I know Zenith won Uefa and I didn't say they are not a good team but the style of Russian football can't give us a trouble, IMO.
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[EU] Champions League 2008/2009 (47 Viewers)
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I couldn't be happier with Real Madrid. To me Juventus-Real Madrid is one of the best games there is in football. As I once heard a Dutch commentator say: it's nice that you can go and see Barcelona-Roma with your poor man's outfit still on, but if you want to see Juventus-Real Madrid a tux is required.
Hahahaha... Oh my God... Ok, you'll see Zenit fans... you'll HEAR Zenit fans...
Nicely put, all three of you+the Dutch commentator.
I was so happy when i saw us in Real's group. Prestige, class and even rivalry aside, i was also happy due to footballing reasons.
Every team in pot 1 was extremely strong and it didn't make much difference, quality wise, who will we get. But Real was more attractive to us due to these reasons :
1. Getting Real in the group meant that we can't get Atletico from pot 4
2. We're awful against the English while the Italian teams are to Real what the English teams are to us. We proved to be too much for them in the last two occasions, Roma eliminated them last year by beating them twice. Even the off form Lazio were a pain in the ass for them last year. Pandev was the only one performing well and even that was enough for Lazio to take a 2:2 and lose 3:1 in Madrid with Rocchi missing a penalty in the last minute. This leads me to #3...
3. .... There is a healthy rivalry between the ITA and ESP teams. There always has been. Real are a team that brings so many memories, pleasant ones, for many of our players. Real will motivate our players like no other team. Real are the representatives of Spain like Juve represent Italian football. This will also be Spain vs Italy and Chiellini, Del Piero, Camoranesi and especially Buffon have a point to prove after the EURO elimination.
This makes me believe that our players will not disappoint against Real just like they didn't disappoint against Inter last year. We'll see unhuman motivation and efforts when we'll play Real and even though they have more quality than us (as did Inter last year) i'm sure we'll get great results both in Torino and Madrid.
I was so happy when i saw us in Real's group. Prestige, class and even rivalry aside, i was also happy due to footballing reasons.
Every team in pot 1 was extremely strong and it didn't make much difference, quality wise, who will we get. But Real was more attractive to us due to these reasons :
1. Getting Real in the group meant that we can't get Atletico from pot 4
2. We're awful against the English while the Italian teams are to Real what the English teams are to us. We proved to be too much for them in the last two occasions, Roma eliminated them last year by beating them twice. Even the off form Lazio were a pain in the ass for them last year. Pandev was the only one performing well and even that was enough for Lazio to take a 2:2 and lose 3:1 in Madrid with Rocchi missing a penalty in the last minute. This leads me to #3...
3. .... There is a healthy rivalry between the ITA and ESP teams. There always has been. Real are a team that brings so many memories, pleasant ones, for many of our players. Real will motivate our players like no other team. Real are the representatives of Spain like Juve represent Italian football. This will also be Spain vs Italy and Chiellini, Del Piero, Camoranesi and especially Buffon have a point to prove after the EURO elimination.
This makes me believe that our players will not disappoint against Real just like they didn't disappoint against Inter last year. We'll see unhuman motivation and efforts when we'll play Real and even though they have more quality than us (as did Inter last year) i'm sure we'll get great results both in Torino and Madrid.
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