderful 40 yards goal to continue searching for their Champion league title, Man Utd needed at least a win and the 6minutes 40 yards goal proved enough. Man Utd will be facing Arsenal in the Semi-finals after Arsenal easily won Villarreal by 3-0, goals from Walcott, Adebayor and Van Persie (Pen) sealed up the semi-finals spot. Another rivaly battle between the english clubs.
It will be an interesting competition between them 4 clubs and these are the top 4 clubs in the world, therefore it wouldn't be suprise if any of the clubs reaching the final...will it be CHelsea and Man Utd competing again like last yr or will it be Barcelona vs Arsenal again ?..looking forward to it.
It would be another english-dominated in this season Champion leageue, after Chelsea and Barcelona successfully booked a ticket to the semi-final, Arsenal and Man Utd had also done it.
Chelsea had a scare on wed morning as the Liverpool score 2 goals inside the opening 30minutues but Chelsea came back and hang on to a 4-4 draw which eventually sees them vsing Barcelona in the Semi-finals. It would be a great match to watch because both clubs are very attacking minded and it would end up in the high-scoring match.
C.Ronaldo scored a wonderful 40 yards goal to continue searching for their Champion league title, Man Utd needed at least a win and the 6minutes 40 yards goal proved enough. Man Utd will be facing Arsenal in the Semi-finals after Arsenal easily won Villarreal by 3-0, goals from Walcott, Adebayor and Van Persie (Pen) sealed up the semi-finals spot. Another rivaly battle between the english clubs.
It will be an interesting competition between them 4 clubs and these are the top 4 clubs in the world, therefore it wouldn't be suprise if any of the clubs reaching the final...will it be CHelsea and Man Utd competing again like last yr or will it be Barcelona vs Arsenal again ?..looking forward to it.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
Yet again, the big 4 won their game as expected. Arsenal had come back from 1 goal down to 4-1 win, goals from walcott, silvestre, Arshavin and Song allow them to secure the 4th spot, Aston Villa on the other hand had earn 1pt after a 3-3 draw with Everton, thats mean Arsenal are now 9pts ahead of Aston Villa. Arsenal midweek had to deal with the Champion League 2nd leg at home with Villarreal, Djourou and Gallas injuries causes Arsenal to had some defensvie problem. Arsenal got a crucial goal last week away thx to Adebayor aerobatic goal. The return of Fabregas and Adebayor are really important to Arsenal and this few recent games show it.
Man Utd got a narrow win against Sunderland at the stadium of light. Macheda again scored for Man Utd, his second goal as many game. Btw, he is just 17 years old and had a bright future ahead of him. With this win, Man Utd get back to the top and 1pt ahead of Liverpool and also with 1 game in hand. Man Utd midweek Champion league will be a tough one because they need to win Porto away in order to process on to the Semi-finals. They let in 2 important away goals at Old Trafford. They also had a FA cup semi-final encounter with Everton on sunday, so a cruical week for Man Utd
Liverpool trashed 4-0 against Blackburn and continue puts pleasure on Man Utd. Liverpool did not had a gd start in the quarter final after losing 3-1 to Chelsea at home. Second league they need to really won Chelsea by at least 3 goals and above.
Chelsea on the other hand won bolton 4-3, they let in goals during the later part of the game coz of their slackness but nevertheless, they still won and still had a glimpse of hope for that BPL title. they had a more relax midweek champion league encounter because they are at home and also had a two goals deficit against Liverpool.
For the relegation battle, Middlesbrough had a chance of getting away from relegation as they won Hull City 3-1. Newcastle draw with Stoke City 1-1 and thats really puts pleasure on Newcastle itself but really their rivals also lost their games as well, Blackburn and Sunderland had both lost and really Newcastle are very fortunate as they still have chance.
Yet again, the big 4 won their game as expected. Arsenal had come back from 1 goal down to 4-1 win, goals from walcott, silvestre, Arshavin and Song allow them to secure the 4th spot, Aston Villa on the other hand had earn 1pt after a 3-3 draw with Everton, thats mean Arsenal are now 9pts ahead of Aston Villa. Arsenal midweek had to deal with the Champion League 2nd leg at home with Villarreal, Djourou and Gallas injuries causes Arsenal to had some defensvie problem. Arsenal got a crucial goal last week away thx to Adebayor aerobatic goal. The return of Fabregas and Adebayor are really important to Arsenal and this few recent games show it.
Man Utd got a narrow win against Sunderland at the stadium of light. Macheda again scored for Man Utd, his second goal as many game. Btw, he is just 17 years old and had a bright future ahead of him. With this win, Man Utd get back to the top and 1pt ahead of Liverpool and also with 1 game in hand. Man Utd midweek Champion league will be a tough one because they need to win Porto away in order to process on to the Semi-finals. They let in 2 important away goals at Old Trafford. They also had a FA cup semi-final encounter with Everton on sunday, so a cruical week for Man Utd
Liverpool trashed 4-0 against Blackburn and continue puts pleasure on Man Utd. Liverpool did not had a gd start in the quarter final after losing 3-1 to Chelsea at home. Second league they need to really won Chelsea by at least 3 goals and above.
Chelsea on the other hand won bolton 4-3, they let in goals during the later part of the game coz of their slackness but nevertheless, they still won and still had a glimpse of hope for that BPL title. they had a more relax midweek champion league encounter because they are at home and also had a two goals deficit against Liverpool.
For the relegation battle, Middlesbrough had a chance of getting away from relegation as they won Hull City 3-1. Newcastle draw with Stoke City 1-1 and thats really puts pleasure on Newcastle itself but really their rivals also lost their games as well, Blackburn and Sunderland had both lost and really Newcastle are very fortunate as they still have chance.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Yo Soccer fans!
Weekend BPL action:
traditional big 4 had won their games as expected which Liverpool and Man Utd must considered themselves to be fortunate because they snatched all 3pts through stoppage time. International break really made clubs that are either fighting for title or relegation to be worry.. most of teams have players injured and can't represent their clubs.
Arsenal had won Man City easily at the Emirates stadium. Adebayor back with 2 goals, fabregas assist. These two players really are important to the club.
Man Utd won it through 17 years old striker Macheda, Man Utd seems to lose on form recently and really Aston Villa deserve at least a pt...tough lock Villa, which this defeat, they are slowly furthering the gap for the 4th spot.
Liverpool sealed all 3pts through a benyaoun's last minutes goal ..didnt watch the match .
Champion league action:
Villarreal 1-1 Arsenal
Man Utd 2-2 Porto
Weekend BPL action:
traditional big 4 had won their games as expected which Liverpool and Man Utd must considered themselves to be fortunate because they snatched all 3pts through stoppage time. International break really made clubs that are either fighting for title or relegation to be worry.. most of teams have players injured and can't represent their clubs.
Arsenal had won Man City easily at the Emirates stadium. Adebayor back with 2 goals, fabregas assist. These two players really are important to the club.
Man Utd won it through 17 years old striker Macheda, Man Utd seems to lose on form recently and really Aston Villa deserve at least a pt...tough lock Villa, which this defeat, they are slowly furthering the gap for the 4th spot.
Liverpool sealed all 3pts through a benyaoun's last minutes goal ..didnt watch the match .
Champion league action:
Villarreal 1-1 Arsenal
Man Utd 2-2 Porto
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Yo soccer fans
International break means a break for me ..hahahz..
