This week's Champions League was so many things: nerve-wrecking, beautiful, relieving, exciting - but most of all, it was frustrating.

( Liverpool FC - FC Internazionale )

Champions League, Last 16

Celtic Glasgow - FC Barcelona
Olympique Lyon - Manchester United
FC Schalke 04 - FC Porto
Liverpool FC - FC Internazionale
AS Roma - Real Madrid CF
Olympiakos Piraeus - FC Chelsea
FC Arsenal - AC Milan
Fenerbahçe Istanbul - Sevilla FC

( My two cents... )

Things I was concerned with yesterday:

( Lazio Rome - Real Madrid, 2-2 )

A lot happened in footie recently, and I didn't have the time to write posts about them, so here's a little summary ( Read more... )

Today at 0:00 am, the transfer window was officially closed, which means that until the winter break, the clubs have to plan with the squads they have right now. I decided to make a list of the current Bundesliga squads, and maybe some of you will find this helpful. It might not be complete and there are some numbers missing. Would be great if you ( Read more... )

Dear Schalke,

the name of this sport is "football". Not "fouling".

Not so much love,

Me.

ETA: I'm glad we won this. People might say it was a lucky victory, but we were mindblowing against Werder and quite excellent against Stuttgart, so I think it was deserved. And Schalke couldn't really stop us except with fouls, and that's saying something ( Read more... )

YAY! Bayern won! I'm so thrilled about this! Finally, they showed a bit of what they're actually capable of! They let Schalke feel the pressure from the start, and when they calmed down a bit after the first goal, they still didn't leave their opponent enough room to advance.

( Oh, my boys... )

Bayern won, which is awesome, and Lukas scored again, which is even more awesome. I'm so glad that Hitzfeld knows how to handle him and that things are finally getting better. Lukas is young, you have to let him start to give him a chance to improve. He can't improve on the bench, and he's not one of those experienced players who don't really mind ( Read more... )