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Kicks off today.
Today's matches:
Twente - Inter
Bremen - Tottenham
Lyon - Schalke
Benfica - H. Tel-Aviv
Man. United - Rangers
Bursaspor - Valencia
Barca - Panathinaikos
København - Rubin
The English teams (Arsenal, Chelsea) were raping today, Zilina's lone goal against Chelsea was an hilarious own-goal.
And both are off to a good start domestically as well... Both were very impressive...
-- Ajax 1-1 Milan --
We're getting down to the last few major teams and Man U played a blinder to defeat Chelsea on Chelsea ground - not good for Ancellotti's long term plans to stay at Chelsea..
Elsewhere, a little known team called "Barcelona" defeated Shaktar Donesk 5-1....
-- As for the final... well Man U/Chealski should be able to defeat Shalke--
It will be Man U. Having spent £50million on Torres (who already looked out of it at Liverpool and for Spain in the World Cup - Chelsea will continue to try and see if he can turn things around and this will be at the cost of other strikers more likely to score.
ManU - Madrid final, Madrid taking the title.
Baiter!!!
It might be.. Barca and Real Madrid play each other 4 times the next 18 days, so in many ways it depends on how that run starts out for each team. If Real suffer another heavy defeat in Madrid to Barca on Saturday then it could break Real like it did last season and cost the coach his job. That would throw Real into chaos. On the flip side, if Real finally beat Barca, then that could up their moral for the next 3 games.
And it also depends a lot on injuries and bannings to key people. Barca vs Real matches have a tendency to have quite a few yellow and red cards and the fact that Real is missing a critical defender in the first game against Barca in the semi final might be significant.
But as it stands now Barca are playing much better than Real and that alone could mean you are wrong. But since Barca has 3 trophies to win still and Real can only reach 2 and in all Real have to beat Barca to win... then I have no doubt that Murinoh will pull out all the dirty tricks and tactics he can, because his job is on the line. He could as I said, be out of there already by Monday if Real looses heavily again to Barca. The 5-0 thumping earlier in the season almost cost his job then heh.
I think Barca is going to beat Madrid in the league game, then Madrid will win all of the 3 left games or at least 2 out of 3.
Reason? Mourinho knows the league is no longer his concern since Barca has secured the championship a long time ago.
He's going to let his players know that they are to save their power for the other 3 games, especially the two champions league games.
Mourinho was always the ultimate manager for the champions league and I can absolutely see him lifting the cup again and becoming the first (?) manager to lift the Champions cup with three different teams.
Besides, Barca are not at their best and their defense in the two games against the Ukrainians (Brazilians) was horrible.
Then again ManU is a tough team and in the case the final is ManU - Madrid it'd still be a tough call.
Then you do not understand what is at stake. Real Madrid are already not played as they "should" according to the fans and board. They want flair, they want "barca like" football. They are playing like a bunch of Italians. They totally rely on Ronaldo for scoring goals and if he has an off day or is kept at bay, then they have nothing.
Also, any time Real looses to Barcelona, the manager of Real is close to get kicked. They lost 5-0 in the first game and if they loose again in La Liga and especially if they loose badly, then Mourinho's job is hanging in a thread. Barca has not won the Kings cup in ages, and it has been (ironically) a priority for the management this season. And finally if Barca win both the league game and the Kings Cup then Mourinho will most likely not be on the bench for the first Champions League match. 3 losses to Barca in a season is unheard of for Real and a huge hit to their confidence.. both players and fans.
Nothing is secure and it was only last weekend when Real lost to a much lower league team (which put Mourinho under huge pressure), that Mourinho admitted that the La Liga title run was all but over and that resulted in calls for his firing. He is also in an internal battle with the head of football, and does not have the full backing of the President as it is.
Then he wont be on the bench on Saturday if he does that. Plus I doubt the "real" Real players, who have huge power in the dressing room (Casilias, Ramos), will in no way accept giving up on the game on Saturday. It will cause a riot in the dressing room. They live for the El Classico each year
Yes he has been good, but with the most expensive team before Real Madrid, Chealski, he failed over and over again...And yes he would be the first manager to lift it with 3 teams if they win.
Dont matter if they score 5 goals. Plus Puyol should be back for Saturdays game. And like it or not, Barca has one of the best defensive records in Europe.. by only letting 22 goals in in all competitions (minus the Kings Cup) and scoring over 100 goals so far this season.
I would not count out Schalke just yet.
I don't think the records mean much when it concerns the classico. It has its own rules and I strongly believe that the 5-0 from the beginning of the season was a one-time show.
HAHAH you have no clue then on El Classico. One-time show... you forget the 6-2 thumping Real Madrid got at home last season. And you forget, that Real Madrid has not won against Barca since 2008. And you forget the 4-1 thumping Barca got in 2008, or the 3-3 game in 2007, the 4-2 to Real in 2005 or the 3-0 to Barca in 2004. Hardly a one off..
Real Madrid will not lose 5-0 to Barcelona again
If you weren't so arrogant I wouldn't be saying it.. but.. owned.
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