Who do you think will win the Champions League?
I personally think that Bayern Munich are good contenders. They played really well against Milan. It's definitely the best tie (Milan - Bayern). What do you say?
The best quarterfinal games is AS Roma - Manchester United... After red card for Paul Scholes they play at 10 players and they score for a 1-1 tie. But Roma has excellent footballers and brilliant shot from Vucinic gives Roma 3 points...
I think in the final play Chelsea and Liverpool and that's gonna be a very interesant game... 
I hope that Manchester United will take the champions.. she plays the best football, and I hope they will win Roma in Old Trafurd and will throw to the Semi Final.
My favorites Chelsea will bring the championship home, let's see!
Well, based on the first leg of the quarter finals, here are my views:
CHELSEA vs VALENCIA: It'll be a very tough game for Chelsea as they have to score at the Mestalla which is the "Bat Cave" and is definitely a fortress. Who says Valencia won't get their chances? So, Valencia surely have the upper hand and one valuable away goal.
MAN UTD vs ROMA: Man Utd have the away goal that they need and most probably are going to get a comfortable 2-0 or 3-0 win at home. But, like Lyon did, DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE ROMA.
AC MILAN vs BAYERN MUNICH: Bayern are surely winning this; TWO AWAY GOALS; LEVEL ON AGGREGATE; BIG HOME ADVANTAGE. Considering that they will be playing at the Allianz Arena, Milan have no chance whatsoever. Only a miracle can save them now.
LIVERPOOL vs PSV: A walkover for Liverpool. PSV have no chance whatsoever. Losing 3-0 at home is a result that is impossible to come back from.
So, keep posting your views! | djbosanac wrote: |
2006/07 UEFA Champions League
IOC Stage Club Coefficient
ESP Grp FC Barcelona (holders) 127.006
ESP Grp Real Madrid CF 120.006
ESP Q3 Valencia CF 95.006
ESP Q3 CA Osasuna 25.006
ENG Grp Chelsea FC 79.950
ENG Grp Manchester United FC 100.950
ENG Q3 Liverpool FC 105.950
ENG Q3 Arsenal FC 101.950
ITA Grp FC Internazionale Milano 112.020
ITA Grp AS Roma 76.020
ITA Q3 AC Milan 129.020
ITA Q3 AC Chievo Verona 23.020
FRA Grp Olympique Lyonnais 89.757
FRA Grp FC Girondins de Bordeaux 47.757
FRA Q3 LOSC Lille Métropole 54.757
GER Grp FC Bayern München 80.960
GER Grp Werder Bremen 43.960
GER Q3 Hamburger SV 30.960
POR Grp FC Porto 87.533
POR Grp Sporting Clube de Portugal 54.533
POR Q3 SL Benfica 51.533
NED Grp PSV Eindhoven 81.640
NED Q3 AFC Ajax 60.640
GRE Grp Olympiacos CFP 43.587
GRE Q3 AEK Athens FC 39.587
BEL Grp RSC Anderlecht 38.981
BEL Q3 R. Standard de Liège 17.981
SCO Grp Celtic FC 60.023
SCO Q2 Heart of Midlothian FC 20.023
TUR Q3 Galatasaray SK 33.634
TUR Q2 Fenerbahçe SK 28.634
CZE Q3 FC Slovan Liberec 28.769
CZE Q2 FK Mladá Boleslav 8.769
RUS Q3 PFC CSKA Moskva 42.504
RUS Q2 FC Spartak Moskva 21.504
AUT Q3 FK Austria Wien 27.723
AUT Q2 SV Austria Salzburg 8.723
UKR Q3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 33.777
UKR Q2 FC Dynamo Kyiv 36.777
ISR Q3 Maccabi Haifa FC 19.108
SCG Q2 FK Crvena Zvezda 20.600
POL Q2 Legia Warszawa 16.104
SUI Q2 FC Zürich 10.537
NOR Q2 Vålerenga IF 11.921
BUL Q2 PFC Levski Sofia 35.016
CRO Q2 NK Dinamo Zagreb 20.647
DEN Q2 FC København 16.593
HUN Q2 Debreceni VSC 13.840
ROU Q2 FC Steaua Bucuresti 46.381
SWE Q2 Djurgårdens IF 9.372
SVK Q2 MFK Ružomberok 6.070
SLO Q1 NK Gorica 4.355
CYP Q1 Apollon Limassol FC 3.355
BIH Q1 NK Široki Brijeg 2.695
LAT Q1 FHK Liepajas Metalurgs 2.365
FIN Q1 Myllykosken Pallo-47 3.433
MOL Q1 FC Sheriff 2.255
GEO Q1 FC Sioni Bolnisi 2.090
LIT Q1 FK Ekranas 1.925
ISL Q1 FH Hafnarfjördur 2.595
MKD Q1 FK Rabotnicki 1.760
IRL Q1 Cork City FC 1.430
BLS Q1 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1.457
ARM Q1 FC Pyunik 0.990
MLT Q1 Birkirkara FC 1.880
ALB Q1 KS Elbasani 1.210
EST Q1 FC TVMK Tallinn 0.880
NIR Q1 Linfield FC 0.770
WAL Q1 The New Saints FC 0.770
LUX Q1 F91 Dudelange 0.605
AZE Q1 FK Baku 0.660
FAR Q1 B36 Tórshavn 0.550
KAZ Q1 FK Aktobe 0.550 |
Im sorry, I don't understand what you mean to say via this loong post.I honestly think it is time for one of the English clubs to win, I think Chelsea. And that should make up for losing the league to Man Utd!
