Friday, March 19, 2010

UEFA Champions League Draw

UCL has already reached Quarter Final, 8 teams has already qualified and the drawing has already out, and here's the drawing
Lyon v Bordeaux
Bayern Munich v Manchester United
Arsenal v Barcelona
Inter Milan v CSKA Moscow


PREDICTION
Lyon - Bordeaux 50-50
This France derby would be an even game, both teams showing their condusivity as a team. Lyon shows everyone that they're capable beating any team, after sending Madrid out of the competition, but Bordeaux is still unbeatable in the UCL. Maybe Lyon or Bordeaux need an extra time and maybe penalty shootout to go to semifinal.

Bayern Munich - Man. Utd 45-55
Man. Utd is favourite side in this match. With on-fire striker Wayne Rooney, Man. Utd is hard to defeat now, while Bayern has Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben as their ace cards. Bayern would give a hard game for Man. Utd, but they aren't likely to qualify. Man. Utd will go through

Arsenal - Barcelona 45 - 55
Arsenal will need more than a good performance to go to next round as defending-champions Barcelona will be their next opponent. This encounter is replay of UCL Final 2005/2006, when Barca win 2-1.
There would be tough battle in the midfield: Keita/Toure - Xavi - Iniesta vs Song - Cesc - Diaby. Barca has a truf card in Lionel Messi, and Arsenal has Andrey Arshavin. and Barcelona is more likely to go the next round but if Arsenal could play clinically like when beating Porto 5-0, maybe the defending Champions will get out from the competition.

Inter - CSKA 55 - 45
Inter is better in players' quality but CSKA isn't easy to face. CSKA has already kicked Sevilla out of competition, with winning 2-1 in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Inter wouldn't worry if they could repeat their performance in Stamford Bridge. But Inter have tendency to play worser against underdog teams. Inter would expect much from Dutch trequartista, Wesley Sneidjer, while CSKA has Keisuke Honda, who scores the winning goal against Sevilla. Inter should've been to next round if they didn't disrespect CSKA.

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