Two games played and both Champions League semi finals are on a knife edge.

Chelsea’s brave defensive display earned them a draw at Barcelona but they’ll have to be careful at Stamford Bridge as an away goal for the Spanish side will see Chelsea needing to score twice.
By the same token, Arsenal will have to overturn Manchester United’s 1 goal advantage at the Emirates, whilst a goal there for Sir Alex Ferguson’s team means the Gunners will have to find the net 3 times.
That aside, what we witnessed this week were 4 very good sides, all with collective and individual brilliance.
Which got us thinking – what would be our Champions League, semi final fantasy XI?
After much debate, argument and shouting, the Footy Boots office was split. The boss had his choice:

Alumina - Nike Total 90 Laser II
O’Shea - Adidas adiPure II Ferdinand - NikeT90 Laser II Terry - Umbro SX Valor II Evra - Nike T90 Laser II
Yaya Toure - Nike Tiempo Legend II Anderson - Adidas Predator Powerswerve Fabregas - Nike Tiempo legend II
Messi - Adidas F50.9 TUNiT Ronaldo - Nike Mercurial Superfly
Drogba - Nike Mercurial Superfly
The rest of the office came up with this:

Cech- Adidas Predator Powerserve Rome
Alves - Nike Mercurial Superfly Terry - Umbro SX Valor II Ferdinand - Nike T90 Laser II Evra - Nike T90 Laser II
Iniesta - Nike T90 Laser II Yaya Toure - Nike Tiempo Legend II Giggs - Reebok Sprintfit Lite Pro
Messi - Adidas F50.9 TUNiT Rooney - Nike T90 Laser II Ronaldo - Nike Mercurial Superfly
So, do you agree or have your own opinion?
Use the comments section below to let us know how your fantasy side shapes up and we’ll poll the votes for each individual player and publish the definitive XI on Tuesday.
» Comments


May 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Cech
Alves Alex Vidic Evra
Iniesta Xavi Lampard Ronaldo
Rooney Eto’o
May 1st, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Cech
Sagna Alex Vidic Evra
Iniesta Xavi Lampard Ronaldo
Rooney Eto’o
May 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Cech
OShea Vidic Terry Cole
Xavi Fabregas Lampard
Messi Rooney Henry
May 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I’m sure it is only meant to be the semi finalist players louis and i don’t fancy Messi in goal!
Almunia
Sagna Terry Vidic Evra
Messi Essien Anderson Ronaldo
Drogba Rooney
May 1st, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Valdes
Alves Toure Ferdinand Evra
Messi Iniesta Fabregas Ronaldo
Eto’o Henry
May 1st, 2009 at 2:01 pm
goalkeeper: cech
defenders: alves, terry, ferdinand, bosingwa
midfield: ronaldo, essien, xavi, iniesta
forwards: messi, rooney
May 1st, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Cech
Sangna Terry Vidic Evra
Walcott Lampard Fabregas Ronaldo
Messi Drogba
May 1st, 2009 at 2:46 pm
————Cech———–
—–alves-terry-vidic—–
—————————
-ronaldo-fabregas—–xavi-
————lampard——–
–messi———arshavin—
———–rooney———-
May 1st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
arshavin is illegible pal..
May 1st, 2009 at 3:33 pm
cech
alves ramos terry cole
ronaldo lampard fabregas messi
torres rooney
May 1st, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Almunia
Dani Alves,Puyol,Vidic,Abidal
Yaya Toure,Iniesta,Xavi
Messi,Eto’o,Rooney
May 1st, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Defenders: Alves pique marquez sylvinho
Midfield: iniesta toure xavi
Strikers: henry eto’o messi.
Keeper: Cech!
