Big Games Coming! European Champions League Football

I must admit that I dont usually follow the European Champions League matches. However this year I have made an exception as there were some really big games that have been played, and many more on the way. The 1st leg  quarter finals are going to begin playing in a few days, and these are the last teams standing:

Real Madrid vs Tottenham in Spain

Internazionale vs Schalke in Italy

Chelsea vs Manchester Utd in England (Stamford Bridge)

Barcelona vs Shakhtar Donetsk in Spain

My opinion?

I'm rooting for Spurs, coz they are massive underdogs. I liked how they performed so well against the giants from Europe such as Inter, Bremen and AC Milan. So I'm hoping they can create a major upset by putting out Real... (There might be a better chance for Spurs if Gareth Bale is fit and  plays)

As for the other matches, I think Inter, Man U and Barcelona should go through to the semis. Barca, with Argentine wizzard Lionel Messi in top form, should have too much firepower against anyone in the semis and the final.

Prediction?... Barcelona to take the whole thing!

Football: Oh Where Oh Where Have all My Goals Gone... Wonders Torres

Looks like Spanish hotshot Fernando “El Nino” Torres has still been unable to score his first goal for Chelsea, since making the switch from Liverpool in January this year.

Chelsea’s most recent game was against Copenhagen in a European Champion’s League game, but the match ended up in a drab 0-0 draw (with Chelsea going through on a 2-0 aggregate).

Torres has so far played in 6 games for Chelsea, and until now has failed to break the duck, confounding critics and fans alike.

Nightmare start with Chelsea

He still has the support of his Chelsea manager though, who said "For the strikers it's important to score. In my opinion Torres has played well for the team and has done what I asked him to do on the pitch.

"The only problem is because he's a new player and he needs to know our kind of play better but I think he will score." said Ancelotti. But that's what Ancelotti said before the Copenhagen game, and Torres failed to get on the scoresheet again...

If the US$81m Torres’ goal draught continues, I wonder how long before the patience of Chelsea fans, his manager and the Russian big boss Roman Abramovich, run out.

All I can say is, Shevchenko, anyone?

Here are some better memories of Torres, in his glory days with Liverpool: