While I gather my thoughts on last night’s amazing performances, the European madness continues tonight and it just wouldn’t be Europe without my lame attempt to predict the unpredictable outcomes of what can only be described as a place where anything can and will happen! So instead, think beautifully tanned women bathing topless, think greased [...]
…was it!? I mean no disrespect to Lyon for their achievement, but when one of the most expensive teams in the world strolls over to your neck of the woods like a big bad wolf, unless you’re a big bad wolf yourself, you’re not likely to flip them a one fingered salute and claim your [...]
The Champions League is back tonight and if you haven’t already had an aneurysm cause of the rush of blood, then sit tight… tonight may just be your night bro! Lack of matches and change of knock-out format aside, tonight’s games will pit a couple of stars against the teams that made them who they [...]
Late goals were the order of the UCL this evening… and didn’t Liverpool find out the hard way!? Playing with a less than impressive team (Gerrard [subbed at 24min] and no Torres) meant that the Reds were playing like a group of freakish looking immigrants kicking a football around on their lunch break and the [...]
I predict: Debreceni VSC 0 v 1 ACF Fiorentina Liverpool FC 2 v 2 Olympique Lyonnais FC Barcelona 4 v 0 FC Rubin Kazan FC Internazionale Milano 3 v 1 FC Dynamo Kyiv Rangers FC 2 v 1 FC Unirea Urziceni VfB Stuttgart 2 v 2 Sevilla FC AZ Alkmaar 1 v 3 Arsenal FC [...]
Given that in the first match Lyon were unlucky not to come away with the win, I was actually quite amazed at how easily Barcelona carved through them like a slab of fluorescent-yellow French butter that had been left on the kitchen bench all night long. I was also amazed at how Pep Guardiola kept [...]
To be frank, Lyon should have won this battle, instead, they now have to go to the Camp Nou in a fortnights time and have to put in a very special performance to even have a chance of making it through to the next phase… oh, and just so you understand how special a performance [...]