Friday, March 31, 2006
Heys people. Today's first lesson was PE. As you guys already know, I don't have morning PE with my class(due to a sucky timetable). So I had PE today with 3 other girls. 4 people having morning PE . WTH. On top of that, it seems likely that the 3 other girls will be moving to another day's PE, so that they can have their PE with a class. And that means, i get one on one PE tution. Great, just what I needed. Now, I'm even more pissed. ARGH! @#$^#@&%.
Allright, aside from that, let me talk about the Champion's league match between Ac Milan and Lyon in France. I watched that match. Boy, was it exciting. Lyon went all out to get a goal as Milan had to defend for much of the 2 nd half. The Lyon Goalie made 3 magnificent and crucial saves from Milan striker Shevchenko( hope i got his name right), and he used his feet to save two of them. Honestly, with this kind of form, that goalie is gonna be France's No. 1 come June.
The Milan Goalie did quite well too. Overall, I could tell that Lyon gave their best, as they surged forward ins earch of the elusive goal. That was in the 2nd half. In the first half, it looked like Milan would score! Either way, both sides played attractive and exciting football that certainly pleased me as a spectator. However, there were quite a few errors that was committed by the Milan defence. Unfortunately, Lyon just could not get the ball at the back of the net. Milan were lucky as if it was any other team ( Barca, Juve Man Utd, or even Liverpool) they would have been punished. Boy, cant I wait for next week. I am looking forward to all the four ties as the Quarter finals are not yet over. Sometimes(usually) a Q/S-final is over even before the 2nd leg is played due to the overwhelming scoreline. But in this case, with 2 draws a 2-1 and 2-0 home victory apiece, the Champions league quarter finals are anything but over.
I didnt watcht he Inter match but I know they won 2-1. Congrats to my favourite team in Italy! Anyhow, both Inter and AC Milan have very compelling reasons to want to win the champions league. Both are virtually out of the Italin title race and their only trophy prospect is the Champions League. Also, with Juve now down 2-0 to Arsnel, these two Italian clubs would want to prove that they are better than Juve by going through to the final four. Because, if the Arsnel-Juve match was anthing to go by, it is highly unlikely that Juve will overturn the tie at Turin.
Ok, now for my predictions:-
1) Juventus vs Arsnel- With a 2-0 first leg advantage, Arsene Wenger's men will be high on spirits. It all boils down to wheather or not Juventus manager can boost his side's morale. Futhermore, with Veiria( sorry if I got the spelling wrong) and two defenders out for this tie, Juventus have a huge mountain to climb if they want to reach the final four. Juventus could come back rallying from the deficit. However, I personally feel that Arsnel will probably go through.
2)AC Milan vs Lyon- This is a tricy one. However, Milan have shown us again and again that they are capable of thrashing opponents at home rather than away from home. A fine example will be last season's Champion's league Semis against PSV. However, when looking at the kind of form Lyon are able to produce when they are on their best, one cannot rule them out. Its a hard call to make here. However I believe that Milan will go through with the home crowd pushing them all the way. Expect plenty of drama for this one.
3)Barcelona vs Benifica- Noone would have expected Benifica to come this far and I have to say, I was surprised as well. Before you write them off, do remember that they won 2-0 at Anfield, ther place where the crowd is supposed to be one of the best in the world. So, I think this is going to be a tight fixture. The only reason why Barca didnt come back with goal(s) was due to poor finishing. Also, with a rather shaky defence, they managed to hold fort and didn't concede any goals. This is an evenly balanced tie as far as I am concerned. Moreover, Barca have an inportant tie against Real Madrid this weekend. It won't affect their Champion's league game physically but it might affect them psychologically. If Barca lose to Real in the Nou Camp, that would boost Benifica's morale and lower Barca's and vice-versa. However, once again I believe that Barca will be able to push through to the Semis purely because they have the spirit and the skills to do it. Even if their morale is lowered by a (very unlikely) defeat by Real, I believe that they will continue to push ahead. Yes, Benifica beat Man Utd and Liverpool on their way to the Q-finals but Barca beat Chelsea on their way here. Both sides have proven their advance this far into the Champ's League as no flukes and Truth be told, I would have like to seen the two of them in the Semis. However, one has to be knocked out and I believe the home crowd and Ronaldhino's dribbling will help Barca advance.
4)Villareal vs Inter Milan- What can I say? I didn't watch the two sides play and i have no idea of the way they play or the quality of their players. However, I think that Inter might just squeeze through with their strikers finding form in the last match. Thats all cause I don't know much about the tie as I haven't watched either side play in years( Although Inter is my favourite Italian team I watch Man Utd and Barca rater than Inter play).
