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Weekend Watch List: Arsenal vs. Manchester United and Africa Cup Of Nations Final

There is not quite as much soccer this weekend as last weekend that I will be taking in, but there is still plenty of good stuff I will be trying to catch. The highlight of the weekend will be in

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Biennial International Tournaments and Gameweek 24 I Know The Score

The Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) is finishing up, but it got me thinking about these biennial international tournaments. By that I mean the CONCACAF Gold Cup and CAN which are about the only other major tournament that plays every

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Juventus Continue Their Fall

Juventus’ fall seems to be complete. They have fallen to sixth in the Serie A. They have already fallen into the Europa League and today were eliminated by Inter Milan from the Coppa Italia. Their play has not been particularly

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…And Then There Were None

The Brazilian contingent at Manchester City is no more. At the beginning of last season they featured Elano, Robinho and Jo but 18 moths later and the will all be gone, although Jo is on loan from the club. Jo

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REPORT: Manchester United 3, Manchester City 1

I wish these two teams could play every week. They have played three entertaining games so far this season with two of the games involving a late winner. The game started off tentatively in the first half as both teams

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LIVE BLOG: Manchester United vs. Manchester City

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Gareth Bale Finally Gets A Win, Smalling Goes To Manchester, Americans On The Mend

Gareth Bale finally gets a win It has been a long journey that started in August of 2007, but Gareth Bale can finally say he was the winner of a Premier League game he started. Fulham seem to be good

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Is Robinho The Biggest Premier League Flop?

The biggest news of the day is the possible departure of Robinho for Santos in Brazil. Juan Sebastian Veron is often cited as the biggest flop in the Premier League era, but Robinho is certainly putting up some stern competition.

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The Milan Derby: Ridiculous Rocchi And Inter Milan Show Their Title Credentials

Inter Milan showed they are the team to beat in Italy after defeating AC Milan 2-0 at the San Siro despite ending the game with 9 men. AC Milan had been the in form team in the league until this

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My Thoughts On The Manchester United-Hull City Game

The storyline of this game will be Wayne Rooney’s four goals and it should be but there were a wealth of good performances for United. It helped that United got the early goal in the game in the 8th minute.

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