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Soccer 101: Just how many competitions are there?
Published 8/9/2007 by The Footie Fool at The Footie Fool
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The Road to Moscow . . . on TV
Published 8/14/2007 by soccermad at Soccer Mad In America
As much as I love watching the powerhouses that are Newcastle and Bolton duking it out, it's the Champions League that gets the blood boiling in my house. Mrs. BL finds it cosmopolitan of me that I'm able to yell at foreign players on the tube, sometimes even pronouncing their names correctly. As the early days of domestic seasons scramble with their schedules to accomodate CL qualifying, domestic tournaments and WAG events, trying to figure out just what's on TV is daunting. Here's what I can piece together of televised CL qualifying for this week. Tuesday, August 14 Rangers v. Red Star Belgrade 2:45 pm ET Setanta PPV Benfica v. Copenhagen 3:15 pm ET Setanta PPV Wednesday, August 15 Toulouse v. Liverpool 10:30 am ET GolTV Sparta Prague v. Arsenal 5:00 pm Setanta Sports ET (delayed) Third Qualifying Round Previews [UEFA]

Serie A day 3 - Saturday bears no good news for Lazio & Milan
Published 9/16/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... Scudetto contenders AC Milan and Champions League hopefuls SS Lazio could not obtain more than 1 point in their respective matches Saturday, for Serie A’s game nº3 of the 2007-08 season. With the Champions League campaign about to begin (Milan will play Portuguese club ...

This Week In Soccer
Published 9/17/2007 by Ole at Springfield MO Soccer
... Oh, and for the international fan, the Champions League has begun and ESPN2 kicks off their broadcast schedule with a pair of games between the English and Portugese representatives this week. Tuesday at 1:30 pm it’s Porto vs Liverpool and on Wednesday its Sporting vs ManU. ...

UEFA Champions League preview
Published 9/18/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
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Champions League Predictions - Let's see how wrong I can get
Published 9/18/2007 by James at Soccer
... , 502 words Champions League Predictions - Let's see how wrong I can get The UEFA Champions League starts today. After the World Cup, this is soccer's most competitive event. All the champions from the European nations (plus some runner ups) take part in an 8 month tournament that produces some of the most technical and amazing play in the world. If you're in the USA, ESPN 2 and ESPN Classic will show the UEFA CL on the ...

Champions League day 1 - Milan turn on the style and Lazio hit a rock in Greece
Published 9/19/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... The Champions League adventure has just begun for the Italian clubs, and current title holders AC Milan are off to a very good start. In a brilliant display of attacking football, the Rossoneri took home their first 3 points in this year’s CL campaign by beating Portuguese club Benfica on a score of 2-1, courtesy of ...

The Best Show on TV
Published 9/25/2007 by Bob at The DCenters
... I recommended a TV show to the Ballack fan that day that I will recommend to you now as well. It is called the UEFA Champions League Highlights Show. The shows next airs on Friday, October 5th at 2pm on ESPN2. Set your TiVo. ...

Roma will be looking for revenge
Published 10/2/2007 at City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog
... The UEFA Champions League returns to action today. ESPN will be broadcasting four matches. The highlight should be Manchester United v. Roma (1:30 CST, ESPN2), with Francesco Totti and the Italians seeking revenge for last season's humiliating 7-1 quarterfinal shellacking.

Champions League day 2 - No revenge for Roma at Old Trafford, and Inter finally shift into gear in Europe
Published 10/2/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... The Roma supporters will have to wait just a bit longer to see their team avenge the nightmarish 1-7 loss of April 10, 2007 against Manchester United. Once again, Sir Alex Ferguson’s team overcame that of ...

Champions League day 2 - Lazio fight back to tie Real, and Milan’s terrible Serie A form extends to Europe
Published 10/3/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... We’re deep into the depression era at AC Milan: three consecutive draws in Serie A… then the first defeat at the hands of Palermo… and then another draw vs. Catania this week-end… the only competition which remained without blemishes for the Rossoneri was the Champions League. After tonight’s defeat vs. Celtic, another milestone has been reached: Milan is officially the richest team in the poorest of forms right now. ...

United Calmly Dispatch of the Villa; FC Dynamo Kyiv Await
Published 10/22/2007 by Nick at The Offside
... for Tuesday s Champions League Matchday 3. No rest for a professional footballer these days. The ...

