Champions League

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UEFA Qualifier “Fun” Time
Published 6 days ago by Greg at Portugal Football League
... Champions League Third Round Qualifier First Leg, Second Set, Fifth Iteration, Level Nine Gannon’s Dungeon (That’s right: Zelda shout out, bitches): Guimarães 0 - 0 FC Parsley – Guimarães had two legitimate shouts for penalty kicks and I can’t believe at least one wasn’t given. Both teams played standard issue cagey boring first leg football. Guimarães looked the better side and had more attacking impetus. The fact that they didn’t concede an away goal makes me feel that they’ll be okay when they visit ...

Spartak Moscow v Dynamo Kyiv review
Published 7 days ago by j at Russian Football Federation Blog
... In a Champions League qualifying match that was to refuel an old rivalry, Dynamo Kyiv completely devastated Spartak Moscow 4-1 and can safely book passage to the next round. ...

Champions League qualifier v FBK Kaunas
Published 21 days ago by j at Rangers
... The Champions League qualifying match versus Lithuania’s FBK Kaunas at Ibrox is set to begin. I will be updating on a regular basis so please check back. ...

Various news and notes
Published 6/9/2008 by Scott at Argentinos Juniors
... b) Our Uruguayan import Álvaro Pereira (who has been my favorite on the team for a while) will be casting his net in…Romania? CFR Cluj, located in the hamlet of…Cluj-Napoca…has contracted the services of our crafty and talented left winger (some would argue the most difficult position to replace on the whole goddamn field…) starting in August. In addition to getting himself used to various Romanian habits and weather patterns, Alvaro will also be playing Champions League football! This is the second year in a row that Argentinos has sent players straight ...

Champions League Final Predictor Contest
Published 5/18/2008 by Ian Rose at The Offside
... ) had a giveaway. I don’t want to ruin any upcoming surprises, but let’s just say we’ve been saving prizes up for a certain large event that happens in June. Before that, though, there is a certain other game on Wednesday. The UEFA Champions League final deserves a prize giveaway if anything ever did, so here goes. Thanks to our prize sponsors over at SoccerPro.com, we have an official ...

UEFA Cup Thursday Preview
Published 4/3/2008 by Ian Rose at UEFA Cup
... Now that all that Champions League nonsense is over for another week, it’s time to get back to the tournament everybody really cares about … the UEFA Cup. *crickets* … Anyway, we have four quarterfinal matches tomorrow, and the four return legs next Wednesday, to determine who will be our UC Final Four. Here are the matchups for the first leg, with a look at recent form for all the teams. ...

Where will the surprise be in the Champions League?
Published 2/18/2008 by Mark Meadows at Reuters Soccer Blog
... in the Premier League may have grabbed the limelight for a short while, but Arsenal v AC Milan and AS Roma against Real Madrid sound so much more alluring that Bolton v Fulham in Shanghai. While anger spreads against the Premier League proposals, the Champions League last 16 ties promise some sumptuous knockout football now the often tedious group stages are done with. The beauty of the world’s premier club competition is that anything can happen. The guys at Offside are already in heaven. Liverpool lost to Barnsley in the FA Cup and are ...