Bobbys Champions League Roundup

So the quarter finals got off to a bang eh? Never before have I seen so many open first legged affairs.

I think its safe to say the only team who have absolutely no chance of getting through to the semi finals are Bayern Munich who were completely wiped off the face of the planet by Barcelona last night, 4-0 going on 40-0. Messi ran riot, as usual, scoring what I believe was his 32nd goal of the season, see anyone who is reading this and thinks Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in the world – YOU ARE AN IDIOT. While Ronaldo had his one off never to be repeated again season of scoring 40+ goals last year, Messi has consistently delivered the goods, on all levels, Ronaldo will never do that.

It was ‘the greatest player in the world’ attempting to dribble away with the ball 30 yards from his own goal that lead to Porto’s opener at Old Trafford, what was even more sickening was that Ronaldo jogged off and left it to everyone behind him to make up for his mistake. Fanny. He did the exact same thing against Villa at the weekend. Fanny. Anyway, Porto were sensational, the English media had completely written off any chance of them creating an upset and I am so happy that they did, they did it with fast paced skillful football and was a joy to watch. 2 away goals and an unbeaten home record against English clubs would make you think Porto are going through but never write off Man Utd; if you only get the chance to watch one second leg game this is it.

Arsenal should get through against Villareal after picking up a very sought after away goal from a quality Adebayor strike, he’s hitting a bit of form at the right time for Arsenal. Senna, a player I have rated since seeing him run the show against Celtic in the UEFA Cup in 2004/5 season, scored a tremendous goal too, I’m shocked and surprised a bigger team hasn’t snapped him up.

The Liverpool v Chelsea game was a shocker, I was expecting at best a 1-1 affair but Chelsea really do have the upper hand going into the second leg with a 3-1 and more importantly 3 away goals, Liverpool will have to play the way they did against Man Utd at Old Trafford a few weeks ago if they want to have ANY chance of going through.

So to round up, Barcelona are through, I hope they won’t burn out too early in the competition but I really fancy them to go all the way to the final and win it, Chelsea are through, Arsenal should be through if they can keep players fit and I am going to stick my neck out here and predict the upset of the round being Porto sticking Man Utd out.

Based on the football I’ve seen this week how good would a Barcelona v Porto final be? I’ll tell you.

Tremendous.