Thursday, February 24, 2011

Round of 16 continues..........

Today we will discuss last year`s champions league final repeat of Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich. The german team won this tie 1-0. An error from Julio Cesar gifting Bayern the win. This is a better Bayern Munich side than last year especially going forward. Last year you had Olic who did`t perform while this year they have Mario Gomez who has scored 27 goals in 31 appearences in all competitions. They also have Frank Ribery who wasn`t available last year. Moreover with Ribery on the side Arjen Robben gets more time to play his best. Furthemore you have Thomas Muller who has really matured and has developed a lot since last year.

I think going forward Bayern look much better this year. Domestically they have had their issues as they are not more confident at back and sloppy mistakes and low concentration have hurt them a lot this season. Now they have a vital away goal which will give them the momentum to go through. As for Inter they are now less restricted than they were when Murinho was incharge. Now you can see free flowing football in Inter. Obvviously this means that they will conced goals but hopefully they will get better defensively. Over the two legs, I fancy Bayern to go through to the quater finals.


Now let`s take a look at our second game Olimpique de Marseille versus Manchester United. This game finished with a scoreline of 0-0.  I think both teams went into this game thinking they would be better off with the draw. In simple terms, they wanted a draw. They matched up very easily, very compact at the back, none of them really looked like scoring. Very good atmosphere of 60,000 people but football was nowhere to be seen. Both of them were lacking the creativity in their respective team. The highlights itself was only 2 minutes long. I believe Manchester United will go through after plating them at Old Trafford in London. See you next time with more football.  

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