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European Recap: Thoughts From The Weekend

Spain: Valencia sit in the top spot in Spain with a victory over Sporting Gijon as Real Madrid faltered in a scoreless draw with Levante. Barcelona had a 3-1 victory over Athetlic Bilbao without Lionel Messi that leaves them one

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Weekend Watch List: Big Games Across Europe

Almost every league in Europe has a big match-up this weekend with especially big games in England and Italy. Here is a look at the top five games from the weekend. Manchester City vs. Chelsea (Saturday 7:45 am, ESPN2 &

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A Look At Midweek Soccer: Carling Cup And Other Leagues

Most of the other leagues are using this midweek to get in another round of league fixtures, but this also marks Round 3 of the Carling Cup where the final group of Premier League teams join the competition. Here is

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Weekend Watch List: Northwest Derby Headlines The Weekend

There are some solid match-ups this weekend with big games in England and Spain headlining the weekend. Here is a look at the top five games from the weekend. Manchester United vs. Liverpool (Sunday 8:30 am, FS+) This game is

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Weekend Watch List: Domestic Leagues Are Back

After a somewhat dull break of international games, all of the domestic leagues are back which is a relief. There are a lot of good games this weekend especially in Germany. Here is a look at the top games from

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Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies For Bundesliga And Ligue 1

Yesterday, I posted the efficiencies for Italy and Spain. I will post them for Germany and France here. Germany again will be a list as they have only played two games, but I will give a little bit of analysis

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Transfer Window Closes With A Couple Big Moves

It was an active final day of the transfer window but most of the moves were small. The big moves of the day were Robinho moving from Manchester City to AC Milan and Sunderland getting Ghanian Asamoah Gyan from Rennes

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Weekend Watch List: Italian And Spanish Leagues Begin

All of the top five leagues will have started by this weekend with Italy and Spain finally getting started up this weekend. The other big game this weekend is the UEFA Supercup on Friday which pits Inter Milan against Atletcio

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Weekend Watch List: The Bundesliga Begins

The German Bundesliga gets started this weekend and features some incredible match-ups in the opening weekend. The Premier League enters its second week and have a very good match on Monday. Here is a look at the top games from

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2010-11 Bundesliga Preview: Predictions

The Bundesliga starts this weekend so I am here with my predictions for the upcoming season looking at the bottom and top of the table. Feel free to leave your own predictions in the comments’ section.

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