Monthly Archives: December 2010

Weekend Watch List: Chelsea-Manchester United And Barcelona Derby

Chelsea-Manchester United is the top game of the weekend, but there are tough tests in Spain as well. Here are the top five games from the weekend. Chelsea vs. Manchester United (Sunday 11 am, FSC) Both had big games last

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Europa League Knockout Stage Draw

The Europa League is set for the next two rounds. I’ll be adding the match-ups as they come out. Round Of 32: Match 1: Villarreal vs. Napoli Match 2: Sporting Club de Portugal vs. Rangers Match 3: Liverpool vs. Sparta

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Champions League Knockout Stage Draw

The draw is out and there are some great matches. Here are the match-ups. Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Roma Tottenham vs. AC Milan Schalke 04 vs. Valencia Bayern Munich vs. Internazionale Real Madrid vs. Lyon Barcelona vs. Arsenal Manchester United vs.

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Europa League Group Stage Wraps Up

The Europa League finished up today and the big news is that title holders Atletico Madrid were eliminated after being held in Leverkusen coupled with an Aris defeat of Rosenborg. The complete list of results is below. Red Bull Salzburg

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UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage MOCK DRAW

The draw for the knockout round is tomorrow, and even though it is simply for fun, here is the ESS Mock draw for the Champions League knockout round draw. The seeded teams are Tottenham, Schalke 04, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern

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UEFA Champions League Pre-Draw Power Rankings

With the draw this Friday, it made sense to do a power ranking of the 16 teams left in the Champions League to see which teams people will want to avoid. With that in mind here are my ranking of

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Europa League: Group Stage Round 6 Preview

The Europa League is entering its final round and there are a number of games that have will have a major impact on who advances. Here is a look at the games in the last round.

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Has Manchester United Finally Replaced The Old Generation?

Manchester United defeated Arsenal 1-0, but the most interesting thing about the performance is that they did it without using Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, or Gary Neville. Giggs did come on late, but the game was already won at that

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European League Round-Up

England: Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion Everton 0-0 Wigan Athletic Fulham 0-0 Sunderland Stoke City 0-1 Blackpool West Ham 1-3 Manchester City Newcastle 3-1 Liverpool Bolton 2-1 Blackburn Wolverhampton 1-0 Birmingham Tottenham 1-1 Chelsea Manchester United vs. Arsenal (Monday)

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Tottenham 1, Chelsea 1: Gomes Gifts Goal Then Saves Point

It was a better performance by Chelsea especially in the second half as they came back from a 1-0 deficit to earn a draw 1-1. It could even have been a victory for Chelsea, but Gomes saved a Drogba penalty.

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