Champions League: Back to the drawing board…
By: Francesco | February 25th, 2009
So the long anticipated Champions League Round of 16 first legs have come and gone, and all the Italian teams will have to go back to the drawing board. Inter would have wanted to have gotten a better result at home (a win) but now face the arduous task of going to Old Trafford and getting a result (a scoring draw would put the Nerazzurri through). Inter suffered in the first half but provided a better reaction in the second half, however it was too late and the game finished a stalemate. On the other hand, Roma and Juventus have it all to do, as they both must win at all costs, after both sides lost their first legs in London 1-0. Roma honestly did not play well and were very fortunate to walk away from the Emirates only one goal down. The home crowd at the Olimpico will be much help and he expect Roma to be the team we all know they should be (the one that plays fast-flowing, beautiful football). Juventus’ lapse in concentration allowed Chelsea to go ahead today (the failed offside trap) but otherwise the Bianconeri put in a good effort, and deserved at least a draw. We will know see Juventus’ true strength in the second leg and if they are capable of attacking Chelsea and taking the victory. All the second legs will be interesting to say the least, as every team has a chance at going through. For a more opinionated view on things, visit the team’s respective blogs (Inter Offside, Juve Offside, Roma Offside). Unfortunately, because of that annoying thing called copyright, there are no highlights to be found anywhere on youtube or the internet. But if I find them, I’ll post them.
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Try tvgolo.com
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Predictions:
Roma through 3-0 at home (Vucinic, Totti, Aqui)
Juve through 3-1 at home (ADP, Amauri, Lampard, Amauri)
Inter out 2-1 in Manchester (C-Gay, Stanko, Loony Rooney)
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There’s no way in hell Roma are going to beat Arsenal.
2-1 Gooners
I agree about Juve though, 3-1
And Inter? Well I hope their plane crashes on the way to England.Posted from
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all italian teams r going through, u heard it here first babyyyy
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I can see Man Utd-Inter being another 0-0 and Inter grabbing a late and controversial goal in Jose Mourinho fashion.
I think Roma will do the job at home, and Juventus will win but only if they score early.
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“For a more opinionated view on things…”
I dont know, this blog seems pretty opinionated to me. Or do you mean openly opinionated?
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Arsenal 1 – Roma 0
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Mike…HAHAHAHAH, lovely comment
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Inter Milan 0 – Manchester United 0
http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/2139071Posted from
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Roma to be the team we all know they should be (the one that plays fast-flowing, beautiful football)
Been waiting for that all season mate !!
They are grinding out results after a terrible start and as long as they do that at the expense of some fast flowing beautiful footie then its all good.Posted from
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I dont expect Arsenal to play their brand of footie in Olimpico. No way thats happening.
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Dont expect arsenal to play their brand on footie? Thats the only way they know how to play for gods sake, you are more likely to see sheeps fly then arsene wengers arsenal to change. :p
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Francesco wrote:
Unfortunately, because of that annoying thing called copyright, there are no highlights to be found anywhere on youtube or the internet.I’m slightly offended Francesco. Apparently my blog is good enough to steal header images from, but not enough to notice all the video highlights I keep posting.
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I am going to be in Roma during the champions league final. Does anyone know about tickets? Should I use one of the websites to puchase the tickets or do you think they will be able to purchase in Rome?
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Is that Italian Champions League image yours Marco? I had no idea, I just did a quick google image search of “Italia Champions League” and that came up. I didn’t mean to slightly offend anyone.
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Relax, I was just joking. ;) I don’t own copyrights on CL-logo-on-top-of-an-Italy-flag.
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