Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Enter Shaqiri

Tonight's clash between Basel and Bayern Munich has a sub-plot to it. A sub-plot that goes by the name Xherdan Shaqiri, 21-year old midfielder and Swiss international.

                                           The young lad himself.

He's impressed for Basel in the Champions League group stage where they've eliminated Manchester United in very dramatic circumstances on the last day. And now, only about 2 weeks, ago he's signed for - and there's no prizes for getting this one right - Bayern Munich for around €10m. It will be very interesting to see how he's going to play; Bayern have been far from dominant as of late and Basel stand a very good chance of knocking them out. However, supposing this does indeed happen and young Xherdan plays a decisive role then it remains to be seen how he's going to be welcomed by the Bavarian faithful...

In other news, yesterday's game:
 

Napoli v Chelsea 1 to lead 2:0 at halftime [had it not been for the weird bump on the ground and subsequent failed clearance by Cannavaro then it would have gone in, Chelsea have been very tame in terms of end product in the first half]
CSKA Moscow v Real Madrid Ronaldo to score at any time
Barnsley v Birmingham City 2
Blackpool v West Ham United over 1,5 goals
Charlton Athletic v Rochdale 1 [this is the second time Charlton flop at home to a side from the Greater Manchester area...]
MK Dons v Bury 1
Bologna v Fiorentina X at halftime
Dundee United v Kilmarnock over 1,5 goals

5/8.

As usual, more games today - here goes:


FC Basel v Bayern Munich (19:45) X at halftime, 1 at fulltime (15.50)

Marseille v Inter Milan (19:45) under 2,5 goals (1.72)

Manchester City v Porto (17:00) both teams to score (1.82)

Siena v Catania (17:30) 1 (2.18)

Saint-Etienne v Lorient (17:30) 1 (1.95)

Sochaux v Lille (17:30) 2 (1.77)

Caen v Auxerre (17:30) 1 (2.26)

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