Lucky in Europe

Wow! That's all I can say after the draw for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. Wanna know why? Beacause I thnk this was draw we ever had in European competetions. In the first knockout round we drew Celtic FC of Scotland, they are a good team (especially at home) but still not in Barca's league. Then at the QF of the CL we drew FC Schalke 04 from Germany, not that tough but still shouldn't be underestimated. But come the semis we will be facing Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of Manchester United or if AS Roma can manage to defeat the men from the Old Trafford just like what they have done to the patheic Real Madrid in the the first knockout round. I think after the draw, except us Chelsea also had another good draw after being paired with the Turkish team Fenerbahce SK (also had a good year after faacing Olympiacos in the previous round). The remaining tie is a tough one between the young Arsenal team and the men from Anfield, Liverpool, although they are both led by two Spaniards, Cesc Fabregas for the former and Fernando Torres for the latter, I'll be cheering fot the gunners because Cesc is a Catalan, unlike Torres who is from Madrid.

Once Again, It's Eight

I am very disappointed because once again we trail Real Madrid by eight points, after two consecutive losses from Atletico de Madrid at the Calderon (4-2), and the home defeat against Villareal CF (1-2). And to add insult to injury our gap to the third placed Villareal is cut down to a mere four points. What the hell is happening to us? According to the legendary Johan Cruijff, we lack fighting spirit, especially our stars, some says we are still hurting from Lionel Messi's injury. After I was surprised on how fast we closed the gap to two points, I was more surprised on how fast we've stumbled. The $1, 000, 000 question is who is to blame? The players? The coaching staff? Frank Rijkaard? Messi's injury? Joan Laporta got the answer to that, he said to an interview that all were to blame for the recent results. Not just Rijkaard, the players, coaching staff and especially not Messi's injury, he even threw himself to the blame list. Anyway, the season is not yet over, we are already in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and a win to go for a place in the Copa del Rey final in the Bernabeu, which Real Madrid are not (eliminated by Roma in CL and Mallorca in the Copa).