So that's that. Its getting kinda late and I gotta go now so c ya guys and I hope you enjoyed my football analysis. There will be more for the WorLd cUp!! =D
~logs~
Allright, aside from that, let me talk about the Champion's league match between Ac Milan and Lyon in France. I watched that match. Boy, was it exciting. Lyon went all out to get a goal as Milan had to defend for much of the 2 nd half. The Lyon Goalie made 3 magnificent and crucial saves from Milan striker Shevchenko( hope i got his name right), and he used his feet to save two of them. Honestly, with this kind of form, that goalie is gonna be France's No. 1 come June.
The Milan Goalie did quite well too. Overall, I could tell that Lyon gave their best, as they surged forward ins earch of the elusive goal. That was in the 2nd half. In the first half, it looked like Milan would score! Either way, both sides played attractive and exciting football that certainly pleased me as a spectator. However, there were quite a few errors that was committed by the Milan defence. Unfortunately, Lyon just could not get the ball at the back of the net. Milan were lucky as if it was any other team ( Barca, Juve Man Utd, or even Liverpool) they would have been punished. Boy, cant I wait for next week. I am looking forward to all the four ties as the Quarter finals are not yet over. Sometimes(usually) a Q/S-final is over even before the 2nd leg is played due to the overwhelming scoreline. But in this case, with 2 draws a 2-1 and 2-0 home victory apiece, the Champions league quarter finals are anything but over.
I didnt watcht he Inter match but I know they won 2-1. Congrats to my favourite team in Italy! Anyhow, both Inter and AC Milan have very compelling reasons to want to win the champions league. Both are virtually out of the Italin title race and their only trophy prospect is the Champions League. Also, with Juve now down 2-0 to Arsnel, these two Italian clubs would want to prove that they are better than Juve by going through to the final four. Because, if the Arsnel-Juve match was anthing to go by, it is highly unlikely that Juve will overturn the tie at Turin.
Ok, now for my predictions:-
1) Juventus vs Arsnel- With a 2-0 first leg advantage, Arsene Wenger's men will be high on spirits. It all boils down to wheather or not Juventus manager can boost his side's morale. Futhermore, with Veiria( sorry if I got the spelling wrong) and two defenders out for this tie, Juventus have a huge mountain to climb if they want to reach the final four. Juventus could come back rallying from the deficit. However, I personally feel that Arsnel will probably go through.
2)AC Milan vs Lyon- This is a tricy one. However, Milan have shown us again and again that they are capable of thrashing opponents at home rather than away from home. A fine example will be last season's Champion's league Semis against PSV. However, when looking at the kind of form Lyon are able to produce when they are on their best, one cannot rule them out. Its a hard call to make here. However I believe that Milan will go through with the home crowd pushing them all the way. Expect plenty of drama for this one.
3)Barcelona vs Benifica- Noone would have expected Benifica to come this far and I have to say, I was surprised as well. Before you write them off, do remember that they won 2-0 at Anfield, ther place where the crowd is supposed to be one of the best in the world. So, I think this is going to be a tight fixture. The only reason why Barca didnt come back with goal(s) was due to poor finishing. Also, with a rather shaky defence, they managed to hold fort and didn't concede any goals. This is an evenly balanced tie as far as I am concerned. Moreover, Barca have an inportant tie against Real Madrid this weekend. It won't affect their Champion's league game physically but it might affect them psychologically. If Barca lose to Real in the Nou Camp, that would boost Benifica's morale and lower Barca's and vice-versa. However, once again I believe that Barca will be able to push through to the Semis purely because they have the spirit and the skills to do it. Even if their morale is lowered by a (very unlikely) defeat by Real, I believe that they will continue to push ahead. Yes, Benifica beat Man Utd and Liverpool on their way to the Q-finals but Barca beat Chelsea on their way here. Both sides have proven their advance this far into the Champ's League as no flukes and Truth be told, I would have like to seen the two of them in the Semis. However, one has to be knocked out and I believe the home crowd and Ronaldhino's dribbling will help Barca advance.
4)Villareal vs Inter Milan- What can I say? I didn't watch the two sides play and i have no idea of the way they play or the quality of their players. However, I think that Inter might just squeeze through with their strikers finding form in the last match. Thats all cause I don't know much about the tie as I haven't watched either side play in years( Although Inter is my favourite Italian team I watch Man Utd and Barca rater than Inter play).
So that's that. Its getting kinda late and I gotta go now so c ya guys and I hope you enjoyed my football analysis. There will be more for the WorLd cUp!! =D
~logs~
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