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UEFA Champions League Round Of 16 Week 1 Preview

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The Champions League is back! Although, my favorite team is out of it, it still is filled with great soccer. Here is a look at the four games coming up this midweek.

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2011, My Top Goals Of The Year

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This has been a year that has been dominated by Barcelona once again, and the start of the fall season saw games with plenty of goals. However, there were plenty of great goals. Before I get to my top goals,…

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Predictions For The European Midweek Action

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Here are the predictions for the upcoming action in the UEFA Champions League. UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich vs. Villarreal (70.8%, 13.0%, 16.2%, 2.65-1.02) Napoli vs. Manchester City (44.9%, 28.4%, 26.7%, 1.52-1.10) CSKA Moscow vs. Lille (32.9%, 25.2%, 41.9%, 1.78-1.86)…

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Building A Team To Beat Barcelona

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Barcelona were crowned as the champions of Europe over the weekend. Barcelona are the best team I’ve ever seen compete in the Champions League and this got me thinking about building a team that could topple this group. Therefore I…

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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona Outclass Manchester United

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Barcelona are champions of Europe again. They defeated Manchester United at Wembley getting goals from Pedro, Lionel Messi, and David Villa while United only got a goal from Wayne Rooney to cancel Pedro’s opener. Barcelona’s performance once again showed they…

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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona vs. Manchester United Preview

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The game has finally arrived. Two of the biggest clubs in the world will square off again for the Champions League title at Wembley after facing each other two years ago in Rome. Barcelona enter this game with far more…

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UEFA Champions League: United Roll To Final To Face Barcelona

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It was an easy stroll for United as there mostly reserve side got a 4-1 victory at Old Trafford giving them a 6-1 victory over Schalke 04. United took control at the half-hour mark with goals from Antonio Valencia and…

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UEFA Champions League: Manchester United vs. Schalke 04 Preview

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Manchester United enter this leg is a clear advantage holding a 2-0 road win from the first leg. It will be interesting to see how hard they push for a victory or if they try to just rest this game…

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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona and Real Madrid Draw Sending Barca To The Final

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This game played out as most would have expected as Real Madrid pushed for a goal, but Barcelona controlled the game with possession and eventually saw it out. It is a shame the first leg was not played in this…

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UEFA Champions League: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Preview

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Well, the build-up to this game has been soured a bit by the somewhat dreadful performance from last week. Here is a quick look at this game. Formations: Casillas Arbeloa–Albiol–Carvalho–Marcelo Diarra–Alonso–Ozil Ronaldo–Benzema–Di Maria Madrid will not have Pepe or Sergio…

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