Yes way, Jose

Tomorrow evening the Champions League final takes place at the Bernabeu in Madrid, unique in that it's the first time since 2004 that no English team will be competing, and secondly that it has been moved to a Saturday kick off.

Both of these factors (primarily the former) have combined to make the biggest game in domestic football seem rather overlooked and forgotten this time around. Doubtless, bosses at ITV must be devastated that they don't have a showcase Man U v Chelsea or either of them against Barcelona to bring in the viewers; instead you can't help but thinking the majority of people switching on Channel 3 tomorrow night will be wondering where Britain's Got Retarded Delusionals has gone to.

Despite this, or maybe because of it, I think this final promises to be one of the most intriguing and fascinating for years. Both managers have proven themselves at the highest level and have overcome the odds to get to Madrid in the first place.

I thought Bayern's spirit to get past United, even when 3-0 down on the night, was incredible - and the tactical/anti-football masterclass conducted by Mourinho at Camp Nou was impressive to say the least.

In Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben you have two of the Champions League's best performers of this year - Robben's goal to eliminate United and Sneijder's orchestration of the Stamford Bridge victory should give serious optimism to fans of the Oranje this summer. Franck Ribery (remember Boglins?) will be a big miss for Bayern but the likes of Muller and Schweinsteiger could easily cause problems - and at the other end Samuel Eto'o always seems to score in the biggest games.

In defending for 90 minutes solid at the Nou Camp, Inter Milan showed a resilience that I found massively impressive - Lucio in particular was flawless. A major factor in that however was the admission, tacit or otherwise, that they were facing a far stronger team in Barcelona - a team who as Arsenal found out, can tear you to shreds if you take the game to them and leave gaps.

Going into this final there is little between the two teams and certainly neither would regard themselves as incapable of competing with the other. This poses the dilemna for Mourinho - having displayed such immense defensive organisation and strength, should he send his team out to do more of the same against an opponent who may not be able to pose the same threat as Barca? Or do they go for it and abandon the strategy that got them through?

Bayern meanwhile as mentioned above seem to be based on, above all else, an excellent collective will and team spirit. In the semi final they were underdogs (and got some incredibly lucky decisions just to get there) but now they must surely have a huge belief in themselves to go on and win the lot. Indeed, watching their Bundesliga celebrations it seems to be a happy squad!!

All in all I think it is finely poised to be a great game. Both teams are able to win the domestic treble by taking the trophy, and both managers would be winning it with a second club.

But which way is it going to go? I'll stick my neck on the line, and to literally put my money where my mouth is I promise to also put a bet on at the bookies for the following:
Inter to win, 3-1, Samuel Eto'o opening the scoring.

Let me know what you think, and if it turns out to be a stinker of a game then I'm sure they'll repeat Strictly All along the yellow brick road on Ice for you. Weirdo.