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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 30: My Thoughts on Germany-Uruguay

The game may not have the importance of the final, but it was certainly an exciting match as Uruguay fell 3-2 for the second straight game as Germany took third place at the World Cup. This is the second straight

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World Cup Day 30: Uruguay-Germany Preview

The third place game may not have the meaning of other games, but they often are quite entertaining to watch in terms of attacking football. This game should be a nice treat given how entertaining Germany have been and two

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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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World Cup Day 27: Germany-Spain Preview

This is a great semifinal. Spain have been grinding out the wins but they now face off against a solid defense and great counter attacking side in Germany. Germany will be without Thomas Muller which could be a big miss

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UEFA’s Quarterfinal Dominance: A Closer Look

The early rounds of the World Cup were filled with the talk about how CONMEBOL region was dominating the combination. Heading into the quarterfinals, CONMEBOL had 4 of the 8 teams. They had only suffered only two losses as Chile

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World Cup Day 23: Things We Learned

We’re down to the final four teams. The first game of the day was a rematch from 2006 from two heavyweights Germany and Argentina. In 2006, it went to penalties, but this time it was a blowout. Germany took an

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World Cup Day 23: Argentina-Germany Preview

This is probably the best match of the quarterfinals. It is a rematch of a quarterfinal from 2006. Germany won on penalties after playing to a 1-1 scoreline after extra time. There has even been some trash talking as Germany

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World Cup Day 17: Things We Learned

The second day of the knockout round saw the match-up of some teams with good footballing pedigrees. However, both games ended in fairly big blowouts. Germany defeated England 4-1 behind a brace from Thomas Muller. In the second game, Argentina

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World Cup Day 17: Germany-England Preview

This is the probably one of the biggest matches in the Round of 16 as two of the biggest footballing nations square off. Germany started the tournament on fire against Australia, but a loss to Serbia made advancing out of

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