Sports review and preview
Away
goals are worth their weight in Gold. With Suarez’ scintillating brace and
Neymar’s goal in the first leg Barcelona already had one foot in the semi
final. In fact such was the display of Suarez in the first leg I wandered as a
passionate Liverpool fan of what may have been in the FA cup semi final against
Aston villa if he had played (A guy can dream right). The 2nd leg
for Barcelona was a formality with a brace by Neymar jnr already confirming
what we already knew. In the other game it seemed like Bayern Munich had a
sizeable task ahead of them, 3-1 down from the first game in which some of their
defending had been questionable and sloppy. Thiago scored that night and he
began the revival as Bayern were bashful and brutal scoring 5 goals in a period
of 26 minutes to effectively end the tie. The game ended 6-1 (7-4 agg)
Tonight
are the other two quarter final games I think the Juventus vs. Monaco game will
be straightforward 2-1 win. The Madrid derby is anything but a mystery, last season’s
champions where minutes way from losing that final if not for a Sergio Ramos
header. Diego Simone’s side showed so
much grit, determination and hard work ethic that night and it will be the same
again tonight. They do no not fear the Bernabéu. Since
that final,Atletico
Madrid have not lost to Real Madrid with their biggest win the 4-0
thrashing in their home league game on the 7th February. Real Madrid know that they have to be on their
guard. It’s not all doom and gloom for Real Madrid are undefeated in their last
14 home games. Although they won’t have 2 thirds of the BBC (Bale and Benzema) Cristiano Ronaldo is more than
formidable to score the goals that they need. He has scored a whopping 50 goals
in all competitions this season!!
I
can see this game going the full length extra time and penalties. Scoring the first
goal in this game is important but not crucial however the timing of the goal
is everything for both sides. If I have to pick a side I will pick Real Madrid to
go through on penalties.
Crunch
time in the NBA and NHL
The
playoffs have already kicked off in these two prestigious leagues. I'm still fairly new to American sport in
general but I am definitely a fan. I've been supporting the LA clippers for 3 years now and getting the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of playoff
seemed cruel but we won 107-92 with Chris Paul scoring 32 points and 6 assists
and Blake Griffin (My favourite player) 26 points and 6 assists. My only hope
is that the Clippers bench will last the series and provide big points when
needed. San Antonio definitely have the playoff experience but I'm hoping my
team will win tonight to go 2-0 into the 3rd playoff game. The NHL is truly something special I focus on
the 2 New York teams the islanders and the rangers. This part of the season is crunch time you
have to leave everything on the floor and the ice no regrets!!! If you've never seen a game of ice hockey or basketball
please do check it out. It took me a little while but they are both exhilarating
sports to view.
I
can see this game going the full length extra time and penalties. Scoring the first
goal in this game is important but not crucial however the timing of the goal
is everything for both sides. If I have to pick a side I will pick Real Madrid to
go through on penalties.