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UEFA Champions League: Power Rankings

The Champions League is a week away from starting up again and I figure it was time for new power rankings after doing some before the draw. The teams have had to deal with injuries and have made some new

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Looking Back At The UEFA Champions League And Europa League Group Stage

There are some games going on this midweek in the German and Spanish Cups as well as a league fixtures for Ligue 1 before the leagues go on winter break (except in England). Most of the major European Leagues have

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Champions League Knockout Stage Draw

The draw is out and there are some great matches. Here are the match-ups. Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Roma Tottenham vs. AC Milan Schalke 04 vs. Valencia Bayern Munich vs. Internazionale Real Madrid vs. Lyon Barcelona vs. Arsenal Manchester United vs.

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UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage MOCK DRAW

The draw for the knockout round is tomorrow, and even though it is simply for fun, here is the ESS Mock draw for the Champions League knockout round draw. The seeded teams are Tottenham, Schalke 04, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern

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UEFA Champions League Pre-Draw Power Rankings

With the draw this Friday, it made sense to do a power ranking of the 16 teams left in the Champions League to see which teams people will want to avoid. With that in mind here are my ranking of

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UEFA Champions League Round-Up

The Champions League group stage finished up today as Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the knockout round as the top spot. Roma, Marseille, AC Milan, and Arsenal qualified as runners-up. FC Basel, Spartak Moscow, Ajax,

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Manchester United 1, Valencia 1: United Squander Chances But Still Top Group

Manchester United fought back from a 1-0 deficit to earn a draw that gave them the top spot of Group C in the UEFA Champions League. Valencia took the lead through Pablo Hernandez in the 32nd minute on a break

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Schalke 04 2, Benfica 1: Benfica Struggle But Almost Steal Point

Schalke 04 took top spot in their UEFA Champions League group with a 2-1 win against Benfica in Portugal. Schalke took a lead in the 19th minute from Jose Jurado before Benedikt Howedes put the game away late in the

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UEFA Champions League: Group A-D Wrap-Up

The first four groups of the Champions League wrapped up today with Tottenham, Schalke 04, Manchester United, and Barcelona moving on as group winners. Internazionale, Lyon, Valencia, and FC Copenhagen qualify for the knockout round as runners-up. FC Twente, Benfica,

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UEFA Champions League: Group Stage Round 6 Preview

The final round of group stage matches here. Most of the spots in the knockout-round have been clinched but there are some big names still needing to qualify including Arsenal. There are also Europa League spots on the line, so

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