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Weekend Watch List: Leagues Finish Their Seasons

All of the top leagues will be finishing up except for France which will have its final fixtures of the season next Sunday after the Champions League final. With that being said, this will be the last Watch List until

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Weekend Watch List: Title Races Are Heating Up

The seasons are winding down and some title races could be wrapped up by the end of this weekend. Here is a look at the top games of the weekend. Manchester United vs. Chelsea (Sunday 11 am, FSC) United could

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Weekend Watch List: El Clasico And More

The big game of the weekend is the start of the Real Madrid vs. Barcelona battles. However, there are a number of big games across Europe including Paris Saint-Germain squaring off with Lyon on Sunday, which didn’t quite make my

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Weekend Watch List: Valenica Derby And More

There are a couple of big games with the Valencia derby between Valencia and Villarreal being the headliner of the weekend. Here is a run down of the top 5 games from this weekend. Valencia vs. Villarreal (Sunday 3 pm,

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Thoughts From The Weekend Of Continental Football

There was cup action in England, and I decided to take a look away from England and watched some European football from the continent today including a look at two of my favorite teams in Atletico Madrid and Udinese. Here

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Weekend Watch List: Asian Cup Final And FA Cup Action

The Asian Cup is coming to an end this season and the FA Cup is entering the fourth round of the competition. However, there are a number of exciting match-ups throughout Europe. Here is a look at the top five

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A Second Look At Internazionale

Earlier this week, I posed the question of whether Inter looked back and I thought they were mostly there with the players coming back from injury, but the team was obliterated this weekend in a 3-1 loss to Udinese. Occasionally,

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Weekend Watch List: Interesting Match-Ups Around Europe

I have to admit, this is not the greatest weekend of football in terms of glamorous match-ups but it is often the least anticipated games that are the best. There is also the US-Chile game which I will have a

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Udinese 3, Napoli 1: Di Natale Leads The Way

Napoli was looking to capitalize on dropped points by AC Milan, but they were unable to get the win as Udinese thrashed them 3-1 behind a hat trick from Antonio Di Natale. Napoli got a goal back from Marek Hamsik,

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2010-11 Serie A Preview: Part 4

This is the last part of my team previews for the upcoming season. In this group, I will look at title runners-up Roma as well as my favorite Italian team in Udinese.

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