Anyway, am looking forward to tonight's games. First up is the CSKA v Inter at 1730 hrs on Sky Sports 2/HD, and with Inter holding the advantage it will be very interesting to see how they get on with the plastic pitch. Jose's already bemoaned the fact that CSKA are the only team not to play on grass. In his own words:
"Of 32 Champions League teams, 31 play on natural grass and only one on a plastic pitch". "You make your own judgment, who's right or wrong in this case, but the fact is the game is much more beautiful when it is played on a natural grass".
Is the pressure getting to him, as I've just seen him on SSN and he's looking a right miserable b'stard?
Then, the biggest game of the round for me - Barca v Arsenal. The first game was a cracker at [strike]Highbury[/strike] The Emirates where Barca showed us all how football should really be played. However, Arsenal somehow came back from the brink with 2 late strikes leaving this tie wide open for the return leg at the Nou Camp. Pep and Arsene have both come out and said they want to play in the same vein as the first leg with both showing real admiration for each others game-play. Abidal has had a bit of a pop at Walcott's pace though and I'm just hoping won't don't see another Eduardo/Ramsay incident:
"It may be really good for him to run 100 metres in a little over 10 seconds, but the aim (in football) is to get to the goal". "We'll wait there for him and we'll see what he can do with the ball - let's see if he can get past four defenders."
whereas the Arsenal team seem to be staying stum. Most probably due tot he fact tha they haven't much of a squad left with Song and Vela looking unlikely to play.
Anyway, like I said, am reallylooking forward to tonights game. Anyone playing?