=D
May 1st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
vandersar
oshea
ferdinand
vida
evra
fletcher
carrick
anderson
rooney
ronaldo
tevez
May 1st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
same as the office but take away giggs and yaya toure and replaced by fabregas & essien
May 1st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Van der sar
O’Shea, Vidic, Ferdinand, Evra
Ronaldo, Anderson, Scholes, Giggs
Rooney, Tevez
At least these players won their game…
May 1st, 2009 at 7:15 pm
————Almunia————
–Bosingwa–Terry–Vidic–Gibbs–
-O’Shea–Lampard–Carrick–Xavi-
——-Drogba—-Messi———–
May 1st, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Well, the only thing I would change is that there were 0.000 Arsenal players in the second one. No Fabregas, no Walcott. At least one is necessary . . .
Almunia
Alves-Terry-Ferdinand-Clichy
Walcott-Fabregas-Giggs
Messi-Drogba-Ronaldo
May 1st, 2009 at 8:20 pm
they forgot iniesta he played the best game of everyone betwen barca and chelsea
May 1st, 2009 at 8:22 pm
they also forgot alves he saved barca a couple times
May 1st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
cech
ferdinand terry evra
lennon lampard arshavin
messi rooney ronaldo
May 1st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Van d. sar
alves ferdinand vidic evra
ronaldo xavi lampard messi
rooney henry
May 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 am
Almunia
Bosingwa Terry Ferdinand Evra
Essien
Ronaldo Messi
Iniesta
Rooney Drogba
May 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 am
Chech SUCKS!!
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:17 am
For the 1st Leg performance, i would have to say:
***********Almunia*************
O’Shea-Ferdinand-Terry-Bosingwa
********Essien**************
*****************Iniesta*******
—Ronaldo——————-
************************Messi*
—————–Eto———
**********Drogba***************
May 2nd, 2009 at 8:38 am
Almunia
O’Shea Vidic Terry Alex Abidal
Ronaldo Iniesta Fabregas
Drogba Henry
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:03 pm
agree mostly but center backs should be terry and ferdinand
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Cech
Bosingwa Terry Vidic A.Cole
Iniesta Essien Lampard
Messi Drogba Ronaldo
Cheers ~
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Van der Sar
O’Shea Puyol Terry Vidic
Ronaldo Giggs Lampard Ballack
Van Persie Messi
May 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Cech
alves - pique - vidic - evra
toure
Iniesta - Xavi - Fabregas
Messy - Rooney
I know it’s “messi”, just wanted to point out what defenders look like after he’s run past them!
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Almunia
Alves-Puyol-Ferdinand-Evra
Yaya Toure
Anderson
Iniesta
Ronaldo
Messi
Eto’o
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
———–almunia————–
–alves–ferdinand–evra—-
Puyol
–ronaldo-fabregas-iniesta
Xavi
———–Eto—–drogba——-
With ferguson as coach. Definately an unstoppable force.. I would definately have henry as a sub because he truly was the best player in the first leg..
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
how can arshavin be in it when i wasnt in the champions league and wer the hell is steven gerrard in any team he has been amazin
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
cech
vidic terry
alves cole
iniesta
fabregas
walcott messi
henry
drogba
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
VDS
Rafael - Vidic - Evra
Carrick - Ballack
Ronaldo - Fabregas - Giggs
Rooney - Messi
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
**************cech**************
***Alves***Ferdinand***Vidic***Evra***
***Ronaldo***Xavi***Anderson***Messi***
**********Henry******Rooney***********
Subs:
Van Der Sar
Abidal
Lampard
Carrick
Scholes
Giggs
Eto
May 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Cech
Alves Terry Vidic Abidal
Messi Xavi Fabregas Ronaldo
Eto’o Drogba
Subs
Valdes
Puyol
Cole
Walcott
Lampard
Rooney
Henry
May 3rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
van der sar
alves ferdinand vidic evra
xavi essien iniesta
ronaldo rooney messi
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
where is vidic? how can vidic not be there?
May 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Valdes
Alves, Ferdinand, Puyol, Abidal
Ronaldo, Xavi, Fabregas, Messi
Eto’o, Drogba
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:06 pm
I’m a bit late but here we go guys.
