Europe is back, Europe is back. Today European games returns with all its excitement, twist and turns.
And today highlight will be on the Roman National Stadium where Mourinho's boys, Chelsea will take on Steaua Bucharest. After a poor opening outing from Chelsea, Mourinho has labeled this match a must win. A draw will get nerves jittery. Having walked out on the press yesterday out of anger after he was quizzed about his reasons to drop Kevin, Mourinho is not in his best of moods and it seems the pressure is mounting. This is not going as smoothly as folks expected and the only way for the pressure to lessen is for Chelsea to go on a winning streak. Today's match can be the beginning of that or it can further increase the pressure.
Arsenal take on Napoli in the Emirates Stadium and Wenger's boys will want to continue with their fine form. Arsenal have been absolutely fantastic and there is a feeling in many quarters that this is the season where the finally end their trophy drought. This game may be their toughest test yet as Napoli is in fine form after starting their Champions League campaign with a win over last season finalist, they will come to the Emirates with believe that they can get a result. They've got a coach who is so used to Europe and players to make that happen. And this game also mark a sensational return to London for Benitez after his strain relationship with another London club, Chelsea a few months ago. It should be noted that a win is crucial for Arsenal especially since they are playing at home as most folks still feel that they may not survive this group so a win will silence all their critics and set them on course for qualifying.
Another exciting game will be Ajax vs AC Milan. Ajax needs to win this match to keep their hope of progressing out of the group stage alive. One thing going for them is that their home form has been excellent so far. AC Milan on the other hand are still in a sticky patch of form and Ajax may fancy that this is the best time to face them. AC Milan will want to try every possible best to get a result in order to lay claim to that second spot behind Barcelona who we all know will qualify as group leaders.
Expect Dortmund to come out firing against Marseille after losing to Napoli on match day one. Can Celtic pull another upset as they did last season when they won Barcelona when they two sides meet today.
Below are the matches for today:
Porto vs Atletico Madrid
Celtic vs Barcelona
Dortmund vs Marseille
Zenith vs Austria Wein
Basel vs Schakle
Arsenal vs Napoli
Ajax vs AC Milan
Steaua Bucharest vs Chelsea
Enjoy the best of European football and don't fail to let me know your thought on any of those matches.
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