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| Good times in Reading... |
Good Morning! Liverpool got, how shall we put this...a bit lucky yesterday and won at Swansea 1 - 0. The Next Gerrard scored off a deflection to set the stage for Sunday's clash with Manchester United. Juicy. Here are Three Thoughts from the match, as well as a Report, provided by Stuart James, who was at the Liberty Stadium. So the Premier League Table looks like this. It's quite tight once you drop below Chelsea. Should Liverpool defeat Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday, things will get nutty.
Similarly in Serie A, once you drop below Juventus, you've got Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Fiorentina, and Sampdoria all within five points and competing for two Champions League spots. Shit's this tight thanks to last night's results.
Back to England, where the semi-finals of the FA Cup are now almost set. Reading ousted Bradford 3 - 0 to book their date with Arsenal. And it'll be either Blackburn or Liverpool against Villa in the other one. Oh, there was a pitch invasion at the conclusion of the Reading/Bradford match, don't you know?
Scribes! Time to go around the world with our favorite writers and see what is up.
Where? Spain. Who? Sid Lowe. What? Spain is finally fighting against match fixing, the ultimate crime in football
Where? Spain. Who? Andy Brassell. What? Pressure, expectation on Gareth Bale par for the course at Real Madrid
Where? Germany. Who? Raphael Honigstein. What? Huub Stevens and Stuttgart stick to double-negative path in Bundesliga
Where? Germany. Who? Uli Hesse. What? Trapattoni's value to Bayern Munich was not all lost in translation
Where? Brazil. Who? Tim Vickery. What? External shock could re-shape the calendar
Where? Italy. Who? Paolo Bandini. What? Napoli start to flounder with Rafael Benítez facing rotation criticism – again
Where? Spain. Who? Graham Hunter. What? Simeone should consider his Atletico Madrid future
Where? Germany. Who? Nick Bidwell. What? The good, the bad and the ugly in Berlin
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| Stade Louis II: Monaco |
Sunderland? Guy Poyet is out. Dick Advocaat is in.
As with most weeks, Gabriele Marcotti has some musings. This week, Gab is gabbing about...Tired Chelsea, Ibrahimovic's rant, Van Gaal's discovery, Bale-Ronaldo, more. Enjoy.
Let's get to today's Champions League activity. Arsenal have a mountain to climb in Monaco (3:45 p.m. EDT on Fox Sports 1), while Atlético Madrid try to overturn a 0 - 1 deficit at the Vicente Calderón against Bayer Leverkusen (3:45 p.m. EDT on Fox Sports 2). Here are your previews.
Champions League Preview: Stage set for more drama in last 16 second legs
Monaco vs. Arsenal: Preview
Monaco vs. Arsenal: Preview II
Monaco vs. Arsenal: Preview III
Picture Special: Wenger Returns to Monaco
Jack Pitt-Brooke: Giroud is holding Arsenal back
Stadium Guide: Monaco’s Stade Louis II
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen: Preview
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen: Preview II
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayer Leverkusen: Preview III
You asked for them. Now you've got 'em. Deal with it! Major League Soccer POWER Rankings !!!
That's rather solid for a Tuesday, right? Keep it tite!
Onward!!
-SSN
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