Van der Sa
Alves Terry Ferdinand Evra
Lampard Xavi Iniesta
Messi Etoo C.Ronaldo
What a team that is.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Valdes
Alves Vidic Pique Evra
YAYA TOURE
Xavi Iniesta
MESSI Eto’o Henry
May 5th, 2009 at 4:57 am
4-4-2
Van Der Sar
O’Shea
Ferdinand
Terry
Evra
Messi
Xavi
Essien
Ronaldo
Rooney
Drogba
May 5th, 2009 at 5:40 am
GK: Almunia (valdes untested, vds had a great defense in front of him)
RB: Alves (maybe o shea bc he got the only goal)
CB: Terry (barca didn’t have much to do with possession)
CB: Ferdinand (great job silencing adebayor, cant give defensive place to arsenal being the only defense to concede a goal)
LB: Bosingwa (to keep Messi quiet is something most defenders have to fantasize about, Evra dealt with Walcott but Walcott is no Messi, Abidal was attacking more than defending)
CM: Carrick (did a great job disrupting the midfield, Fabregas was virtually not there, Mikel would be runner up having kept Barcas midfield to minimal damage)
RCM: Iniesta (possibly the best player of both games, great skill hardworker, only problem with him is hes inconsistent, but this week he was on, well done, chelseas midfield was there for tackling, not very impressed with that, but they did do a great job)
LCM: Anderson (showed that he should be in the starting XI a little more often, tons of creativity, really like it, arsenals mids were held to nothing)
RW: Ronaldo (really opens the game up for man u, scary for defenses, Messi wasn’t fully there, when you’re incredible every other game of the year and you come into this and you are only amazing its sad that you find people like me who are disappointed at it, he had his chance against bosingwa now hes gotta deal with cole, one of the best LBs in the world)
LW: Malouda (did a great job of making sure Alves and Messi were being pressured at all times, Walcott and Henry were defended pretty tightly)
ST: Rooney (None of the strikers impressed me, none of them had more than 2 shots, Drogba touched the ball maybe twice, etoo was quiet, rooney and tevez both had the space and should have attacked it a lot harder, adebayor looked like a practice ground training dummy, i thought about putting ronaldo to here and slotting messi to the right but i think rooney did the best, even though he was playing more of a left wing kind of position)
May 9th, 2009 at 11:50 am
casssilas
alves vidic terry evra
inesta fabregas xavi
eto ronaldo messi
May 10th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
—– Van Der Sar —-
——-Ferdinand——
Sagna————-Evra
——Yaya Touré——
—–Xavi—Iniesta—
Walcott———-Ronaldo
———Messi——–
———Henry——–
Subs:
Diaby
Fabregas
Berbatov
Malouda
Vidic
Cech
May 16th, 2009 at 8:15 am
———–Van der Saar
Alves—Fernidand—Vidic—-Evra
———–Fabregas———–
Ronaldo—Xavi—-Inesta—-Rooney
————-Messi————
June 1st, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Cech
Alves - Terry - Ferdinand - Bosingwa
Iniesta - Fabregas - Ronaldo
Eto - Drogba - Messi
June 10th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Julio césar
Alves Ferdinand Terry Evra
Cristiano Ronaldo Fabregas Anderson Messi
Rooney Ibrahimovic
June 10th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
cech
alves
ferdinand
terry
evra
cristiano ronaldo
fabregas
anderson
messi
rooney
eto´o
July 6th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
casillas
ramos
ferdinand
puyol
maicon
iniesta
messi
xavi
beckham
zlatan ibrahimoviç
eto’o
July 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
————–reina————-
alves—puyol—vidic—maicon
————-essien————-
———xavi——kaka———
—messi—-torres—-ronaldo—
July 29th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
—–Boruc—–
alves-vidic-agger-clichy
de rossi-iniesta
messi silva
eduardo-berbatov
September 18th, 2009 at 1:23 am
—Julio Cesar–
Maicon—Terry—Vidic—-Evra
Messi–Gerrard—Xavi—-Ronaldo
—–Rooney——–Eto’o——–
btw im ManU fan…
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I think it must be only BARCELONA!!!!!!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:36 am
J.Cesar,Bosingwa,vidic,Maicon,Evra,Cristiano,Lampard,Gourcuff,Ribery,
Agbonlahor,F.Torres.