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Old 02-17-2010, 05:04 PM   #2283 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt View Post
Well, no. I can't see it, but crazier things have happened and I don't want to count my chickens.



Oh I do hope you're right.

I am confident, but I mean, dismissing a team like Ac Milan is just disrespectful, Ronaldinho is still simply devine. Huntelaar is a good finished despite at that club having a lack of confidence, Beckham can produce quality. As can Seedorf (as you saw in the first leg.)

I think I'm more hindered by them getting the second goal. I was delighted with 3-1, then their second just gave me a reality check that it's not over.
Its more than that, English clubs have dominated the Champions League for several seasons now and have consistently beaten the best teams that the other two big leagues have (La Liga and Serie A most notably) So clubs like AC Milan, despite being giants of world football, will still come into a tie against clubs like Man.Utd and Chelsea etc knowing that the English club is the favourite.

There are exceptions of course.....because its football, especially when Barcelona ended the English dominance last season and despite their deserved victory in the final, they only got there because of scandalous refereeing in the semis against Chelsea.
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