My passion for football has been rekindled somewhat after watching some Champions League matches. I had really lost interest in the English Premier League. As I have mentioned earlier, no disinterested observer looks forward to two less-than-average teams battling it out for a draw (it's especially painful to make an effort to stay interested when you know that one of the teams is happy with a draw and that this single result will not have that large a bearing on the final standings anyway).

In contrast to this, almost every single match in the Champions League (even at the group stages) is critical, considering the depth of the teams (it's not for nothing that it is called the Champions League). You can sense the urgency of both the teams throughout a game. The quality of the game is also much higher.