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Champions League: Quarterfinals 1st Leg Preview Part I

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The Champions League is back. The quarterfinals match-ups are good and on this first day Manchester United-Bayern Munich are the headline match. The other game features an intriguing French battle where the last two teams to have won the Ligue…

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Champions And Europa League Draws: My Initial Reaction

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The draw for the rest of the Champions and Europa League tournaments were performed this morning and the big stories are the rematch of Champions League finals as Arsenal face Barcelona, the 2006 final, and Bayern Munich face Manchester United…

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Champions League Recap: Barcelona Routs Stuttgart, Bordeaux Eases Past Olympiacos

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There was not much to the Barcelona game. Barcelona and Lionel Messi tore Stuttgart apart in a 4-0 rout. Messi had two incredible goals and had a key pass on another goal that helped put the game out of reach…

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

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Last week, four teams made it into the quarterfinals, and the other quartet will be known by the Wednesday evening. The top match-up is Chelsea vs. Internazionale as Jose Mourinho returns to Stamford Bridge after the Italians won the first…

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Weekly Watch List: FA Cup Quarters And More

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This weekend has some good match-ups even though the Premier League is not having a full lineup due to the FA Cup quarterfinals. In Spain and Italy there are top four match-ups as well. This will also be the first…

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Champions League Recap: Are Barcelona Beatable And How Good Are Bordeaux?

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The games are still more open than most people expected but nobody is complaining. Barcelona got a 1-1 draw with Stuttgart who started off the game brightly and taking the lead before Barcelona took over the game with their possession…

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UEFA Champions League Round Of 16: Preview And Predictions

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The Champions League came back with open and attacking soccer last week. Unfortunately, I don’t see that being repeated this week. This half of the round features some of the lesser known teams. However, that does not mean that they…

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