Since I am a BPL fans, I will know more about the England squad and really they had totally changed since Capello have take over the managerial position. England trashed Slovakia 4-0 on sat night which I would say would give a morale boost in the upcoming world cup qualifier match against Ukraine. Latest news is that Agbonlahor is being called up to replace the injured Darren Bent. I think England will win this one because of their form right now. Their tactics is right. Selecting those will are currently on -form is better than selecting in terms of popularity. Capello had introduce many new faces in the England squad. Agbonlahor, A.Young, Heskey, etc are all not in the list when McClaren was in charge. I bet England win at least by 2 goal margin.
Gerrard will be the one leading the attack and being the provider. I bet Rooney and Peter Crouch will be starting up front ...Downing on the left and Agbonlahor on the right. Lampard in the center to cover Gerrard.
See you till friday to talk more abt the upcoming BPL matches.
International break means a break for me ..hahahz..
Since I am a BPL fans, I will know more about the England squad and really they had totally changed since Capello have take over the managerial position. England trashed Slovakia 4-0 on sat night which I would say would give a morale boost in the upcoming world cup qualifier match against Ukraine. Latest news is that Agbonlahor is being called up to replace the injured Darren Bent. I think England will win this one because of their form right now. Their tactics is right. Selecting those will are currently on -form is better than selecting in terms of popularity. Capello had introduce many new faces in the England squad. Agbonlahor, A.Young, Heskey, etc are all not in the list when McClaren was in charge. I bet England win at least by 2 goal margin.
Gerrard will be the one leading the attack and being the provider. I bet Rooney and Peter Crouch will be starting up front ...Downing on the left and Agbonlahor on the right. Lampard in the center to cover Gerrard.
See you till friday to talk more abt the upcoming BPL matches.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Yo soccer fans!
The season is almost coming to a close and suprisingly, Man Utd seems to slip up towards the end of the season, 2 defeats in a row allow Liverpool to close up the gap to just 1pt although Man Utd did had 1 game in hand. Man Utd must win the 1 game in order to increase the gap to a healthy 4pts. In my opinion, I do Man Utd still had a higher chance of getting the BPL title because of that 1 game in hand, but as a non-liverpool and non-Man Utd fan, I hope that Portsmouth beats Man Utd, because that will make the title race a more interesting one.
Liverpool seems to have consistent performance recently, beating Real Madrid and Man Utd by a big margin and even trashed Aston Villa 5-0. Rafa Benitez seems to had found the best formation for Liverpool, he doesn't really rotate that much and didn't really rely solely on Gerrard, they work as a team and all the 3 positions did contirbute to the current success. Another thing is that Rafa knows who to buy during the transfer window, he brought Torres, Riera,Skrtel, Dossena, Mascherano, N'Gog, EL Zhar,etc did not dissapoint the fans and him.
For Man Utd, they need to make full use of that 1 game in hand to have a higher chance of getting the title. Vidic and Rooney red card really de-morale the whole squad and C.Ronaldo low form really is another reason why Man Utd perform below average in this few matches. I already said (Before the creation of this blog) that Man Utd depends deeply on Ronaldo to win most of the games last season, once he did not perform, there is no one else that can score goal. Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez really had a disappointing match against Liverpool and Fulham. I really do think that Man Utd should not too rely on Ronaldo or maybe a certain player. International break would be a gd one for player to divert their attention away from the defeats but really a risky one because at this crucial period, Man Utd and Liverpool can't afford to have the main players to have any injuries.
Arsenal meanwhile had a gd run of form recently, they finally over take Aston Villa and have increased the gap to 3pts. Arshavin really is a gd addition to the squad and his performance did really helped Arsenal in the victory of some recent games, especially the Blackburn one. All the injured player had return; Walcott, Eduardo, Fabregas and Adebayor will be return after the international break and really increase the chances of getting at least a silverware this season. They reached the FA cup semi-final and Champion league quarter final. I really hope to see Arsenal getting the Champion league title. They face Villarreal which I think many of the Arsenal fans will be delighted, because if Arsenal were drawn to face Bayern Munich, Barcelona or any other English side, the chances of them getting into the semi-final will be lower because they are top clubs. I am not saying Villrreal is not a gd teams, they do have quality players but Arsenal have won them before and this can be an addition confidence for Arsenal. FA cup semi-final against Chelsea will be a hard one but I had full confidence on Arsenal since all the main players have returned.
Aston Villa had a poor run and really if they wants to fight for a Champion league next season, they need to bring in more experienced players to rotate ard so that playes might get to rest to prevent injuries and stamina problems. They do have chances to overtake Arsenal because it is only a 3pts gap but I think that they will had a hard time in chasing back. Aston Villa and Everton will be sitting firmly on the UEFA cup spots, if Aston Villa wants the Champion league spot, they need to start winning games and pray that Arsenal lose pt, especially Arsenal still had other compeition to manage and this might be an advantage for Aston Villa to had any chance of playing Champion league football next season. Agbonlahor , Ashely Young, Petrov, Milner, Heskey, Knight, Brad Friedel will be the players that are crucial in this race to the CL spot.
The season is almost coming to a close and suprisingly, Man Utd seems to slip up towards the end of the season, 2 defeats in a row allow Liverpool to close up the gap to just 1pt although Man Utd did had 1 game in hand. Man Utd must win the 1 game in order to increase the gap to a healthy 4pts. In my opinion, I do Man Utd still had a higher chance of getting the BPL title because of that 1 game in hand, but as a non-liverpool and non-Man Utd fan, I hope that Portsmouth beats Man Utd, because that will make the title race a more interesting one.
Liverpool seems to have consistent performance recently, beating Real Madrid and Man Utd by a big margin and even trashed Aston Villa 5-0. Rafa Benitez seems to had found the best formation for Liverpool, he doesn't really rotate that much and didn't really rely solely on Gerrard, they work as a team and all the 3 positions did contirbute to the current success. Another thing is that Rafa knows who to buy during the transfer window, he brought Torres, Riera,Skrtel, Dossena, Mascherano, N'Gog, EL Zhar,etc did not dissapoint the fans and him.
For Man Utd, they need to make full use of that 1 game in hand to have a higher chance of getting the title. Vidic and Rooney red card really de-morale the whole squad and C.Ronaldo low form really is another reason why Man Utd perform below average in this few matches. I already said (Before the creation of this blog) that Man Utd depends deeply on Ronaldo to win most of the games last season, once he did not perform, there is no one else that can score goal. Rooney, Berbatov and Tevez really had a disappointing match against Liverpool and Fulham. I really do think that Man Utd should not too rely on Ronaldo or maybe a certain player. International break would be a gd one for player to divert their attention away from the defeats but really a risky one because at this crucial period, Man Utd and Liverpool can't afford to have the main players to have any injuries.
Arsenal meanwhile had a gd run of form recently, they finally over take Aston Villa and have increased the gap to 3pts. Arshavin really is a gd addition to the squad and his performance did really helped Arsenal in the victory of some recent games, especially the Blackburn one. All the injured player had return; Walcott, Eduardo, Fabregas and Adebayor will be return after the international break and really increase the chances of getting at least a silverware this season. They reached the FA cup semi-final and Champion league quarter final. I really hope to see Arsenal getting the Champion league title. They face Villarreal which I think many of the Arsenal fans will be delighted, because if Arsenal were drawn to face Bayern Munich, Barcelona or any other English side, the chances of them getting into the semi-final will be lower because they are top clubs. I am not saying Villrreal is not a gd teams, they do have quality players but Arsenal have won them before and this can be an addition confidence for Arsenal. FA cup semi-final against Chelsea will be a hard one but I had full confidence on Arsenal since all the main players have returned.
