Tuesday, May 03, 2005

soccer crazy..

Finally a football post after a loong time.. About time, one might say.. tonight the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals this year gets underway..

Liverpool hosts Chelsea at the Anfield after an impressive performance at the Stamford Bridge last week in the first leg.. The game is evenly balanced with neither side having scored at Stamford Bridge.. What this means is that a 1-1 draw is good enough for Chelsea.. It remains to be seen whether Liverpool will continue their impressive run in the Champions League at home.. Chelsea's defence would be difficult to break with the in-form Jon Terry and Ricardo Carvalho holding fort..

The other semi-final is definitely tilted towards the six-time european champions AC Milan.. However, they cannot afford to be complacent and should be wary of a resilient PSV side.. They wouldn't have to think further than last year's tie against Deportivo La Coruna where Milan lost 4-0 in the 2nd leg after winning 4-1 at home.. As for PSV, it's a tough ask against the Rossoneri.. Especially with Nesta and Stam in central defence, with Cafu and Maldini completing the bask four..

It is tough to call the two finalists.. But I would like to watch a Liverpool-Milan final at Istanbul..
Its about time Mourinho started losing!

3 comments:

abc said...

But Milan and Liverpool final will be so boring...I will love to see Chelsea attack trying to break through Milan's defence.

Soultan of Swing said...

el puerta
chelsea lost!

A.K.B said...

franatic: Looks like your wish wasn't fulfilled.. Chelsea never looked like winning the match.. Without Duff and Robben(for most of the match), they looked totally lost for ideas..And goodness knows what Mateja Kezman is doing in their team..

Hope Milan book their tickets for Istanbul tonight..