March 19th 2010
The Quarter Final and Semi Final draws are out. What do you think? Who has the easiest route? Who faces the biggest challenge?
Lyon faces Bordeaux in an all French affair. They should be quite happy about it. They know their opponents well and all the other teams, I think they much prefer to meet their French opponent.
Bayern Munich will face Manchester United. With Chelsea out of the Champions League, they will have more time to focus on the Premier League whilst Manchester United have to keep an eye on both competitions. Bayern is a good team on their day with dangerman Robben on form. But Manchester much rather face the Germans than the likes of Barcelona.
Speaking of which, they are drawn with Arsenal. This is a mouth watering match up with both teams playing the most entertaining and sometimes art form like football in the world. As much as I love Arsenal, I fear for them as Barca is definitely the team to beat in the competition. However I still remember how they ran over Real Madrid, Bayern etc in 2006 to reach the final. Regardless, this is the match up to watch.
Finally Inter after having beaten Chelsea must be feeling really good about themselves. They draw first time quarter finalists CSKA. CSKA must be one of the underdogs in this competition so Mourinho should feel quite confident about the draw.
As far as Semi finals go, Manchester United seem to have the best draw (assuming they can get past Bayern) because the winner of their quarter final will face the winner of the French duel. Inter should progress but would be faced with either Arsenal or Barcelona.
My prediction, Manchester United will face Arsenal or Barcelona in the final. The clash of the 2006 finalists is too close to call, with a moment of brilliance from Messi or Fabregas could change the entire outcome.
Enjoy...
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