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Weekend Watch List: Big Weekend In Italy

It is a big weekend in Italy with big time match-ups near the top of the table. Spain also has a big game after almost going on strike this week. Here is a brief look at the top five games

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 Week 4 Preview

The second set of the Round of 16 games goes on this weekend. Here is a quick look at the games this week.

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UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich Get Late Goal, Marseille Holds Manchester United

It was a quiet day in terms of goals as Manchester United and Marseille played to a 0-0 draw. There were not many chances for either side. Darren Fletcher came close in the first half with a shot through traffic

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UEFA Champions League: Round Of 16 Week 2 Preview

Here is the second round of the Champions League first legs. This round has two rematches from last season with Real Madrid facing Lyon again while Bayern Munich and Internazionale have rematch of the Champions League final this round. Here

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Weekend Watch List: Manchester Derby And Juventus vs. Internazionale

The weekend is full of games including the Manchester Derby as well as a West London derby on Monday. Here is a list of the top five games from the weekend. Manchester United vs. Manchester City (Saturday 7:45 am, FSC)

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Weekend Watch List: Good Weekend Match-Ups

It is Super Bowl weekend, but the weekend is full of top games from all across Europe with the big match in England headlining the weekend. Here is a look at the top 5 games from the weekend. Chelsea vs.

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A Wild Finish For The Transfer Deadline

It was an active end to the transfer period with England especially busy with Chelsea picking up two players in Liverpool’s Fernando Torres (£50m) and Benfica’s David Luiz (£21m+Nemanja Matic). The other big transfer of the final day was Liverpool

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A Second Look At Internazionale

Earlier this week, I posed the question of whether Inter looked back and I thought they were mostly there with the players coming back from injury, but the team was obliterated this weekend in a 3-1 loss to Udinese. Occasionally,

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Weekend Watch List: Interesting Match-Ups Around Europe

I have to admit, this is not the greatest weekend of football in terms of glamorous match-ups but it is often the least anticipated games that are the best. There is also the US-Chile game which I will have a

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Are Internazionale Back To Their Best?

Internazionale have returned to getting results since the winter break having won four games and closing the gap to 6 points on AC Milan with still one game in hand. The question is whether they are back to their form

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