CL quarters first leg - Tue 3/4 - Wed 4/4

[Bettoro]

PSV - Liverpool

Last 5 PSV games:

31.03.2007 NAC Breda - PSV 1:1 (!!!)
18.03.2007 PSV- Ajax 1:5 (!!!)
11.03.2007 Excelsior - PSV 0:0 (!!!)
07.03.2007 Arsenal - PSV 1:1
03.03.2007 PSV - RKC W. 2:0


31.03.2007 Liverpool - Arsenal 4:1
18.03.2007 Aston Villa - Liverpool 0:0
06.03.2007 Liverpool - Barcelona 0:1
03.03.2007 Liverpool- Man Utd 0:1
24.02.2007 Liverpool - Sheff. Utd 4:0

PSV is falling down. The crisis was already in match against Excelsior, and was proved when Ajax ate them: 1-5. Only 2 goals scored in last 3 matches and 6(!) received. Alredy under the risk of loosing Eredivision championship. I think Liverpool is too strong for them now. Exelent form of englishmen: 4-1 without any problems against Arsenal.
More problems for PSV: Kone(stricker) and Alex(defender) are missing. Liverpool: Belamy is back, Gerard is fit. My opiniion: no chanses of PSV.
Liverpool AH 0 at 1,7

[QuantumParadox]

PSV v Liverpool

nobody understands why and how this very very poor dutch side is still in competition,anyway, this is the end of road for them, imo liverpool is designed to win the trophy again this year...

pick 1 : Liverpool to win
pick 2 : PSV not to score
pick 3 : total number of goals in the match 2-3
pick 4 : correct score, liverpool to win 2-0 or 3-0


Milan v Bayern

Home win banker
any other result should be considedred as major surprise.Milan is a level above bayern, imo at least 10 of serie A teams would beat bayern at home easily, is matter of quality, and of course milan apart from italian team, is also a very experienced one

good luck
ciao

[blackcrow]

Liverpool win

Liverpool come into this game very confident after knocking over Barcelona. After the very good win against Arsenal at the weekend they will be looking to repeat the win they had over PSV in the group games. Big losses for PSV in Alex (defence) and Kone (striker). With a fully fit squad to choose from and playing with confidence, it looks a likely Liverpool victory.

[Charlie Wong]

Liverpool are the strong fancy tonight, confidence will be flowing after mauling the gooners 4-1, i dont think much of PSV 'elite' home record after they were thrashed 5-1 at home by Ajax.

Rafa will look to keep it tight at the back tonight and look to grab an away goal or two.

Pick 1 - Liverpool Win @ 2.44
Pick 2 - Liverpool win 0-1 @ 7.4
Pick 3 - Liverpool win 0-2 @ 12.0

[dj_fish]

have to say few words about milan
they play like shit this year in league,they said that they will do anything to win CL, BUT this is not objective
i watched few games in CL this year and also last one against celtic
that is not football,they play without any motivation,only one player is worth of something and that is Kaka,without them i think that they will be relegated in serie B
they dont play like colective, i have info that they are in some kind of fight on the realtion coach-players
the value on bayern is to funny,dont think that they will loose
bayern play every day better and better, in CLu can see that too,high motivated
x2 on bayern is bank here

psv is in terrible row,they are strugling and without alex theyve got none chance to win this,liverpool is a nice option here

[dj_fish]

in my local they are giving 4 on bayern hehe

[dak]

Match:

AC Milan – Bayern Munich (03/04/07)

Tip/s: Draw @ 3.20 (Interwetten) 10/10

Reasoning:

Milan is an experienced team, which has been at this stage of the CL before and done very well. Bayern is no stranger to CL success either. Milan, however, suffers in terms of consistent scoring ability and is slower and less physical than Bayern. Milan has shown that they often have difficulty in finding the net, especially against a defense-oriented team (remember the 0-0 against Celtic?) Furthermore, Bayern has a slight advantage in playing the second game back in Munich. This may provide them with the luxury of playing for the tie in Milan and then hoping to do the job back at home in order to progress to the semi-finals. I think Bayern has the speed and stamina to keep a slow Milan side from scoring and therefore I will go with draw in this match.



