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A day after Atletico Madrid survived a trip to Munich to reach its second UEFA Champions League final in three years, their crosstown rival set up a 2014 rematch for the European title when Real Madrid downed Manchester City 1-0 on Wednesday. Los galacticos were on form, pressuring City from the opening whistle, and the hosts were...
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Perhaps the Atletico Madrid style of play is not the same type of aesthetically pleasing football that fans of clubs like Barcelona or Bayern Munich might wish to observe. Then again, Atletico is the reason why the players on both of those clubs will be watching rather than playing in the final when it kicks off at the San Siro in...
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The past two days have seen tense semifinal first legs in the UEFA Champions League, with just one goal scored between the quartet of superclubs remaining in the competition. The close results in the openers should make for some ambitious and highly-motivated play in the return matches next week. To better consider what might happen...
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We evaluated the first four UEFA Champions League quarterfinalists after they went through, but now that we know all eight of the teams left in the tournament and know the four pairings it makes sense to revisit the matter of previewing the matchups and predicting who is likeliest to advance to the semifinals. A lot of the usual suspects...
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The first four clubs to reach the quarterfinals of this year's UEFA Champions League have been decided over the past two days as second-leg Round of 16 matches took place around Europe. While we do not yet know who each team will face, given that there are still four more quarterfinalists to determine next week, it is still worth our...
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Two months ago we were taking a look at the UEFA Champions League knockout draw, and now that the first set of Round of 16 fixtures have played out over the past nine days it is time to look at how those predictions fared. Today the goal is twofold -- to evaluate how the first legs unfolded, and how they set up the combatants for the...
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UEFA might make us wait until February to actually see the first set of knockout matches play out, but at least they provide us an opportunity to evaluate the Champions League Round of 16 matchups so quickly after the end of the group stage. We have already been able to assess the biggest winners and losers of the previous round, but now...
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Now that the 48 matches that make up the group stage of the UEFA Champions League have all been played and the round is officially concluded, we can begin to evaluate which teams impressed and which fell flat. With the group stage fading quickly in the rearview mirror and the Round of 16 draw looming on tomorrow's horizon, it is time to...
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