Spain Football

Some good games tonight! All kick-offs 8.45 pm CET.

I'll be watching Juventus-Real Madrid, the first of the two key matches in the group. Madrid should be feeling pretty confident after snatching the points in the Madrid derby on Saturday and Juventus aren't doing particularly well in the Serie A at the moment. There are six points in play over this and the next game in the Bernabéu, and whoever gets the upper hand is virtually guaranteed of finishing top of the group. On form, I'd put my money on Real Madrid to get at least 4 points out of six, but you never know with the Italians - a big name club like Juve are always capable of pulling off some magic, particularly if they know they're being watched by the world.

Less attractive is Villarreal-Aarlborg, but I'd definitely put money on the Yellow Submarine to win at home. They're third in La Liga and top of the group whereas Aalborg are near the bottom of the Danish League and are also bottom of the group.

Tomorrow's going to be really frustrating, I'll watch Basle-Barça simply because Barça are my club. I think it's the first time they'll have played  at the Saint Jakob Stadium since they won an emotional European Cup Winners' Cup there back in '79, so the old blokes at the bar where I watch the games will be full of anecdotes.

However, I'd really like to see Fernando Torres' return to the Vicente Calderón in the Atlétco-Liverpool. I could take my laptop down to the bar and watch both games at the same time, but I think that might be taking my love of fooall a little too far.

All the best

Simon