DISQUS

dragonki2012 · 1 year ago

AGREE!
Celtic v Barcelona is the only iffy one on entertainment, Barca are the ones with all the stars, enough to field two great teams, but it is in Scotland and that's going to be the factor which makes this game a draw.
Arsenal beats Milan.
Inter beats Liverpool.
Real Madrid beats Roma.

And those are my predictions.
What do you think?

wanderer_abroad · 1 year ago

Good predictions dragonki in my opinion. I would have predicted the very same.

I'm just itching for the return of the Champions League. I can't wait for some of these ties because some of them look really good. The Inter vs. Liverpool game looks fantastic as I'm fanscinated to see if Inter can replicate their dominating league form into the worlds greatest competition. Real vs. Roma also looks good. Could be a tricky tie seeing as I think Real only been playing at half their potential in recent weeks, seemingly unchallenged at the top of La Liga. They need to be careful as Roma can be fantastic on their day, but Real should have enough quality to prevail. Arsenal vs Milan has to be the best game of the round though. Arsenal are the perfect team to entice Milan out of their shell and we should see an epic slug-off between two of Europe's giants. I'm tipping Fabregas to dominate but Pato to score at least one over the two ties.

Michael · 1 year ago

As I said in the article, I have full capsules for the Round of 16 over at my blog (englishsoccertalk.blogspot.com), but I'll list my predictions to advance here:

AC Milan
Manchester United
Liverpool
Chelsea
Barcelona
Porto
Real Madrid
Fenerbahce

kkfla737 · 1 year ago

Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two most popular European clubs in the US. As far as English clubs go, I'd venture to say Arsenal is the most popular but Chelsea is gaining ground and United/Liverpool both have followings.

Dave · 1 year ago

Gotta disagree with that last statement. Man U is one of the most recognizable sports franchises in the world and certainly the most popular in US. I would go as far to say that all of the "big four" in the BPL are more popular than any other European clubs in the US.

By the way, the schedule listed here is wrong. Celtic/Barcelona is on the 20th not the 19th

wanderer_abroad · 1 year ago

You're forgetting Dave about the Hispanics. I know for a fact the support for Barca in the US + Mexico oustrips all their support in the whole of South America!

Michael · 1 year ago

Thanks Dave, you're right. The Roma-Real Madrid and Barcelona-Celtic dates should be switched.

Petey · 1 year ago

does ANYONE have a complete schedule for gametimes on espn/espn2? or some more gametimes? I really want to watch but living in America is a bit of a detriment.

Sean · 1 year ago

ESPN Champs League schedule:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espntv/espnTopics?top...

Petey · 1 year ago

Thanks a ton!

lamhot · 1 year ago

of course Liverpool is the winner, everybody knew it. Liverpool will beat Inter Milan, and Lyon will beat MU, R. Madrid will beat AS Roma, Arsenal will beat AC Milan.

that's my prediction, thanks

lamhot.s.

boot1 · 1 year ago

dreamers are from england.
inter 3 liverpool 1
real madrid 1 roma 1
milan 4 arsenal 0

please espn dont flash score of second
game on classic,during first game.

Petar · 1 year ago

Well, you can not forget the Liverpool's tradition in the league. They always do great, and this year, they look strong. Inter is out, no doubt about that... nothing important is going to happen in Milan (1-1.) Arsenal vs. Milan is a good game so far, can't wait to see the score.

zal · 1 year ago

good...........................