Champions League Semi-Finals

The stage has been set for an Epic battle between 2 English teams and another English team and those pesky Italians. Chelsea, coming off there last minute victory over a luckless Valencia side, will play 2005 Champions Liverpool FC, coming off a convincing 4-0 aggregate victory over a reduced PSV side that never really looked great in the tie. This will be the rematch from the 2005 Semi-Finals where Luis Garcia scored in the 4th minute of the second leg to send Liverpool to the Final they eventually won. This will be the marquee match of the tournament. My prediction is Liverpool win 3-2 on aggregate. Liverpool, contrary to popular belief by people who don't even follow football, have had Chelsea's number in big matches for the past 3 years. While i am not counting Chelsea out, one has to realize that they are fighting on 2 other fronts, including the FA and the league. Something will have to give for a side that has to comeback in the league and faces a sterner opposition in the FA cup. Advantage Liverpool in this one.

The second Semi-Final will see Manchester United, who won 7-1 on Tuesday night, face 2005 Finalists AC Milan. This match-up will be fantastic, though not as mouth watering as the other Semi-Final match. AC Milan won 2-0 and 4-2 on aggregate on Wednesday to advance to this stage will United lost the first leg 2-1 only to win 7-1 in the second. While this display on dominance will look frightening to some, it really isn't. winning 1-0 or 7-1 makes no difference, in football it is very rare to get these types of wins. Milan are a much better side then Roma as well, though their league form wouldn't show this, but you have to remember that Milan started with -7 points at the start of the year. I'm going to give Milan the edge here, based on previous Champions league performances and that fact that like Chelsea, Manchester United are fighting on two other fronts. They are losing their grasp on the league, and for United, the league is more important then winning the Champions League. The FA cup is also very important for them too and they will be in tough against an inspired Watford team. My prediction is 4-2 for Milan on aggregate.

It seems that fate and history will be on the side of Milan and Liverpool, and this would set up a great rematch between the 2005 final opponents. If it gets that far I predict another win for Liverpool, their form is peaking at the right moment and they are putting together clutch performances when they need them. Could it be 6 Times next month? I can only hope...

Hilarious Office Game!

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Goal of the Week!

This one has to go to the best defender in England, i can see why Steve Maclaren puts him in before Jamie Carragher, it makes sense.

I don't get why hes mad at something here, its his own fault, it looks like hes mad at Van der sar, but what did he do? Good ol' Manchester United, folding during clutch time.



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EPL Weekend Review

Another good week of Football, Manchester United got beat by Portsmouth of all people to give Chelsea a hope of catching up, now only 3 points behind with a game still to be played between the two. Manchester benefited yet again from their defenders, and Rio Ferdinand made a great claim on why he should never be dropped from the England side ;)

Liverpool won yet again, Reading put up a great battle but we came out the winner courtesy of a Dirk Kuyt Header.

Scores:



Mon - 09 Apr 07

Watford 4 2 Portsm'h


Sat - 07 Apr 07

Arsenal 0 1 West Ham
Blackb'n 1 2 A Villa
Chelsea 1 0 Tot'ham
M'brough 4 1 Watford
Portsm'h 2 1 Man Utd
Reading 1 2 Liv'pool
Sheff U 1 2 N'castle
Wigan 1 3 Bolton

Standings:

Team Pld Pts
Man Utd 32 78
Chelsea 32 75
Liverpool 32 60
Arsenal 31 55
Bolton 32 53
Everton 32 50
Tottenham 32 48
Portsmouth 33 46
Reading 32 44
Newcastle 32 40
Blackburn 32 40
M'brough 32 39
Aston Villa 32 38
Man City 31 37
Fulham 32 35
Wigan 32 33
Charlton 32 31
Sheff Utd 32 31
West Ham 32 29
Watford 33 23

Top Scorers:

Didier Drogba Chelsea 18
Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United 16
Benni McCarthy Blackburn Rovers 13
Wayne Rooney Manchester United 12
Yakubu Aiyegbeni Middlesbrough 12
Robin Van Persie Arsenal 11
Frank Lampard Chelsea 11
Andrew Johnson Everton 11
Obafemi Martins Newcastle United 11
Thierry Henry Arsenal 10

Who Said Ronaldo Couldn't Play Anymore?

Well if your in this school of thinking, watch the first goal here, one of the better goals i've seen in some time. The free kick following his goal scored by Empoli is something to watch too, a great set piece.

A Good Week!

Well we beat Arsenal on saturday handly, with three goals by Crouchinho, here they are:

1st


2nd


3rd


And the week got better yesterday with the 3-nil win over PSV away, which virtually put us (Liverpool) into the Semi-Finals of the Champions league. Highlights here:


And then the week just got even better because at half time of the Manchester United Roma game its 1-nil for Roma, and in the Chelsea game versus Valencia its 1-nil for Valencia and they have the vital away goal. Also Paul Scholes was sent off and will miss the next leg. Wow, and now the Manchester fans are back to their usual retarded selves throwing stuff at the Roma fans. The Roma "Ultras" are not people you want to be messing with. Manchester United fans are pictured throwing seats, why do these pricks even go to games, Wow. More fines headed United's way. Haha, sore losers.

The Best Player You've Never Heard Of

Rodrigo Palacio



This kid is amazing, hes 25 years old and is a product of the intense and physical Argentina Football league. He is being scouted out by Barcelona lately. His price tag is high, Boca recently rejected a £12.7m offer from Barcelona.

Boca's President Mauricio Macri said this: "For Palacio we will have to receive the biggest offer in the world because for me he is the best forward in Argentina."

He's been a very influential force on Boca Juniors, and is incredible to watch him as a striker. Hes the best striker outside of Europe and one of the top 10 in the world for sure. His 34 goals in the 2005 Apertura secured the league for Boca. He also has a trademark haircut.

Watch out for this guy hes coming to Europe and hes coming to make an impact.