UEFA Champions League Matchday 4!
Published 11/6/2007 at City Pages - Balls! Sports Blog
... The UEFA Champions League is back--and American viewers will once again get the chance to take in four matches via ESPN. Today it's Liverpool fighting for its group stage life against Turkish club Besiktas (1:30 p.m., ESPN2). The English side has managed a paltry one point from its first three matches. Then it's Real Madrid visiting Olympiakos (4 p.m. ESPN Classic). The Spaniards have been flying recently in La Liga play, with Robinho and Guti in particularly impressive form, but they stumbled against a resurgent Sevilla side on Sunday. Unfortunately tomorrow they're showing Manchester United at home against Dynamo Kyiv (ESPN, 1:30). The Ukrainians are yet to register a point and were whipped 4-2 at home by Cristiano Ronaldo and company in the last round. This will surely be an unwatchable drubbing. Then its Rangers visiting Barcelona (ESPN Classic, 4 p.m.) The Scottish side received lavish praise for tying mighty Barca ...

Champions League day 4 - Milan and Lazio back on the WW
Published 11/7/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... WW in this case stands for ‘Winning Wagon’, a train which, judging the current Serie A standings, did not have many Rossoneri or Biancocelesti on board this year. Even AC Milan, a team which regardless of home league results has always done great in Europe, seemed to have lost its perennial CL optimum form after the shameful 2-1 loss at Celtic Park on game 2, and all the associated ...

Champions League day 4 - Inter and Roma Fight Back from Behind to Clinch Valuable Points
Published 11/8/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... It could have been a perfect matchday for Italian clubs: after Lazio and Milan obtained their 6 points on Tuesday, it was Inter and Roma’s turn to get on the winning sheet and give Serie A a perfect 12 out of 12 for day 4 of the UEFA Champions League. A little mishap however forced the Giallorossi to give up 2 points against their Portuguese opponents, and give Italy only a 10 out of 12 at the end of day. Still pretty good. The highlight of the day wasn’t however the point total that Serie A teams achieved on matchday 4, but ...

Champions League day 5 - Inter & Roma Earn the 3 points for an Early Playoff Ticket
Published 11/28/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... With Matchday 5 of UEFA’s top European competition and all 4 Italian teams on the verge of earning their ticket to the next round, Inter and Roma have started the party early on Tuesday: the 3-0 and 4-1 victories against respectively Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev are sending the Italian clubs through to the Last 16. For Inter, you can call that a group birthday present to manager ...

Champions League Day 5 - AC Milan Through to the Next Round, Lazio Now Need a Miracle
Published 11/29/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
With Inter and Roma already through to the next round, it could have been “carton plein” for Italian teams in the Champions League. Alas, only Milan achieved their objective today, and there’s going to have to be some serious miracle work for Lazio to pull through in the last round. In Lisbon, Benfica was a real tough nut to crack for the Rossoneri, but in the end the 1-1 final score is enough to send AC Milan through to the next round, and eliminate the Portuguese team. All goals were scored in ...

Champions League Day 6 - AC Milan beat Celtic and archive first spot in Group D
Published 12/4/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... In a match that was played one week early (due to the Rossoneri’s upcoming FIFA Club World Cup commitments), Milan capped the Group Stage of their Champions League campaign with a victory, 3 points which give ...

Champions League Day 6 - The Bernabéu Verdict is Harsh: Lazio Forced to Wave Europe Bye Bye
Published 12/11/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
Like KwSport adequately put it, this match could be titled “M like ‘Madrid’, but not like ‘Miracle’“. Up to the first 30-40 minutes of play, any Lazio/Serie A fan watching the match unfold at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, must have been sinking really low in his/her sofa. The Biancocelesti were not only down by 3 goals, they were being schooled by an absolutely ruthless Merengues team who took everything away from their opponents, and gave back nothing in return. Then the ...

Champions League Day 6 - A Regular Day at Work for Already-Qualified Inter & Roma
Published 12/13/2007 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... Matchday 6 of the UEFA Champions League wrapped up on Wednesday night, in an atmosphere of semi-indifference for the Serie A teams. Indeed, before the matches even started everyone knew that out of the 4 Italian teams in contention 3 were already through to the next round (Milan, Inter, and Roma) and ...

