Predict the 06/07 champions league winner!
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Now that the q-finals draw is out, predict the UCL winner!
QF first leg matches (Home team listed first)
AC Milan v Bayern Munich
PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool
AS Roma v Manchester United
Chelsea v Valencia
QF second leg matches
Manchester United v AS Roma
Valencia v Chelsea
Bayern Munich v AC Milan
Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven
Semi-finals first leg matches
AS Roma/Manchester United v AC Milan/Bayern Munich
Chelsea/Valencia v PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool
Semi-finals second leg matches
PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool v Chelsea/Valencia
AC Milan/Bayern Munich v AS Roma/Manchester United
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, on May 23 2007. -
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I'll do a break down prediction.Originally posted by Cristiano@Red_Devils.com:Now that the q-finals draw is out, predict the UCL winner!
QF first leg matches (Home team listed first)
AC Milan v Bayern Munich
PSV Eindhoven v Liverpool
AS Roma v Manchester United
Chelsea v Valencia
QF second leg matches
Manchester United v AS Roma
Valencia v Chelsea
Bayern Munich v AC Milan
Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven
Semi-finals first leg matches
AS Roma/Manchester United v AC Milan/Bayern Munich
Chelsea/Valencia v PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool
Semi-finals second leg matches
PSV Eindhoven/Liverpool v Chelsea/Valencia
AC Milan/Bayern Munich v AS Roma/Manchester United
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Will be played at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, on May 23 2007.
QF
Milan v Bayern: Bayern is not enjoying a particularly good season, lying 4th in the bundesliga. Milan currently occupying 6th in serie A, but is enjoying a winning streak in the league and closing on 4th place. They are also more consistent in the UCL this season than Bayern. Although Bayern has the adv of playing the 2nd leg at home, i think Milan will emerge from this tie as close winners.
PSV v Liverpool: People are saying that Liverpool got lucky when they drew PSV in the q-finals, but i beg to differ. PSV has been pretty consistent in europe over the last few seasons, and the experience accumulated should make them a tough unit to beat. They also have the psychological advantage of having seen off an english team in the previous round. Having said that, Liverpool should have more hunger to win, as they are already out of contention for all domestic competitions. The UCL is now their sole chance of glory this season. And with Rafa Benitez at the helm, they can beat any teams in knockout ties. This should be a close tie, with pool getting some away goals in a close first leg, and finishing the job at anfield.
Roma v United: This is the toughest qf tie to predict, due to various reasons, namely because this is the first european encounter between the 2 clubs. Adding to it is the uncertainty in the availability of forwards in the United team in early April. Records of both teams in recent european seasons hasnt been good; First time Roma reaches the qf stage, and the first for United in 4 seasons. Considering the worst scenario for United, with only Rooney and Smith the only available forwards for this tie, it would be hard for United to carve out goals, esp the important 'away goal' in the first leg. They also have the distraction of maintaining their lead in the league, while Roma have no such worries as they are lying comfortably in 2nd in the serie A and have little hope of catching league leaders Inter. However, SAF and his men plays a different game in europe this season, and they are more tactically sound, as demonstrated in the tie against Lille. Added to the fact that they are an overall more experienced team and also have home advantage in the 2nd leg, they should just nick this tie.
Chelsea v Valencia: This tie will go Jose Mourinho's men's way. Suspension of key Valencia players from UEFA due to the round of 16 brawl against inter will aid the blues. Chelsea should be able to build a good lead to go into the 2nd leg, and play out a draw at the Mestalla. JM is hungry to beat his previous best record at chelsea of a semi-final appearance 2 seasons ago.
SF
United v Milan: At this stage, league distractions and fixture overload should prove too much for SAF's thin squad. By this stage, forwards Saha and Solskjaer shoud be back in the team. But ironically, this would also be the stage that they would bow out to a superior Milan team.
