For all the marbles at Wembley. Sir Alex chooses the more balanced formation and keeps Chicharito to start up top with Fletcher only making the bench. Man United leads with: Van der Sar; Fabio Rio, Vidic, Evra; Valencia, Carrick, Giggs Park; Rooney Hernandez. Barca leads with: Valdez, Alves Pique Puyol Abidal – Xavi Busquets Iniesta – Pedro [...]
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27 May
Champ’s League Final: Prediction: United (Yikes!)
Editor’s note: No “I told you so’s” here. Basically United have to play a flawless defensive game and execute in the areas below for the win. Confidence in my prediction? 50%” Manchester United vs. Barcelona in a rematch of the 2009 final in Rome. I’ll take the probably very clichéd contrarian approach of suggesting that [...]
4 May
Champion’s League Live: Man United Vs. Schalke
United line-up: Van der Sar – Rafael, Smalling, Evans, O’Shea – Gibson, Scholes, Anderson – Valencia, Nani – Berbatov Surprised, that’s a ton! of missing firepower. I would have thought that either Vidic or Evra starting was a certainy. Schalke: Neuer – Uchida, Höwedes, Metzelder, Escudero – Papadopoulos, Jurado – Farfan, Baumjohann, Draxler – Raul Maybe [...]
3 May
Champion’s League Live: Barcelona v. Real Madrid
(More coverage: Op-Ed: Xavi is wrong & why I hate Barcelona Messi No Le Lanza!….Messi Don’t Dive) Update: Real Madrid’s line-up: The Special Ones: Casillas; Arbeloa Carvalho Albiol Marcelo; Diara, Alonso; Di Maria Kaka Ronaldo; Higuain Thought Kaka for DiMaria, not Ozil. Interesting as Real Madrid will play wide. The Peppies: No suprises for Barca: [...]
28 Apr
Op-Ed: Xavi Is Wrong & Why I Hate Barcelona
TSG’s Tuesday back with an op-ed After losing the Copa Del Rey leg of El Cuatro Clásicos, Barcelona reclaimed their crown as the best team in the world on a night that left Real Madrid’s manager and several of their players questioning why they keep finding themselves a man down against Barcelona. According to Xavi, [...]
27 Apr
Champion’s League Live: Barca vs. Real Madrid
Update: Barca: Víctor Valdés; Daniel Alves, Mascherano, Piqué, Puyol -Busquets, Xavi, Keita – Pedro, Messi, David Villa Ronaldo starts-up top; Pepe again in the holding role. Albiol called on for Carvahlo. Madrid line-up: Casillas – Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Marcelo – Diarra, Xabi Alonso, Pepe – Özil, Cristiano Ronaldo, di Maria The Bernbeau will [...]
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