April 4, 2012 -
Today we host Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Quarterfinal of the Champions League. Since this is a home match, we need to build a huge lead. Atletico de Madrid is led by the dynamic play of their striker Diego who has 17 goals. However, Diego is questionable for this game. They have a very good defense led by centrebacks Pablo and Marin Demichelis. Left winger Nicolae Mitea is having a good year. Their keeper Sebastian Saja has been world class. He will be tough to beat. Landon Donovan is also on this team. He has 15 starts, 2 relief appearances and he has 4 goals. It will be interesting to see if he plays today. If so, I hope we shut him down
We are 5-4 favorites.
It's raining with temperatures in the 40's.
GK: Howard
DL: Chivu
DC: Lucio
DC: Ferdinand
DR: Grygera
ML: Downing
MC: Djemba
MC: Fletcher
MR: Eagles
SC: Rooney
SC: Adriano
S1: Taylor
S2: O'Shea
S3: Mamam
S4: Schreurs
S5: Cook
S6: Smith
S7: McFadden