Monday, March 8, 2010

Champions League Round of 16 Leg #2 Preview

Tuesday

Bayern Munich @ Fiorentina (2-1 Aggregate) 2:45 EST Live on FSC
Massive, massive, massive game here. Not only for a would-be overachieving Fiorentina in the Champions League, but more important to me is the UEFA coefficient between Serie A and the German Bundesliga. A win for Bayern over another Italian club (as they beat out Juve for second place in the group stages) could see Serie A drop from 4 CL teams to 3, with the Bundesliga adding a 4th.
--My Prediction: 3-1 Fiorentina


Wednesday

AC Milan @ Manchester Utd (2-3 Aggregate) 2:45 EST Live on FSC
Another phenomenal match up. Wayne Rooney, the star of the first leg, is not expected to play which leaves Milan one gigantic worry to forget about. Milan doesn't have 7 Champions League titles (2nd all time) for no reason. Going to Manchester should be nothing out of the ordinary for them as they'll hope to make it 5-0 vs Man U in the CL knockout rounds.
--My Prediction: 3-0 Milan (call me insane, biased, or just a f*'in idiot, but at least I have the balls to make such a prediction).

Inter-Chelsea preview to come next week.

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