Tonight’s the night for our big heave-ho. If we can get a goal away in Madrid we’ll be a shoe in for our fans to sing us through to some silverwear and a Champions League spot next year.
So far Rafa’s only mentioned the desire to score first, after having taken an unusually long trip to Spain following all of this volcano nonsense. There’s all the usual pre-match speculation, but as yet no line-up has been announced. Will we see N’Gog popping his little swede up again? Come on son. Give us something to sing about.
Villa won against a struggling Hull side, so we’re still looking at a battle of wills for that 4th place. Don’t give up hope, one and all. Elswhere in the prem Portsmouth’s administrator has claimed that they’re in debt of about £120 million. Not a great sum to be looking at from so low down the ladder.
Saying that, it makes me think about how our corporate bank might be looking. The rejig of executives and owners keeps on rolling which means we could be in for a bumpy summer at Anfield. There’s a muttering on the wind that Rafa might be looking for an investment in Steven Pienaar (currently at Everton).
Meanwhile Inter handed the first leg of the semi’s to Barcelona with a 3 – 1 victory (no question that they were in the driving seat from start to finish) and Bayern manage to pull a fortunate 1 – 0 with Arjen Robben continuing his run of form with a well placed shot/lucky cross from outside the box against Lyon.
Athletico updates later.
