Uefa The Winners In Champions League Draw?
Is it just me or does this year’s Champions League draw look a bit iffy?
Maybe it’s paranoia but the minute I saw the draw I couldn’t help thinking how pleased Uefa must be feeling with themselves.
Let’s be honest, an all English final didn’t go down well with everyone last season and I’m damn sure they didn’t want to risk a repeat. And whilst I’m well aware that at this stage in the competition, we’re hardly going to be up against a Sunday league style side, not to mention the way the draw is ‘set-up’ with all it’s rules and regulations, increases the potential for a draw like this, but it’s just too coincidental for me.
Ok, I’m rambling like a manic now as well as paranoid, but I’ll explain:
Inter Milan vs. Manchester United – any game that sees Fergie up against Mourinho will always be a money spinner in terms of publicity, so there’s the first positive for Uefa right there.
Juventus vs. Chelsea – Old boss vs. New boss, what more do they need to fill column inches? Definitely onto a winner with this game.
Liverpool vs. Real Madrid – this one’s got plenty of potential as a ‘big game’ and it’ll hardly be shy of publicity either.
So, that’s 3 games that’ll generate a shitload of publicity right there. But what else do they have in common? Well, it’s 3 English clubs right? But not just any 3 English clubs, because right here, we have the 3 Premier League clubs considered in some quarters to be the least deserving clubs in Europe. ‘Cheats’ I think the word was to describe them. And I’m sure as far as Uefa are concerned, these 3 ties have the potential to get rid of the ‘undesirables’.
That’s why I think this draw has come out the way it has because the intention is to reduce the Premier League Clubs’ chances as much as possible. I’ve always thought it was fixed anyway but this season, there seems to be an agenda.
I’ve no doubt it’s assumed Arsenal were done a bit of a favour, drawing an inconsistent Roma side, although what I can actually see happening, is probably Chelsea and Arsenal going out at this stage – so that should piss on a fair few fireworks!
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>>>what I can actually see happening, is probably Chelsea and Arsenal going out at this stage
Oh how I wish that would come true
You’re being a bit pessimistic, aren’t you? I would back Chelsea against the Tinkerman and Arsenal are, well, Arsenal, they should get past Roma even if they implode in the league.
Liverpool in my view have been found out a bit in Europe in this season and the last one (not the 3 seasons before when they made the finals twice), and Madrid will fancy their chances a bit.
United v Inter, no clue, wouldn’t dream to predict at this point. I’m hoping it’s more United v Roma than United v Milan, but the big unknown is United’s midfield, and I’m hoping the team can pull itself together once they come back from playing hooky in Japan
Pessimistic? Me? Never.
I just think our form was far from convincing in the group stage. We don’t look the same team in the CL this season and with no plans to bring anyone in, I don’t see how that will be addressed.
Really you think Chelsea will be out cont count on it, Jose surely will boot Man u out ,not because I support him but that coach is really something on such occasions , lipool will scale through and though we wont bring in new faces maybe trust me knockout stage is something else thats when big phil can be lethal all this time to prepare and you think chelsea will go out dont count on it man man u will definitely go out trust me jose will not let it slip by at all
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I’d expect a pretty intimidating atmosphere in the 2nd leg in Turin and if we havent done enough at home, it’ll cost us.
We might fail to make the cut considering our form. Even if we get past this round, we’re bound to stumble in any of the rounds to follow. We should’ve lost to Cluj, and then maybe we’d have had a chance of winning the UEFA Cup.