Ruth's Sports Desk- CL review part one.

So once again it's that time: Champion's League week! We've reached the last 16 and the second-leg ties promised plenty of excitement and they definitely didn't disappoint. First up on Tuesday Liverpool took on Real Madrid and Chelsea travelled to Turin to face the 'Old Lady' of Italian football Juve.
I tuned in with high hopes expecting to be torn between the two games and flicking channels like a woman possessed. Things began to go wrong straight. i chose Juventus first due to my long-standing (seriously 10 years, since i was 9 years old) love for Pavel Nedved and the first five minutes were great, he was everywhere like a little Czech dynamo and I happily cooed over his miraculous blonde hair- honestly it's a real life miracle, he can play football for 90+ minutes and his hair will remain perfect and in place, if he brought out a hair care range I'm convinced it would fly off the shelves. Anyway everything looked great until he was tackled by (I think) Michael Essien hitting his head in the process, he was dazed but returned to the pitch like the hero that he is. Then five minutes later Nicolas Anelka carelessly elbowed him in the ribs leaving him barely able to stand and me screaming at the TV. So 13 minutes in and Pavel is gone so I try Realas I have a lot (ahem) admiration for their squad but things went from bad to worse when they conceded a goal and a ridiculous penalty- note to referee hands do NOT grow out of your shoulders.
Things picked up slightly on my return to Juve with a Vincenzo Iaquinta goal however Chelsea managed to find an equaliser (and all important away goal.) So I decided a large gin and tonic was in order for the second half. The Liverpool game descended into depression territory with shipping 4 by the end of the 90 leaving them 5-0 dowbn on aggregate. Juve and the supreme Alessandro Del Piero proved that age and a sending off (for Giorgio Chiellini) are no barrier to a heroic fightback, scoring a penalty but going down bravely 2-2 on the night and 3-2 overall.
Also through on Tuesday- Villareal and Bayern Munich with a truly breathtaking 7 goals on the night and 12 goals over two legs.