The Final

Well what a final, but in the end the team I picked to win, end up winning it all as I predicted, at first I thought Chelsea was going to win it, but in the end, there weakness was no strikers really. Real Madrid was my second pick in the draft and sure enough they won it. Next yrs competition will be really interesting, new players will be on teams and new teams will be in it next yr. Now time to watch the world cup.

Semi Finals

Semi finals about to start here and both games look pretty sweet to watch, Real Madrid vs Bayern, looks like the clash of two giant power houses playing aganist each other. Then we got Chelsea vs Atletico, the young guns aganist the old dogs, should be a good one to watch, here are some predictions, I think Atletico is going to beat Chelsea, the other game is going to be close but Real will edge out I think but its Bayern, never count them out. 

Predictions:

Atletico vs Chelsea - Atletico 2-0

Real Madrid vs Bayern - Real Madrid 2-1

Standings after Quarterfinals

Well After the quarterfinals I cant believe Barca is out, is this the end of Barcas regin? anyways looks like the following people are still in, Robbie, Me, Adam, and Jeremy. The bad news is that Curt has offically has won the 2nd place prize of 30 % of the pot, Congrats Curt ( I hate you,lol ) with 79 points in total there is no one that can catch him. Good news is that the main pot/winnings is still up, May the best team win, but really I want my team to win ( Real Madrid )

Standings

Curt - 70

Jeremy - 60

Mat- 45

Adam- 36

Travis - 31

Ryan - 26

Mike - 25

Robbie - 24

Sid and Knox - 20

Quarterfinal knockout stage part 2

Tuesday and Wednesday is going to be a good day of soccer, the quarterfinals are closing in and teams are still in the game except Chelsea kinda. First off we have Chelsea vs PSG, PSG will be Zlatan, major blow but they do have that 2 goal cushion, if they can score first I think Chelsea is done, Chelsea is missing Eto again by the looks of it and the "Special One" has no other striker to play, lol. Dortmund vs Real Madrid, looks like to be close case, I dont see Dortmund coming back. Then Man United vs Bayern, Man United have been looking good but Rooney is on a day to day injury list, if Rooney isnt playing I think Bayern will win. then we got Barca vs Atletico, I am positive Barca will win this, but I could be wrong

Predictions:

PSG vs Chelsea - 1-0 for PSG
Dortmund vs Real Madrid - 2-1 for Real Madrid

Bayern vs Man United - 2-1 for Bayern
Barca vs Atletico - 2-1 Barca

Quarterfinal knockout stage

With the quarterfinals coming up, every match looks really good to watch. first day we have Bayern vs Man United, with Van Persie out, Man United have actually look pretty decent on the field with Kagawa and Mata playing together seems like Man United have a more fluent attack, Bayern on the other hand have been just a locomotive all season, no one has stopped/challenged them yet, at the most I give 20% chance for Man United to win. The other match Barca vs Atletico, looks very intriguing, with a young squad and hunger for european glory, I dont think Atletico could win but I give them 40% chance to win. Then the next day we got PSG vs Chelsea, PSG's recently all star center back Thiago is injured, thats a major blow to PSG, this is a really good match up, you got the experience Chelsea vs the young and hungry PSG team. I think this is 50/50 anyone can say whos going to win with  legit reasons. Lastly we got last years rematch Real Madrid vs Dortmund.  Dortmunds season has been really a disaster in the Bundesliga, but in Champions league they have been looking pretty decent but not as electric like last yr. Real Madrid in my eyes has been the best team in La Liga without question but has stumbled recently. I think Real Madrid is about 60% favourites to win this one, Dortmund has some injuries but they got some guys that can cause trouble, should be a good one as well

Predictions

Man United vs Bayern - 2-0 for Bayern

Barca vs Atletico- 2-1 for Barca

PSG vs Chelsea - 1-1

Real Madrid vs Dortmund - 2-1 for Real Madrid

Standings after Round 16 Knockout stages

 Well, the following teams have advance to the quarterfinals Bayern, Barca, Real Madrid, Atletico, Chelsea, PSG, Dortmund and Manchester United, I think overall if you look European soccer these are the top 8 teams in Europe overall, some would debate of Manchster United and Dortmund in there but it is what it is. For me the best series to watch for entertainment was Man United vs Olympiakos, ok so some of you are saying " ya of course you would say that because your a Man United fan", but cmon, down 2-0 and come back like the style they did, not to mention Antiono Valencia played with one eye during the whole game, what a warrior, had to be the best, other than that series, I would say Bayern vs Arsenal was a really good one to watch as well, the Barca and City one was pretty good too. Just a quick note, Curt got no POINTS in the 2nd leg of the knockout stage but still has a huge lead " so there is a chance for him not to win?" to answer that, yes.  Anyways here are the standings so far

Standings;

Curt - 76

Jeremy - 55

Mat- 42

Adam-33

Travis-28
 
Mike-25
 
Ryan-25
 
Robbie-21
 
Sid and Knox-20

Knockout stage March 18/19 Preview

So in after last weeks results we the following people are out, Mike, Sid and Knox, all there teams have been eliminated from the competition. Most of these games are pretty much done that are coming up, we got Chelsea vs Galatasray which looks like should be an amazing game like last time, Real Madrid will cruise to the next stage (most likely), then we come to Wednesday games, Dortmund is going to go through, Zenit isnt just good enough and there defence is horrific. We then have my team Manchester United vs Olympiacos, what can I say after that thrashing aganist Liverpool, I really hope they can crush Olympiacos, I am doubtful this will happen though, but I give 25% chance for Man U to pull this off, I hope they start an attacking line up but doubtful, anyways here are my predictions

Chelsea vs Galatasray - 2-1 for Chelsea
Real Madrid vs Schalke - 3-1 for Real Madrid

Manchester United vs Olympiacos - 2-1 for Man United
Dortmund vs Zenit - 3-0 for Dortmund