Man Utd v Barcelona final at Rome

Horrible Refereeing helped Barca to beat Chelsea to the finals at Rome on the away goals rule.
Chelsea got the lead in the 10th minute from a sublime left footed volley by Michael Essien. Barcelona did not have a shot on target for 90 minutes. It took them the injury time to score against a Chelsea [...]

Advantage: – Chelsea!!!

Chelsea have achieved what no other team has been able to achieve this season : A clean sheet at Nou Camp.
That tells the story. And believe me there really isnt much else to say.
It was a really disciplined effort from Gus Hiddinks men who knew the task at hand unlike Bayern Munich who were caught [...]

Barcelona v Chelsea Semi Final!!!

Another Splendid night of European Football…
Barcelona – Bayern Munich:  4-0
Barcelona thrashed Bayern for 4-0 at home..That went right with my prediction… The tie is all done now and beyond Bayern’s reach.
Bayern were caught napping in the first half as Barca started scoring for fun.  It was as if Bayern defense did not do any homework [...]

Champions League Quarter finals Preview

Yesterday’s matches both ended in a draw. Will tonight be any different?
Lets take a look at the would be squads and the history to see if it actually might be any different.
Liverpool v Chelsea: -
The drawback of playing in one of the most competitive leagues in the world is that sometimes you have to face [...]

Football Manager 09: – Second Coming

Since my earlier post on FM 09 received such positive response, I have decided to write more Football Manager 2009 related posts on my blog…
So here’s an update on the game I have been playing. I had chosen to Manage Manchester United at the start of the 2008-09 season. Been two seasons at the club [...]

Champions League Quarter Final draws are out!!!

Arsenal and Manchester United were handed relatively easy ties against Villareal and Porto while Liverpool face off Chelsea and Barcelona go against German giants Bayern Munich.
Below is a table depicting the dates and the home and away teams from the UEFA website:

UEFA Champions League quarter-finals

1st leg: 07/08 April; 2nd leg: 14/15 April 

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Villarreal CF (ESP)
v
Arsenal FC [...]

The Phenomenon that is BARCELONA

The team that Europe is scared of at the moment!!!Barcelona sit 6 points clear at the top of the spanish league table and are comfortably through to the quarter finals of the Champions league. They are hot favourites to win this seasons European tournament.

The team has thrived under the leadership of Pep Guardiola. Guardiola took over the reins from Rijkaard in the summer and re-organised the squad to create one of the most beautiful attacking team in Europe. Only Manchester United might come close to Barcelona in the amount of Matches won and goals scored and conceded and more prolifically for the amount of dominance in the league.

Guardiola spent around 90 Million to rebuild the squads buying the likes of Daniel Alves, Seydou Keita, Caceres, Pique, Hleb etc…

Barca play the 4-3-3 formation and they play it without any disguise as done by the likes of Chelsea who indeed play 4-3-2-1. the front 3 of Barca are out and out forwards and can in no way be classified as wingers. Eto leads the front 3 through the centre. Bojan is used in rotation or as a substitute and is definitely capable of reaching the high standards as set by the front 3 playing for Barca.

The Barca trinity: – Attack any defense would be terrorised of