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Apr
1
2008

Champions League Predictions: Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea to go through

European football is around the corner (as soon as we deal with today’s Sunday fixtures - Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham for the win, btw) and it’s time for us (you and me) to predict the future with all the confidence that being arm-chair...

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Mar
31
2008

La Liga Week 30: Real Madrid increase their lead as Barcelona blow their chances and Villareal go 2nd

After weeks of inconsistency Real Madrid found their form again to defeat Sevilla this weekend and take a big step towards their 31st La Liga title. Barcelona, however, threw away a two-goal lead at Betis which sees them slip back to seven points behind...

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Mar
28
2008

Real Betis v FC Barcelona: A Spanish Farce

Can I begin with an apology? This is my first post on Soccerlens about La Liga and its turned in to a bit of a rant. Sorry.

You know that feeling of mild surprise you get when you look up from your newspaper and suddenly realise that the train...

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Mar
25
2008

Are Manchester City really interested in Barcelona’s Dos Santos?

Earlier this month Goal.com talked about the possibility of Giovani Dos Santos (#5 on the Top 50 teenagers in football list for 2007 and playing 28 games for Barcelona...

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Mar
24
2008

La Liga Week 29: Kid Bojan keeps Barcelona’s chances alive as Real Madrid lose again

Anyone who thought La Liga was over has been proved wrong again. Every week it gets more and more crazy as Real Madrid and Barcelona try to outdo each other to see who can waste most chances. This week Barça did not play well but 17-year-old Bojan...

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Mar
24
2008

Can the Real Madrid-Barcelona stranglehold ever be broken?

When last season the Spanish title race was pulled down to the wire with three teams in contention for the trophy going into the ultimate round of matches, there was a whisper of hope rippling across the nation and especially among...

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Mar
18
2008

Why are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter, Celtic, Bayern and PSV so desperate NOT to win their leagues?

I write a lot about the English Championship and in that league the top four, Stoke City, Bristol City, Watford and West Brom, are all doing their level best not to get automatic promotion. Only Stoke have won in their last two games, and that is one...

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Mar
17
2008

La Liga Week 28: Barcelona fail to take advantage of Real Madrid’s slip

It seems as if neither of Spain’s big two really want to win La Liga this season. Real Madrid’s defeat at Deportivo was their eighth defeat in 2008 and thet have now lost four of their last seven league games. Barcelona have consistantly...

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Mar
14
2008

Champions League & UEFA Cup Quarter-Finals & Semi-Finals Draw - LIVEBLOG

With now only 8 teams remaining in each respective tournament, UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) will host the draws on Friday...

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Mar
10
2008

Lionel’s injuries - a Messi report

The stage is FC Barcelona’s famous Camp Nou stadium. The scoreline? 1-0, although you’d be forgiven for thinking that no-one cared. The reason for this lack of interest? One of the divo’s clothed in red and blue is prostrated pitchside, tears...

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Mar
6
2008

Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Barcelona, Roma and Inter all looking for League and Champions League double… My money’s on a repeat of 2006

“We are top of the Premier League and through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. We beat the holders at home, so why can’t we win them both?” The words of an understandably excited Cesc Fabrigas after Arsenal’s...

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Mar
6
2008

Is Frank Rijkaard Still The Shepherd To Lead The Barcelona Flock?

Tuesday night at the Camp Nou. FC Barcelona have just beaten Celtic and 75,000 fans donning Barca colours erupt with ecstasy. And why shouldn’t they? After all, the premier institution of Barcelona, the symbol and representation...

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Mar
6
2008

Soccerlens Daily: Dumb Liverpool fans, why Barton is at Newcastle, Flamini wants more from Arsenal, Aston Villa’s sugardaddy, West Ham in courts and more

Well, that was a surprise. No, not Real Madrid losing at home to Roma (bye bye Schuster, hello Jose?), although Roma must be commended for their excellent efforts (for full coverage, read Chris’s...

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Mar
5
2008

Champions League Roundup: Arsenal, Barcelona, Manchester United and Fenerbahce win, can Chelsea, Real Madrid (or Roma) and Porto join them?

With Europe coming to a standstill (or the whole world, if you believe Scudamore) for the 2nd leg of the Champions League round of 16, we’re not doing the daily news today, just a wrap-up of Champions League action. Of course, there’s the...

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Mar
4
2008

Soccerlens Daily: Milan v Arsenal, Manchester United v Lyon, Slow Liverpool, Barcelona v Celtic, West Ham v Chelsea postmortem and more

Today’s roundup - a quick wrap of interesting links plus a look at today’s Champions League games:

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Mar
4
2008

Can Ronaldinho Be Great Again?

