Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Champions League Matchday 6 - Tuesday Preview

It’s judgment day in the Champions League. Who makes it to the next round and who does not? All that will be revealed in the next two days. For now, we will focus on the Albiceleste players that will see action from day 1 on match day 6: -

Juventus vs. Bayern Munich
Martin DEMICHELIS

Maccabi Haifa vs. Bordeaux
Fernando CAVENAGHI and Diego PLACENTE

Besiktas Istanbul vs. CSKA Moscow
Mathias DELGADO

Olympique Marseille vs. Real Madrid
Gabriel HEINZE, Lucho GONZALEZ, Gonzalo HIGUAIN and Fernando GAGO

Atletico Madrid vs. FC Porto
Kun AGUERO, Maxi RODRIGUEZ, Fernando BELLUSCHI, Diego VALERI, Mariano GONZALEZ, Ernesto FARIAS, Tomas COSTA and Sebastian PREDIGUER

From the fixtures, we can tell there are two intriguing matches. One of which will take place at the Stadio Del Alpi, DEMICHELIS and Company will look to come away with a surprise win against the Grand Old Lady and book themselves a place in the knockout stages.

The other will be from Group C, between Marseille and Real Madrid. A win will be good enough for either one but honestly; I will be happy with both of them progressing. For that to happen, FC Zurich will need to repeat their heroic performance against AC Milan, this time at home.

Not to forget, Kun and Maxi will do their part to help Atletico get a win against already qualified Porto and book them a place in the Europa League. Most of the other matches are only played for formality purpose. Hopefully we will see some goals from the Albiceleste Army.

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