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Weekend Watch List: Mexico’s El Classico And Big Matches Throughout Europe

There were many good games this weekend and it was actually quite difficult to limit the list to five games. The top game is Mexico’s El Classico, but there are a lot of good games this weekend. Here are my

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Europa League Preview: Groups A-D

The Europa League also gets its group stage this week as well with all 48 teams getting their action underway on Thursday. Here is a quick rundown of the first four groups and my predictions for them.

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2010-11 La Liga Preview: Part 4

Here is the final part of my La Liga team preview where I look at some of the teams that will be battling behind the two giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Those teams include Sevilla, Valencia, and Villarreal. Here is

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Weekend Watch List: Title Tests For Chelsea And Barcelona

This is a big weekend in the Premier League as Chelsea faces a tough test against Liverpool while Manchester United can take the lead in the league if Chelsea were to slip-up. There is also an important game in the

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Europa League Round Of 32: 2nd Leg Predictions

There was one game on Tuesday as Benfica advanced to the Round of 16 with a 4-0 win over Hertha Berlin. I was impressed to see that all of teams competing took the tournament seriously fielding full strength teams. This

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Weekly Watch-List: Merseyside vs. Manchester

After an exciting run of games in European competition, the domestic schedule provides some exciting games for this weekend. Two of the better match-ups features a battle between the city of Manchester and the city of Liverpool. There are no

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Europa League Round Of 32: Preview And Predictions

The Champions League is back and the Europa League provides some good match-ups. They may not have the biggest teams in Europe, but there are a lot of intriguing match-ups in the Europa League among some of the big name

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My Thoughts On Atletcio Madrid-Villarreal Game

This game featured a matchup between two teams that were underachieving this season. At the start of the season, both teams would have pictured themselves as contenders for Champions League spots but instead both are sitting dangerously close to the

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