Aston Villa had a poor run and really if they wants to fight for a Champion league next season, they need to bring in more experienced players to rotate ard so that playes might get to rest to prevent injuries and stamina problems. They do have chances to overtake Arsenal because it is only a 3pts gap but I think that they will had a hard time in chasing back. Aston Villa and Everton will be sitting firmly on the UEFA cup spots, if Aston Villa wants the Champion league spot, they need to start winning games and pray that Arsenal lose pt, especially Arsenal still had other compeition to manage and this might be an advantage for Aston Villa to had any chance of playing Champion league football next season. Agbonlahor , Ashely Young, Petrov, Milner, Heskey, Knight, Brad Friedel will be the players that are crucial in this race to the CL spot.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
As I promised, I will be talking about the relegation battle that involved all the teams that situated at the bottom half of the table.
Stoke City and Portsmouth managed to grab a crucial win and safely out of the relegation zone for the time being, especially for Stoke City, the beat their rival Middlesbrough whose also involed in this relegation dogfight. Hull City, West Bromich, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Newcastle are the potential teams that will be relegated. If they want to had any chance of playing in the top league next season, they need to produce results and win as many games as possible and hope that other teams fail to win.
Here are the 3 teams that I think will be relegated.
Hull City had a gd start during the early season and failed to produce consistent performance, they will even in the 3rd spot around October 2008 but as the season goes, they can't really goes all the way and from snatching for a Champion league fight to now a relegation fight. Hull City weekend lost to Wigan is really not a gd time to lose, because both Portsmouth and Stoke City have won and closing up the gap, Hull City problem is that their defense is not solid enough, they kept on making silly mistakes and allow opponent to score goal in a gd position, I think with Hull City performance, I do think they will be relegated.
Middlesbrough had a dissappointing season and had a real chance of playing coca-cola championship next season, they failed to win Stoke City on weekend proved to be vital for Boro, Middlesbrough are now 27pts and are 4pts away from the safety zone, although this gaps look small, but with Boro poor performance, this 4pts are going to be hard to close up. Boro main problem is their attacking. 12M signing Afonso Alves fail to perform as expected and so does Aliadiere and Tuncay Sanli. I do think Boro will be relegated
Next up is the bottom of the table West Bromich, they are the only one which I think will confirm relegated because at this stage of the competition, they are 7pts away from the safety zone and really I do think they can't catch up anymore.
This is just my prediction and really every teams that are in the bottom half have a chance to relegation, it depends on the performance from the remaining 8 games and what I list out is the teams that will have a higher chance of relegation (except West Bromich which I do think they will be the first to relegated). Not only the title race is interesting, the relegation battle is as interesting as the title race.
Stoke City and Portsmouth managed to grab a crucial win and safely out of the relegation zone for the time being, especially for Stoke City, the beat their rival Middlesbrough whose also involed in this relegation dogfight. Hull City, West Bromich, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Newcastle are the potential teams that will be relegated. If they want to had any chance of playing in the top league next season, they need to produce results and win as many games as possible and hope that other teams fail to win.
Here are the 3 teams that I think will be relegated.
Hull City had a gd start during the early season and failed to produce consistent performance, they will even in the 3rd spot around October 2008 but as the season goes, they can't really goes all the way and from snatching for a Champion league fight to now a relegation fight. Hull City weekend lost to Wigan is really not a gd time to lose, because both Portsmouth and Stoke City have won and closing up the gap, Hull City problem is that their defense is not solid enough, they kept on making silly mistakes and allow opponent to score goal in a gd position, I think with Hull City performance, I do think they will be relegated.
Middlesbrough had a dissappointing season and had a real chance of playing coca-cola championship next season, they failed to win Stoke City on weekend proved to be vital for Boro, Middlesbrough are now 27pts and are 4pts away from the safety zone, although this gaps look small, but with Boro poor performance, this 4pts are going to be hard to close up. Boro main problem is their attacking. 12M signing Afonso Alves fail to perform as expected and so does Aliadiere and Tuncay Sanli. I do think Boro will be relegated
Next up is the bottom of the table West Bromich, they are the only one which I think will confirm relegated because at this stage of the competition, they are 7pts away from the safety zone and really I do think they can't catch up anymore.
This is just my prediction and really every teams that are in the bottom half have a chance to relegation, it depends on the performance from the remaining 8 games and what I list out is the teams that will have a higher chance of relegation (except West Bromich which I do think they will be the first to relegated). Not only the title race is interesting, the relegation battle is as interesting as the title race.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The Champion league Quarter-final had already been decided
Arsenal vs Villarreal
Man Utd vs Porto
Chelsea vs Liverpool
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich
Quite an interesting draw because Chelsea and Liverpool meet again in the Champion League and surely this is the match that many people will be looking forward to. The winner between the Blues and the Reds will be competing against either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the Semi-final. Bayern Munich set a new record in the Champion league history after beating Sporting Lisbon 12-1 in 2 legs to proceed into the quarter final.
A return for former Arsenal winger Robert Pires, Arsenal will take on Villarreal. This two side had met before in the 2005/6 Champion league where Riquleme penalty miss allowed Arsenal to go to the final. Finally, Man Utd will be please with the draw as they draw a side which I think is the weakest team of all the 8 clubs, they face Porto which I think by Man Utd standard should had no problem in beating them, but after seeing Man Utd suffers 2 defeat in a row in BPL, definitely anything will happen.
BPL weekend
Dramatic weekend for all the BPL fans. Man Utd suffered another defeat which means they had 2 defeat in row, they lost 2-0 at Cratton Cottage and this is not what Man Utd are looking for. Man Utd midfielder Paul Scholes was senf off after a delibrate hand ball, former liverpool player Danny Murphy scored in the penalty spot in just 18minutes. Man Utd seems to lost the standard this 2 weeks, Ronaldo was very quiet and Fulham really doesn't had any threat Man Utd at the first half. Second half was more of "Fulham defend, Man Utd attack" scenario. At about 80+ minutes, Gera cool finishing really sealed all 3 pts for Fulham. Rooney was sent off afterward to throwing the ball angrily, his second yellow of the night.
Liverpool closed up the gap to only 1pt after hammering Aston Villa 5-0, Steven Gerrard with a hat trick. Liverpool performance ytd was probably the best till now. Aston Villa is one of the top side in BPL and Liverpool won by 5 goal margin really sent a warning message to Man Utd. Liverpool got off with a gd start just 8minutes, Gerrard delivered the ball into the penalty box from a free kick and Kyut scored through a wonderful volley. Aston Villa seems messy and really had show no fighting spirit, they conceded another goal in 33minutes, Reina long pass caught Aston Villa off and Riera slammed into the net. Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard then convert two penalty into goal after reo-coker and Friedel made a mistake inside the penalty box, Friedel in fact was sent off for that challenge, both penalties was scored in 39 and 65minutes. Gerrard in between scored a wonderful free kick.
Arsenal 3-1 win over Newcastle increased the gap by 3pts since Aston Villa had lost ytd. Goals from Bendtner, Diaby and Nasri helped Arsenal to really had a major chance to secure the 4th spot and maybe to go on and get the 3rd spot since Chelsea had lost at White Hart Lane through a Modric wonderful 18 yards goal.
Talk about relegation battle tmr.
