Champion's League

Finally got to watch my first two Champion's League matches this season. Wender Bremen hosted Barcelona, and Real Madrid hosted Dynamo Kiev. Real didn't look that great, but still won by a wide margin. I don't see them going all the way, especially with their play in the back. They'll miss Cicinho. I was disappointed with Barca as well. Nobody came to play, and now they've lost Eto'o for 5 months. Still plenty of talent there, but I came away impressed with Bremen. Loved Naldo and Diego, and Klose is about as good a striker as you'll get. I really think if Brazil had called up Naldo and Diego and actually had the marbles to play them instead of superstars like Ronaldinho and Lucio things could've been different. Oh well.

Sticking with CL, one team I really hope to watch is CSKA Moscow. They've got a couple of Brazilians who are playing really well. They're my dark horse team in the CL. I like Lyon and Valencia as well to make a deep run.

Speaking of Brazilians, out of the 32 teams in group play, there are 86 Brazilians! That's unbelievable!

That's enough soccer talk for me. My parents will be dropping by Saturday for a little bit and I need to clean up the place before they get here...