Gloves are off!
What a poster it is, Man United - Barcelona… Second leg semi finals Champions League. That sounds mouth watering.
Man United on the prowl for the title in England and the CL title. Barca trying to football themselves out of a depression.
Rijkaard said before the match Barca would fire on all cylinders and they [...]

Wild man Fernando Ricksen
Well, you would have thought Bayern would have learned from that 1st leg against Getafe. They played a decent first half only to allow Getafe back in the game due to a lacklustre second half.
They made good away, but only just (who can’t remember this already classic game?).
They were warned for Dick [...]

Lionel Messi ready for ManU
Barca - Man United, a classic fixture. We saw them slug it out in a finals before, was it 1991 in Rotterdam? ManU winning 2-1 against Cruyff’s Barcelona.
The Blaugrana’s are in trouble a bit, this season. Fans unhappy, question marks about Rijkaard/Neeskens future, rebellion among the troups… Man United on the [...]

SuperDirk!
Sometimes your roving reporter starts to write his post during the match. You know, 10 minutes to go, teams don’t seem to be scoring anymore….let’s get a move on.
And then there are games that are turned around in the dying minutes. And you can start all over again.
Liverpool-Chelsea, a classic fixture. In English history, FA [...]

Van Bommel and Kahn being nosy…
Mark van Bommel was ecstatic with the draw at Getafe. After the 1-1 in Germany, Bayern was able to get back from a hopeless situation. Twice.
Ribery scored the equalizer in the last minute of the full 90 minutes and Toni made sure Bayern mopped up the 3-1 lead of Getafe [...]

Danny unhappy!
Well, it seems Zenit St Petersburg reached the semis. No surprises there.
Glasgow Rangers won 0-2 away in Lisbon, counter-attacking Sporting to Kingdom Come.
So, it’s Getafe…oops… Bayern Munich vs Zenit and Glasgow Rangers vs Fiorentina.
Fiorentina??? Yes, the ol’ PSV Eindhoven boys didn’t make it against the Italians.
Weakened by the suspension of Farfan and the injury [...]