There was once an Aladdin who used to gently stroke the side of his magic lamp and a genii would rush out and serve him as he would ask him to. There was once a Frank Rijkaard who used to lightly pat Ronaldinho...

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Mar
3
2008

The Roller-Coaster Ride Of La Liga’s Title Race

For much of the season, FC Barcelona were in crisis (and if you follow Marca or AS, then you would be led to believe that Barca are immersed in turmoil almost forever). The team wasn’t playing too well, the players...

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Mar
3
2008

La Liga Week 26: Robinho saves Real Madrid, Agüero destroys Barcelona

Real Madrid’s 2-3 victory at Recreativo put their advantage over second place Barcelona back to five points this weekend after Barça went down 4-2 at Atletico Madrid. Brazilian star Robinho came on as a substitute to win the game for Madrid...

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Feb
28
2008

Soccerlens Daily - Liverpool and Chelsea in Crisis, Manchester United accused of tapping-up, Manchester City, Barcelona, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and more

Something you folks didn’t know about Paul Gascoigne:

Handed £1000 over to Jimmy Five Bellies after betting that the burly boozer couldn’t withstand a cigarette lighter’s heat on the bridge of his nose for five seconds....

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Feb
25
2008

La Liga Week 25: Barcelona back in the race as Real Madrid lose at home

If Real Madrid fail to win their 31st league title this season, they may well look back at this week as being where they lost it. Madrid conceded a ridiculous goal which gave Getafe a 0-1 win at the Bernabeu and allowed Barcelona to reduce the points...

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Feb
22
2008

Champions League Video Roundup: Arsenal 0-0 AC Milan, Lyon 1-1 Manchester United, Celtic 2-3 Barcelona, Fenerbahce 3-2 Sevilla

‘Tis a little late, but here are the highlights from Wednesday night’s Champions League ties, in case you missed any of the action. And if you did, well, you missed some exciting moments, great finishes, and near misses, which is where...

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Feb
18
2008

A massive three points for Barcelona

A vital win for Barcelona in Zaragoza kept La Liga alive for the Catalans, following Real Madrid’s shock defeat at Real Betis earlier in the day. But it wasn’t the kind of victory that Frank Rijkaard would cherish. On their part, Barca did produce...

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Feb
18
2008

La Liga Week 24: Barcelona cut Real Madrid’s lead to five points

Football Club Barcelona’s win at Zaragoza has pulled them back to within five points of Real Madrid who lost for the third time this season in Andalucia. This time it was Real Betis who beat the champions 2-1 after an early goal from Royston...

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Feb
11
2008

Celtic v Barcelona - 07/08 Champions League 2nd Round Preview

A lot of people may feel that this is one of the more one-sided of the last-sixteen ties in this season’s Champions League but statistics suggest that Celtic could well cause an upset. Celtic fear no-one at Celtic Park and Barça have only beaten...

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Feb
11
2008

La Liga Week 23: Real Madrid’s Magnificent Seven

Barcelona have been missing Samuel Eto’o. While the Cameroon striker has been scoring aplenty in Ghana, his teammates have only managed to find the net five times in seven games. This weekend Real Madrid also found themselves without their main...

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Feb
9
2008

10 Reasons Why Barcelona Should Have Signed Diego Milito and not Thierry Henry

I was going to write a type of homage to Diego Milito during the transfer window as I anticipated that a move to a bigger club was imminent for the Zaragoza striker.

Milito...

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Feb
4
2008

Football Videos Roundup - Newcastle 1-1 Middlesbrough, Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa, Juventus 1-1 Cagliari, Siena 3-0 Roma and more

In today’s video roundup we look at Sunday’s matches from the Premier League, the Serie A, La Liga and more.

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Feb
4
2008

La Liga week 22: Almeria put the brakes on Real Madrid

Real Madrid were set back by their first league defeat since the start of November, losing 2-0 at Almeria on Saturday evening. After a run of eight straight victories this loss proves the Madrid players are human and breathes new life into the race...

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Feb
1
2008

Managerial musings: Arsenal’s English bias, Mourinho set for Barcelona, Bilic or Blanc for Liverpool?

Congratulations to Matthew Upson and David Bentley on their deserved call-ups to Fabio Capello’s England squad. It cannot have been easy to rebuild their confidence after having their dreams of making it at Arsenal crushed by a perceived anti-English...

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Jan
31
2008

Transfer Roundup: Tottenham, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Birmingham, Fulham, Derby, Rangers, Celtic, Lyon, Barcelona, Lazio

Well, after a month filled with a few moves and a lot of speculation, we’ve finally reached the final day of the transfer window. I’ll be reporting later on all of the action from what should be a frantic day, but for now, here’s all of the...

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