As I was writing the last post on the Barcelona FC-Manchester United semifinals series for the European Champions League, I decided to check what other clubs made it to the semfinals (I haven't really been following the Champion's League lately or any other European club soccer for that matter as I have been instead tracking Croatia's Euro 2008 hopes) but anyway let's move on...
Despite England's elimination from Euro 2008 at the hands of Croatia and Russia, the English Premier League loaded with mostly non-English players (including at least three Croatian players), has dominated the Semifinals of the Champions League with three EPL clubs (Manchester United, Chelsea FC, and Liverpool) and the fourth, of course, being Barcelona.
Should Manchester United defeat Barcelona in the second leg, the fact that their opponent for the Champions League final will be either Chelsea and Liverpool (both EPL rivals) could be both good and bad for the Manchester United squad especially since it is Chelsea that defeated Manchester United in a recent EPL match that has reopened the EPL title chances for Chelsea. This also gives Manchester United a shot at revenge from Chelsea in an even bigger match: Champion of Europe...
But not so fast...Chelsea FC and Liverpool are clubs of almost the same caliber and according to an article on UEFA's website, they cancel each other out which will make the second leg of the Chelsea-Liverpool match a very important one (hopefully Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN, or Gol TV will cover it...shockingly ESPN might take a break from more popular American sports to air the Champions League final. they are after all showing every single Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010 match live).
See this article for more information regarding the Liverpool-Chelsea match.
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