Well, the weekend is almost upon us. For those in school or with M-F jobs, it's already here. But, for the football teams, the action starts later today.
On Friday, the Bundesliga action began with SC Freiburg v. VfB Stuttgart. The game ended at a tough 1-2 in Stuttgart's favor, but that honestly doesn't reflect the true nature of the game. It appeared a lot less even than this result shows. During the second half, it hardly seemed that Freiburg could get a hold of the ball, and yet they pulled a late goal from Cisse as a bit of consolation. Stuttgart performed well, but far from perfect, with Martin Harnik bagging a brace.
Now I look forward to this weekend's games. I plan to watch Arsenal v. Blackburn Rovers, Barcelona v. Osasuna, Inter v. Roma, Juventus v. Siena, and Chelsea v. Manchester United. The first four can be found on ESPN3, and as for the Chelsea v. Man U game... well, I'm going to have to be a bit "creative" to find a way to watch that. If not, you can always catch a live commentary and a complete schedule of this weekend's games on ESPN Soccernet and a good highlights reel on FootyRoom.
And it's time for this weekend's predictions section! In the interest of time, I'll keep it to only the five games I can watch. I see Arsenal defeating Blackburn Rovers after regaining some of their confidence in the past few weeks. I don't expect Barcelona to continue their tying streak against Osasuna and if Inter want a chance at the Scudetto, they had better perform well against Roma. I expect Juve to continue their brilliant form on Sunday. Now comes the hard part where I put my bias as a Chelsea fan aside and honestly say that if Manchester United fields the right lineup, they will probably be the winning side. That doesn't mean that I have every hope Chelsea will find victory, but to be completely honest, last week's performance and the early game against Stoke were not entirely promising.
Well, that's it for this time and I will be back tomorrow with news, highlights, and results. Happy watching!
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