Well, that WAS a hiding, wasn’t it? You bet your boots I patted myself on the back six or eight thousand times for getting the winner AND the score right. United did what they could do, but much like everyone else that lines up against Barcelona, if you don’t have the ball , you are [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Champions League’
Champions League Final Roundtable
Posted in Champions League, Roundtable, tagged Bayern München, Champions League, Inter Milan, Roundtable on May 21, 2010 | 13 Comments »
In 26 hours or so, the Champions League Final will kick off in Madrid, on a Saturday, on major network television in America for the first time. This is the second or third most important game in soccer, and this year is no different. Sure the matchup isn’t as sexy as United-Chelsea (which sucked) or [...]
Champions League Preview: FC Bayern Munich v Olympique Lyonnais
Posted in Bundesliga, Champions League, General, Ligue 1, tagged Bayern, Champions League, Lyon on April 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week Lyon travelled by road, rail, and possibly pack mule to Bavaria for the opening leg of this Champion’s League semi-final. After a long defensive match by Lyon, which saw both sides reduced to 10 men, the ever attacking Bayern came out on top 1-0. This week travel is back to normal and Bayern [...]
Champions League Preview: Bayern Munich v. Olympique Lyonnais
Posted in Champions League, tagged Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich, Champions League, Frank Ribery, Olympique Lyonnais, Volcanic Ash Clouds on April 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday’s Champions League matchup didn’t quite go as planned. Most people had Barca picked to make it to Madrid, but now Inter are in control. A Barca/Bayern final was a foregone conclusion to a lot of folk, and now those hideously orange-clad Catalans are making us all look stupid. Messi was finally stopped by someone, [...]
Champions League Preview: Man United v. Bayern Munich
Posted in Champions League, tagged Bayern Munich, Champions League, Manchester United on April 7, 2010 | 7 Comments »
So how about that Leo Messi, right? I was lucky enough to watch the game yesterday on a huge projection screen with a group of neutral fans, which just made the performance much more enjoyable; it was one of those situations where everyone is just applauding genius in action. If there was any doubt who [...]
Champions League Preview: Internazionale v. CSKA Moscow
Posted in Champions League, tagged Champions League, CSKA Moscow, Internazionale on March 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I guess the biggest item concerning this tie is who’s coming out party is it? Milos Krasic, the talented young CSKA midfielder who leads the Muscovites in scoring, or Wesley Sneijder, the awesomely skilled Inter midfielder who almost single-handedly destroyed Chelsea in Inter’s last set of CL matches. One would assume that the coaching matchup [...]
Champions League-BPL television updates
Posted in Swimming the Chanels, tagged Champions League, CONCACAF Champions League, English Premier League, Television on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just so Mags doesn’t tote the load for all of us this week, and since I seem to the be the media updater (and resident crank), here’s the scoop on today’s Champions League and Barclay’s Premier League ties: Fox Soccer Channel has Bayern Munich/Fiorentina at 2:45, while Arsenal/Porto is on your local Fox Sports Net [...]
The Champions League Draw Contest Results
Posted in Champions League, Whimsy, tagged Champions League on December 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you’ve been paying any attention to Avoiding The Drop over the last few days, you’d know we had a little fun with a Champions League Knockout round draw contest. Well obviously the draw was held this morning and of course we have some results for you. Some of you did rather well, and well [...]
