Sunday, December 28, 2008

Champions League round of 16 draws

The champions league round of 16 draw came out slightly more than a week ago. Well i would like to let u guys see it.[ VILLARREAL v PANATHINAIKOS, SPORTING LISBON v BAYERN MUNICH, ATLETICO MADRID v PORTO, LYON v BARCELONA, REAL MADRID v LIVERPOOL, ARSENAL v ROMA, INTER MILAN V MANCHESTER UNITED, CHELSEA v JUVENTUS ] Well as u can see, the Italian clubs are all pitted against the English clubs. Roma,Inter and Juventus being the Italian clubs. Well to me, such a coincidence is highly unlikely. I have a strange feeling about this. That it could be a conspiracy against the English clubs or something like that. This is as it is only natural that they do not want the English clubs to dominate the competition. Last season, it was 3 English clubs in the semi finals and an all English affair in the final. Well i am sure they are trying to prevent a repeat of such a thing. It does not really matter actually as it seems that Liverpool have got a quite good draw. Liverpool are facing off Real Madrid which would have been a daunting prospect had it been 5 years ago. Well i wouldn't write Real Madrid off but i am confident Liverpool will progress to the quarter finals. Well I am sure there would be an English clash in the quarter or semi finals as well as it is quite likely based on the trend of the past 4 seasons i have been following. Anyway it is just for the good of the game as the final would only be more interesting if it is an English side against a European side. Well enjoy this year's very interesting round of 16 come February.

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