he's a great coach, he has a good eye for scouting players around the world and very organized of how to set up his team. but for me the best coach is Cesare Prandelli , Fiorentina coach. Just in 5 years I think after Fiorentina were relegated he took them to being in the top 5 in serie-a for 4 consecutive seasons. But hopefully he stays in there for a long time since im a supporter myself
Does anyone else here watch La Liga and other leagues on espn 360? I just realized that they show all sorts of games live there and you can watch replays while jumping ahead in the games and such. Just wanted to say something in case people were out there hoping to watch games, but live in the US and can't afford expensive dish packages.
Stuttgart vs Barcelona Olympiacos vs Bordeuax Internazionales vs Chelsea Bayern vs Fiorentina CSKA Moskva vs Sevilla Lyon vs Real Madrid Porto vs Arsenal Milan vs Man. United
Nice, I love England vs Italy. Chelsea will roflstomp Inter though, and Milan aren't exactly favourites against United. No Kaka there to humiliate the englishmen this time.
Holgerius, I imagine you must be pretty happy with Roma drawing Panathinaikos in the Europa League
2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32 Draw in full + Show Spoiler +
First leg: 18 February (*16 February) Second leg: 25 February (**23 February)
1. FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) v Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 2. Athletic Club (ESP) v RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 3. FC København (DEN) v Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 4. Panathinaikos FC (GRE) v AS Roma (ITA) 5. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) v Galatasaray AŞ (TUR)** 6. AFC Ajax (NED) v Juventus (ITA) 7. Club Brugge KV (BEL) v Valencia CF (ESP) 8. Fulham FC (ENG) v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 9. Liverpool FC (ENG) v FC Unirea Urziceni (ROU) 10. Hamburger SV (GER) v PSV Eindhoven (NED) 11. Villarreal CF (ESP) v VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 12. R. Standard de Liège (BEL) v FC Salzburg (AUT) 13. FC Twente (NED) v Werder Bremen (GER) 14. LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) v Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 15. Everton (ENG) v Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)* 16. Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) v SL Benfica (POR)**
Europa League: Liverpool FC 6.50 Valencia 8.50 Juventus 11.00 Benfica 12.00 AS Roma 15.00
Champions League: Barcelona 4.00 Real Madrid 5.00 Chelsea 5.25 Manchester United 9.50 Arsenal 10.00
Everything seems right except for Liverpool as the most likely to win Europa League. They probably wont care about this competition and focus on getting to 4th in the Premier.
Stuttgart vs Barcelona Olympiacos vs Bordeuax Internazionales vs Chelsea Bayern vs Fiorentina CSKA Moskva vs Sevilla Lyon vs Real Madrid Porto vs Arsenal Milan vs Man. United, this one's tough, but I think Man United edge it
Panathinaikos should be no problem. Unless Totti gets injured again I think Roma will advance. Liverpool, Valencia and Juve are big threats later on in the tournament, but Roma has a great, great chance of winning the whole thing.
On December 18 2009 20:56 Holgerius wrote: Nice, I love England vs Italy. Chelsea will roflstomp Inter though, and Milan aren't exactly favourites against United. No Kaka there to humiliate the englishmen this time.
Lovely memories!
Go Italy!
my favorite Totti moment right here... you can see the anger as he even pushes the goalie after his stupid PK
On December 18 2009 20:56 Holgerius wrote: Nice, I love England vs Italy. Chelsea will roflstomp Inter though, and Milan aren't exactly favourites against United. No Kaka there to humiliate the englishmen this time.
Lovely memories!
Go Italy!
my favorite Totti moment right here... you can see the anger as he even pushes the goalie after his stupid PK
Once again, Totti shows his superior passion to the game of football, compared to the passionless English scum. Legendary moments like this is what makes Totti a true legend and bonjwa! Did you see his amazing goal on the weekend to defeat the legendary Catania side? Perhaps you have seen the amazing PK taken versus FC Basle in midweek? An absolute extraordinary player, a true legend of the game. Totti bonjwa!
Does anyone else think these draws are always rigged to produce the most interesting matchups? I don't mind it at all but really if someone was to ask me to make my dream draw while following the domestic matchup rule, this would be it.
Really looking forward to Utd vs Milan, hopefully there is no mental barrier from all the times Milan's won before.
A win against Shaktar (unlikely as it is) would do me lovely now so it would would be great to get a game against Juve or Ajax, doubt Fulham would win it but would be nice to see since they have a knack for beating big teams.
dont underestimate porto, we have a pretty good team this year and since Arsenal is (imo) such an irregular team we have a nice chance of making to the quarter finals