Arsenal vs Villarreal
Man Utd vs Porto
Chelsea vs Liverpool
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich
Quite an interesting draw because Chelsea and Liverpool meet again in the Champion League and surely this is the match that many people will be looking forward to. The winner between the Blues and the Reds will be competing against either Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the Semi-final. Bayern Munich set a new record in the Champion league history after beating Sporting Lisbon 12-1 in 2 legs to proceed into the quarter final.
A return for former Arsenal winger Robert Pires, Arsenal will take on Villarreal. This two side had met before in the 2005/6 Champion league where Riquleme penalty miss allowed Arsenal to go to the final. Finally, Man Utd will be please with the draw as they draw a side which I think is the weakest team of all the 8 clubs, they face Porto which I think by Man Utd standard should had no problem in beating them, but after seeing Man Utd suffers 2 defeat in a row in BPL, definitely anything will happen.
BPL weekend
Dramatic weekend for all the BPL fans. Man Utd suffered another defeat which means they had 2 defeat in row, they lost 2-0 at Cratton Cottage and this is not what Man Utd are looking for. Man Utd midfielder Paul Scholes was senf off after a delibrate hand ball, former liverpool player Danny Murphy scored in the penalty spot in just 18minutes. Man Utd seems to lost the standard this 2 weeks, Ronaldo was very quiet and Fulham really doesn't had any threat Man Utd at the first half. Second half was more of "Fulham defend, Man Utd attack" scenario. At about 80+ minutes, Gera cool finishing really sealed all 3 pts for Fulham. Rooney was sent off afterward to throwing the ball angrily, his second yellow of the night.
Liverpool closed up the gap to only 1pt after hammering Aston Villa 5-0, Steven Gerrard with a hat trick. Liverpool performance ytd was probably the best till now. Aston Villa is one of the top side in BPL and Liverpool won by 5 goal margin really sent a warning message to Man Utd. Liverpool got off with a gd start just 8minutes, Gerrard delivered the ball into the penalty box from a free kick and Kyut scored through a wonderful volley. Aston Villa seems messy and really had show no fighting spirit, they conceded another goal in 33minutes, Reina long pass caught Aston Villa off and Riera slammed into the net. Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard then convert two penalty into goal after reo-coker and Friedel made a mistake inside the penalty box, Friedel in fact was sent off for that challenge, both penalties was scored in 39 and 65minutes. Gerrard in between scored a wonderful free kick.
Arsenal 3-1 win over Newcastle increased the gap by 3pts since Aston Villa had lost ytd. Goals from Bendtner, Diaby and Nasri helped Arsenal to really had a major chance to secure the 4th spot and maybe to go on and get the 3rd spot since Chelsea had lost at White Hart Lane through a Modric wonderful 18 yards goal.
Talk about relegation battle tmr.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Hi
Arsenal are a step closer to getting at least a silverware after beating Hull City through a controversial goal by Gallas. Arsenal had vela and Van Persie as their striking force, supported by Diaby, Arshavin and Walcott. Things are not looking good for Arsenal especially they kept losing possession and allow Hull City to attack and threaten Fabanski. Hull City get their reward in 13minutes, Dawson passed a through ball to Barmby and his shot was deflected into the net by Djourou. Despite taking the lead, Hull City didn't just rely on that 1 goal deficit, they kept on attacking, hoping to get another goal by second half. Arsenal on the other hand wasn't in their usual form, Van Persie was very quiet and so does Vela. Diaby kept losing possession. Hull City deserved to be 1-0 up at the first half.
Second half saw a more improved side especially Arshavin, he kept threatening and had a few gd passes. Hull City changed their tactic to a more defensive after the second half, Arsenal brought on Bendtner and Nasri to replace Song and Vela respectively and in 74minutes, Arsenal get their reward, Bendtner hardworking effort on the left allow him to get the ball and passed it to Arshavin which is on the left, he calmly passed the ball to Van Persie and he cooly puts it into the net. Hull City was in a mess after they conceded a goal and Arsenal kept on attacking to prevent a replay match. At 84minutes, Arsenal was awarded a free kick on the left, Arshavin crosses it into the penalty and it somehow deflected the ball to Gallas which most of them saying he is on the offside position, he headed in and get the goal. Hull City didn't had much time left to get back and eventually Arsenal won it.
Several incident has happened behind the door, for more information, please read either on Arsenal offical website, news or newspaper.
Mourinho to replace Sir Alex Ferguson?
Reports had said that Mourinho will be the best choice if SAF is gonna to retire, I do feel that he is not the right choice for Man Utd. Mourinho was once a Chelsea manager and had criticised some of the Man Utd players before, therefore, it might create a tension if he is to replace SAF. Mourinho no doubt is one of the best manager in the world but he must learn to be humble sometimes and talk smartly in front of the media, if not, it might affect his popularity.
Reports had said that AC Milan make a bid of 15M for Clichy. AC Milan signed Flamini for a free transfer during summer transfer window and they are now eyeing for another Arsenal player. I think it is normal for big clubs eyeing for Clichy because he is one of the best left-back and more importantly, he is just 23 years old. Arsenal will not let him go easily and Clichy had said that Wenger is a gd manager, therefore, chances of him staying will be high coz of Wenger.
Arsenal are a step closer to getting at least a silverware after beating Hull City through a controversial goal by Gallas. Arsenal had vela and Van Persie as their striking force, supported by Diaby, Arshavin and Walcott. Things are not looking good for Arsenal especially they kept losing possession and allow Hull City to attack and threaten Fabanski. Hull City get their reward in 13minutes, Dawson passed a through ball to Barmby and his shot was deflected into the net by Djourou. Despite taking the lead, Hull City didn't just rely on that 1 goal deficit, they kept on attacking, hoping to get another goal by second half. Arsenal on the other hand wasn't in their usual form, Van Persie was very quiet and so does Vela. Diaby kept losing possession. Hull City deserved to be 1-0 up at the first half.
Second half saw a more improved side especially Arshavin, he kept threatening and had a few gd passes. Hull City changed their tactic to a more defensive after the second half, Arsenal brought on Bendtner and Nasri to replace Song and Vela respectively and in 74minutes, Arsenal get their reward, Bendtner hardworking effort on the left allow him to get the ball and passed it to Arshavin which is on the left, he calmly passed the ball to Van Persie and he cooly puts it into the net. Hull City was in a mess after they conceded a goal and Arsenal kept on attacking to prevent a replay match. At 84minutes, Arsenal was awarded a free kick on the left, Arshavin crosses it into the penalty and it somehow deflected the ball to Gallas which most of them saying he is on the offside position, he headed in and get the goal. Hull City didn't had much time left to get back and eventually Arsenal won it.
Several incident has happened behind the door, for more information, please read either on Arsenal offical website, news or newspaper.
Mourinho to replace Sir Alex Ferguson?
Reports had said that Mourinho will be the best choice if SAF is gonna to retire, I do feel that he is not the right choice for Man Utd. Mourinho was once a Chelsea manager and had criticised some of the Man Utd players before, therefore, it might create a tension if he is to replace SAF. Mourinho no doubt is one of the best manager in the world but he must learn to be humble sometimes and talk smartly in front of the media, if not, it might affect his popularity.
