Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Tonight, 17th October 2006, it's Champions League day 3.
Steaua Bucuresti hosts Real Madrid. Steaua will have to cope
with a third of a dosen injuries, including their best player for 
the last five years, Mirel Radoi. They are placed second in 
the domestic league, 9 posts behind DINAMO. Steaua won at
Kiev 4-1, and lost to Lyon at home 0-3, in their last outings.
Real Madrid travel to Bucharest after they lost their first
domestic match, away at Getafe at the weekend, in one of their
worst outings for years. That was Madrid's only second defeat this
season, under new manager Fabio Capello. In the Champions League,
Real has a similar record to Steaua. They lost away at Lyon 0-2
and beat Dynamo Kyiv 5-1 at the Bernabeu.
The spaniards welcome back Italy's skipper Fabio Cannavaro and
superstar striker Ronaldo. These two battled
injuries to be on the pitch tonight against Steaua. As Real's primary
objective for this season is indeed the Champions League,
the Merengues will be eager to brush Steaua aside. And if they do
that they will be almost sure they'll progress to the eliminatory
phase of the competition. My prediction for tonight's game is that
Real will win (7/10).
The game begins at 19:45, UK time.

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