Champions League Round of 16

Basel and Marseille defending 1-goal leads away to Bayern Munich and Inter respectively tonight.

I expect both home teams to overturn the 1-0 deficits and go through.

Bandage, I have training tonight, could you please watch the Basel game and report to the forum how Shaqiri and Xhaka get on please.

+1.

I don’t think I can accomodate you, chewy. I expect my flatmate and pal ClarkeyCat to be watching the Liverpool-Everton clash on the television and I only use internet streams when teams like Celtic and Roma or players like Zlatan are involved.

Hypothetical Question:

Would people rather a semi/quarter final with Bacrelona and Real Madrid kicking lumps out of each other over 2 legs.
Or a Real Madrid vs Barcelona final?

Inter vs Milan is the dream final mate

I’d edge for Milan vs. Napoli final n in terms of the footballing spectacle, but for that extra bit of needle the Milan derby would probably trump it. Right now, I couldn’t think of a better showdown than Zlatan vs. Lavezzi.

Walter Mazzarri has had his touchline ban revoked and will be on the touchline for tomorrow’s game. :clap:

In tonight game, I envisage goals.

Inter[font=Helvetica][size=3][left]: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Lucio, Samuel, Nagatomo; Poli, Zanetti, Stankovic; Sneijder; Forlan, Milito[/left][/size][/font]
[font=Helvetica][size=3][left]Subs: Castellazzi, Ranocchia, Faraoni, Cambiasso, Obi, Pazzini, Zarate[/left][/size][/font]

Marseille[font=Helvetica][size=3][left]: Mandanda; Azpilicueta, Diawara, N’Koulou, Morel; Diarra, Mbia; Valbuena, Amalfitano, A. Ayew; Remy[/left][/size][/font]
[font=Helvetica][size=3][left]Subs: Bracigliano, Traore, Fanni, Cheyrou, Kabore, Brandao, J. Ayew[/left][/size][/font]

Bayern Munich (4-2-3-1): Neuer; Lahm, Boateng, Badstuber, Alaba; Luiz Gustavo, Kroos; Robben, Muller, Ribery; Gomez

Subs: Butt, Contento, Schweinsteiger, Pranjic, Tymoshchuk, Petersen, Olic

Basel (4-4-2): Sommer; Steinhofer, Abraham, Dragovic, Park; Shaqiri, Cabral, Xhaka, F. Frei; Streller, A. Frei

Subs: Colomba, Degen, Kovac, Huggel, Yapi, Stocker, Zoua

100/1 shot. I’m sure you have invested heavily.

Where can you get odds on the composition of the CL final?

http://www.oddschecker.com/football/champions-league/name-the-finalists

Re my above query (which I’m sure was on the minds of most TFK members since); this BBC article suggests that the EPL and FA ignored the UEFA rule:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17357088

:o

I hope UEFA kick English clubs out of Europe next season as a result of this breach,

Delighted to see Poli get the nod over Cambiasso tonight. Poli has loads of promise and Cambiasso is very wasteful.

I’m not very familiar with Poli. Can you supply me with some background please Totti?

The game hasnt even sold out, one team are fielding a weakened side with a shite strike force and the other is Everton. They shouldnt worry bout it too much.

Deep lying midfielder who is very good tactically and possesses a nice range of passing. Quite a big lad too. He’s quite similar to Bilbao’s Javi Martinez - without the same level of physicality though. He’s on loan from Sampdoria.

Fantastic save from Mandanda. Wonderful play by the immortal Zanetti. :clap:

Keeper actually knows little about it looking at the replays. Sneijder hits it straight at the defender which then hits the keeper. Awful miss.