Reports had said that AC Milan make a bid of 15M for Clichy. AC Milan signed Flamini for a free transfer during summer transfer window and they are now eyeing for another Arsenal player. I think it is normal for big clubs eyeing for Clichy because he is one of the best left-back and more importantly, he is just 23 years old. Arsenal will not let him go easily and Clichy had said that Wenger is a gd manager, therefore, chances of him staying will be high coz of Wenger.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Yo soccer fans
Arsenal finally secured the 4th place after Aston Villa had lost at Man City at Vill Park. Aston Villa had perform above expectation and find themselves fighting for champion league spot. With this defeat, Aston Villa are now 5 games without a win and they are slowly revealling their weakness and also proves that they are still not ready for Champion League yet. They still had chance of course but it will be a bit difficult for them because their back-ups are not strong. Aston Villa had always rely on the same starting eleven to perform above expectation and gets result, players like Barry, Agbonlahor, Young, Carew, Milner, Knight, Laursen, etc, once any players had injuries or had perform below par, their results will be generally affected. If Martin O'Neill side wants to get into the Champion League, they need to buy in more experience player to increase their back-ups so that they can rotate the players and give the player a much needed rest. It's still a tight battle between Arsenal and Aston Villa for the 4th spot but in term of form, Arsenal are now 15 games unbeaten and things are looking gd for Arsenal especially in a few weeks time, all the main players are back. Walcott and Eduardo are back from injury, Fabregas and Adebayor still need at least a week or so to return to pitch, therefore, I think they might secure the top 4.
10th Man City 35pts
11th Tottenham 35pts
12th Bolton 33pts
13th Hull City 33pts
14th Sunderland 32pts
15th Blackburn 30pts
16th Newcastle 29pts
17th Portsmouth 29pts
18th Stoke City 29pts
19th Middlesbrough 27pts
20th West Bromich 22pts
Relegation battle is much exciting compare to previous season. About 10 teams are fighting for relegation and any point are vital for the teams that are situated at the bottom half of the table. Stoke City had yet again lost against Everton, they are now 18th in the table, same pt with Portsmouth (1 game in hand) and Newcaslte and 1 pt below Blackburn. West Bromich are of course bottom of the table with 22 pts with 1 game in hand in which today they are facing West Ham. Middlesbrough weekend 1-1 draw against Portsmouth means they are now 27pts, just 2 pts below 18th, 17th and 16th place. Sunderland now with 32pts at 14th place, with Hull City and Bolton just 1pt above Sunderland with 33pts. Tottenham and Man City both had 35pts which are quite safe but still need to be cautious because as I said, they are just 6pts clear of relegation zone. You can see clearly how tight it is and it won't be suprise that they need to fight until the very last match to decide whose going to be down and clearly the whole England will be concentrating on their teams regardless of Champion league spot, UEFA cup spots, CHampion or relegation battle.
Arsenal finally secured the 4th place after Aston Villa had lost at Man City at Vill Park. Aston Villa had perform above expectation and find themselves fighting for champion league spot. With this defeat, Aston Villa are now 5 games without a win and they are slowly revealling their weakness and also proves that they are still not ready for Champion League yet. They still had chance of course but it will be a bit difficult for them because their back-ups are not strong. Aston Villa had always rely on the same starting eleven to perform above expectation and gets result, players like Barry, Agbonlahor, Young, Carew, Milner, Knight, Laursen, etc, once any players had injuries or had perform below par, their results will be generally affected. If Martin O'Neill side wants to get into the Champion League, they need to buy in more experience player to increase their back-ups so that they can rotate the players and give the player a much needed rest. It's still a tight battle between Arsenal and Aston Villa for the 4th spot but in term of form, Arsenal are now 15 games unbeaten and things are looking gd for Arsenal especially in a few weeks time, all the main players are back. Walcott and Eduardo are back from injury, Fabregas and Adebayor still need at least a week or so to return to pitch, therefore, I think they might secure the top 4.
10th Man City 35pts
11th Tottenham 35pts
12th Bolton 33pts
13th Hull City 33pts
14th Sunderland 32pts
15th Blackburn 30pts
16th Newcastle 29pts
17th Portsmouth 29pts
18th Stoke City 29pts
19th Middlesbrough 27pts
20th West Bromich 22pts
Relegation battle is much exciting compare to previous season. About 10 teams are fighting for relegation and any point are vital for the teams that are situated at the bottom half of the table. Stoke City had yet again lost against Everton, they are now 18th in the table, same pt with Portsmouth (1 game in hand) and Newcaslte and 1 pt below Blackburn. West Bromich are of course bottom of the table with 22 pts with 1 game in hand in which today they are facing West Ham. Middlesbrough weekend 1-1 draw against Portsmouth means they are now 27pts, just 2 pts below 18th, 17th and 16th place. Sunderland now with 32pts at 14th place, with Hull City and Bolton just 1pt above Sunderland with 33pts. Tottenham and Man City both had 35pts which are quite safe but still need to be cautious because as I said, they are just 6pts clear of relegation zone. You can see clearly how tight it is and it won't be suprise that they need to fight until the very last match to decide whose going to be down and clearly the whole England will be concentrating on their teams regardless of Champion league spot, UEFA cup spots, CHampion or relegation battle.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Yo soccer fans
If you an Liverpool fans, I must say ytd night is a night hat you will rememberred forever in your life.
Liverpool trashed Man Utd by 4-1 at Old Trafford which many didn't expect even The Reds to win it. This was the game that caught the attention of all the world and it didn't dissappoint those who spent their time watching it. Man Utd got the lead in just 23minutes when Reina was fouled, C.Ronaldo scored easily and things are looking gd for Man Utd. However, 5minutes later, A defense error by Vidic allowed Torres to had a 1-1 with the keeper and Torres scored easily. Just before the break, Ferdinand I think brought down Gerrard in the penalty and Gerrard calmly puts it into the nets and The Reds are 2-1 up.
If you though the first half was really exciting, then second half would be more like double the excitment from first half. Man Utd tried to attack but Liverpool defended very well and a counter attack by Liverpool in the 77minutes caught the Man Utd defense and Vidic carelessly brought down Torres, as Vidic was the last man in the back line, the refree didn't hesitate and immediately shown a red card. Aurelio took the free-kick and scored brillantly. Dossena got his second goal for Liverpool and first in BPL by scoring in 88minutes to seal up a big victory for Liverpool. Suprisingly is that, out of the 4 players who scored against Real Madrid in midweek, 3 of them scored again and was in the same order, Torres followed by Gerrard penalty and Dossena before the stoppage time.
Man Utd are now 4 points ahead of Liverpool with a game in hand. Although Man Utd still had a healthy lead against Liverpool, but in ytd match, you can see the tiredness of the players. Man Utd are still on going for all competition, They still have FA cup semi-final clash against Everton, A quarter final Champion leagues and also the battle for BPL title, therefore, sometimes player stamina and fatigue might not cope with tight schedule. But bear in mind that Ferguson had all the experience in the race of trophy and he knows what the do when it comes to such a important period. I still believe Man Utd can walk away with at least the BPL title.
Arsenal move up to the 4th for the first time in 2009 after trashed Blackburn 4-0. Arshavin performance ytd was brillant and fantastic. Wenger rested Gallas, Van Persie, Eboue and Diaby and they were replaced by Djourou, Bendtner, Walcott and Song. Arsenal got the lead in just 2minutes when Bendtner and Walcott had a one-two pass at the right before walcott provides a low pass to the penalty box, Arhsavin goes for it and it somehow the ball touches Ooijer and goes into the net, Arshavin would have claimed the goal but eventually it was Ooijer own goal. Blackburn did a few chances but Alunmia prevent it from conceding. Arsenal had a scare when Walcott was down due to some injuries, but luckily, nothing much serious. Arsenal are one goal up ahead in the first half.