Chelsea v Liverpool: Yet another Blues v Reds european tie. Rafa has a slightly more superior head-to-head tie with mourinho in recent seasons, but i dont see Mourinho falling twice to the same opponent at the same stage of the same tournament. 'Revenge' in the mind is their best element of success. Blues to edge out the reds in this semifinal tie, and book a final place alongside milan
Final
Chelsea v Milan: I'm no Chelsea fan, but i got a feeling that this might just be their year. How many times have u seen Jose Mourinho lose a major cup final? (Correct me if i'm wrong, but according to my memory the figure is zero, during JM's 3year reign in english football) This will also mark the perfect farewell for 'the special one'.... Too much drama? -
Man U Man U all the way!
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LIVERPOOL
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Chelsea .............. & a quadruple!
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everybody will vote for their fav team. so i shall follow suit.. chelsea ftw!
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man u or liverpool...
man u more -
Not sure if the Valencia brawl verdict is out already or not. But i hope they will have maximum no. of starting players out so Chelsea can cruise their way to Finals!
Yeah CHELSEA! GO CHAMPIONS!
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Current Chelsea leading the voting...
Chelsea - 4 votes
Man United - 2
Liverpool - 1
Milan - 1 -
Chelsea
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Roma.
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i also haf a feel tt...chelsea tis year will do big business..if jose hit a treble or quard..i dun think he will get sack...my vote go for chelsea!!!
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Man United Man United Man United Man United ....
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I'll take Chelsea to win it all. Let's chiong for Four!
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Who else? , but Chelsea.
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i think its either going 2 be liverpool or munich
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CB, you all look down on Roma ah ?
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take Man U to win
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man u
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get realistic, man u maybe will lose number 1 spot in the EPL all because of their injury, and u still expect them 2 win the champs league? blind supporter i must say
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QF -
MUFC will win only if they click and with so many players injured. They won't win.
So Roma will meet Milan.
other QF -
Chelsea will win against Valencia cause half the spanish team is already banned, so Chelsea must win unless hiccup. but they will run into MIGHTY TABOO team, "Liverpool" who will cream them.
Of course, if Valencia were to play defensive first game and then win it by the odd goal. That will break so many blue hearts!!!
but odds on for Liverpool to cream any team from this QF, even if Chelsea.
Chelsea may be shouting 4, 4, but internally, they are a bunch of loose sands.
Everyone knows that they are leaving and they are not appreciated by Roman.
So I felt just one turn of the tight screw, and the pressure will burst.
Finals-
Liverpool may meet Milan but Pool will surely win.
the strongest team is Liverpool at the moment, and they should win it.
So be prepared to see new Liverpool jersey with 6 - Athens. -
My heart is with Man United, but somehow i fell that Liverpool should make it to the finals.
Chelsea have too much on their plate at the moment. With hopes of overtaking United in the league, a tough FA cup replay, Abramovic's divorce(maybe that's why he stopped spending on the team), uncertainty over Terry, Lampard and Mourinho's future, blah, blah,blah. Nope, not gonna be them this time.
United just might get lucky, just. This is football, and you never know what will happen, so they may just nick it. I certainly hope so.
Liverpool, well, yes. Good chance. They've got the experience, with most of the 05 winners still in the squad. And not much distractions, so barring any golf club attacks, maybe.
Milan and Roma. Hard to say for me. They both don't look especially convincing. No doubt they've got quality, but they are playing a risky game at times. Might just work for them though. We've gotta wait and see.
Bayern. Can't say much, they've got a chance though. From what little that i've seen of them, they r pretty well organised. But i wun comment too much cuz i dunno enough.
Lets just say i hope to see a United vs Liverpool final. With the full 90mins played, the scores are level at 0-0, Liverpool then concede due to a van der Sar goal kick. Brilliant. I'd love to see that happen. -
Seeing a repeat Champ Liverpool ! tis yr!!
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My heart says Milan but my mind says Chelsea