The champions league is getting exciting, we are at the semifinals and all four teams are ready to take the cup home. Arsenal, Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester United are ready for the task ahead and they certainly will be fighting for the chance to win it all, for the glory and pride.

First thing will be to recognize that the best soccer in the WORLD today its been played in England and that is why 3 out of 4 teams in the semis belong to the English Premiership.

The first game between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford brings back memories, these two teams were all about eachother about 5 years ago, rivalry like there was no other and the fact that Arsene Wenger’s team is not what it used to be (full of french soccer stars) brings a little tension to the table. The kids from Arsenal (very young team) with their stars like Arshavin who just scored 4 goals against Liverpool, Emmanuel Adebayor, Robin Van Persie, Cesc Fabregas and so many more feel very enthusiastic about playing this game, many of them never had the chance to enjoy those years of rivalry against Manchester, they feel they owe it to the team to play good and that way they can revive the good moments years ago when the beat Manchester United every time they wanted. What can I say about the reigning champs Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Tevez and the list goes on, full of starts and the new wonder boy Federico Macheda rounds up an impressive team fighting to win every cup the start playing this year, domestic and international, Sir Alex Ferguson trusts that the Old Trafford will be the perfect scenario for yet another defeat for the gunners, Ferguson fully confident in their superiority feels it will be a tough series but they have what it takes to defeat the Gunners at home and away. My prediction will be Manchester United goes to the FINALS.

Barcelona takes on Chelsea at Estadio Camp Nou and this will be the match of the semis, anything can happen at this particular series, Chelsea has Michael Mancienne to mark Messi but is he good enough to stick with him for 90 minutes??? Guus Hiddink believes he’s the strongest and the best candidate for the task, he will be replacing Ashley Cole unavailable for this match, and he will have his hands full and I firmly believe he is up for the job, he has enough quality to handle Messi. Barcelona will drop the hammer on the Blues without mercy and they won’t be impressed by them, they need to score at least two at home to fly back to Stamford Bridge and be comfortable. My prediction will be Barcelona to go one more time to the FINALS.

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