Second half saw an improved performance by Arsenal and Bendtner misses a dozen of chances, he had a few easy chances but failed to score each of them. in 65th minutes, Denlison sets off a low pass to Arshavin who was on the left which lots of space, he brings it in and goes over Danny Simpson with a bits of trick and curl it in to the right corner, his first goal for Arsenal. Arshavin had a few gd passes and unfortunately, none of them turns into goal. Bendtner, Nasri and Walcott was later being replaced by Vela, Eboue and Diaby. Eboue got a goal in 88minutes after he caught a rebound from Arshavin shot. Later Vela was brought down by Olsson at the side of the penalty box and Eboue converts the penalty into goal and socred his 3th goal in 3 matches.
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If you an Liverpool fans, I must say ytd night is a night hat you will rememberred forever in your life.
Liverpool trashed Man Utd by 4-1 at Old Trafford which many didn't expect even The Reds to win it. This was the game that caught the attention of all the world and it didn't dissappoint those who spent their time watching it. Man Utd got the lead in just 23minutes when Reina was fouled, C.Ronaldo scored easily and things are looking gd for Man Utd. However, 5minutes later, A defense error by Vidic allowed Torres to had a 1-1 with the keeper and Torres scored easily. Just before the break, Ferdinand I think brought down Gerrard in the penalty and Gerrard calmly puts it into the nets and The Reds are 2-1 up.
If you though the first half was really exciting, then second half would be more like double the excitment from first half. Man Utd tried to attack but Liverpool defended very well and a counter attack by Liverpool in the 77minutes caught the Man Utd defense and Vidic carelessly brought down Torres, as Vidic was the last man in the back line, the refree didn't hesitate and immediately shown a red card. Aurelio took the free-kick and scored brillantly. Dossena got his second goal for Liverpool and first in BPL by scoring in 88minutes to seal up a big victory for Liverpool. Suprisingly is that, out of the 4 players who scored against Real Madrid in midweek, 3 of them scored again and was in the same order, Torres followed by Gerrard penalty and Dossena before the stoppage time.
Man Utd are now 4 points ahead of Liverpool with a game in hand. Although Man Utd still had a healthy lead against Liverpool, but in ytd match, you can see the tiredness of the players. Man Utd are still on going for all competition, They still have FA cup semi-final clash against Everton, A quarter final Champion leagues and also the battle for BPL title, therefore, sometimes player stamina and fatigue might not cope with tight schedule. But bear in mind that Ferguson had all the experience in the race of trophy and he knows what the do when it comes to such a important period. I still believe Man Utd can walk away with at least the BPL title.
Arsenal move up to the 4th for the first time in 2009 after trashed Blackburn 4-0. Arshavin performance ytd was brillant and fantastic. Wenger rested Gallas, Van Persie, Eboue and Diaby and they were replaced by Djourou, Bendtner, Walcott and Song. Arsenal got the lead in just 2minutes when Bendtner and Walcott had a one-two pass at the right before walcott provides a low pass to the penalty box, Arhsavin goes for it and it somehow the ball touches Ooijer and goes into the net, Arshavin would have claimed the goal but eventually it was Ooijer own goal. Blackburn did a few chances but Alunmia prevent it from conceding. Arsenal had a scare when Walcott was down due to some injuries, but luckily, nothing much serious. Arsenal are one goal up ahead in the first half.
Second half saw an improved performance by Arsenal and Bendtner misses a dozen of chances, he had a few easy chances but failed to score each of them. in 65th minutes, Denlison sets off a low pass to Arshavin who was on the left which lots of space, he brings it in and goes over Danny Simpson with a bits of trick and curl it in to the right corner, his first goal for Arsenal. Arshavin had a few gd passes and unfortunately, none of them turns into goal. Bendtner, Nasri and Walcott was later being replaced by Vela, Eboue and Diaby. Eboue got a goal in 88minutes after he caught a rebound from Arshavin shot. Later Vela was brought down by Olsson at the side of the penalty box and Eboue converts the penalty into goal and socred his 3th goal in 3 matches.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
First of all, congratulation to all english clubs as they had successfully conquered half of the Champion league quarter final spot. Today Man Utd and Arsenal were in action against two italian giant, Man Utd easily won Jose Mourinho team by 2-0, thx to Vidic 4th minutes and Ronaldo 49minutes heading. Arsenal needed a tonetto penalty miss to ensure a quarter final spot. Barcelona went in to quarter final with a total agg of 6-3, Henry hitting the net twice. Porto booked the quarter final spot with the first leg away goal.
Barcelona 5-2 Lyon (Total Agg: Barcelona 6-3 Lyon)
Roma 0-1 Arsenal (Total Agg: Roma 1-1 Arsenal. Penalty Arsenal won 7-6)
Porto 0-0 Atletico Madrid (Total Agg: Porto 2-2 Atletico Madrid, Porto won on away goal rule)
Man Utd 2-0 Inter Milan (Total Agg: Man Utd 2-0 Inter Milan)
Arsenal performance was not as good as expected, they played a rather defensive formation 4-2-3-1, Van Persie as lone striker with Nasri, Bendtner and Eboue supporting behind. Diaby and Denlison both played as defensive midfielder. Roma attacking strategies work since the whistle blows as they kept Arsenal defense busy. Roma got the lead in just 9minutes when Juan scored in just around the penalty box, it's rare mistake made by both Arsenal defense. Arsenal try to use the counter-attacking tactics but it didn't work, Roma keep pressing and pressing, hoping to find the second goal, but Alunmia ensure that no second goal was conceded. Roma had a claim in penalty just before the break when Clichy fouled Motta I think in the penalty box, I think most of the refree would had given a penalty and Arsenal was lucky enough to avoid it.
Arsenal second half performance had a slight improvement and had a few chances, but Roma defended well and Arsenal fluent passing kept intercepted by Roma. Subtistute Julio Baptista had a clear cut chances but missed. Arsenal bring on Walcott and Eduardo to replace Eboue and Bendtner respectively and Arsenal changed back to the original formation which is 4-4-2. Toure had a free heading but headed wide during stoppage time.
Extra time was not as exciting as normal time probably due to the stamina of the players and eventually, it's down to penalty. Eduardo first miss the penalty and Vucinic (Sry for wrong spelling) followed afterwards. Both sides scored all the penalty successfully until Tonetto misses it. I think Roma did a gd job but luck alway plays a part in competition.
Now that all Italian represetative were being knocked out by English teams.
The 8 teams who went to qaurter final are:
Arsenal FC
Chelsea FC
Liverpool FC
Manchester United
Porto FC
Barcelona FC
Villarreal
Bayern Munich
4 English teams1 Portugese team1 German team2 Spainish teams
This shows the strength of BPL !
Barcelona 5-2 Lyon (Total Agg: Barcelona 6-3 Lyon)
Roma 0-1 Arsenal (Total Agg: Roma 1-1 Arsenal. Penalty Arsenal won 7-6)
Porto 0-0 Atletico Madrid (Total Agg: Porto 2-2 Atletico Madrid, Porto won on away goal rule)
Man Utd 2-0 Inter Milan (Total Agg: Man Utd 2-0 Inter Milan)
Arsenal performance was not as good as expected, they played a rather defensive formation 4-2-3-1, Van Persie as lone striker with Nasri, Bendtner and Eboue supporting behind. Diaby and Denlison both played as defensive midfielder. Roma attacking strategies work since the whistle blows as they kept Arsenal defense busy. Roma got the lead in just 9minutes when Juan scored in just around the penalty box, it's rare mistake made by both Arsenal defense. Arsenal try to use the counter-attacking tactics but it didn't work, Roma keep pressing and pressing, hoping to find the second goal, but Alunmia ensure that no second goal was conceded. Roma had a claim in penalty just before the break when Clichy fouled Motta I think in the penalty box, I think most of the refree would had given a penalty and Arsenal was lucky enough to avoid it.
