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Europa League: Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Preview

The tournament is definitely heating up and every game is incredibly close. Benfica, Hamburg, and Fulham all have 2-1 home wins over Liverpool, Standard Liege, and Wolfsburg, respectively. The other game was a 2-2 draw between Atletico Madrid and Valencia.

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Europa League: Quarterfinals Preview

After good games in the Champions League, the European action turns to the Europa League. With only 8 teams left, the competition is being taken seriously by every team. Every game is an interesting match-up but the Valencia-Atletico Madrid match

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Champions And Europa League Draws: My Initial Reaction

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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Europa League: Great Fulham Comeback And Goals Galore

What can you say about Dempsey’s goal? It was simply an amazing finish. Not only was the finish amazing but it was the goal that sent Fulham into the quarterfinals of the Europa League. His performance for me ends the

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Europa League: Round Of 16 2nd Leg Predictions

Only eight teams will be left at the end of today in the Europa League and some big names are at risk of going out of the tournament. Liverpool are the team that are in the most peril having fallen

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Manchester United 3, Fulham 0: United Dominate

Manchester United should have had this game over and done with far earlier than the 84th minute when Wayne Rooney got his second goal, but the performance by Manchester United against Fulham was dominant. This year Manchester United have often

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Weekly Watch List: Tough Test For Barcelona And Donovan’s Last Everton Game

Another weekend of quality football and while this could be the final game for Landon Donovan in the Premier League for now, it also might mark the return of Clint Dempsey who returned for Fulham in the Europa League on

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Europa League Round Of 16: 1st Leg Predictions

Now that the Champions League is done for the week, the Europa League will pop up for one day. It may not have glamor teams, but this competition has been quite enjoyable to watch. Now with only 16 teams left,

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The FA Cup: Quarterfinal Preview And Predictions

With United doing so poorly in this tournament this season, I don’t think I have gotten into the FA Cup as much as I usually do which is a real shame because it is these cup competitions that I feel

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Weekly Watch List: FA Cup Quarters And More

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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