thats the chance of man utd meeting an english club.
i was on about the chance of at least one english clash
thats 24/35 + 3/35 so 27/35 = 77.1% aprox
chances of no english clash is there fore 22.9%
so 22.9% chance of an all english semifinal if all english clubs progress through the quarters and no english club has met another club in the quarters
Maybe 1/8 * 3/8. 1 in 8 being an English team and 3/8 being the other 3 English teams. So that's 3/64 chance of an all English tie. Not certain though.
The Premier League is now indisputably leading the way in Europe, according to Sir Alex Ferguson.
United are one of four English teams in the hat for Friday’s Champions League quarter final draw (12:00 GMT), along with one side each from Spain, Germany, Italy and Turkey. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are also still involved and Sir Alex believes that demonstrates the quality of English football.
“I think the Premier League is the strongest in Europe,” he told MUTV. “For a spell it was the Spanish league – I remember about seven or eight years ago they had three teams in the semi-finals and Spanish football was really strong, but I think the English game has now reached that level.
“You expect three of the four English teams to be in the semi finals this year, unless they are drawn against each other [in the quarter-finals]. We now have a 40% chance of being drawn against an English team, which is a measure of the quality of this division.”
United have never experienced an all-English tie in the Champions League, but the manager is relaxed about what Friday’s draw has in store, which will also reveal potential semi-finals opponents.
He said: “Once the format changed and three or four teams from each country were allowed into the competition, it was inevitable that they would face each other at some point, so I’m always geared to playing against an English team. It doesn’t matter who we get in the quarter-finals. Knowing who you’ll get in the semi-finals as well is an incentive, but we’ll take what we get.”
If Man United were paying 10 - 1 to beat Roma I would place my family's house, two cars, my brother, all my university faculties computers & my life savings on it and I wouldn't even be nervous. Heck I'd throw in my vital organs and take out a loan while I was at it. Remember folks, it's only a gambling problem when your losing. Scary thing is, If Man United were 10 - 1 to beat Roma, I'm not entirely sure that I wouldn't do just that.
we could of got one of THREE English teams, or one of FOUR foreign teams.
But ah well doesn't matter now
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