After a long summer in Blogging purgatory, have no fear, Sam is here!!!!! Sorry for the vacation, but I had a summer abroad in Oxford and I met the most awesome girl ever, so I have been a little busy, but I am back and ready to give my two cents on the beautiful game.I can see that Nani is raring to go against his former club Sporting Lisbon tomorrow, and he is heels over head that he is a Manchester United player now. I know that I do this every year, but I am predicting that Manchester United have the squad that will win Europe this year. The additions help their depth, and once Rooney and Tevez begin to mesh, it will be game over.
Now, it is that time of year again folks, the time where teams from regions that you would never dare visit lest you be ( here comes a common theme of this blog) shanked, come out of their caves to get humiliated by the big clubs. You might catch the occaional upset (heck, even Villareal made the Semifinals a couple of years ago), but it isn't likely. Here are my predictions for Matchday 1A:
Marseille over Beskitas in a match that will indeed involve fans wielding shanks.
Chelski (Chelsea) over Rosenborg (Whoop dee do)
Schalke and Valencia play out a draw in Gelsenkirchen
Lazio returns to the Champions League and gets a draw with Olympiakos
AC Milan grab a win over Benfica (sorry Mr. Adu and his apologists)
Celtic easily win over Shakhtar aka Shanktar (this team easily has the craziest, shank wielding fans)
Liverpool go to Portugal and grab a win from Porto
MATCH OF THE DAY:
Real Madrid win a barnburner over Werder Bremen, but watch out for Diego in this match.
