Monthly Archives: January 2010

REPORT: Manchester United 3, Arsenal 1

The game was built up all weekend and Manchester United put forth a complete performance and dominated Arsenal 3-1. The game was entertaining and open from the start and Andrei Arshavin was giving Wes Brown all sorts of trouble with

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Egypt Win Final

Egypt finished off a impressive performance in the Africa Cup Of Nations taking the title. Ghana put up a great fight and caused all sorts of problems for Egypt on the counter attack, but Egypt got closer and closer and

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REPORT: Pachuca 5, Atlante 1

I have not watched a lot of Mexican soccer, but I will definitely try to catch more of it in the future. This game was an exciting back and forth contest for about 55 minutes before it turned into a

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REPORT: Napoli 0, Genoa 0

This game was more exciting than its 0-0 scoreline would suggest. There were some good attacking moments in a game that Napoli dominated but could not get the goal to give them the win over Genoa, who despite being eighth

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REPORT: Aston Villa 2, Fulham 0

This was a matchup of two teams that had been struggling to get points in the league since Christmas despite good success in their cup runs. Fulham had not played a home league game since December, but Aston Villa came

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: Nigeria Finish Third

This was a bit of a dull game even though there was not much to lose for either team. A 55th minute goal by Victor Osofor Obinna was the difference as Nigeria took third place over Algeria with a deserved

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2010 Africa Cup Of Nations: 3rd Place and Finals Preview And Predictions

It is a bit sad that this tournament is coming to an end. It has been really enjoyable. I will have some more reflections on this tournament as a whole after it officially finishes this weekend, but it is time

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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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