Match:

PSV – Liverpool (03/04/07)

Tip/s:

Draw @ 3.00 (Interwetten) 10/10

Reasoning:

I think this will be a déjà vu of the first CL round game between these two teams (result: 0-0). Liverpool will play for the draw, which I think they masterfully know how to do. They have the advantage of playing the second game back in Liverpool. Furthermore, PSV have the Kone and Alex injuries to worry about and I don’t see them in a position to create many chances. I see both teams defending very heavily and hoping for a goal on the counter. My guess is that neither team will score much (0-0; 1-1). Hence, the draw looks good as the result in this game.



Good luck to all...

[Vagus_]

I'm pretty sure that AC Milan will play tonight not to concide goal. They will try (imho) to manage clean sheet home, with a big advantage if they score away. Of course, they will try to score, but very carefull and not at all cost.
On the other side Bayern without Bommel and Kan will also aproach little more defensivly.

AC may or may not score so I see value here in
Under 1.5@2.60 (4/10), and
Under 2.5@1.50 (9/10)

GL!

[Nade]

PSV v Liverpool
I've seen a lot of people saying this will be a cake walk for the scousers, but this is European football we're talking here, if there's one thing a foreign coach knows then that's grinding out results, and especially when their team is the underdogs; PSV will be totally organised and will keep it tight as they always do. If Liverpool do win it will be a tight victory, probably 1-0. I'm taking the under 2.5 goals in this game.

[peterthefarmer]

A new doubt for PSV tonight will be Ibrahim Affelay.
This upcoming midfielder have problems with his hamstring and a MRI scan
must bring clearness about the situation.
Coach Koeman : I dont take great risks with this sort of injurys.
Just a short preview from dutch teletekst at 16:28

[peterthefarmer]

[sasa318]

tonight is Liverpool or bust. It's not professional or wise but there's no other choise. It's or ... Comm'on you Reds!!!!
I apologise to all who are doing this seriously, I'm trying to follow the ruls but tonight I realy got nothing to lose....

[dj_fish]

can someone finally cofirm first eleven for bayern,i am now bit a confused
who is out, van bomel,kahn,pizzaro?

[sasa318]

Originally Posted by dj_fish

can someone finally cofirm first eleven for bayern,i am now bit a confused
who is out, van bomel,kahn,pizzaro?

Michael Rensing, who has long been touted as the natural successor to the emblematic Kahn, will deputise for the Bayern captain against the six-time European champions.

Coincidentally, Rensing's only other previous outing in the Champions League came in last season's 1-1 draw in Germany.

"I know it ended in a draw, but I have fond memories of that night," said the 22-year-old.

European champions on four occasions, Bayern will also be without midfielder Mark Van Bommel who was given a one-match suspension for making an obscene gesture to Real Madrid fans in the last 16.

[ganne]

What are you think about bad German vs Italian clubs in Italia

[ganne]

I think about bad tradition

[McFly]

AC Mailand: Dida - Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Jankulovski - Pirlo - Gattuso, Seedorf - Kaka - Gilardino, Inzaghi

FC Bayern: Rensing - Sagnol, Lucio, van Buyten, Lahm - Salihamidzic, Ottl, Hargreaves, Schweinsteiger - Makaay, Podolski
Im Kader: Dreher, Santa Cruz, Pizarro, Lell, Görlitz, Demichelis, Karimi, Scholl

- from fcbayern homepage. Pizarro seems to be on bench at first

Bayern are in quite good shape so that they maybe can achieve a draw at least

[QuantumParadox]

ok, soccer is soccer and we must be very carefull, i understand this, i also understand that psv are not mugz at all, but still i am confident about this liverpool team, personally i am arsenal's fan since childhood, however i was so impressed of the team work and exceptionally strong defence which is the result of both man to man and zone system,that liverpool shows, this team is designed perfectly to reach the final ( i dont know if they will succed it), psv is perhaps top team in holland, but nothing more than average team in european standards, i go high flying with the away win

good luck to all

[peterthefarmer]

So , all betters forLIVERPOOL

[Nade]

For those backing Liverpool these are three good markets:

Liverpool to win to Nil. @ 12-5, as Liverpool's defence looks strong, especially in europe.

Liverpool to keep a clean sheet @ 11-8 for reasons above.

Crouch @ 13-5 to score in 90mins after his hat-trick against Arsenal and the fact the foreign defence won't be used to dealing with that presence i think it's a good bet.