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UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid And Schalke Take Advantage In First Legs

The quarterfinals had two surprising results as Real Madrid dominated Tottenham while Schalke took a big advantage by winning at the San Siro. Here are some observations from the two games today. Real Madrid 4, Tottenham 0 The early Crouch

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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal First Leg Preview, Part 1

The quarterfinals start up this week and on Tuesday there are to big games as Inter host German side Schalke. In the other game, Tottenham head to Madrid against a Real Madrid side that has struggled with injuries. Here is

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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: Round Of 16 Week 3 Preview

The second legs of the Champions League return this week. Barcelona vs. Arsenal is the headline game and gets started on Tuesday. Here is a look at the four 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: Chelsea Stroll While Real Madrid Are Held In Lyon

It looked as if it would be a good day for the away teams before a late goal from Bafetimbi Gomis equalized for Lyon after Real Madrid had taken the lead through former Lyon player Karim Benzema. Real Madrid controlled

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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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A Closer Look For At The Arsenal-Barcelona Game

There has been a large amount of reaction to the victory by Arsenal. It was a tremendous performance, but there was quite a bit of luck that went into the result. There was poor finishing by Messi as well as

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UEFA Champions League: Arsenal Stage Comeback And Shakhtar Earn Road Victory

It was another exciting day in the Champions League. Shakhtar Donetsk scored 3 goals in an 11 minute span to defeat Roma 3-2. Shakhtar’s goals came from three Brazilians with Jadson, Douglas Costa, and Luiz Adriano getting the goals. Roma

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UEFA Champions League: Schalke Earn Draw And Tottenham Defeat AC Milan

The Champions League returned with two tightly contested games. In the first game, Schalke 04 came back with a goal from Raul to equalize after Valencia had taken the lead through Roberto Soldado. It was a game that Valencia controlled

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