| Melo wrote: |
I think in the final play Chelsea and Liverpool and that's gonna be a very interesant game... |
Chelsea cant play liverpool in the final as should they both win their quarter final ties they will meet in the semi's.LIVERPOOL is the answer!!!
lets just accept the fact....
they r already in the semi,
if valencia is the oponent, their fate will be the same as barcelona !!
and if chelsea is the oponent, their fate will be the same as for the 2005 semi's !!
for the final, we all know that liverpool very rarely loses one!!
Wow!! only this word I can say about this huge game.
Amazy game from Manchester, They killed Roma.
They played so good, it started from Cristiano Ronaldo, Giggs, Rooney, Carick and all the players from Man Utd.
Clearly, that Manchester is the favorites to win the champions league and I hope they will take this.
What a score for professional soccer (football)! Usually the score is below 3. I remember watching the world cup and having almost no scoring. Manchester Utd. has almost always been a good team, they probably will go far this year.
Well after Chelseas win tonight against valencia,it looks like at least one english team in the final as they are due to play liverpool in the semis,unless PSV can cause an unlikely upset at anfield tomorrow night,and with man utds 7-1 demolition of roma,an all england final is now looking a very real possibility.
im looking forward to bayern vs man utd...after man u demolition of as roma yesterday, they are really looking like the best in the world... bayern on the other hand has nothing to lose and everything to gain since they wont win the bundesliga this year and if they dont win champions league, they wont even qualify for it next year...bayern playing UEFA cup is something not too many bayern fans will be happy about (not that im one of them anyways...werder bremen woohoo!!)
EDIT: merged with the other champions league thread
ManU won 7-1. WOW, sooooooo bad I didn't see that game. How did they do it. Can anybody give me a brief outcast of the game?
| Karupoiss wrote: |
| ManU won 7-1. WOW, sooooooo bad I didn't see that game. How did they do it. Can anybody give me a brief outcast of the game? |
Well, in the first twenty minutes, it was all over. Man Utd destroyed Roma, going 3-0 in front via goals from Rooney, Carrick, etc. Then, Ronaldo made it 4-0 just before half-time. Then, in the second half, it was soon 6-0. Later on, De Rossi slammed in a consolation. Roma were totally finished when the seventh went in. And thus, it ended 7-1. I just hope Bayern and Milan is a good game tonight.Awesome game, Man U backlash from the Portsmouth humiliation (and probably the behaviour of the Italian police in the first leg). Three out of the four semi-finalists are English teams - a great achievement!
One point to make about AC Milan though - should they really have been allowed to enter the competiton this season? After being found guilty of some match fixing? I don't think so. Walkover for Man U I say! All-English final, bring it on ...
Milan played very well and went to the Allianz Arena in Munich and won 2-0 over the Germans. Excellent result for Milan. They fully deserved the win!
as usual english teams win this cup... 
i hope to see a Manchester United - Chelsea final, so that our league champions will qualify directly in the group stage | legion wrote: |
| i hope to see a Manchester United - Chelsea final, so that our league champions will qualify directly in the group stage |
No, actually, only the winner qualifies into the group stage. | _AVG_ wrote: |
| No, actually, only the winner qualifies into the group stage. |
Yes i know that, but Romanian league champions will go directly to the group stages only if the final will be between Manchester and Chelsea. | legion wrote: |
| _AVG_ wrote: | | No, actually, only the winner qualifies into the group stage. |
Yes i know that, but Romanian league champions will go directly to the group stages only if the final will be between Manchester and Chelsea. |
And why is that? At least it doesn't make any logical sense to me.It's something about UEFA's coefficient rankings and the number of teams each country can have in Champions League.
