Champions League predictions - second round, week 6

[MikeH]

That didn't bump the thread for some reason.

[Paul]

Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Internazionale FC 0-2
Newcastle United FC - FC Barcelona 0-2
AS Roma - AFC Ajax 1-1
Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 2-1

 1 Paul               302 (+6)
 2 Wernazuma III      299 (+12)
 3 Locutus            296 (+12)
 4 MikeH              292 (+9)
 5 OneFootInTheGrave  287 (+3)
 6 Yaroslav           283 (+18)
 7 Zopperoni          279 (+12)
 8 Big Crunch (SD)    256
 9 Wille              250
10 Sloth              236 (+12)
11 Eli                233 (+3)
12 Fergus Horkan      225 (+9)
13 CyberShy           217
14 Notyoueither       212
15 Giovanni Wine      199
16 Lars-E             128
17 Fiera              127
18 Academia            88
19 Azazel (Dalgetti)   83
20 End Is Forever      79
21 Fistandantilus      68
22 Zealot              47
23 Victor Galis        46
24 Sirotnikov          42
25 Daz                 30
26 FrustratedPoet      26
27 Boddington's        21
28 Bas                 18
29 JohnIII             17
30 Saint Marcus        15
31 Dr. Stiby            4
32 Juggler              2

[Paul]

Group winners and runners up:
A2: Inter
B1: Valencia
B2: Ajax

 1 Paul               310 (+8)
 2 Wernazuma III      305 (+6)
 3 Locutus            304 (+8)
 4 MikeH              300 (+8)
 5 Yaroslav           289 (+6)
 6 OneFootInTheGrave  287
 7 Zopperoni          285 (+6)
 8 Big Crunch (SD)    262 (+6)
 9 Wille              258 (+8)
10 Sloth              238 (+2)
11 Fergus Horkan      233 (+8)
11 Eli                233
13 CyberShy           223 (+6)
14 Notyoueither       214 (+2)
15 Giovanni Wine      199
16 Lars-E             130 (+2)
17 Fiera              127
18 Academia            88
19 Azazel (Dalgetti)   83
20 End Is Forever      79
21 Fistandantilus      68
22 Zealot              47
23 Victor Galis        46
24 Sirotnikov          42
25 Daz                 30
26 FrustratedPoet      26
27 Boddington's        21
28 Bas                 18
29 JohnIII             17
30 Saint Marcus        15
31 Dr. Stiby            4
32 Juggler              2

I have uploaded the spreadsheet with the results.

The quarterfinals will start in 3 weeks.

[Zopperoni]

AJAX!!!

[Locutus]

Andy bedankt! Andy bedankt! Andy, Andy, Andy bedankt!!!



I think I may change my avatar to Paul's

[yaroslav]

Well, I must confess that I've been surprised by Ajax perfomance. I didn't believe that Ajas was going to do it soo good...

And I overrated Deportivo, but I want to say that Valeron's injury affected the team...

Anyway, congratulations for every team that have qualified for next round

[Sloth]

This time I got lucky...I had forgotten I had already posted my predictions....and the second try was really lucky...wow!!

[Paul]

Tomorrow is the draw for the quarter finals. Ajax will play against the winner of one of the other groups, so that makes Milan, Barca and ManU the possible opponents. What do other Ajax fans think of them?

I think Milan is the best of them. Barca has not been very good in the Spanish league, but they are much better in Europe, so I'd like to avoid them as well. I think we have the best chance against ManU.

[MikeH]

Really? ManU haven't been great at home but they are still second in the league by only 2 points and they've been very impressive in the Champions League. Mind you so have Milan and Barca... wouldn't want to play any of them really.

[Zopperoni]

Gimme AC Milan. They're on a poor run at the moment, so I like them better.

[Paul]

Mike, I don't think we will easily win against ManU. I just think it will be even more difficult against the other teams. If I'm realistic, I have to say that we have less than 50% chance to reach the semi-finals against any of them.

[MikeH]

With Real Madrid being runners up I think that probably some of those first place teams would be relieved to get Ajax rather than Real as well.

[Paul]

With Inter and Juve as the other runners up I'm sure most of them would like to get Ajax as their opponent.

[MikeH]

Yeah, basically all the teams in the quarter finals are really good.

Good to see some Italian teams in the quarters again.

[Zopperoni]

Good to see that there are no German teams in the knock-out stage