Champion’s League Action

Yo people, A’s are finally over and squidnco are having a rather routine schedule each day. It seems like we are going out each day so we really do not have the time to do blogging. Our schedule each day seems fixed.
1200 : Wake up
1300 : Slack around
1500 : Going out
1600 : Play soccer at VS
1900 : Go Bedok eat curry chicken
2000 : Hang around, talking cock
2100 : Returning home
2300: Dota time
0200 : Time for dreamland

Alright, this looks like our fixed schedule for more days to come, but I digress. I am here to talk about the Champion’s League action within the past 2 days. On match day 1, Arsenal made a stunning comeback, beating Hamburg 3-1, while CSK Moscow lost, resulting in a reshuffle of the positions of the teams in the group, with Arsenal and Porto leading the pack with 10 points. ManUnited on the other hand conceded a late goal to Celtic but still manages to be at the top of the group with Celtic at 9 points. On match day 2, Chelsea lost to Werder Bremen 1-0, while Barcelona beat Levski Sofia 2-0. Many people have a conspiracy theory about this, that Jose Murinho lost to Bremen on purpose, so as to reduce Barcelona’s chance of qualifying. It seems to be that way, with Chelsea and Werder Bremen topping the group with 10 points and leaving Barcelona with a win-or-die game with Werder Bremen. This smells like some plot that Murinho cooked in order to eliminate a strong team such as Barcelona. Next on is Liverpool topping the group with 13 points. Granted, Liverpool got an easy group compared to others, but Liverpool suffered much injury woes in the match with PSV. Benitez has finally made the correct choice by playing Gerrard in the centre due to Sissoko’s injury. However, in the match with PSV, 3 people – Mark Gonzalez, Xabi Alonso and Jermaine Pennant are injured, leaving Liverpool with a midfield crisis. As I see the situation as it is, Benitez may want to try some crazy formation, 4-3-3. The back 4 seems stabilized, with Riise taking left back, Agger and Carragher forming a strong partnership. Finnan is improving as well. The defenders seem fixed and I see no reason why Benitez will want to change them. Next is midfield. With Gonzalez out of action, it seems most likely that Luis Garcia will take the left position, with Gerrard back to dominate the centre midfield once more. Gerrard definitely plays best at centre, with the match against PSV to prove it. Right side may have abit of problem, but the responsibility falls on Zenden. There isn’t anyone who is suitable to play on the right side. Next is the striking force. He can try to play Kuyt and Bellamy flanking the sides with Crouch in the middle. This formation is just a crazy idea of mine, but I see no other possibility as the other players are just not experienced enough to play the positions.
Ok, this is my last post before I become inactive once more due to overseas trip for the next few days. Well, till I blog again. Tata

Haoz