Friday, 21 March 2014

Man United draw Bayern Munich in Champions League

Manchester United have been drawn against Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals, while Chelsea face Paris St-Germain.

Spanish champions Barcelona play La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid, while Real Madrid meet Borussia Dortmund.

The first legs will be played on 1-2 April, with the return matches on 8-9 April.

After all the delusional optimism emanating from Old Trafford after beating a very average Olympiacos team I can’t wait to see Moyes try and pit his wits against Guardiola, if you think Moyes is out of his depth now wait until the first leg comes round.

United are the by some distance the worst team left in the competition and the draw means Munich are pretty much guaranteed a place in the last four.

As for the other ties the one that really caught my attention was Barca-Atletico that should be the closest of the lot as they’ve already played each other three times this season and they’ve all been close games and ended in draws.

Although as Simeone doesn’t rotate and uses the same XI every single game, added to the fact that they play with a very high intensity I think over the two legs Barca will be a bit fresher and for that reason I think they’ll go through just.

The re-match between Madrid and Dortmund I think will see Madrid exact revenge for last season and go through, as the season has gone on Madrid have got stronger and stronger and Dortmund aren’t the same team they were last year and have had too many injuries. 

Final tie PSG-Chelsea, I think is quite tight and both teams have vastly contrasting styles, but I think Chelsea will go through as Mourinho will no doubt set-up his team to be very tight and nullify PSG and knick it on the counter.


So for me looking at it now the last four will be Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Chelsea. 

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