Haven't seen Basilis post this thread yet so I thought I'd post it, because we usually have a fairly good discussion.

Here's what happened in the Group stages for those who aren't following






And here's the results of the 1st leg of the last 16:

Lyon - Real Madrid [1-0]
AC Milan - Manchester United [2-3]
Bayern Munich - Fiorentina [2-1]
Porto - Arsenal [2-1]
Stuttgart - Barcelona [1-1]
Olympiacos - Bordeaux [0-1]
CSKA Moskva - Sevilla [1-1]
Inter Milian - Chelsea [2-1]


So who do you think will win?

I hope Chelsea will do better against Inter Milan at Stamford Bridge.

But with Cech and Ashley Cole out, they're not in the best of form.

Lyon - Real Madrid [1-0]
AC Milan - Manchester United [2-3]
Bayern Munich - Fiorentina [2-1]
Porto - Arsenal [2-1]
Stuttgart - Barcelona [1-1]
Olympiacos - Bordeaux [0-1]
CSKA Moskva - Sevilla [1-1]
Inter Milan - Chelsea [2-1]

My tips are there in bold.  Was an epic game last night, knowing Jose I reckon he'll go for an early goal at the Bridge to leave Chelsea needing 3, effectively killing the tie.

United is going to win this round for sure. I hope they win the title but like I said at the beginning of the season, I think they'll lose in the semis but I think they'll win the EPL.
I stand by what I said I still think Chelsea will screw up (hopefully United will screw up less.. Horrible at consistency at the moment).
As for the champions league, I hope we reach the finals.. but I have a feeling that we'll lose in the semis, just like every other year.

On a side note, I hope an English team makes it to the final this year. It would be the 6th straight year that this would happen, a new record. The would beat the earlier English record when Liverpool won 3 consecutive titles followed by another club (Conventry City if memory serves correct) lost once and won the second one.

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Lyon - Real Madrid [1-0]
AC Milan - Manchester United [2-3]
Bayern Munich - Fiorentina [2-1]
Porto - Arsenal [2-1]
Stuttgart - Barcelona [1-1]
Olympiacos - Bordeaux [0-1]
CSKA Moskva - Sevilla [1-1]
Inter Milan - Chelsea [2-1]

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I'm not so sure about Arsenal.

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Was an epic game last night, knowing Jose I reckon he'll go for an early goal at the Bridge to leave Chelsea needing 3, effectively killing the tie.

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On a side note, I hope an English team makes it to the final this year. It would be the 6th straight year that this would happen, a new record. The would beat the earlier English record when Liverpool won 3 consecutive titles followed by another club (Conventry City if memory serves correct) lost once and won the second one.

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On a side note, I hope an English team makes it to the final this year. It would be the 6th straight year that this would happen, a new record. The would beat the earlier English record when Liverpool won 3 consecutive titles followed by another club (Conventry City if memory serves correct) lost once and won the second one.

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Nottingham Forest   Liverpool only won 2 in a row as well.  Liverpool twice, Forest twice, Liverpool again, then Aston Villa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Cup...ons_League_winners

We hold the honours of the longest winning (6) and losing (4) streaks of any country, haha

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i dont see what's so weird about it

im betting for real madrid this season

6 Champions League finals 1-0 in a row seems unusual, that's all.

I think the 1st leg of the matches was a total disgrace in terms of referees. Fiorentina lost due to an offside goal, Arsenal lost due to a strange goal. Of course, the worst came in Olympiacos's match.

The referee, first saw a foul that never happened and instead of giving a throw in which is what it was, he gave Bordeaux a foul that then led to the only goal of the match. But he didn't stop there. In the final minute of the game, a French defender challenged our forward and it was a penalty. Nevertheless, we scored the goal with a header just after the challenge took place. The referee though said the goal does not count because he thought (or he just didn't want us to equalise) there was a foul done by our forward.

I am really pissed off because Olympiacos had the chance to progress to the quarter finals and he deserved to. We had 9 shots on target while the French had 2, one of them being their goal. But the referee had other thoughts, and now we need to score at least 2 goals in France to qualify.

I haven't really been following the UCL apart from Chelsea. I have to say that I felt Chelsea deserved a draw against Milan and we had a blatantly obvious penalty not awarded to us. I however think we will go to the Bridge and win convincingly if Terry can put issues aside and Anelka can figure out the definition of TEAM.

