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Second Quali Round, First Leg Results
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The first legs of the Second Qualifying round have been played, and some big guns have joined the frey, including UEFA Cup Finalists Rangers - who got a 0-0 to prove they aren’t changing tactics this term. Regular group stage sitters Dynamo Kiev kicked off thier campagin with a win, as did last years QF’s [...]
First Qualifying Round results, and Second Quali round Fixtures
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Some of the big-ish guns will know who they have to overcome to make it to the next round of Qualifying in the Champions League this season after the First Qualifying Round finished this evening. The big winners of the matchday were Ventspils, who overcame a 1-0 defeat in the first leg against Welsh Champions [...]
Ballack: Not Even The Best At Being Second!
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Last season was a miserable season for Chelsea’s Micheal Ballack. The German midfielder finished runner up in the League Cup, The EPL, The Champions League and Euro 2008, with Chelsea and Germany respectively. This isn’t the first time this has happened to him either - back in 2002, he came second in the Bundesliga, Champions [...]
Category: Champions LeagueControversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto’o
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As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel Eto’o.
The main inspiration for his inclusion is that while many footballers, who on the face of it would seem unavaliable are being stalked for months (Kaka’, Ronaldo, Lampard, Even [...]
Kaká: Its the money and stuff.
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I’m going to open up a pub debate* to you all Offsiders. Kaká as you will know by now, is wanted by Chelsea, they apparently have a had a bit of £60m turned down (although the talk has been of £80m). While this seems like an insanely high price for any man, I would say [...]
Tags: AC Milan, Ballack, Champions League, Chelsea, David Beckham, Deco, Frank Lampard, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Transfer NewsIs the Ronaldinho Saga a lesson to Manchester United
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Cast your mind back to those heady days of 2005. Greece were European Champions. Frank Lampard was voted England’s player of the year. Zidane was still playing, and he hadn’t headbutted anyone in a World Cup Final. And Ronaldinho was the best player in the world.
Chelsea had a bid of around 50m turned down or [...]
Category: Champions LeagueArsenal’s Exodus: But Will They Miss Them?
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Arsenal were the pleasant surprise of last season. Most people had them down for 4th, or maybe 5th if Spurs could get thier act together. Turned out, they led the league for a long time and The Kids Were Alright. Wenger is facing problems now, as his entire midfield seems to be wanting out. Matthieu [...]
Champions League Qualifying Round Up
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So over the last couple of days, to the indifference of the world - and even it seems, my co-bloggers - the Champions League got back underway with the First Qualifying Round first legs. After the jump, you’ll find the results of the games. There weren’t any major shocks, and most of the bigger teams [...]
Champions League Qualifying Quiz!
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The Champions League officially restarts tomorrow, so in what will hopefully become a regular feature, you can get in the mood by testing your knowledge on this much unloved round of fixtures. Quiz after the jump. Post your answers in the comments, and i’ll post the actual answers in the comments in a couple of [...]
Is this the slowest, dullest, longest Transfer Window ever?
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Remember when you were young, summers lasted forever, Blur on the stereo, all your friends messing around in the sun, kicking a ball around, pretending to be whoever your clubs latest signing was?
Is it just me, or is every transfer this season taking about 7,000 years to actually complete? I mean, I woke up today [...]
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