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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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Weekly Watch List: Clash Of The Cash and Carling Cup Final

This is an exciting weekend of football where the first trophy is being awarded in England. The exciting race at the top of the Bundesliga also continues this weekend as Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich face other teams that are

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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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Barcelona Suffers First Defeat In La Liga

Barcelona suffered their first defeat in La Liga falling 2-1 to Atletico Madrid at the Calderon. I am ecstatic about this as is probably most of Madrid. Atletico Madrid fans will be happy with the win while Real Madrid fans

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Weekend Watch List: Test For The German Leaders And Barcelona Faces Its Bogey Team

With the FA Cup going on this weekend, England is not producing a whole lot of great match-ups but the rest of Europe have some good games. Germany especially has some good matches at the top of the table. So

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Is A Three Game Ban Too Harsh For A Reckless Tackle?

I was thinking about the recent red card to Nani which was justified, but I cannot help but think about how harsh the punishment was for such a challenge that did end up catching a lot of the ball. So

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Weekend Watch List: Chelsea-Arsenal And The Merseyside Derby

Obviously the big match of the weekend is Chelsea and Arsenal on Sunday, but there are quite a few good games going on in England. Outside of England, there are certainly a couple intriguing matches being shown this weekend but

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The Weekend Watch List: Milan Derby and US Friendly

This is something that I probably will do from now on to let you know the highlights of the upcoming weekend for me. It is FA Cup weekend in England and there are some intriguing matches but this weekend I’m

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Morning News: Premier League Fixtures Postponed, Viera completes Man city move, Dossean leaves Anfield, Thiago joins Atletico and Vidic out for 10 days

The weather is wreaking havoc in Britain as this weekend’s fixtures have been postponed due to weather making travel conditions to the stadium to hazardous. Fulham-Portsmouth, Burnley-Stoke, and Bolton-Sunderland have all been postponed and Liverpool are requesting that their fixture

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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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