anyway today i have decided to provide my expert analysis on this week's champions league games instead! and my word is it tasty! arsenal v juventus, inter v villareal, AC v lyon and barcelona v benfica. well let's take a look at the first one the list shall we?
arsenal v juventus
nicks: gunners v the old lady
the nicknames of the two teams tell the whole story: and the gunners will mow the old lady down like they were a bunch of grasshoppers. seriously what do you expect people to think of your team when you call them the old lady? i mean if it's like you are expected by others to call yourself granny goodness when you're damn evil or curly when you're a baldy or tiny when you're like som friggin giant, then its perfectly normal but i dun think there's that many weirdos on Earth. i guess the founders of this club were probably looking at the matchup and shaking their heads.
look at the state the club is in now: viera, camoranesi and zebina suspended. nedved short on match fitness. yes one game absence is short of match fitness stoopid. my prediction is that he will do a viera: lose the ball to pires who will feed henry who will feed diaby who will score arsenal's third goal of the two-game tie.
my prediction? arsenal 2-o juventus (4-0 aggregate)
inter milan v villareal
this is pretty difficult: what if both teams decide on the locked-door policy? then that would probably result in a 0-0 draw which means inter would go through 2-1 on aggregate.
my bet inter to go through on the back of a 0-0 draw in the second leg.
AC v lyon
the (former) champions of italy versus the new kings of france. my bet tells me AC is going to nick this one by the skin of their teeth, while my guts tell me that lyon will thrash the hell out of last season's beaten finalists.
both have their off days, but AC has been having more of them this season as lyon are romping to the league 1 title. so my bet? lyon to win this one even though its an away game.
barcelona v benfica
and finally, the best bet versus the worst bet to win this tournament. barcelona have forgotten how to win, and the portuguese is so ulu i dun even noe where benfica stands, though i think they're probably like leading by now. obviously with players like simao and petit, it's probably expected of them.
so as much as it pains me to do so, barcelona will have to lose this one. benfica to come away 1-0 winners.