There are four teams left fighting for the competition - Bayern Munich against Lyon, and Inter against Barcelona. Let's start with the Germans.
Bayern Munich got a good coach (weird at times but has quality and experience nevertheless) and a squad full of world class players. They have international stars like Ribery and Robben, but we should also not forget about Mario Gomez, Miro Klose (capable of scoring crunch time goals out of nowhere), Phillip Lahm, Van Bomell, Van Buyten, Demichelis (the Argentine Kaizer), Bastian Schweinstegier (what a typical German name), Ivica Ollic, Hamit Altintop. So we are talking about a group of outstanding players that are capable of beating absolutely every team not only in Europe but in the world. Just ask the fans of Manchester United and Fiorentina for example. Another factor working in favor or Bayern according to soccer predictions experts is that they were able to reach that late stage of the competition after posting some miraculous comebacks at several times. They were able to eliminate both Fiorentina and Man Utd by making full use of UEFA's away goal rule as Robben scored at the death in both away games against the Italians and the English. So they got lucky, perhaps a bit to lucky for me to recommend them to you as a pro football pick.
But what's certain is that Bayern Munich will not have an easy ride against Lyon, in fact the French side is already shaping up as the Dark Horse of the competition. They eliminated the All-mighty, star studded Real Madrid team! So it's going to be a well-balanced tie, but the thing is that it doesn't matter who is going to reach the final out of those two, because the winner of the 2010 Champions League is going to come out of the other tie.
That other tie features Internazionale Milano against the current title holders Barcelona. An interesting historical fact about the UEFA CL is that no team has manged to win it twice in a row. Just think about it - in all those 17 years no one managed to defend his title, which is really bizarre but the fact that such a stat exists proves that there has to be a serious reason behind it. And the reason is that the guys running UEFA are behind the scenes setting up this how show and the have to please so many nations of fans that they can't afford to start favoring just a single country. Everyone gets its turn to shine in that competition and eventually bad defeats are avenged.
Just think about how Manchested United defeated Bayern Munich in the 1999 Final (that was played at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona - see how all these major teams are connected once again?!). Man Utd made an unbelievable comeback in the final two minutes of the extra time scoring two goals and turning it around 1-2! It was so unbelievable that the German fans were crying at the stadium while the Bayern players were eating their shirts and grass on the pitch out of anger. This year the German club got its revenge defeating Man United after being 3 goals down in just 30 minutes at the start of the second leg. So they got their reward, therefore it might not be so surprising to see Lyon reaching the Final.
However, the Final Winner of the 2010 UEFA CL is going to be Inter Milano because of two things. First, Inter are a major European Club with rich history but hasn't won the European Cup for nearly Half a Century! And like i told you already, UEFA likes to switch things and one it's their turn. The second factor is that right now they got a really good team which is lead by a Great Coach - Jose Mourinho! Thus my expert soccer prediction is for Inter to win the 2010 Champions League.
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