Champions League
Russian Scientists guarentee there will be no rain for the CL Final
By: Rob |
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Wouldn’t it be awful if Europe’s premier showdown got ruined by rain, and just turned into a long-ball defensive fest? Well Russian scientists clearly agree, and in a move that shatters any Cold-War sterotype about Russian Science has devoloped a technique which will guarentee it won’t rain on the Luzhniki Stadium.
Today’s Guardian carries the […]
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Tags: Champions League, Final, Rain, Cloud Seeding, Manchester United, Chelsea, Ryan Giggs, Euro 2008, Olympics, China, Science, Learning, Breakthrough, Other News from Europe, Tag IndexMichael Ballack on Jose, Making it into the Chelsea team, and always coming second
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Midfielder Michael Ballack has been the centrepiece to the Chelsea revival. At the begining of the season, Chelsea looked lethargic, and had two players considered by many to be the best in the world, sat on the bench on the whim of the manager. That manager was Jose and he was soon out the door. […]
The Final Choice. Who will Manage YOUR CL XI
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So all week, you’ve been voting for the players you want to make up your CL XI. There have been some fun, interesting and insightful results all of which you will see soon. But first we need you to choose the manager to lead this team, by voting for who has been the best manager […]
Choose the best strikers for you 2008 CL XI
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So here we are. All week you’ve been picking your favourite players to make up the Readers Annual Offside XI. Today you get the chance to vote for the striker who you want to lead the line. You can do that here.
So, will SuperPippo breaking Gerd Muller’s European Cup goals record be enough to get […]
Chelsea try ‘cheeky’ Torres bid
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With Didier Drogba seeming likely to get the move out of London he’s wanted since the day after he arrived, and Chelsea’s general unwillingness to play Andriy Shevchenko, they need a striker. Apparently Roman Abramovich has decided that Fernando Torres is the answer, and has reportedly tabled a £40m offer for him.
Tags: Champions League, Transfer News, Liverpool, Chelsea, El Nino, Fernando Torres, Didier Drogba, Rafa Benitez, Avram Grant, Roman Abramovich, Tag IndexThe Readers CL XI - Central Midfielders
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We’re begining to get to the buisness end now. If you haven’t been paying attention, at the CL Offside, we’ve been offering you the chance to vote for players in each position to decide who will make up the Offside.com’s first annual offical Champions League 11. We’ve gone through various positions, where the voting is […]
Day 4 of the Readers CL XI - Wingers
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All wekk we’ve been giving you the chance to vote in your CL team of the season. On paper this might be the most one (well two) sided battle of all time (fittingly perhaps for wingers). With two of the best players in the world playing on the wings, maybe this will be a forgone […]
Wenger to sue Hleb?
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I’ll let you re-read that title. It seems that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally snapped. Annoyed at the potential exodus at the Emirates, starting with Matthieu Flamini and heavily rumoured to include Hleb, Fabregas, Gallas, Lehman, Giberto Silva and Theo Wallcott, the frenchman has decided he’d rather sue Hleb than let him just leave.
Day 3 of Voting for your Champions League XI - Today, Wingbacks.
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All week here on the Champions League Offside, we’ve been giving you the chance to vote in the players you want to appear in the first ever Offical Offside Champions League Readers Team Of The Season (snappier name needed.) Two days ago it was keepers (currently a dead heat between Cech and Van der Saar, […]
Tags: Champions League, Team of the Season, Maldini, Essien, Puyol, Evra, Brown, Cole, Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, AC milan, Vote, poll, Tag IndexPick the Centre-Halves for the first Offside Readers CL XI
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Yesterday, we gave you the chance to vote for who you think has been the best Goalkeeper in this season’s Champions League. That poll is still open HERE. Now you have to chance to pick the best Centre-Halves of the tounament so far, by clicking HERE. You get to chose the defender you think has […]
Tags: Team of the Season, Champions League, Defenders, Mexes, Carvalho, Terry, Ferdinand, Vidic, Roma, Manchester United, Arsenal, Toure, Liverpool, Chelsea, Milan, Tag Index
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