For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out that if Liverpool defeated Debrecen and Fiorentina lost to Lyon that the Reds would qualify for the knockout stage. I kept on looking at the table to see how this could possibly be.

I went back through the fixtures to make sure and guess what. A loss by Fiorentina and win by Liverpool would still leave the Reds two points short.

Do the math.  Four plus three is seven. Seven is still less than nine.

This would mean that Liverpool would have to defeat Fiorentina in their final match in December. But remember that Fiorentina beat Liverpool in Italy.

This is a moot point.

The Reds kept up their end of the bargain by beating winless Debrecen 1-0. David Ngog’s goal in the fourth minute kept Liverpool’s chances alive of making it into the knockout stage. These dreams came crashing down to earth when Fiorentina defeated Lyon 1-0.  Juan Vargas nailed the PK in the 28^th minute to salt this puppy away for the Italian side.

For this is bad reporting. This stinks. The sports press is just as wild and loose with the facts just like the state run media. This is totally misleading. Why let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Oh, Yeah, I forgot the sports media and state run media are all one in the same.

This kind of crap makes me crazy. Sure, I get kinda lose and easy with describing a match. I like to embellish a lot. This is the old radio announcer in me. Radio paints word pictures for the audience.

The facts are the facts.

I even asked a couple of my futebol expert friends and they didn’t have an answer either.

With that said there is no harm no foul.

Arsenal came up big in their match with Liege. The Gunners won 2-0. Samir Nasri and Brasilian Denilson scored for Arsenal.

Way to go garoto.

This was a huge win.

The team that needed to win Barcelona did just that. Barca bageled Inter 2-0. I bet the wonderful one Jose Mourinho is crapping in his pants. Barcelona was on the verge of getting the heave hoe from the Champions League. Gerard Pique and Pedro came up big to keep Barcas’s dreams of a two peat in tact at least for now.

Mourinho’s boys had a chance to deliver a knockout blow but wound up whiffing big time.

The victory lifts Barcelona into first place with eight points. Both Inter and Rubin Kazan each have six points.

This means it will be a scramble between Inter, Barca, and Rubin Kazan to see which two clubs will advance to the next round.

This is truly nut cutting time. I love it.

However, I gotta admit that I was hoping Liverpool would lose. Why? I am not sure. Yes, I am. The reason is that Rafa and his merry band of men always come up short in the EPL. I wanted the Reds to lose to force management to crap or get off the pot. Rafa needs to go. He has taken Liverpool as far as he can now its time for another manager.

Liverpool is in a huge rut. They are always close but no cigar in their quest for the EPL title. Lets start his rumor. It’s time for “The Special One” to come back to the EPL. Jose Mourinho.

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