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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal 2nd Leg Preview Part II

I decided against doing my usual Champions League recap for Tuesday given both games were straight forward. Internazionale beat CSKA Moscow 1-0 in Moscow to advance to the semis. The goal came in the 6th minute from a Wesley Sneijder

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Champions League Recap: Munich Comeback and Lyon In Good Shape

These were certainly some good games today. Bayern Munich pulled a huge comeback against Manchester United winning 2-1 with a goal in the added time. In the other quarterfinal, Lyon won 3-1 despite being second best in possession by a

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Champions League: Quarterfinals 1st Leg Preview Part I

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

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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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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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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Lyon 1, Real Madrid 0: Player Ratings

I completely miscalled this game. I thought this game would be an open attacking game. The game was an unimaginative Real Madrid side getting counter attacked by Lyon. It was only in the last ten minutes of the game when

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UEFA Champions League Preview And Predictions

It’s finally back. The Champions League is here so all those match-ups that seemed so mouthwatering back in December have arrived. I am glad that the first knockout round is staggered over two weeks which certainly makes it easier in

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