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[Mendes]

Atlético Madrid - FC Porto
Chelsea - Juventus
Sporting - Bayern Munich
Real Madrid - Liverpool
Internazionale - Man. United
Villarreal - Panathinaikos
Lyon - Barcelona
Arsenal - Roma

Very interesting. The teams I picked as the most accessible for the portuguese teams got matched between them (Vilarreal - Panathinaikos). Still, we can consider ourselves 'lucky' coz none of the favorites came as well... but its obvious to me that panathinaikos, porto and sporting are the outsiders in this round.
I'm delighted with man utd vs Inter. It'll be a wonder to watch for sure. Juve Chelsea and L'pool vs RM also catches anyone's eye. Barça vs Lyon is yumm yumm too.

My bet:
Atlético Madrid - FC Porto (yes, this is just faith... some1 take aguero out of atletico in january pleeeease!)
Chelsea - Juventus - (chelsea's getting very regular in the CL's latter rounds in recent years, and Juve isnt That strong)
Sporting - Bayern Munich -(hope not, but I dont see Sporting's average defenders stopping the ultimate attack double Klose & Toni)
Real Madrid - Liverpool -(L'pool>RM in CL for the last decade, and I dont see signs of a turn around on this RM's terrible season)
Internazionale - Man. United - (I feel like this is Inter's time to bright. For too long they havent won a thing on this level)
Villarreal - Panathinaikos -(Villarreal is clear favorite imo)
Lyon - Barcelona - (unless Messi gets injured on the meantime)
Arsenal - Roma (hard to tell, but if we see Arsenal on a day yes it's doom for Roma)

 

[thsv]

Bloody Shaktar Doneskt...... we drew Shaktar Doneskt

 

[Imperium]

Not as funny as the fact that after our worst start to a season ever we're only 4 wins off a Champions League place.

And sunderland that is in a relegation place is one win away from beating you on points.

Atlético Madrid - FC Porto
Chelsea - Juventus
Sporting - Bayern Munich
Real Madrid - Liverpool
Internazionale - Man. United
Villarreal - Panathinaikos
Lyon - Barcelona
Arsenal - Roma

Very interesting. The teams I picked as the most accessible for the portuguese teams got matched between them (Vilarreal - Panathinaikos). Still, we can consider ourselves 'lucky' coz none of the favorites came as well... but its obvious to me that panathinaikos, porto and sporting are the outsiders in this round.
I'm delighted with man utd vs Inter. It'll be a wonder to watch for sure. Juve Chelsea and L'pool vs RM also catches anyone's eye. Barça vs Lyon is yumm yumm too.

My bet:
Atlético Madrid - FC Porto (yes, this is just faith... some1 take aguero out of atletico in january pleeeease!)
Chelsea - Juventus - (chelsea's getting very regular in the CL's latter rounds in recent years, and Juve isnt That strong)
Sporting - Bayern Munich -(hope not, but I dont see Sporting's average defenders stopping the ultimate attack double Klose & Toni)
Real Madrid - Liverpool -(L'pool>RM in CL for the last decade, and I dont see signs of a turn around on this RM's terrible season)
Internazionale - Man. United - (I feel like this is Inter's time to bright. For too long they havent won a thing on this level)
Villarreal - Panathinaikos -(Villarreal is clear favorite imo)
Lyon - Barcelona - (unless Messi gets injured on the meantime)
Arsenal - Roma (hard to tell, but if we see Arsenal on a day yes it's doom for Roma)

Im just happy we did not get Barcelona. So im happy with drawing roma, but winning all depends on what team shows up, like you said. And having the second leg in rome, doesnt help.

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Bloody Shaktar Doneskt...... we drew Shaktar Doneskt

You got a tough draw, doneskt have some really good players. Srna, the brazilians, rat etc. And then if you win you might face villa, which should be intresting.

