Light News Day....

So I'll just say that I like Barcelona in tomorrow's Champions League Final. On defense, Arsenal has gone 10 straight Champions League matches without surrendering a goal. Frankly, I think they're due. Barcelona just has too much firepower, especially with World Player of the Year Ronaldinho and Cameroon international Eto'o.

On the offensive side of the ball, although Arsenal plays attacking football in their domestic league, they have trouble finding the back of the net in Europe. They beat Villareal in the semifinals 1-0 on aggregate, beat Juventus 2-0 on aggregate in the quarterfinals, and beat Real Madrid 1-0 on aggregate in the Round of 16. In all of those two-game series, there was a game where Arsenal was shut out, and in the last two, the Gunners could not score away from Highbury. If Barca gets an early goal, the match may be over. Barca scored 16 goals in 6 Group Stage matches, Arsenal could only manage 10.

It should be an entertaining match, but I think the Catalans take it in the end. Then again, last year when AC Milan went up 3-0 on Liverpool before halftime, people thought that match was over...