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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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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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2009, The Year In Soccer: Best Games

The year is coming to a close and of course that means it is time for those end of the year lists. The first list I’ll have will be of the best games I saw this year. The requirements for

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Lionel Messi wins FIFA World Player Of The Year

Lionel Messi completed his sweep of the awards this year by being named the FIFA World Player Of The Year. He beat out Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, and Kaka for the award. The Argentinian scored the a goal in

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Morning News: Transfer Rumors at Manchester City

With Roberto Mancini replacing Mark Hughes there are likely to be changes in squad for Manchester City. Robinho, who had been rumored to move to Barcelona, is staying in Eastlands after Barcelona had a bid turned down. However, it also

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Barcelona win FIFA Club World Cup

Barcelona completed a clean sweep of awards taking their sixth trophy in the past year adding to their La Liga, Copa Del Rey, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Spanish Supercopa titles. This one was tough as it took an

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Barcelona defeats Atlante to play Estudiantes in FIFA Club World Cup Final

For a brief moment, it seemed that an upset could finally happen in the FIFA Club World Cup. Atlante scored in the 4th minute when Guillermo Rojas got behind the Barcelona defense where he lobbed Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes. He

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FIFA Club World Cup Preview

I’m a bit late coming to this tournament since it has already started. However, I really only begin watching the tournament when it gets to the semifinals round. This is the first competition that is being played outside of Japan

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My Thoughts On The Barcelona-Real Madrid Game

The El Classico was certainly a tense match but it was not the big show that everyone was expecting. Initially, it seemed Barcelona was superior but it quickly became clear that Real Madrid were dangerous on the counter. Kaka and

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