Anyone ever tell you, that you talk too much?

Champions League list: Maxi Lopez, Mesbah and El Shaarawy have replaced Cassano, Gattuso and Taiwo in the CL list. Merkel is in the B-list

The list:

GK: Abbiati, Amelia, Roma.
Defenders: Abate, Antonini, Bonera, De Sciglio, Mesbah, Mexes, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Yepes, Zambrotta.
Midfielders: Ambrosini, Aquilani, Boateng, Emanuelson, Merkel (List B ), Nocerino, Seedorf, Van Bommel.
Attackers: El Shaarawy, Ibrahimovic, Maxi Lopez, Pato, Robinho.

It's probably the top tier that's mostly empty, which you can't see on tv.

OMG, no Gattuso! I must be dreaming.

Barca are 1-0 up against leverkusen at Ht

Alexis is really good.

We don't discover it tonight.

Yeah, but tonight he proved it again.

Seems like Barca will be mainly focusing on CL this season from now on, kinda like we did in some of the Carlo years.

Don't see it personally. As Kurt said if something were to happen to Ronaldo the league is back on, scary how much one player alone can affect a team.

If Madrid win the league then so-be-it, Barca have tried their hardest and not got it done.

I didn't say it was a smart decision, but I don't see any other explanation to why Pep played such a bad line up -especially in midfield - on Saturday.

Zenit leading 2-1 against Benfica. Their second goal was pure class.

2-2 Horrendous keeping. I feel so bad for Spaletti.

3-2 ZENIT

Im loving the English commentator, he's simply lambasting Zenit's GK

Hope one of those teams will be our 1/4 contestant. Preferably Rui's Benfica.

Let's not get too cocky. After the La Coruña debacle, such statements are forbidden.

agreed. we haven't got the prettiest record when it comes to big score leads in CL.

Yeah, the match against Deportivo La Coruna still burns at the back of my mind. Let's not get carried away.

Not to mention Arsenal-Inter some years ago...

Agreed


+1


Sad and true.

Yeah, let's not get carried away, but let's also remember that Estadio Riazor is a hell-hole. If Real Madrid couldn't secure a win there in 16 consecutive seasons, well what more is there to be said. Anyway, if Arsenal somehow manage to turn it around in the second leg in a few weeks time, then well played. Credit to them.

But for all intents and purposes, we do have 1.85 legs in the quarter-finals. Statistically speaking, of course!

Well,it's certainly better than playing Madrid or Chelsea.

If Chelsea and us make it through, they'd be on my wish list for the quarter finals. They've just been p!ss poor this season.

And it would be oh so satisfying to knock 2 English Clubs out of the competition

Yeah, the English sides left in the CL are far weaker than those who went out, which is quite ironic really. Wouldn't be surprised to see Chelsea falter at this stage too.

Well, with all due respect, I'm not gonna be that careful because I have confidence in our team now that we've surprised everyone with that 4-0. This is not Carletto, who used to do once in two years such a mess. Allegri knows a good CL season is all what he needs and I'm positive he's wise enough to create the right mindset for our team.

*Mind blown*

Weren't you a huge Carlo fan? ...and an Allegri neutral?

I agree, I can't see us making that type of mistake, although we've been bitten before. You can't say it's a Carlo vs Allegri thing. Sometimes it's just not even about the coach, sometimes it's just the over confidence the players go into a match with.

That being said, I think this Milan under Allegri are great when defending a lead, something we weren't really good at under Carlo. Under Allegri we're most likely to get caught out when we're chasing a game, but uually once we've scored it's done and dusted 99% of the time

I still am. Allegri is miles away from Carletto. But, one should always be fair and square. And the thing is, Carletto never was "that good" when in came to "easy" matches.

what about Napoli tonight? i think they will literally destroy Chelsea

I hope so.

I've played their win.

I'd like to see them take a page out of our book and hit Chelsea with a 4-0 thrashing.

Kaka' seems so out of place in this Real Madrid. He rarely does anything impressive anymore. Just simple passes and runs.

And 1:1. I was so happy when CSKA scored for some reason.

F*ck!!!

Because it's incredibly satisfying to see both Real and Barca not winning

Still CSKA's best weapon (their home ground) is used up. I think Real will win the 2nd leg without too much trouble

As for tonight's other game; FORZA NAPOLI!

WHAT?

I had played Madrid's win.

@ X-Off

At the risk of sounding like a n00b, what does it mean that you've played their win?

That means he bet on Madrid winning. Simple enough! Although I too would have liked them winning this match, as that would have meant they'd have broken Barcelona's record of winning 6 consecutive CL matches. As things stand now, they are joint holders of it.

Ah I guessed so, but I'd never heard it said like that! thanks.

I don't think this result will mean anything given that in the second leg they'll thrash CSKA by a large margin anyway.

Nothing to it.


Most probably yeah. Though I wouldn't have minded them losing there, and getting 2-3 goals here. What can I say, I'm sentimental when it comes to sporting records!

FORZA NAPOLI!

Can't believe Cavani didn't score from that chance.

Good god, what a stupid mistake by Cannavaro!

Cannavaro...

LAVEZZI!

To be fair to Cannavaro, the ball bounced horribly in front of him before he made that mistake. Good finish by Lavezzi for the equaliser.

Cavani scores.Napoli leading 2 - 1 into the break.