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CurrentChamp's Champions League Pool 2, 2005 -06


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Chelsea vs Barcelona - W/L for Chelsea

Real Madrid vs Arsenal - W/D for RM

Bremen vs Juventus - W/L for Bremen

Bayern vs AC Milan -Win/Draw for Bayern

PSV vs Lyon -W/L for Lyon

Ajax vs Inter Milan -W/W for Inter

Benfica vs Liverpool -W/W for'Pool

Rangers vs Villarreal -W/W for Villarreal

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Not sure about some of these teams but here goes:

Bayern - W/D

Liverpool - W/W

Real - W/D

Lyon - D/W

Chelsea - D/D

Rangers - W/D

Juventus - W/W

Ajax - D/D

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Barcelona - D/W

Real Madrid - W/W

Juventus - W/W

Bayern - W/D

Lyon - W/W

Internazionale - W/W

Liverpool -W/W

Villarreal -D/W

Also just because I think everyone is going to go with either Chelsea or Barca, i'm going to go against the tide and pick Juventus to win it all at this point.

Good luck to you all.

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Wow, why do I always choose against Lyon?

As usual, I will get the ball rolling for the quarterfinal predictions. I am perhaps foolishly (as I did last year) predicting an Italian redux:

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Arsenal v Juventus Draw-Juventus victory

Benfica v Barcelona, Two Barcelona victories

Inter-Milan v Villareal, Inter victory followed by a draw

Lyon v AC Milan, Draw followed by a Milan victory

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I still feel Barca will emerge with the Cup, against an Italian club.

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quote:Originally posted by beachesl

Wow, why do I always choose against Lyon?

As usual, I will get the ball rolling for the quarterfinal predictions. I am perhaps foolishly (as I did last year) predicting an Italian redux:

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Arsenal v Juventus Draw-Juventus victory

Benfica v Barcelona, Two Barcelona victories

Inter-Milan v Villareal, Inter victory followed by a draw

Lyon v AC Milan, Draw followed by a Milan victory

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I still feel Barca will emerge with the Cup, against an Italian club.

Thank you beachesl, thank you thanks thanks thank-you. Really.

The important thing is to concentrate. If you are concentrated and focussed it will happen. If you are not you may be responsible for it not happening. I asked my 7 year old three days before each Chelsea match, "So, are you concentrated this week?" "About what?" "You know..." "Oh, Chelsea, oi?" He understood.

This is basically why I have not participated in this pool, it is distracting to the cause.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are the scores I have so far. Total Score is first, followed by Group Stage Score, then by Round 1 Score and Round 2 Score so far.

55 - 26 - 21 - 8 - River City

53 - 28 - 15 - 10 - beachesl

53 - 26 - 17 - 10 - JKCanada

49 - 26 - 15 - 8 - piltdownman

49 - 24 - 17 - 8 - canadiankick97

48 - 24 - 22 - 2 - Kurosawa

35 - 16 - 15 - 4 - argh1

31 - 22 - 9 - np - juaninho

26 - 26 - np - np - canso

24 - 24 - np - np - Sigma

20 - 20 - np - np - brandon

10 - np - 10 - np - Mike

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quote:Originally posted by River City

Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are the scores I have so far. Total Score is first, followed by Group Stage Score, then by Round 1 Score and Round 2 Score so far.

55 - 26 - 21 - 8 - River City

53 - 28 - 15 - 10 - beachesl

53 - 26 - 17 - 10 - JKCanada

49 - 26 - 15 - 8 - piltdownman

49 - 24 - 17 - 8 - canadiankick97

48 - 24 - 22 - 2 - Kurosawa

35 - 16 - 15 - 4 - argh1

31 - 22 - 9 - np - juaninho

26 - 26 - np - np - canso

24 - 24 - np - np - Sigma

20 - 20 - np - np - brandon

10 - np - 10 - np - Mike

Anyone who picks Villareal over Inter Milan deserves a lot of credit. As do Villareal for beating their rival, they totally dominated and played a great match tonight.

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Thanks Jeffrey ;)

I'm not sure what canadiankick97's reasoning was, but I figured that;

1) Inter lost a lot of confidence in not being able to catch up to Juve and subsequently falling behind the other Milan team

2) Inter is an old team

3) Villareal has some key players that can turn it up and make a difference

4) Although Forlan hasn't been burning it up, he can still play in front of goal in terms of positioning and drawing defenders

5) I didn't think Inter looked convincing enough to be hailed as the favourites

Having said that, it is all guesswork. One lucky bounce and I would be just another guy who didn't pick smartly.

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quote:Originally posted by River City

Thanks Jeffrey ;)

I'm not sure what canadiankick97's reasoning was, but I figured that;

1) Inter lost a lot of confidence in not being able to catch up to Juve and subsequently falling behind the other Milan team

2) Inter is an old team

3) Villareal has some key players that can turn it up and make a difference

4) Although Forlan hasn't been burning it up, he can still play in front of goal in terms of positioning and drawing defenders

5) I didn't think Inter looked convincing enough to be hailed as the favourites

Having said that, it is all guesswork. One lucky bounce and I would be just another guy who didn't pick smartly.

You picked Villareal without even considering Riquelme?

Seriously, the guy played an absolutely amazing game, not only the dribbling and passing, but an incredible, unexpected shot late 2nd half from deep down the right side, almost beside the linesman, from an impossible angle, that Toldo pushed out as it found the goal line.

Definitely worried about tonight's match-up, don't think this is going to be easy and have those terrible butterflies in the stomach I usually only get before playing Madrid.

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You picked Villareal without even considering Riquelme?

Of course I did. He falls under #3. Although I expected Inter would have done a better job of marking him which would have allowed Sorin, Forlan, etc to rise to the occasion.

I saw the game up until the goal and Riquelme was kicking ass!

As for Benfica - Barça....I want Barcelona to win. I picked Barcelona to win. The only thing that could ghange that is confidence levels. Benfica is feeling pretty confident they will advance since Rocha marked Ronaldinho out of the game last time. I'm not sure what the mood is in the Camp Nou, but that is where I feel the difference will come.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are the scores I have so far. Total Score is first, followed by Group Stage Score, then by Round 1 Score and Round 2 Score so far.

63 - 26 - 21 - 16 - River City (picked Barcelona in Rd 2 - 6.5pts)

59 - 28 - 15 - 16 - beachesl (picked Barcelona in Rd 1 - 12.5pts)

59 - 26 - 17 - 16 - JKCanada

56 - 24 - 22 - 10 - Kurosawa

55 - 26 - 15 - 14 - piltdownman (picked Juve - no points)

55 - 24 - 17 - 14 - canadiankick97 (picked Milan in Rd 2 - 6.5pts)

43 - 16 - 15 - 12 - argh1 (picked Lyon - no points)

31 - 22 - 9 - np - juaninho

26 - 26 - np - np - canso

24 - 24 - np - np - Sigma

20 - 20 - np - np - brandon

10 - np - 10 - np - Mike

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