A híres zebracsíkos mez egész Európán át rettegett volt a '90-es években és a 2000-es évek első felében. Persze a Bayern neve sem hangzik rosszul, de azért mégis... Kedd este mégis a két nagy játszott egymással, hogy a Bordeaux UTÁN a második helyen továbblépjen egyikőjük. A hazaiak ráadásul szégyenletes teljesítménnyel rukkoltak elő.

Think back to last year’s game against Chelsea. Juventus – two time European Cup winners, five time runners-up – struggled to ever hold the upper hand against the English side. There is nothing proper about the propaganda that overhypes the Premier League clubs, but due to the ineptitude of the peninsula’s giants they themselves are pouring more and more fuel on the fire

A Pool kisésévelWith Liverpool having already crashed out this was the perfect year for Italy to begin to take the power back. As this week began we looked set to see four calcio representatives in the last 16 compared to England’s three. As it stands Juve are out, Milan only just squeezed through while Inter now have a nervy night ahead against Russian debutants Rubin Kazan.

A Juvének  jobb játékosaqi vannak, mint a Bordeaux, CSKA Moszkva, Fiorentina, Sevilla, Porto ötös (mind kvalifikálta magát a legjobb tizenhat közé) bármelyikének. Juve certainly have better players than the likes of Bordeaux, CSKA Moscow, Fiorentina, Sevilla and Porto – all booked into the next round. So what is missing? Confidence? Managerial nous? Luck? If I knew what the problem was I would be on the phone to Turin to fill them in. Whatever is holding them back it needs to be addressed by next autumn, this mediocrity cannot go on.

Certainly the Old Lady’s owners will settle for nothing less than success and Ferrara will now be nervously looking at the forthcoming fixture list. He may have pegged Inter back at the weekend but with only the Europa League to contend for on the continent the Scudetto will be demanded by his superiors. If he does not deliver he can expect the bullet in the summer.