Well.. for now Man Utd with the most chances to take the title.
Hope they will throw up to the next phase and will take Millan out.
With Chelsea beginning to get people back off the injury list, I can see them taking the champion's league.
If that's the case, Chelsea have a chance for the QUADRUPLE.
Chelsea have a very strong squad but the have a busy schedule coming up over the next few weeks, so the question is if they can handle all the pressure. Especially Mourinho is under a lot of pressure since the Champions League is the only price he has yet to win with Chelsea...
Well, He hasn't won the FA Cup as well so he'll want to win that.
I hope Milan will win the Champions League, but I think Chelsea will win it. Don't knw why, but that are my feeling, I think they will be the luckiest team 
. Yea, seeing today's fixture, my heart says Milan but my mind says Man Utd.
I think milan will see themselves as favourites to go through now,with the 2 away goals, they only need to win 1-0,even 2-1 will take them through,man utd just have to avoid defeat to go through,but with evre missing the next leg and vidic,neville and ferdinand already out ,their first choice back four is missing so it looks like an uphill task for man utd.
We had a great match yesterday, great play from Kaka.
And that's the problem, only Kaka played for Milan.
he scored to amazy goals, especially the second goal but than, Millan stopped to play (in the second time).
I think Man Utd are still the favorites in this meeting.
I agree. Althought I am for Milan I have to give credit where it's due. Man United played more. And they have more players doing more work and more capable of a moment of individual brilliance. Milan depends too much on Kaka. They lack the shooting power of Man United at the moment.
I have not been able to watch football a lot lately and last night was the first time I saw Ronaldo play. I was interested in seeing him cos of the hype surrounding his name. He recently won two awards in England. I have to say I was dissappointed. Sure he can dribble. But he either lacks experience or he is a very selfish player. He wants to play alone. He does not pass when he should and loses the ball. Instead he should be using his great runs to open chances for others. Man U with benefit more that way. He is not yet even close to being compared to the best players of the world.
I don't know why Sir Alex didn't substitute that guy Fletcher for the second half. He kept missing open chances. That was infuriating to watch. He could have brought Solksjier (sorry don't know how to spell that 
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Bottom line is that the second leg will be an interesting duel. Milan can win if they play well. But they are far from being safe. And Man United have the quality to win it for themselves. | jipmerite wrote: |
I have not been able to watch football a lot lately and last night was the first time I saw Ronaldo play. I was interested in seeing him cos of the hype surrounding his name. He recently won two awards in England. I have to say I was dissappointed. Sure he can dribble. But he either lacks experience or he is a very selfish player. He wants to play alone. He does not pass when he should and loses the ball. Instead he should be using his great runs to open chances for others. Man U with benefit more that way. He is not yet even close to being compared to the best players of the world.
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Ronaldo is better than he showed last night,in the first half he tried to win the game on his own to the detriment of the team,second half he was more disciplined and stayed out wide left,he still wanted to run at people when maybe a pass was more productive,but he didnt do it so much,so man utd were able to get their passing game going and people like paul scholes and carrick started to take a hold of midfield and the game.
The 2nd leg should be intersting.Both sides played very well.
The only problem was DIDA. He is absolutely at sea with the simplest of saves.
Personally, I really do hope that Manchester United take the title. They have been playing very attractive football. They deserve all their success so far this season
I say Milan will win the CL .They have good defensive players and they all good at team play .They know what they want and think they will get it soon, so my fav is Milan for now !!!
I think probably Milan and Chelsea will play in the final. Why? Because their football is more strategic and the team players have more skill.
Liverpool has got the twin towers (Kuyt and Crouch). They are too limited players, specially with good defenses.
MU is unbalanced, and Ronaldo is solving many of MU problems in many matches. Will he be capable to make the difference again? Probably not. Milan is a clever and too strong team and they will keep an eye or two on Ronaldo. Rooney and Scholes can also do something but Milan has got a lot of skilled players (more than MU).
