Rd 2 - Cup - Real Madrid v Juventus

[chelsea]

Round 2 of the cup kicks off this Saturday and the match ups across the 16 games are just as good as the Champions League Semi Finals.

Top 8 games in no particular order:
Unley 1A v Mercedes 1A
Pulteney 1A v Grads Red 1A
Pembroke 1A v Sacred Heart 1A
Rostrevor 1A v Windsor Gardens 3
Immanuel 2A v Rostrevor 1B
Mt Barker 1A v Norwood 2A
Mercedes 3 v Thebarton 2A
Grads Red 4 v Blackwood 5

Other 8 games which many will be close:
Uni White 4 v Grads Blue 1A
Rostrevor 3 v Immanuel 4
Immanuel 2B v CBC 2A
Immanuel 3 v Uni White 1B
Uni White 3 v Pembroke 1B
Grads Red 3 v Uni SA 4
Unley 1B v Thebarton 2B
UniSA 2A v Rostrevor 4

Saturday will see Real Madrid take on Juventus. In CSL terms its Rostrevor v Windsor Gardens

Real Madrid are the current champions but Juventus playing in the lower league of Serie A who have already clinched the league championship ( just like in Div 3 CSL ) are ready and up for the challenge to cause an upset.

Real Madrid have many attacking options through Ronaldo, Bale, Hernandez, J Rodriguez ( Forte, A Fantasia, De Leonardis, Orlando ) while Juventus will rely on their Tevez ( Rechichi) to do the damage.

Juventus do have experience in the midfield that will be vital to this clash. Pirlo must not be able to dictate play. ( A Zito ) Toni Kroos ( Anello ) will need to marshal his midfield well to to stop the attacks of Juventus.

At the back, Patrice Evra ( M Timpano ) will miss the clash due to picking up a red card in the previous game. Ramos and Pepe ( Belekas and Saccardo ) will have to watch Tevez closely but also dont under estimate their other attacking players.

Just what will be the tactics from the coaches going into this big game. How will Ancelotti ( De Ieso ) setup his team and what instructions will his players get. Allegri ( Sclazi ) will have a few sleepless nights going into the game but if he can get his tactics right and pull off a win then it could have other clubs looking for his services in the future.

The last time these side met in the cup was in 2011 - Rd 3 of the Cup. Windsor won 2-0 at home. That was the 1st leg, just like the champions league semi final the other morning.

The return leg is on Saturday and Rostrevor will host.

A great week ahead for Real Madrid and Juventus!!

[Ross30]

It's just a shame that Makelele (R Plawecki) no longer plays for Real Madrid (Rostrevor). He could have been useful for this one.

[divineponytail]

HAHA great preview to a ripper of a game 'Chelsea', your synopsis and detailed comparisons are up there with Val Miglaaccio comparing Graham Arnold to Jose Mourinho in today's Advertiser.

All jokes aside, it's going to be a brilliant contest with a lot of pride on the line. Two very proud clubs with a heap of talent. A lot has changed though since 2011 with Rostrevor taking out the Div 1A title, some serious credentials there which will no doubt be on the Windsors players minds.

Let's just not forget the Ravanelli's, Zola's and modern day Diego Maradona's that weren't mentioned here.

[chelsea]

Val and I did do the same journalism course.Will Roberto Baggio ( Mastrullo ) be playing for Juventus this week?
He hasnt appeared in the last couple of games as the inside word was that the club have been resting him for the big game. Is he ready to go?

[divineponytail]

No unfortunately, Robbie is unavailable.

But there is Pavel. Never underestimate Pavel.

[hanners]

So, the hype was great about RTSC v WG......

Then a forfeit happened.. WTF

[chelsea]

Wasn't there. Game was played until 80th min. 0-0. Windsor had a player on the field that wasn't on the match card. Not sure if that player is registered. There already were some tensions going into the game after some info Rostrevor received on late Friday. Rostrevor didn't play on. Referee gave the result to Rostrevor. Windsor will now appeal the decision.

That is my info on the matter.

[hanners]

Wasn't there. Game was played until 80th min. 0-0. Windsor had a player on the field that wasn't on the match card. Not sure if that player is registered. There already were some tensions going into the game after some info Rostrevor received on late Friday. Rostrevor didn't play on. Referee gave the result to Rostrevor. Windsor will now appeal the decision.

That is my info on the matter.

Sounds like a replay to me... Or Rostrevor are desperate and not playing on... Was Messi the player who wasn't on the team sheet...

[SILENT P]

The 90 minutes was played and ended 0-0 when the game was called off. Adrian Aufiero was left off the Windsor team sheet by mistake which the referee picked up.

Yes, Rostrevor decided to accept the win as the rules state. In hindsight, the Windsor players said they would play if the roles were reversed but some of their players weren't saying that at the time!!

[Ross30]

What is the explanation in relation to a red card being attributed to the wrong Windsor player the week beforehand?
This is starting to sound like Regency all over again, but I hope that is not the case.