Arsenal second half performance had a slight improvement and had a few chances, but Roma defended well and Arsenal fluent passing kept intercepted by Roma. Subtistute Julio Baptista had a clear cut chances but missed. Arsenal bring on Walcott and Eduardo to replace Eboue and Bendtner respectively and Arsenal changed back to the original formation which is 4-4-2. Toure had a free heading but headed wide during stoppage time.
Extra time was not as exciting as normal time probably due to the stamina of the players and eventually, it's down to penalty. Eduardo first miss the penalty and Vucinic (Sry for wrong spelling) followed afterwards. Both sides scored all the penalty successfully until Tonetto misses it. I think Roma did a gd job but luck alway plays a part in competition.
Now that all Italian represetative were being knocked out by English teams.
The 8 teams who went to qaurter final are:
Arsenal FC
Chelsea FC
Liverpool FC
Manchester United
Porto FC
Barcelona FC
Villarreal
Bayern Munich
4 English teams1 Portugese team1 German team2 Spainish teams
This shows the strength of BPL !
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
Roma midfielder De Rossi is suppended for this match.
Inter Milan might be using Balotelli to pair up front with Ibrahimovic instead of Adriano.
I watched the replay match of the Liverpool vs Real Madrid and I must say the first two goals scored by Liverpool are lucky. Some refree might not allow the Torres's goal because he had fouled Pepe by pulling him back. I think that this should be a foul since Torres had clear contact with Pepe, some might say Pepe delibrately fell down and call for a free kick and in my opinion, I think it is a foul by Torres.
The second goal scored from the penalty spot by Gerrard. I think Henize was unlucky, because the ball touches the shoulder instead of the hand and this is not a delibrate hand ball.
Liverpool victory might boost the morale of the team and be ready for the Man Utd match.
Roma midfielder De Rossi is suppended for this match.
Inter Milan might be using Balotelli to pair up front with Ibrahimovic instead of Adriano.
I watched the replay match of the Liverpool vs Real Madrid and I must say the first two goals scored by Liverpool are lucky. Some refree might not allow the Torres's goal because he had fouled Pepe by pulling him back. I think that this should be a foul since Torres had clear contact with Pepe, some might say Pepe delibrately fell down and call for a free kick and in my opinion, I think it is a foul by Torres.
The second goal scored from the penalty spot by Gerrard. I think Henize was unlucky, because the ball touches the shoulder instead of the hand and this is not a delibrate hand ball.
Liverpool victory might boost the morale of the team and be ready for the Man Utd match.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Yo Soccer fans
Btw, Soccerpluscrap forum had all the results of BPL and Champion league, do go have a look if you want any of the results.
Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid (Total Agg: Liverpool 5-0 Real Madrid)
Bayern Munich 7-1 Sporting Lisbon (Total Agg: Bayern Munich 12-1 Sporting Lisbon)
Juventus 2-2 Chelsea (Total Agg: Juventus 2-3 Chelsea)
Panathinaikos 1-2 Villarreal (Total Agg: Panathinaikos 2-3 Villarreal)
I am sure many fans and pundits will be shocked at how liverpool easily trashed Real Madrid at Anfield. Many would thought that this would be a close match but it turn out to be a suprise. I said in last post that Gerrard and Torres will be the biggest threat and both Liverpool stars had got in the socresheet this morning. Torres managed to get a goal in just 16 minutes, Steven Gerrard make his 100 appearances for Liverpool in the Champion league and scored twice including a penalty. Italian full back Dossena scored in 88minutes to seal up a wonderful display by Liverpool.
Bayern Munich managed to easily trashed Sporting Lisbon. The first leg, Bayern Munich managed to get a big 5 goal margin and this home match is more of a relax game, but Bayern Munich put up their first team line-up and just in half-time, they are already 4-1 up. Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger scored and the 2nd half was more like a Bayern game. Sporting Lisbon might be wondering why they had lost in such a big margin, their defenders will be the biggest culprit in this big lost.
Juventus knocked out of the Champion league after being held to a draw. this is their 3rd draw against a BPL team. After sidelined for most of the season, Essien return and score in 45minutes after Juventus got the lead by Iaquinta in 19mintues. Drogba then scored his 2nd goal against Juventus in 83minutes to cancel out Del Piero penalty in 74minutes. Guus Hiddink magical management migt allow Chelsea to get some silverwares this season.
As for the Panathinaikos match, I can't comment much because I didn't really watch the match. Villarreal might gone in to next round but I think they will not go any further because quarter final are all the best clubs in Europe.
Today Champion League is also interesting.
Roma vs Arsenal
Man Utd vs Inter Milan
Barcelona vs Lyon
Porto vs Atletico Madrid
Arsenal managed to get a small victory during their home match against Roma by Van Persie penalty, but Roma will try everything at Home to upset Arsenal. Arsenal go in to FA Cup semi-final by beating Burnley 3-0. Eduardo and Walcott both return after injured for a long time and Eduardo wonderful left footed volley goal against Burnley is top class. Walcott seems OK after injury and nearly scored. Both will be available for this away game. Arsenal cannot depend on deep defend, they need to attack to get a 2nd goal to get a healthy lead. Arsenal injured player include Adebayor, Fabregas, Rosicky and Silvestre. Van Persie and Eduardo might pair up in front with Walcott and Nasri both play as winger. Denlison and Diaby performance might be crucial and they will need to keep an eye for De Rossi and Totti.
I predict Arsenal might get a small victory
Roma 0-2 Arsenal
Jose Mourinho vs Sir Alex Ferguson.
Jose Mourinho have all the necessary information about Man Utd because he had face Man Utd several times during his Chelsea period. Ibrahimovic performance is most crucial for Inter. Sissoko might not available because he had injured in the first leg tie. Man Utd seems to be the most on form club at Europe currently. They had fantastic players like C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Carrick, Berbatov. Even in sub bench, Tevez, Evans, Rafael, Scholes, etc . Inter need to really put up a attacking formation and keep providing assist for striker. Man Utd home record is really good and Inter need to put up a very best performance to beat Man Utd, but I still think Man Utd will come up with a victory.
Man Utd 3-1 Inter Milan
Other match
Barcelona 3-0 Lyon
Although Barcelona might gone a bit off recently, but Lyon might not had the ability to upset them.
Porto 0-1 Atletico Madrid
THis is all my personal prediction.
Btw, Soccerpluscrap forum had all the results of BPL and Champion league, do go have a look if you want any of the results.
Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid (Total Agg: Liverpool 5-0 Real Madrid)
Bayern Munich 7-1 Sporting Lisbon (Total Agg: Bayern Munich 12-1 Sporting Lisbon)
Juventus 2-2 Chelsea (Total Agg: Juventus 2-3 Chelsea)
Panathinaikos 1-2 Villarreal (Total Agg: Panathinaikos 2-3 Villarreal)
I am sure many fans and pundits will be shocked at how liverpool easily trashed Real Madrid at Anfield. Many would thought that this would be a close match but it turn out to be a suprise. I said in last post that Gerrard and Torres will be the biggest threat and both Liverpool stars had got in the socresheet this morning. Torres managed to get a goal in just 16 minutes, Steven Gerrard make his 100 appearances for Liverpool in the Champion league and scored twice including a penalty. Italian full back Dossena scored in 88minutes to seal up a wonderful display by Liverpool.
Bayern Munich managed to easily trashed Sporting Lisbon. The first leg, Bayern Munich managed to get a big 5 goal margin and this home match is more of a relax game, but Bayern Munich put up their first team line-up and just in half-time, they are already 4-1 up. Podolski and Bastian Schweinsteiger scored and the 2nd half was more like a Bayern game. Sporting Lisbon might be wondering why they had lost in such a big margin, their defenders will be the biggest culprit in this big lost.
Juventus knocked out of the Champion league after being held to a draw. this is their 3rd draw against a BPL team. After sidelined for most of the season, Essien return and score in 45minutes after Juventus got the lead by Iaquinta in 19mintues. Drogba then scored his 2nd goal against Juventus in 83minutes to cancel out Del Piero penalty in 74minutes. Guus Hiddink magical management migt allow Chelsea to get some silverwares this season.
As for the Panathinaikos match, I can't comment much because I didn't really watch the match. Villarreal might gone in to next round but I think they will not go any further because quarter final are all the best clubs in Europe.
Today Champion League is also interesting.
Roma vs Arsenal
Man Utd vs Inter Milan
Barcelona vs Lyon
Porto vs Atletico Madrid
Arsenal managed to get a small victory during their home match against Roma by Van Persie penalty, but Roma will try everything at Home to upset Arsenal. Arsenal go in to FA Cup semi-final by beating Burnley 3-0. Eduardo and Walcott both return after injured for a long time and Eduardo wonderful left footed volley goal against Burnley is top class. Walcott seems OK after injury and nearly scored. Both will be available for this away game. Arsenal cannot depend on deep defend, they need to attack to get a 2nd goal to get a healthy lead. Arsenal injured player include Adebayor, Fabregas, Rosicky and Silvestre. Van Persie and Eduardo might pair up in front with Walcott and Nasri both play as winger. Denlison and Diaby performance might be crucial and they will need to keep an eye for De Rossi and Totti.
I predict Arsenal might get a small victory
Roma 0-2 Arsenal
Jose Mourinho vs Sir Alex Ferguson.
Jose Mourinho have all the necessary information about Man Utd because he had face Man Utd several times during his Chelsea period. Ibrahimovic performance is most crucial for Inter. Sissoko might not available because he had injured in the first leg tie. Man Utd seems to be the most on form club at Europe currently. They had fantastic players like C.Ronaldo, Rooney, Carrick, Berbatov. Even in sub bench, Tevez, Evans, Rafael, Scholes, etc . Inter need to really put up a attacking formation and keep providing assist for striker. Man Utd home record is really good and Inter need to put up a very best performance to beat Man Utd, but I still think Man Utd will come up with a victory.
Man Utd 3-1 Inter Milan
Other match
Barcelona 3-0 Lyon
Although Barcelona might gone a bit off recently, but Lyon might not had the ability to upset them.
Porto 0-1 Atletico Madrid
THis is all my personal prediction.
Yo Soccer Fans
This is my first post in this BrillantGoal blog and today I will be discussing about the champion league which will be held at wednesday and thursday (SG TIME) . 2 of the BPL giants will start off today, Liverpool vs Real Madrid and Juventus vs Chelsea.
Liverpool managed to grab a crucial goal at Bernadeu when Benayoun scored in 82th minutes. It is a crucial victory and it's an away goal. Real Madrid had to win in order to process on to quarter- final. The problem with Real Madrid is that they had many injury problem players, like Robben and Sneijder, but Robben will be available for today. If Real Madrid really wants to grab a victory at Anfield, Lassana Diarra and Gago must keep an eye on Mascherano and Gerrard, they need to stop this two liverpool midfielders first before eyeing for a victory. Although Gerrard might not at his best form since his return from injury, but his experience in Europe competition is much better and sometimes might make something out of nothing.
Another Liverpool threat will be the striking force, because at this period, Kuyt and Benayoun are in their top form and if Real Madrid underestimated both of them, they will be in their deep trouble. Fernado Torres might be available for Liverpool and this is another big threat because Torres is familiar with the spanish gaints because he had represented Atletico Madrid before and had faced time numerous time.
As for Liverpool, their tactic would probably defend deep and depend on counter attack to score. Raul is an experience player and Carragher and sketel must be alert. Robben is another dangerous threat and Liverpool must keep an eye on him.
I predict it will be a close match and Liverpool might be able to go thru to next stage.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
Another Big match ahead is Juventus vs Chelsea. Statistic go against Juventus as they had draw 2 BPL teams before at home, against Liverpool and Arsenal. Chelsea need to just hold on to a draw to go thru to next round. I think Hiddink is a gd manager, since he become the maanger of Chelsea, Hiddink had 100% win record. Many players said that Hiddink provides passion for their players. As for Juventus, I think that they need to really concentrate and keep on attacking to really go thru. Most of their players is over 30 years old and their stamina might not be as good as Chelsea. Drogba is in good form even since his return. Anelka will not be available.
Juventus 0-2 Chelsea
ByeBye
This is my first post in this BrillantGoal blog and today I will be discussing about the champion league which will be held at wednesday and thursday (SG TIME) . 2 of the BPL giants will start off today, Liverpool vs Real Madrid and Juventus vs Chelsea.
Liverpool managed to grab a crucial goal at Bernadeu when Benayoun scored in 82th minutes. It is a crucial victory and it's an away goal. Real Madrid had to win in order to process on to quarter- final. The problem with Real Madrid is that they had many injury problem players, like Robben and Sneijder, but Robben will be available for today. If Real Madrid really wants to grab a victory at Anfield, Lassana Diarra and Gago must keep an eye on Mascherano and Gerrard, they need to stop this two liverpool midfielders first before eyeing for a victory. Although Gerrard might not at his best form since his return from injury, but his experience in Europe competition is much better and sometimes might make something out of nothing.
Another Liverpool threat will be the striking force, because at this period, Kuyt and Benayoun are in their top form and if Real Madrid underestimated both of them, they will be in their deep trouble. Fernado Torres might be available for Liverpool and this is another big threat because Torres is familiar with the spanish gaints because he had represented Atletico Madrid before and had faced time numerous time.
As for Liverpool, their tactic would probably defend deep and depend on counter attack to score. Raul is an experience player and Carragher and sketel must be alert. Robben is another dangerous threat and Liverpool must keep an eye on him.
I predict it will be a close match and Liverpool might be able to go thru to next stage.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
Another Big match ahead is Juventus vs Chelsea. Statistic go against Juventus as they had draw 2 BPL teams before at home, against Liverpool and Arsenal. Chelsea need to just hold on to a draw to go thru to next round. I think Hiddink is a gd manager, since he become the maanger of Chelsea, Hiddink had 100% win record. Many players said that Hiddink provides passion for their players. As for Juventus, I think that they need to really concentrate and keep on attacking to really go thru. Most of their players is over 30 years old and their stamina might not be as good as Chelsea. Drogba is in good form even since his return. Anelka will not be available.
Juventus 0-2 Chelsea
ByeBye
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