As I said in my Tuesday preview, this round of 16 had been hotly anticipated since the draw was made in December. I’m not sure we got spectacular efforts in every game, but we certainly learned a few things regarding the Italian sides, and Bayern Munich announced their intentions emphatically this evening. Sporting Lisbon 0 [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Munich sets Lisbon alight, and other results from Champions League R16 Day 2
Posted in Champions League, tagged Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Panat..Pan..uh those guys, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Villarreal on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Gerrard Not Starting for Liverpool
Posted in Champions League, tagged Champions League, Liverpool, Steven Gerrard on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So either it was all an elaborate Benitez smokescreen or Gerrard truly failed a late fitness test. Whatever the case, Steven Gerrard will be on the bench for Liverpool when they hit the pitch against Real Madrid in…oh, about three minutes. That comes as quite a blow to the Reds, who were hoping their (*insert [...]
Is the Bundesliga the Only League Still in Play?
Posted in Bundesliga, tagged Bayer Leverkeusen, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Hamburg, Hertha BSC, Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
With Manchester United going seven points clear of Liverpool last weekend, it appears that any realistic chance of stopping the Red Devils from repeating has been lost. This is a trend that’s being repeated throughout Europe. In Serie A, Internazionale is nine points clear of Juventus. In La Liga, Barcelona’s dropped five out of six [...]
Champions League 2008-09, Round of 16, Day 2 – A Preview
Posted in Champions League, tagged Bayern Munich, Champions League, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Panat..Pan..uh those guys, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon, Villarreal on February 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The first knockout stage is arguably the best 2 days for the Champions League, you get eight quality ties featuring the best 16 teams in all of Europe, with none of the skipable match ups involving teams from Cyprus that you’ve never heard of, or the games that no longer matter because a team has [...]
Bookies stop taking bets on Rafa’s eventual exit
Posted in English Premier League, tagged Liverpool, Rafa Benitez on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
ESPN is reporting that a couple of the larger English book-making services have stopped taking bets on whether or not Rafa Benitez will be the next EPL manager to get the sack or leave of his own accord. Speculation at this point on a successor lands largely on former manager Kenny Dalglish. Of course, this [...]
UEFA Champions League – Round of Sixteen Preview (Day One)
Posted in Champions League on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eight teams, scattered throughout Madrid, Lyon, London, and Milan are just now waking up and realizing…wait, it’s WHAT TIME there? They’d better not just be waking up. These guys are PROFESSIONALS, for Christ’s sake! What’s been described as the most exciting round of the tournament kicks off today, as I’m sure you already know. And [...]
Weekend in Review: 2/21-2/22
Posted in Weekend Review on February 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Most weekends, I watch soccer. It’s not the only thing I do, of course; I’ve got two little girls, and a wife, and (theoretically) other Very Important Obligations that sometimes get in the way of watching every game that I can. Being as we’re writing about soccer and not five-year old birthday parties, I’ll stick [...]
The 2009 MLS Eastern Conference Preview
Posted in MLS, tagged MLS on February 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In which the author pontificates at Dickensian length on the upcoming MLS season.