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I think the 1st leg of the matches was a total disgrace in terms of referees. Fiorentina lost due to an offside goal, Arsenal lost due to a strange goal. Of course, the worst came in Olympiacos's match.

The referee, first saw a foul that never happened and instead of giving a throw in which is what it was, he gave Bordeaux a foul that then led to the only goal of the match. But he didn't stop there. In the final minute of the game, a French defender challenged our forward and it was a penalty. Nevertheless, we scored the goal with a header just after the challenge took place. The referee though said the goal does not count because he thought (or he just didn't want us to equalise) there was a foul done by our forward.

I am really pissed off because Olympiacos had the chance to progress to the quarter finals and he deserved to. We had 9 shots on target while the French had 2, one of them being their goal. But the referee had other thoughts, and now we need to score at least 2 goals in France to qualify.

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Barcelona a.k.a unstoppable will get it.I'll copy this post after final.

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Barcelona a.k.a unstoppable will get it.I'll copy this post after final.

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Barcelona a.k.a unstoppable will get it.I'll copy this post after final.

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Barcelona has been pretty poor this year, no where near as good as last year, I don't think they'll win it.

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Yes they not playin as well as last year but "Poor Barça" still 10 times better then others.

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Yes they not playin as well as last year but "Poor Barça" still 10 times better then others.

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Barcelona aren't THAT good, a good team yes,  best team in the World? No.

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Yes they not playin as well as last year but "Poor Barça" still 10 times better then others.

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Barcelona aren't THAT good, a good team yes,  best team in the World? No.

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which team is best in the world? arsenal ? fenerbahce ? no..

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Yes they not playin as well as last year but "Poor Barça" still 10 times better then others.

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Barcelona aren't THAT good, a good team yes,  best team in the World? No.

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which team is best in the world? arsenal ? fenerbahce ? no..

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I wouldn't say any team is the 'best in the World' because any team can beat another team.

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Yes they not playin as well as last year but "Poor Barça" still 10 times better then others.

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Barcelona aren't THAT good, a good team yes,  best team in the World? No.

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which team is best in the world? arsenal ? fenerbahce ? no..

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I wouldn't say any team is the 'best in the World' because any team can beat another team.

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Barcelona 1 - 2 FK Rubin Kazan

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Im neither español nor barcelona fan.But honestly im only enjoyin when im watchin barcelona.

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Porto out, Fiorentina out

Arsenal won, 5-0 [6-2]
Fiorentina won, 3-2 [4-4] (Bayern went through on the away goal rule)

Another big game tonight, Ronaldinho is going to run rings around Neville. I think Milan will win, but not by enough goals to put them through.

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whats the point? Its football any team can beat with another one.Im not speakin about single games.Wack ass turk team besiktas won against man utd in old trafford this year?So besiktas is better than man utd uh ? Im neither español nor barcelona fan.But honestly im only enjoyin when im watchin barcelona.

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Sad news for me and Real Madrid supporters....
but we are out of champions again

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Sad news for me and Real Madrid supporters....
but we are out of champions again

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Sad news for me and Real Madrid supporters....
but we are out of champions again

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So who do you think will go through tonight?

Oh yeah, I'll update the poll when this round is over.

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Sad news for me and Real Madrid supporters....
but we are out of champions again

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This means you haven't watched an Olympiacos game.

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Excellent performance by Man Utd last week.....interesting to see what happens for Chelsea tonight....EVERYTHING is point towards an Inter win......No Cech, Mourinho's unbeaten record at Stamford Bridge (and the brilliant mind-games claiming home advantage!)......so knowing football Chelsea will probably win it!

Chelsea knocked out. Inter Milan through, great game, Inter deserved to win.

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Results of the last 16:


Also, I updated the poll, so please re-vote!

Why the new poll?
Anyway, I re-voted for United Next round should be difficult. A lot of good teams. A lot depends on the draw now Does anyone know when it is?

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Why the new poll?
Anyway, I re-voted for United Next round should be difficult. A lot of good teams. A lot depends on the draw now Does anyone know when it is?

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Sorry for the double post.

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Here is the draw for the Quarter Finals:

1: Olympique Lyonnais v Bordeaux

2: Bayern Munchen v Manchester United

3: Arsenal v Barcelona

4: Inter Milan v PFC CSKA Moskva


Here are the Semi Finals:

1: Winner quarter-final 2 v Winner quarter-final 1

2: Winner quarter-final 4 v Winner quarter-final 3

Final:

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

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It's going to be a very exciting Quarter Final.

