SPANIARDS HAVE UPSET THE ODDS BEFORE
FIRSTLY, Villarreal have just KO’d Juventus and Bayern Munich over two legs. You don’t do that unless you’ve got something special about you. Not to mention they played the second legs of those ties away from home. How’s that for cojones? They went to Turin and won 3-0, making it to the Champions League quarter-finals. They went to Munich and drew 1-1, making it to the semi-finals. Tonight they have the bonus of being at home to try to overturn that 2-0 first-leg defeat at Anfield and make it to the final. The Spaniards have not lost at home for more than five months. That’s the challenge facing Liverpool.