Gunners Rule!!!

I had come up with a few predictions in my previous entry and to my disbelief just 1 of them turned out to be the actual scoreline... Anyways we are now into the semis of the Champions League... We have already seen Barca win against a strong Milan side in Milan... Which effectively means that Barca have one foot in the final... Arsenal too came up with a decent performance but they wouldnt be too comfortable going to Villareal with just a single goal cushion... They will be looking to kill the leg off by scoring an away goal... Arsenal havent conceded a single goal in the Champions League for the past 9 matches now... But football is what it is meant to be... Unpredictable... Villareal are always in with a chance... But they will be looking for a more influential performance from their talisman Juan Roman Riquelme who had an inconsequential night against the Gunners...

But thinking of the quarterfinals now... The predictions i made... Where did i go wrong??? Juventus and Arsenal drew 0-0 as i forecasted.... In my mind the real tragedy was the Milan- Lyon leg... The result i anticipated was so close... Hardly 2 or 3 mins left and Inzaghi pops up with a goal which had never been on the cards... Lyon had not been dominating exactly but they were without doubt playing at a notch higher than the Rossoneri... 1-1 till the 87th min as i predicted... 3-1 at the end of full time... Unbelievable.... Deja Vu for Lyon as they make their exit in the quarters yet again... They fully deserved to be in the semis at least... But credit shouldnt be taken away from Milan as well... They played a good game and progressed with a bit of luck... But sadly it looks like the luck has run out for Milan as they missed a plethora of great chances against Barca with the likes of Gilardino, Kaka and Ambrosini all missing good chances...


And the other surprise was the Inter- Villareal result... I thought Inter played a very good game in the 1st leg despite going down in the very 1st min... They recovered to win the match 2-1... They showed that they could deal with pressure... I thought that aspect would take them through to the semis... But unfortunately that did not prove to be the case as they let Villareal run away with a 1-0 win... Inter's strike force was inept at its best that night... They let themselves down with such a performance... Inter's trophy drought continues.......

Benfica's resilience in the 1st leg against Barca showed that they are not to be taken lightly... Barca dominated the 2nd leg... Even Ronaldinho's penalty miss couldnt stop them... But things could have changed if Simao had equalised... He had a wonderful opportunity... Commentators thought he had in fact scored... But the ball was found behind the net.... Pity!!!

Anyways Gunners rule and will continue to rule!! Let us pray for them.. Hope they can make the finals this year!!!! Barca we are waiting!!!!!