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well Inista and Milito are back so I think they'll cover all the weak spots with them except goalkeeper that spot still sucks ,
my main lineup would be something like this:
---------------------- Valdez -----------------------------
Alvez-------- Puyol----------- Milito ------- Abidal
--------------------- Toure Yaya-------------------------
Xavi----------------------------------------------- Iniesta
Messi -------------------------------------------- Henry
------------------------ Eto'o-------------------------------
on defense Barca also have 3 very good defenders: Pique, Marquez, Caceres if needed.
imo the 2 losses can get some justification: In the Espanyol game they played with 10 men, and Busquets isn't Iniesta, he lacks experience to be a starter in a CL game.
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abidal is injured for 2 months and milito cant play yet.
i really hope pep starts using sylvinho, at least till abidal is back.
i hope barca will start winning games again.
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he will be able to play for the next CL game i believe
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Sylvinho is too old, he has a lot of football in his boots but he can't stand a chance against top wingers.
Alves Piqué/Marquez Milito Puyol should be the defensive line. And if Iniesta comes back, Henry is out.
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I read some rumors that Barca made already a move for Rivery and signed some pre-agreement, would be nice to see him there, i think he would fit with Barca's style just imagine him and Messi playing together.
All just rumors , Madrid also has as much possiblitties as Barca of landing him
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Real Madrid is already down 0-2 and are playing like shit. Terrible defensive mistakes followed by no midfield. Liverpool is totally dominating possession.
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damn... i just really hate liverpool when they are at home, the refs are like way too bias to be real for like every single match in my memory
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On March 11 2009 05:31 white_box921 wrote:
damn... i just really hate liverpool when they are at home, the refs are like way too bias to be real for like every single match in my memory
Whatever, they were doing whatever they wanted during 1st half, RM is getting destroyed.
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I don't think I said pool wasn't killing RM, just that everytime I see a bias decision in Anfield, I hate pool more.
Juv is in deep shit though -_-
and Sporting coach should ask nicely of the BM players to just stop it, it is seriously getting ugly
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Oh wow Bayern just humiliated Sporting. 12-1 aggregate.
Real was a joke, which is fine with me. I like to see them lose.
Hope Barca wins tomorrow.
Go Bayern and Barca.
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Haha Bayern is so awesome. No one is expecting Bayern to make the finals but if they keep this up, thy have a real shot.
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Liverpool's first two were unlucky for RM, but they thoroughly dominated the game and deserved their win.
Chelsea were all but home once Essien scored.
Bayen delivered one of the sickest two-leg rapes I've seen in a long, long time.
Villareal and Panathinaikos --- meh. Villareal is punching above its weight from here on in and will do well to make it past the quarters.
As for tonight:
Man U vs Inter --- if the first leg was anything to go by Man U will win easily. Mourinho is a great coach though so Inter could pull something out. I expect them to play classic Italian defensive style vs Man U's agressive offense. Should be fun!
Barca vs Lyon --- Lyon are always touted as darkhorses, but are perennial underachievers for me. Barca will take this 2-0.
Porto vs Athletico --- don't really know either team that well to make a good judgement. I'll go the home team.
Roma vs Arsenal --- CL has been dominated by EPL teams in recent years and I expect this to continue. Arsenal have been arse-horrible domestically, but still found room to dominate Roma in the first leg and could easily be 3 up. Roma don't do it for me and I suspect an early away goal will seal their fate.
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I just have some strange feeling that Mourinho will somehow win and come out to media with all his usual shit 'I am the one', 'I offer the only competition SAF had' and etc.
Roma's tie looks bad for them, Arsenal had an easy game at the weekend and Theo is BACK!
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Draw is starting soon. Hyping up the teams atm
+ Show Spoiler [Stream] +http://video.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/UVSLiveASX/S001B000V01.asx
+ Show Spoiler [Draw/Match Ups] +1) Villareal v Arsenal
2) Manchester United v Porto
3) Liverpool v Chelsea
4) Barcelona v Bayern Munchen
Winner of 2 faces winner of 1
Winner of 4 faces winner of 3
I guess it's a lot more simple to put it in this format:
Man Utd/Porto vs Villareal/Arsenal
Barcelona/Bayern vs Liverpool/Chelsea
+ Show Spoiler [My Predictions] +Quarters: Arsenal>Villareal Arsenal should prove too strong Man Utd>Porto ^Ditto Liverpool>Chelsea lol AGAIN? How many times is it now, 5 years running? No Riise to help Chelsea this time. It should prove to be yet another tight (re:boring) fixture for "pure" football fans. I think it should be an exciting series, going by years passed Barca>Bayern Isn't Klose out for 2 months? I don't see how they can win w/o their leading scorer. That, and Barca is a very strong team. Semis: Man Utd>Arsenal This will probably be billed as a high scoring fixture--much like last years MU/Barca--and will probably prove otherwise. I don't see United's great defense allow many goals and Arsenal will probably squander many chances trying to make the 'perfect goal' per usual. Barca>Liverpool I don't know. Liverpool have proven to be strong in Europe, but I just don't like them :p Barca>Man Utd Though hoping United! Not a single team has won the CL consecutively  Will United be the first? (CL curse, tbqh) On a side note, which of these hypothetical finals do you think would have a better 'story line': Man Utd v Chelsea rematch or Arsenal v Barca rematch Arsenal/Barca would be intense as Henry is now playing for the same team that knocked him off in the finals. I'd definitely see the tension in this fixture from fans and players alike. Man Utd/Chelsea is, well, a rematch of last years final. After that heart breaker in penalties, and Terry's slip-up, this match would be a personal one.
Let's see how right/wrong I am when it's all said and done, haha
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YES! I was hoping Arsenal would avoid the big teams and get Porto or Villareal~
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ah screw it, Bayern vs Barca, that's gonna be hard for Bayern.
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Awesome match ups
Bayern vs Barca will be amazing
=D
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ManU basically got the easiest possible grid to the final....
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Norway28733 Posts
ya united ends up in final 4 out of 5 times now
liverpool chelsea and barca bayern are both huge.. most likely 3 english teams+barca in semi finals again, it is possible that villareal can beat arsenal tho. porto did knock out united once before, but that was a far stronger porto with mourinho against a far weaker united. it happening this year would be the biggest upset in the history of the champions league :D
united ending up in final is more likely than ever, but theres like an almost equal chance for liverpool chelsea and barcelona to take the other spot, prolly something like 35% liverpool 30% barcelona 25% chelsea 10% bayern
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