 

[Lohnt]

Atlético Madrid - FC Porto : Atletico plays kind of like Bremen, whoever scores more goals wins and Atletico has the superior offense IMO
Chelsea - Juventus : Juve is very strong this year, and although they don't necessarily impress me, I think Chelsea lacks steady results, they'll probably flop under the pressure
Sporting - Bayern Munich : I don't really know.. I would guess Bayern, but last year they should have lost to Getafe and did lose to Zenit.. also they should have tied with Lyon, so I don' know.. they aren't as good as I thought, they just play beautiful football.
Real Madrid - Liverpool : Gerrard deserves a Ch. League, especially this season.
Internazionale - Man. United : Cristiano's form keeps improving with every game, and Rooney is phenomenal, they will win this.
Villarreal - Panathinaikos : I can tell you after I see what players Panathinaikos buys.. honestly, if they both play moderately and defensively I will choose Villa, but if they play offensively because they underestimate Panathinaikos, Villa will lose, I swear by it. Karagounis is having the season of his life in Ch. League matches, he's better than he was in 2004 and he's a good enough leader to push them past an opponent like Villareal, but probably not past the next opponent, unless it's an Italian/German club =p.
Lyon - Barcelona : Another tough match, Benzema is phenomenal.. and Messi is a God.. I don't really know how this match will unfold, but I believe this will be another match where the one who scores more goals will win.. so maybe Barca because of the stronger offense. Then again they lost to Celtic last season..
Arsenal - Roma : Roma. Arsenal is full of casualties of war and Roma is such a duchey team.. but Roma is playing smart, until they face MU (7-2) in the semi-finals, they'll probably advance.

 

[thsv]

And the season just gets tighter and tighter in England. Eliminate the top five from the running and there is only a 12 point gap between 6th and 20th. And the biggest gap between any two teams? 2 points.

And what the hell are Adebayor and Wenger complaining about. Firstly the tackle was well over the ball (He wasn't far off from making contact with his knee). After what happened to Eduardo you'd have thought they'd both know better. Secondly, irrespective of how easily Arbeloa went down its an elbow to the face. Its a red card offense. Its assault if he does it out on the street. He should thank god he did it on the pitch.

 

[Imperium]

And what the hell are Adebayor and Wenger complaining about. Firstly the tackle was well over the ball (He wasn't far off from making contact with his knee). After what happened to Eduardo you'd have thought they'd both know better. Secondly, irrespective of how easily Arbeloa went down its an elbow to the face. Its a red card offense. Its assault if he does it out on the street. He should thank god he did it on the pitch.

They were complaining because they felt it was soft, something you cant say about Taylor's tackle. The first was definitely a yellow card because his studs scraped down insua's boot but the second he went to shield a loose ball and succeeded. If you go about yellow carding every trailing arm that hits an opponent then their would be some serious problems with the game here. But having said that, i doubt the high arm is what webb gave the yellow card for, i personally think he saw ade's high boot, arbeloa go down, and thought it was the same thing that happened with insua and gave a yellow card. But that still doesn't explain why players like lucas who were continuously fouling and were hardly warned. In my view its a similar situation as your fullbacks red card on sunday. In fact, if it was say rooney or gerrard who done the same thing i doubt they would have been carded.

And speaking of assualt...

*Wipes a tear of laughter*

 

[Lohnt]

I saw the tackle and since I don't have any vested interest in either team(Actually I am an avid fan of Arsenal), I would say it was a card... I would have given the card personally..

So.. Mendes is Benfica going to screw over Katsouranis again? Last year Chelsea wanted him on loan and they refused, now Milan wants him to replace Gatusso (he even confirmed it), will our little boy finally grow up in a big club or will his career end in a Greek club next year?

 

[Hayashida]

the draw for the AFC will be drawn tomorrow, can't wait. hoping we pull beijing guoan and kashima.

goodluck to jedinak on his move to turkey; hope he does well, though he'll be hard to replace he's our was best player )

does anyone know any sites that stream the fa cup live? they show like, two game a round down here...

 

[Mendes]

So.. Mendes is Benfica going to screw over Katsouranis again? Last year Chelsea wanted him on loan and they refused, now Milan wants him to replace Gatusso (he even confirmed it), will our little boy finally grow up in a big club or will his career end in a Greek club next year?

I dunno... havent heard much of him in the past weeks, since Benfica is screwing up on every competition and that's been the main focus of the media. With the year of the crisis just beginning and their huge investment on this team, if they win nothing it'll be catastrophic, and for now Porto surpassed them on the lead of the league :P

the draw for the AFC will be drawn tomorrow, can't wait. hoping we pull beijing guoan and kashima.

goodluck to jedinak on his move to turkey; hope he does well, though he'll be hard to replace he's our was best player )

does anyone know any sites that stream the fa cup live? they show like, two game a round down here...

I usually watch the games live on a site, but its not nearly perfect. It usually shows only the man utd match and it's rare to get an image on the whole 90 minutes...

