Monthly Archives: February 2010

FC Porto 2, Arsenal 1: Fabianski Flops

Arsenal were without a lot of their players and it showed in this game. They were panicky in the back and had a complete lack of balance in the midfield. Adding in their lack of a reliable striker, the game

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Lyon 1, Real Madrid 0: Player Ratings

I completely miscalled this game. I thought this game would be an open attacking game. The game was an unimaginative Real Madrid side getting counter attacked by Lyon. It was only in the last ten minutes of the game when

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Manchester United 3, AC Milan 2: Player Ratings

This was an exciting game that seemed to go back and forth. Overall, United showed they were the better team and are in a strong position heading into the second leg with an away win and 3 away goals. United

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US Midfield Injury Woes: Effect On The Netherlands Game Call Ups

Benny Feilhaber became the latest injury concern for the United States midfield after it was reported an ankle injury will keep him out for at least 2 weeks. He joins Ricardo Clark and Clint Dempsey as major midfielders who have

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UEFA Champions League Preview And Predictions

It’s finally back. The Champions League is here so all those match-ups that seemed so mouthwatering back in December have arrived. I am glad that the first knockout round is staggered over two weeks which certainly makes it easier in

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The FA Cup Quarterfinal Draw

The FA Cup had some good matches in the round of 16 and the match-ups are set up for the quarterfinals following the draw today. The glamor match-up would be Chelsea at home against Manchester City if Manchester City can

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Barcelona Suffers First Defeat In La Liga

Barcelona suffered their first defeat in La Liga falling 2-1 to Atletico Madrid at the Calderon. I am ecstatic about this as is probably most of Madrid. Atletico Madrid fans will be happy with the win while Real Madrid fans

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The Two Bayerns: A Look At The Bundesliga Leaders

With the FA Cup not exciting me this weekend, I took this weekend as an opportunity to catch up on some other leagues around the world (In retrospect, the games in England were exciting to watch). The main one I

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Finding A Partner For Bradley In The US Midfield

I was able to catch Borussia Monchengladbach’s game against Nurnberg yesterday and although he did not have an outstanding game, I was impressed by Michael Bradley. I always find it strange when people claim that Michael Bradley only gets starts

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Weekend Watch List: Test For The German Leaders And Barcelona Faces Its Bogey Team

With the FA Cup going on this weekend, England is not producing a whole lot of great match-ups but the rest of Europe have some good games. Germany especially has some good matches at the top of the table. So

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