Friday, 9 May 2008

Champions League


Round 2, ding ding.

So Man Utd and Chelsea get to face each other to decide their seasons fate. Man Utd having already secured the Premiership ahead of Chelsea will look to get another one over their rivals. However Chelsea still hurting from the questionable non sending off of Paul Scholes and controversial penalty decision at the JJB will gunning for a convincing win to help them lift the Champions League trophy for the first time in their history.

This being the first time there has been two english teams in the Champions League and coupled with the fact that niether team has dominated this competition means that this is the greatest final this tournament has ever seen for a long time.

Just take a look at the past winners and runners up & try and pick a more appealing game-

2007AC Milan2-1Liverpool
2006FC Barcelona2-1Arsenal
2005Liverpool3-2 penalties
3-3 after extra time
AC Milan
2004FC Porto3-0AS Monaco FC
2003AC Milan3-2 penalties
0-0 after extra time
Juventus FC
2002Real Madrid CF2-1Bayer Leverkusen
2001FC Bayern München5-4 penalties
1-1 after extra time
Valencia CF
2000Real Madrid CF3-0Valencia CF
1999Manchester United FC2-1FC Bayern München
1998Real Madrid CF1-0Juventus FC
1997Borussia Dortmund3-1Juventus FC
1996Juventus FC4-2 penalties
1-1 after extra time
AFC Ajax
1995AFC Ajax1-0AC Milan
1994AC Milan4-0FC Barcelona
1993Olympique de Marseille1-0AC Milan
1992FC Barcelona1-0
after extra time
Sampdoria UC
1991Red Star Belgrade5-3 penalties
0-0 after extra time
Marseille
1990AC Milan1-0 Benfica

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The teams are evenly matched Man Utd need not to be complacent and Chelsea needs to let their experience work for them not against them. To be honest this is a tough one to call.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

0-0 at Full time, Drogba winner in the 100the minute!!

Remember the FA Cup Final last year.

How would the Premier League table look if refs got all the key decisions right?

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