[CL] Champions League 2011/12 (24 Viewers)
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It's actually rather sad. I mean, I'd punish all teams that qualify for EL and play their third team against any team, it's like their aim is to lose. We've seen such from Palermo when they lost against Thun, but there are tons of examples like that. IMO that's pretty horrible and Italian teams only got themselves to blame for that. Now this season even in CL they'll do worse than Germans, as I don't see Inter doing anything.
Just some food for thought, but these are the results of the last 20 games in the CL/Europa League played between English and Italian teams. Italians won 8, English won 7 and five draws.
inter spurs 4-3
spurs inter 3-1
milan spurs 0-1
spurs milan 0-0
juve city 1-1
city juve 1-1
city napoli 1-1
napoli city 2-1
inter chelsea 2-1
chelsea inter 0-1
milan united 2-3
united milan 4-0
fulham roma 1-1
roma fulham 2-1
juve fulham 3-1
fulham juve 4-1
fiorentina liverpool 2-0
liverpool fiorentina 1-2
arsenal udinese 1-0
udinese arsenal 1-2
inter spurs 4-3
spurs inter 3-1
milan spurs 0-1
spurs milan 0-0
juve city 1-1
city juve 1-1
city napoli 1-1
napoli city 2-1
inter chelsea 2-1
chelsea inter 0-1
milan united 2-3
united milan 4-0
fulham roma 1-1
roma fulham 2-1
juve fulham 3-1
fulham juve 4-1
fiorentina liverpool 2-0
liverpool fiorentina 1-2
arsenal udinese 1-0
udinese arsenal 1-2
I'm sure I read an interview with Galliani saying that Serie A has put up some sort of financial incentive to try and get teams to try harder in the EL. Might have been after Udinese played a reserve team against Celtic.
Still, no indication that teams are taking it more seriously this year than in previous ones.
Hopefully Udinese will give it a go this season. They aren't going to get a top three spot in Serie A and they aren't in any danger of being relegated, so there should be no reason for them not to give it their best shot.
Still, no indication that teams are taking it more seriously this year than in previous ones.
Hopefully Udinese will give it a go this season. They aren't going to get a top three spot in Serie A and they aren't in any danger of being relegated, so there should be no reason for them not to give it their best shot.
Milan - bafflingly, given how big a game this is - are not expected to start with Seedorf.
First leg: Dida; Bonera, Senderos, Favalli, Zambrotta; Ambrosini,Pirlo,Flamini; Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Inzaghi
Second leg: Dida; Zambrotta, Senderos, Maldini, Favalli; Beckham, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf; Pato, Inzaghi
It's fairly strong teams Milan put out. I don't think I watched the games, so don't know if Milan appeared fully committed. Werder Bremen had a good team back then, so Milan could have lost even when giving it a good go.
I had forgotten Senderos played for Milan.
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