I'm backing Lyon, United, Barca & Inter based on those quarters

Could end up being a repeat of last year's final, though I wouldn't go against Arsenal springing a surprise on Barca

Unfortunately, the referee costed us the win against Bordeaux. The first goal we conceeded came from a foul that did not exist (the same happened in the first match as well) and we were not given a penalty. Then we scored and we needed one more goal. The French could not keep the ball, we lost some chances and in the final minute, we conceeded another goal and it was all over (it may have been an offensive foul if that goal was scored by Olympiacos).

The point is that Platini does not make good to football. He also did not allow Fiorentina to go through by leaving Bayern win with an offside-goal.

Now the last part of the tragedy. Lyon and Bordeaux were drawn together, so now it is sure that one French team will be in the semi-finals. And then there is UEFA continuously talking about how Ligue 1 has improved. Excuse me, but I do not think all these are just a coincidence.

Quarter Final Results 1st Leg
Lyon 3-1 Bordeaux
Bayern Munich 2-1 Manchester United
Arsenal 2-2 Barcelona
Inter Milan 1-0 CSKA Moskva

Absolutely amazing game at the Emirates last night!  Just when you thought Arsenal were dead and buried they hit back!  With Puyol & Pique missing for the return it could be a very interesting game....Fabregas will be sorely missed though, such a shame for him too on a personal level missing out on a return to his boyhood club

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Absolutely amazing game at the Emirates last night!  Just when you thought Arsenal were dead and buried they hit back!  With Puyol & Pique missing for the return it could be a very interesting game....Fabregas will be sorely missed though, such a shame for him too on a personal level missing out on a return to his boyhood club

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messi enjoyed against arsenal.last 2 step for trophy.go ahead barça.

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messi enjoyed against arsenal.last 2 step for trophy.go ahead barça.

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I think the other semi-final will be Bayern Munchen - Lyon.

As I posted on my Facebook, there just aren't enough superlatives for Messi.  4 hat-tricks already in 2010 and he made Arsenal look like a team of amateurs.  On that evidence, Argentina have to be big favourites for the World Cup given that it wasn't even a particularly strong Barca team he was playing in.

I'm hoping for Man Utd & Lyon to get through, but it'll be a tall order without Rooney

Yeah, Messi made us look silly, but it was inevitable with so many injuries. Overall they were better than us over both legs and deserved to go through.
I still don't think Barcelona are the best, I think Chelsea are better, they were unlucky to not go through last year.

Chelsea just made their 2 worst games of the year with Inter. I think they would win this year's Champions League easily if they had advanced instead of Inter. It would have been nice to see a repeat of last year's semi final, with Chelsea wanting revenge for the 3 penalties not given to them in the 2nd leg against Barcelona.

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I still don't think Barcelona are the best, I think Chelsea are better, they were unlucky to not go through last year.

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They did not conceed 2 goals in 6 mins. It was 3-1 after the 1st half, then Rafael was sent off in the 2nd half and 15 minutes from time Robben scored the crucial goal for Bayern.

Barcelona knocked out
Inter won 3-2 agg

Lyon knocked out
Bayern won 4-0 agg

Bayern Munich V Inter Milan is the final

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Barcelona a.k.a unstoppable will get it.I'll copy this post after final.

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thank god for that, as a Real Madrid fan, that was my worst nightmare... lol

imagine barcelona playing the finals in Santiago bernabeu

Inter, specially Mourinho

Now, Two ex real madrid players are in the finals... Robben and Sneijder... and both are country mates too

im going with inter this time, with Ribery suspension Bayern munich loses a lot of team play IMO

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Maybe not...

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They couldn't even beat 10 men at home

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They couldn't even beat 10 men at home

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10 men + 1 referee

bayern - inter ah worst champions league match ever..

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Internazionale Milano
Champions League champion



http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=33968&L=en

Pretty decent final!  Not as good as the Championship play-off final earlier today, but still pretty entertaining....and was glad to see Inter win......gotta love Jose!

it was a good game overall

Considering what I said a couple of hours before the match, I'm pretty happy

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Pretty decent final!  Not as good as the Championship play-off final earlier today, but still pretty entertaining....and was glad to see Inter win......gotta love Jose!

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