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Atletico Madrid 4, Sporting Gijon 0: Atleti Start Season Impressively

Atletico were coming off an impressive 2-0 victory over Inter Milan in the UEFA Super Cup and they could have taken Sporting Gijon too lightly. However, they started the season impressively as they defeated the northern Spanish side 4-0 behind

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Predictions

Here is the preview for the upcoming La Liga season which should be another intriguing battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Those top two teams will have a battle but there will be a lot of teams battling for the

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Part 4

Here is the final part of my La Liga team preview where I look at some of the teams that will be battling behind the two giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Those teams include Sevilla, Valencia, and Villarreal. Here is

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Part 3

This is the third part of the my preview for the La Liga season. In this set, we will take a look at Real Madrid as well as the champions of the second division Real Sociedad.

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Part 2

Here is the second part of my preview of the upcoming La Liga season. In this part, I will take a look at another five teams including some of the smaller teams from the big cities with Espanyol from Barcelona

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Part 1

The Spanish league also gets started this weekend and there should be another battle at the top between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Here is my preview of the first five teams including last year’s champions Barcelona.

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Weekend Watch List: Community Shield, German Super Cup, And More

The European club seasons for the top leagues are about ready to kickoff so it seems like it is time to have the first installment looking at the top games at the weekend. Chelsea vs. Manchester United (Sunday 10 am,

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World Cup Day 31: My Thoughts on Netherlands-Spain

Like most of Spain’s games, the final was not a goal fest, but it didn’t mean the game wasn’t entertaining and filled with chances. It was a tense match throughout but both teams had chances to win the game in

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World Cup Day 31: Netherlands-Spain Preview

It is finally here. The World Cup will wrap up today, but not before the biggest game where Netherlands and Spain will look to get their first World Cup titles ever. Both teams have not been super impressive in their

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World Cup Day 27: My Thoughts On Spain-Germany

It may not have had lots of goals, but this was an exciting game especially in the second half where the game began to open up as Germany began to get tired. The goal was surprisingly from a set piece

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