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You see, the group stage sucks. I'm not talking out of school here. No huge revelation either. No one likes the group stage. All of us yearn for the days of yore when the whole tournament was a knockout affair, instead of this whore-fest of Buraspor, Zilina and Cluj clogging the arteries of my Champions League experience.
It's clear to me--and I've said this before too--that UEFA has to go all NCAA Tournament on this thing to breathe some life back into it. So that said, current tables be damned, I'm going to rank them teams 1-32, match them up NCAA Tournament style, and pick a winner. Chime in with your thoughts via comments. Thanks.
Seedings
- Chelsea
- Real Madrid
- Barcelona
- Inter Milan
- Manchester United
- Arsenal
- Lyon
- AC Milan
- Valencia
- Bayern
- Ajax
- Shaktar
- Rangers
- Schalke
- Tottenham
- Auxerre
- Benfica
- Roma
- Werder Bremen
- Marseille
- Spartak Moscow
- Braga
- Twente
- Partizan Belgrade
- Panathinaikos
- Cluj
- Basel
- Copenhagen
- Rubin Kazan
- Hapoel
- Buraspor
- Zilina
Chelsea-Zilina
Real Madrid-Buraspor
Barcelona-Hapoel
Inter-Rubin Kazan
ManU-Copenhagen
Arsenal-Basel
Lyon-Cluj
Milan-Panathinaikos
Valencia-Partizan
Bayern-Twente
Ajax-Braga
Shaktar-Spartak
Rangers-Marseille
Schalke-Bremen
Tottenham-Roma
Auxerre-Benfica
Second round
Chelsea-Benfica
Real Madrid-Roma
Barcelona-Bremen
Inter-Rangers
Manchester United-Spartak Moscow
Arsenal-Ajax
Lyon-Bayern
Milan-Valencia
Quarterfinals
Chelsea-Valencia
Real Madrid-Bayern
Barcelona-Ajax
Rangers-Manchester United
Semifinals
Valencia-Manchester United
Real Madrid-Barcelona
Final
Valencia-Real Madrid
Champion --Real Madrid
2 comments:
pretty good effort got to be said - the group stage definately needs improving - although whether platini would be open to his babay being altered remains to be seen- although chelsea losing to valencia - not sure about that one!
I have a new blog on the English premeirship - would be great to get some views - www.premiershippassions.info - thanks.
Jose Mourinho would like the look of it. If he can help Real win it again, he truly is a genius.
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