Euro Round up: Inter sparkle at the bridge and draw CSKA, Humiliation for Juve

Inter Milan put on a show of strength at Stamford Bridge to ultimately take comfortable victory into the next phase. Inter started the game well and throughout contained the pressure Chelsea dispelled onto them without really letting the home side have a clear cut opportunity on goal. Indeed, despite a valid penalty claim going unnoticed on Drogba it should have been Inter taking the lead into the half time break as Samuel Eto'o missed a rather easy headed chance from all of five yards out. After the break Inter upped their game and created three clear goal scoring opportunities through Pandev, Milito and finally Eto'o, which he took in fantastic style, through the guile and skill of Wesly Sneijder. It should have been 2-0 at the death but stand in keeper Turnbull made an excellent save from Eto'o drive.

Inter's reward for this excellent win was a draw with CSKA Moscow in the quarter finals. At this stage there's no such thing as an easy game, but to avoid Barcelona, Bayern and Manchester at this stage is a blessing. Ultimately, if Inter don't take this opportunity to march onto the quarters then they will likely have only themselves to blame rather than that of the brilliance of the opposition. If they do make the next phase they will face either Barcelona or Arsenal.

Full Champions League draw
Lyon v Bordeaux
Bayern v Manchester
Arsenal v Barcelona
Inter v CSKA

Europa League
Juventus crashed out of the Europa League last night in dreadful fashion going down 4-1 to a spirited and determined Fulham side under the excellence that is Roy Hodgson. Juve have been generally abysmal of late but even the most skeptical fan would have believed they had done enough after David Trezeguet gave them an early lead at Craven Cottage. What followed after that was a total collapse and depsite a dubious sending off of Fabio Cannavaro and an arguably soft penalty Juve deserved all they got on the night. Once again, much like Milan, Calcio has been let down by a side that should be doing much better. For all the good Inter and Fiorentina have done for Italy in Europe this year, Milan and Juventus especially have embarrassed it. Milan did deservedly beat Real Madrid but Juve have been dire from start to finish and on current form will struggle to make even th Europa League next season. However, with a said 80 million ready to be invested in the squad and to be fair numerous players out for Juve last night the future may not be so dark for them.