Comments on: Champions League Quarter Final Draw

By: Juliet

Juliet — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:35:45 +0000

Wait… what? Chris are you still holding to the notion that Bayern are a “mean” team for doing their job?? Hilarious.

Bayern-Barcelona is an interesting tie, can’t wait to see the result.

Ja gibt es denn was Schöneres als einen Bayern Sieg?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:25:42 +0000

Yeah why no UEFA Cup post? A French team might finally win a continental competition! It’s looking good right now with the prospect of a PSG Marseille semi. Ohhhhhhhh that would be something!

By: Foreverzidane

Foreverzidane — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:16:44 +0000

I find it amusing Chris that you totally discounting the Gunners! They’re peaking at the right time, and it’s a two match affair and so far other than Bayern no other team has dominated the other side, oh I’m hearing the Liverfans
saying otherwise! The sleeper team this year is definitely Munich, and the most enjoyable matches to watch will be Barca-Munich without a doubt.
Love Barca but go Gunners!

By: john

john — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:39:12 +0000

Just because I’m having a hard time finding any evidence that the good folks at The Offside care about the lesser UEFA cup at all, here’s the draw:

Hamburg SV v Manchester City
PSG v Dynamo Kiev
Shakhtar Donetsk v Marseille
Werder Bremen v Udinese

As usual, they may not be giant clubs with ridiculous amounts of wealth at their disposal (Man City excepted from the latter), but there’s still some pretty exciting matches on the docket.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:09:18 +0000

I’m just happy that those Porto jerks drew the best team in Europe (aside Barca). Take that!

By: Hawk

Hawk — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:16:04 +0000

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRACCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAA

By: Newill

Newill — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:32:34 +0000

Well, it’s either trying to set up a ManU-Barça final, or trying to set up another all English affair since the winner of Liverpool-Chelsea gets the second leg of the semis at home. Which seems an unlikely thing for them to want to set up, as does guaranteeing the exit of one of the two strongest non-English sides at this stage.

I know ManU’s the name, but given all the talk of English dominance and it being a bad thing from UEFA’s point of view, for this year this seems like just about the worst draw imaginable from their standpoint. Unless Barça gets through, which is quite the gamble given the road they’ve been given.