well about a little football here eh? Soccer, Calcio....

Spain has 3 teams in it Barcelona,Valencia and my very own beloved althought wounded Real Madrid(the greatest of all time folks).

Tonite Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich; the royal matchup. Can only hear it as they are showing the local French teams here blahhh!!!

halftime
Lille 0 Manchester United 0
Real Madrid 3 Bayern Munich 1 !!!!

END OF GAME
Lille 0 Manchester United 1 controvertial free kick before referee blew its whistle!

Real Madrid 3 Bayern Munich 2
tight very tight for the second game in Munich.

good goal (in my opinion) scored by lille thought the defender should have cleared it without falling down so easily. the rule on freekicks is when the referee says play on you are allowed to take it, not wait until the opposition is ready. how many times in any game do you see freekicks taken in the middle of the park within 2 seconds of the ref blowing his whistle? and there is no tantrums from the opposition. will they be thrown out of the comp? could be up for big debation. my personal opinion will be they are not thrown out.

it is based on the instruction from the referee at the beginning of the match ( i am license ref). If the ref gave instruction to wait for his whistle then its not a good goal.Otherwise ,it is a good goal. apparently the UEFA will review the case.Pending.

anyway Barcelona lost to Liverpool;tough going now to pass. Valencia did good in tying inter away.
Arsenal again its weak in European play;Chelsea is tied. so is Lyon.

after all Real Madrid did better;my team lol!!!

on the UEFA slot all Spanish club advance to eighth finals Espanyol;Celta;Osasuna;and Sevilla.

PSG Paris too ! doing lousy in league but ok at the UEFA;thats football!!!

pedmar you seem a knowledgable chap, what is your opinion on teams who enter champs/uefa cup whose squad is very thin, in england quite a few of the middle of the table teams seem to struggle in the league after coming back from european football, some have even been relegated the year after. what is the situation in the league/s you watch?
thank you

well its always a conversation topic when teams have to play several games european and national leagues games back to back; players get hurts etc. also when they are call to play for National team and continue in league play its very tiring too.
but hey its modern football;more conditioning,more pampering at the club;and a whole lot more money than ever before!
Platini has suggested and he won on it to reduce the number of teams in the champions but give chance to smaller leagues to get in. Alex Fergunson has been critical of that and so am I.I think they should bring it back to before;only the champions maybe second place teams and thats it. then do the similar cup In UEFA, next 2 going at it. Will be more competitive less games but of course the big advertisers will be bother and less money out.
So its going to be a long road before any changes are made;lots of infighting at the top of FIFA/UEFA circles.

i agree with everything you say pedmar but with the position my side bolton wanderers are in at the moment 5th and going for fourth spot in the champions league we will never have a better chance of breaking the big four, with our resources and small playing staff the odds are against us apart from the fact we only have the league to play for whilst the big four are all still in 3/4 of the major comps they can still play two top teams and not weaken themselves, plus you play for the best you are involved in all major finals so will play more. i wish we were moaning about having to play in four semi/finals of the worlds major tournaments.

yes but correct me if i am wrong Bolton is having one of its best season ever! its good small team can do that base on efforts,good for football too.
good luck!

UEFA just oked the goal of MU against Lille and now its going after Lille because it think try to leave the field of play in defiance so will see the decision there.

tonite is the derby in Madrid;too bad i wont be there Real Madrid vs Atletico !!!