 

[thsv]

They were complaining because they felt it was soft, something you cant say about Taylor's tackle. The first was definitely a yellow card because his studs scraped down insua's boot but the second he went to shield a loose ball and succeeded. If you go about yellow carding every trailing arm that hits an opponent then their would be some serious problems with the game here. But having said that, i doubt the high arm is what webb gave the yellow card for, i personally think he saw ade's high boot, arbeloa go down, and thought it was the same thing that happened with insua and gave a yellow card. But that still doesn't explain why players like lucas who were continuously fouling and were hardly warned. In my view its a similar situation as your fullbacks red card on sunday. In fact, if it was say rooney or gerrard who done the same thing i doubt they would have been carded.

And speaking of assualt...

*Wipes a tear of laughter*

Akottu is always doing stupid stuff. As weak as it was he was due a sending off.

Was at White Hart Lane on Friday night to see us steal a berth in the fourth round (Bloody Manchester F***ing United. Again! Same round, same venue as last year). We were terrible. I hope they get it together for tonight.

And speaking of White Hart Lane. When they redevelop the ground lets hope they take into account fans over 6 feet tall struggle for leg room at the current ground.

And would it kill them to make getting to the upper stands easier?

 

[Lelo]

I just watched a bunch of youtube vids with Rio Ferdinand punking a bunch of other football players like Rooney, Giggs, Sam Wright, ect... It was pretty lame but funny just to see.

 

[Ichimaru Gin n Tonic]

Cristiano Ronaldo crashed his Ferrari on the way to training.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/01/08/ronaldo.crash/index.html

(CNN) -- Manchester United midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo escaped injury after wrecking his Ferrari on the way to training on Thursday, the Premier League and European champions have confirmed.
Ronaldo's Ferrari was a complete write-off after his accident on the way to training.

Ronaldo's Ferrari was a complete write-off after his accident on the way to training.

"Cristiano was involved in an incident this morning. No other cars were involved," a United club spokesman told PA Sport. "He's fine and is training as normal with the team this morning."

According to reports, the 23-year-old's Portuguese international's vehicle was written off in the crash.

Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. "At about 10.20am police were called to the A538 Wilmslow Road near to Manchester Airport following reports of a road traffic collision.

"Officers attended and discovered a Ferrari had collided with a barrier. No one is believed to have been injured. Inquiries are continuing."

The accident happened in a tunnel near Manchester Airport with Sky News showing pictures of the badly damaged sportscar. Reports said one of the wheels had come off in the incident and was about 200 meters behind where the vehicle.

Ronaldo was able to climb out of the vehicle and was spoken to by police at the scene according to PA.

Ronaldo, in line to be crowned FIFA's World Player of the Year later this month, made a substitute appearance on Wednesday night in the 1-0 League Cup semifinal first leg defeat at Derby County.

United face a crunch Premier League clash on Sunday at Old Trafford against Chelsea -- the team they beat on penalties last year to become European champions. United have since been crown world champions.

 

[Tenryuken]

Benitez has completely lose it and targeted Fergusson.
Senor Benitez complain about Fergusson's complainings.
He also says that Fergusson is "untouchable".

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

MAN U 3- 0 CHELSEA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mendes]

Chelsea started so well, but now they're digging their own grave. I hear everywhere Chelsea's filled with internal problems, like Abramovic apparently be selling Chelsea, Deco's being pointed as the coach's favorite and Joe Cole tired of getting replaced when the team's losing. I may have been right about Scolari as well

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

Yep can't believe how shocking there defense was, definitely not the same team as under Mourinho, I think there is a team divide, and Terry isn't able to captain some of the big figures like Drogba etc.

 

[Tenryuken]

Abramovic lost billions due to the financial crisis.

 

[Hayashida]

the russian is fine, he's still putting on parties with the gaywads of leon headlining
yeah chelsea just kept getting sloppier and sloppier, getting worried bout our chances
lol how the hell did that dog cristiano-ronaldo think he could take that corner by himself? for a boy with such skill to have such a mentality is so infuriating

 

[◆ T.D.A ◆]

the russian is fine, he's still putting on parties with the gaywads of leon headlining
yeah chelsea just kept getting sloppier and sloppier, getting worried bout our chances
lol how the hell did that dog cristiano-ronaldo think he could take that corner by himself? for a boy with such skill to have such a mentality is so infuriating

WTF are you talking about?

 

[Hayashida]

when he didnt even put the ball in the corner circle for the corner but was convinced he'd gotten a goal. if he plays properly he'd still get a goal, but he has to sneak in whatever he can, he's a cheap dog