MU is scoring a lot of goals which is cool... but when dealing with Chelsea or Milan, things will probably be quite different.
Not Chealsea for sure, they've lost the semifinal against Liverpool in the penalty shootout. I really wanted Mourinho's team to get the cup. Now, I just don't want Manchester United to win.
Liverpool won last night in the penalty shootout...
great saves from Reina...
Hopefully, AC Milan can win tonight and meet Liverpool in the final 
so it is...
the finals of the Champions League is a game between Liverpool and AC Milan...
...and i press my thumbs for Liverpool...
Very dissapointed with the manchester united v ac milan result.. i really hoped united would make it.. They havebeen playing very attractive football and deserved tobe in the final (although they didnt deserve to be with their performance today)
Well, it's De Ja Vu all over again. MILAN vs LIVERPOOL. I cannot wait to see that match. GO MILAN!
it's funny to see that Milan reaches the final when they were not sure to participate in the competition at the beginning (because of the scandal in the calcio)
Maybe it is a reason for more motivation.
I still say Milan will win CL:)
Very disappointed that Man U didn't reach the final. I'll definitely be shouting for Liverpool again like I did 2 years ago. Milan shouldn't have even been in the competition.
I would like to see Milan win. They have a good style of play. And i just dont like those scousers. They have really good talent at midfield and at the striker position. It should be a good match though.
I don't think that people should be disappointed that MU is not in the final. They clearly don't deserve it.
They won in the last minute at home and they lost 3-0 after that. What can they expect.
A lot of PR is not enough to win the CL.
I'm so disappointed ... it wasn't the final that I expected ... but both teams deserve the final place Milan FTW!! Forza RossoNero!
but Milan played better in that match...
the final is Liverpool vs AC Milan, both teams meet in the final for the second time in three years.. 
| abyssclan wrote: |
| Milan FTW!! Forza RossoNero! |
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agree...viva rosso nero
I think Carlo Ancelotti already know the best strategy to defeat and revenge to Liverpool on 23 of May in Athena.
Maldini will hold the cup again.
Viva MilanMilan are way better than Liverpool. If Liverpool had Kaka, Inzaghi, Seedorf and Pirlo, then Liverpool would have been the favourites.
I think not!
Liverpool has Gerrad, Crouch and other top stars, who have the same experience.
The daily form decides the match...
Pulling for Liverpool myself, but dont know enough about Milan to be able to say which side I think will come out on top in their meeting. Usually a Chelsea fan but with them being eliminated Liverpool is the only English side left in the Champion's League. Glad that its a multinational final though, thats what the Champion's League is supposed to be about.
| schmidi wrote: |
I think not!
Liverpool has Gerrad, Crouch and other top stars, who have the same experience.
The daily form decides the match... |
As far as daily form is concerned, Liverpool are doing pathetically. They haven't won in the EPL in quite some time.yes, thats right...
Liverpool plays more pathetically, so this could be a very helpful...
But Milan has Kaka, and this player is absolutely fantastic.
I want that liverpool win the cup, maybe they will revevnch Manchester United Liverpool, for sure, they are the best player in the Euro league.
So now we know: it's Milan
Not in such a good style like against Manchester but always effective.
It's tough for England to have 3 clubs out of 4 in semis and not to win the cup !
Liverpool played well in the first half, but the free kick is the turning point of the match. Anyway, AC Milan grab their seventh trophy in Athens as Inzaghi scored twice in the match.
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i am disapointed, i dont see in milan a good team, they have only 2 ocasions and 2 goals, but liverpool was a very good team, in the last minutes i even thout that maybe history can be rewriten Yeah , Well its a shame the English didn't won the Championsleague instead of having Three of there teams playing the Semi Finals but What can you say. I supported Chelsea but Liver pool knocked them out although Chelsea was the better of the two But its the same you Can't say which team is going to win on a specific day. It depends on what happens within the ground and as for AC Milan I Think The had the upper hand with the players in their team . and you can't just take away credit for them. They played Manchester united like babies in the Semi final.
Liverpool I feel were the better team, not saying that cause I am a Liverpool fan. They held the ball better and Mascherano controlled kaka so well. They got the second goal cause Mascherano was taken off for crouch and allowed kaka to get through to inzaghi. When Kuyt scored the goal you could see the fear in the Milan players faces like "Shit not again". I was shocked at the ref blowing the whistle early should have been a minute extra but anyway was a good match
