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Weekend Watch List: Manchester Derby And Juventus vs. Internazionale

The weekend is full of games including the Manchester Derby as well as a West London derby on Monday. Here is a list of the top five games from the weekend. Manchester United vs. Manchester City (Saturday 7:45 am, FSC)

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European League Round-Up

It was a wild weekend in England as Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea all failed to win. Here is a look at the rest of Europe. Spain: Almeria 3-2 Espanyol Athletic Bilbao 3-0 Sporting Gijon Getafe 4-1 Deportivo La Coruna

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Weekend Watch List: Good Weekend Match-Ups

It is Super Bowl weekend, but the weekend is full of top games from all across Europe with the big match in England headlining the weekend. Here is a look at the top 5 games from the weekend. Chelsea vs.

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Serie A: January Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the Serie A statistics through the month of January. Let me know of your thoughts on the statistics. Possession Based Statistics Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Avg Def Avg Off Std Dev Def Std Dev

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A Wild Finish For The Transfer Deadline

It was an active end to the transfer period with England especially busy with Chelsea picking up two players in Liverpool’s Fernando Torres (£50m) and Benfica’s David Luiz (£21m+Nemanja Matic). The other big transfer of the final day was Liverpool

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European League Round-Up

The big news from the weekend is the loss by Real Madrid which has given Barcelona firm control over the La Liga race. Here is a round-up of all of the results including the games from Monday. Spain: Levante 2-0

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Thoughts From The Weekend Of Continental Football

There was cup action in England, and I decided to take a look away from England and watched some European football from the continent today including a look at two of my favorite teams in Atletico Madrid and Udinese. Here

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Weekend Watch List: Asian Cup Final And FA Cup Action

The Asian Cup is coming to an end this season and the FA Cup is entering the fourth round of the competition. However, there are a number of exciting match-ups throughout Europe. Here is a look at the top five

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European Round-Up

Here is a look at games around Europe this weekend. England: Wolverhampton 0-3 Liverpool Arsenal 3-0 Wigan Blackpool 1-2 Sunderland Everton 2-2 West Ham Fulham 2-0 Stoke City Manchester United 5-0 Birmingham Newcastle United 1-1 Tottenham Aston Villa 1-0 Manchester

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A Second Look At Internazionale

Earlier this week, I posed the question of whether Inter looked back and I thought they were mostly there with the players coming back from injury, but the team was obliterated this weekend in a 3-1 loss to Udinese. Occasionally,

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