Re: Premiership - La Liga - Serie A 05-06
Interesting games for Sunday
- Liverpool **v Man Utd**
Chelsea and Arsenal are no doubt the best clubs in London, at present, but Liverpool is like a tradition. The "battle of the Red" is still more interesting to me than any other clash in Premiership. ManU will enter Anfield as favorites against a struggling Liverpool side who has managed just 5 points out of 3 games. Both teams are unbeaten so far in EPL.
- Fiorentina **v Udinese**
Italian national team is re-shaping these days. Italy's Trademark players like Pierro, Vieri, Inzaghi,… are very near to retire and their present coach prefers to play with a team that is built around new talent.
Luca Toni (Fiorentina) is one player who has proved himself and is expected to stay in blue shirt for some time. Tony has established himself amongst the new line of strikers that top Serie A. In Italy's most recent WC qualifier, Toni hit a hat-trick. But it is not limited to Tony when someone will talk about emerging strikers in Serie A; Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese) hit a hat-trick last week in a CL clash with Panathinaikos.
This game might not be interesting in term of teams as neither is considered a serious contender to top the league, but it is a battle of two of the most talked-about strikers in Italy at present.
- AZ Alkmaar **v Ajax Amsterdam**
Dutch Eredivisie was dominated by Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord (mainly relying on Pierre van Hooijdonk and his excellent free kicks) for almost a decade. Alkmaar has managed to challenge top 3 (mainly) during past couple of years. This season Alkmaar scored 17 goals in just 4 games and conceded 1. Can they continue scoring at sky-high rate, while defending against a (relatively) better Ajax side?