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Published: Tue, 24 February 2009, 09:34, also tagged: europe, sport, football, arsenal, soccer, barcelona, champions league, manchester united, jose mourinho, serie a, uefa, premier league, carlos tevez, cristiano ronaldo, wayne rooney, lyon, inter milan, roma, san siro, porto, atletico madrid, zlatan ibrahimovic, eduardo
Tonight sees the first set of games of the remaining 16 teams in the UEFA Champions League. This year's draw has produced some tantalising fixtures between the football heavyweights of Europe with the English teams up against some fierce competition from their European rivals. Two English teams kick off tonight with Arsenal and Manchester United facing Serie A teams Roma and Inter Milan respectively.
Arsenal have had a tough season; shock defeats to newly promoted teams Hull and Stoke plus a myriad of injuries dented their confidence and Premier League title hopes. With that said they've improved in recent games and the recovery of Croatia striker Eduardo the team certainly has a solid chance of progressing to the next round over their Italian rivals Roma who have also had an indifferent season.
The San Siro will host the first leg of the game between two football giants and Champions of their respective countries. Inter Milan face Manchester United – current champions of England, Europe and the World. Both teams are in great form having both recently beat their closest rivals and both sitting comfortably at the tops of their domestic leagues. Inter Milan may have José Mourinho at the helm and an in-form Zlatan Ibrahimović but I just don't think it will be enough to beat Manchester United – especially with the attacking prowess of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tévez.
Published: Tue, 25 November 2008, 10:06, also tagged: sport, england, chelsea, football, arsenal, hull city, liverpool, soccer, 2008, 2009, manchester united, jose mourinho, harry redknapp, premier league, manchester city, cristiano ronaldo, tottenham, juande ramos, robinho, william gallas, cesc fàbregas, luiz felipe scolari, abu dhabi united group investment and development limited
The Barclays Premier League is well under way with the usual suspects dominating, along with some surprises provided by struggling Arsenal & Tottenham and an over-performing Hull City.
Chelsea have the experienced, World Cup winning manager Luiz Felipe Scolari at the helm and have been playing some sublime football. “Big Phil Scolari” has transformed Chelsea's playing style to be more flowing and attacking concious in contrast with José Mourinho's composed defensive displays.
Manchester United remain the happy owners of Cristiano Ronaldo for at least another season after the speculation during the summer that he would be wearing a Real Madrid. The Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov has joined Man United from Tottenham and is looking like he's going to be a huge success at Old Trafford.