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Who would you like to see in the Champions League final?
Soccerlens writer Adrian Del Monte shares his views on which two teams would make for the most entertaining Champions League final. Read on and share your thoughts below. 1. What would be the most entertaining Champions League Final this year? With the draw for this year’s Champions League quarter finals now complete, there are a…
LEAKED: Barcelona 2011/2012 Home Shirt
Leaked images of football shirts are pouring on the internet and I’ve just run into a couple more. These are the Nike manufactured Barcelona 2011/2012 home shirts. Shirt # 1: An improvement on the early prototype of the Barcelona shirt which featured the UNICEF logo. This leaked image shows the Qatar Foundation logo displayed on…
Xavi Hernandez Set To Land His 100th Cap For Spain
Xavi Hernandez’s glittering career is set to endure another monumental milestone as he looks set to collect his 100th international cap for Spain against the Czech Republic on Friday night in their Euro 2012 qualifier. The Barcelona midfielder has endured a beautiful career both club and country where he has became a European champion as…
Robin van Persie kicks Manchester City and Chelsea while he can
Have Arsenal proved that their ‘philosophy’ is better than that of Chelsea and Manchester City? Robin van Persie definitely thinks so, and with Arsenal as the only serious challengers to Manchester United for the Premier League title race, he’s happy to stick the boot in. Van Persie: “I still strongly believe in my club’s philosophy….
Champions League Predictions: Why Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona and Inter will win
The Champions League quarter-finalists were decided with just enough upsets to keep punters guessing, and the quarter-final ties thrown up by the Champions League quarter-final draw today promise one or two more upsets before the end of May. Before we go any further though, here are the matches: 5th April and 13th April Real Madrid…
Football’s Best European Away Days: Barcelona, Milan, Paris and more
For those of you who support one of the many English Premier League teams with European aspirations this season, it’s never too early to start looking forward to the prospect of some fantastic continental away days. So before you start changing up your travel money, digging out your passports and replacing that dreary January away…
Abidal’s Header: Greatest Header of Recent Times?
During the 1-1 draw against Sevilla, Barcelona’s defender Eric Abidal pulled off one of the greatest headers of recent times when he hurled himself face first into the ground to pass the ball to a defender. Of course, the ball was between Abidal’s face and the ground. Here’s a YouTube video of the incident and…
Eric Abidal Diagnosed With Liver Tumor, Will Undergo Surgery
Barcelona announced the sad news regarding the 31 year old French left-back Eric Abidal that he has been diagnosed with liver tumor and will need to undergo surgery. The La Liga club announced the news via their official Twitter feed. They said: “A liver tumor has been detected in the player Eric Abidal and he…
Guardiola to join Arsenal next season?
The British tabloid, Daily Star, reported a couple of days ago that Barcelona fear that Pep Guardiola will join Arsenal at the end of next season. We know that Guardiola extended his contract only till the end of 2012. Using that as an excuse, Daily Star writer Paul Hetherington claimed that the reason behind extending…
Arsenal’s Tactics Against Barcelona Deserve Praise, Not Scorn
In Rome 2009, Manchester United tried to take the early advantage against Barcelona. Their energy in the first ten minutes threatened to overwhelm Barcelona, but they missed the few chances they had and once Barcelona scored, it was slow suffocation as United lost the midfield, and then the game. The second goal was rubbing salt…
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