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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

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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Lyon 1, Real Madrid 1: What Happened To Madrid?

For 30 minutes, it seemed like it would be just a matter of time before Real Madrid would find the second goal to advance to the quarterfinals after getting a break through in the 6th minute through Cristiano Ronaldo. However,

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Manchester United 4, AC Milan 0: Red Devils Run Riot

It took 13 minutes for Wayne Rooney to score, but AC Milan never had a chance in this game. AC Milan sandwiched a bad 70 minutes with 20 minutes of domination in Italy but at Old Trafford, they were outclassed

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Champions League Recap: Arsenal Crush Porto, Bayern Munich Lose But Still Advance

That was an impressive performance by Arsenal as they crushed FC Porto 5-0 at the Emirates. They got the rout started in the 9th minute when Andrei Arshavin won a header, although he was offside, against Rolando. Arshavin turned and

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UEFA Champions League Round Of 16: 2nd Leg Predictions

The fun is about to begin. I love this time of year when the games are all about the trophies. Most of the leagues are into their final thirds, while in two weeks there will only be 8 teams left

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Champions League Recap: Mourinho Gets A Win Over His Former Team

The big match of the round finally took place as Chelsea faced off against Internazionale at the San Siro. Jose Mourinho’s team got a 2-1 win which gives them an edge when they go to Stamford Bridge, although they will

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

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

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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Champions League Tactics And Gameweek 27 I Know The Score

The Champions League returned this week and I have to admit that the one thing I found strange in all of the games was the open and attacking styles employed in all of the games. Usually the home teams sit

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Bayern Munich 2, Fiorentina 1: The Return Of Ovrebo

He’s back. I had not seen Tom Henning Ovrebo since that terrible performance he gave when refereeing the Chelsea-Barcelona semifinal. He came back and gave another poor performance today in the Bayern Munich-Fiorentina match. It should be noted that the

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