Real Madrid the team to avoid in Champions League draw
Published 12/19/2007 by Simon Baskett at Reuters Soccer Blog
... has been a bundle of nerves, the football has veered from the tedious to the heart-stopping, and the results have been totally unpredictable. But things have changed this season at the Bernabeu. There is a pattern, a logic, to the way Real are playing and for the first time in four years they look as though they could be serious challengers for the Champions League once again. Certainly it’s hard to imagine anyone relishing the thought of getting them in the draw for the first knockout round on Friday*. It’s true that Lazio’s ...

Champions League Knockout Draw
Published 12/21/2007 by Martha at The Offside
... | December 21st, 2007 The Champions League draw happened bright and early this morning (if you’re American, anyway), and the matchups are now set for the knockout stage. Remember, the first place teams went in one pot and the second in the other, but you can’t be drawn against a team from your own league so, for example, Manchester United couldn’t draw Arsenal, even though one finish first in their group and the other second. Additionally, you couldn’t draw the team from your own group for the knockout round, so United also couldn’t find themselves up against Roma ...

Champions League Knockout Stage Draw Looks Rough for Italian Clubs
Published 12/21/2007 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... You won't find a whole lot of marquee matchups in the first round of the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, which was announced this morning. This year's draw, however, will put a lot of pressure on Italy's clubs to get to the quarterfinals. ...

Champions League Draw: Yikes.
Published 12/21/2007 by Martha at Italy
... It appears someone in Italy has angered the football gods (I blame Moggi), because the Italian sides got some brutal freaking draws today: Roma will face Real Madrid, Milan will play Arsenal, and Inter got Liverpool. I think I can say this and also say I’m confident all three team could well go through: YUCK. ...

Fearless Forecast: UEFA Champions League Round Of 16
Published 12/22/2007 by The Soccer Source at Soccer Source
It's time for the first-ever Soccer Source Fearless Forecast, as we zero in on the just-drawn UEFA Champions League Round of 16 match-ups. Our main guide will be the ...

Champions League Finally Returns
Published 2/19/2008 by beans at TheOriginalWinger.com
... last forever.  I love the Champions League!  Not only do we get to see some of the best clubs the world has to offer play one another, but the games are mid week, so when I sneak away to watch them, it feels like I am playing hooky.  The pub is always packed when I head there for games.  It is not often that you see a group of men, from a variety of backgrounds, with wildly differing careers who come together in the middle of a day to knock back some pints and let loose. Click here for the schedule of upcoming matches.

Champions League draw hit by fixing miniscandal?
Published 3/14/2008 at Soccer y Fútbol
... March 14, 2008 Champions League draw hit by fixing miniscandal? The Champions' League quarterfinals have been set . AS Roma-Manchester United (April 1, 9) Schalke-FC Barcelona (April 1, 9) Fenerbahce-Chelsea (April 2, 8) Arsenal-Liverpool (April 2, 8) The host of the first leg is listed first, friends. But was the draw rigged? Matt Walden, a good friend of Soccer y Futbol and Dynamo and AS Roma fan, ...

Wild World of Wednesday - April 9, 2008
Published 4/9/2008 by Apryl DeLancey at Women Like Sports
... beat Arsenal in the Champions League match 4-2. I thought it would be the other way around! Man U face Roma today and are reportedly a bit ...

Wild World of Wednesday - April 23, 3008
Published 4/23/2008 by Apryl DeLancey at Women Like Sports
... The Champions League is down to the semi-finals. In the first leg, Chelsea v. Liverpool ended up as a 1-1 tie. The second leg will be on the 30th. Manchester United face off against Barcelona today and will have the second leg on the 29th. Let me guess, we won’t be able to get it televised here…as usual. Man U’s ...

Athletes Have to Be Proud of Their Girlfriends When …
Published 5/8/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... … they enter bikini contests. Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the greatest soccer player on the planet at this moment (he’s only 23), is two weeks away from leading Manchester United into its first Champions League Final since ...

Vladimir’s Plan Works To Perfection
Published 5/16/2008 by Mike White at Digital Headbutt
... for his contribution. As a reward for his service, he will have the undying gratitude of the people…and Russia will annex his flat in Utrecht. All hail the expansion of the Russian Empire! Death To the Scottish Capitalist Pigs and their Fried Snickers bars! Long Live Zenit, the Champions of Europe! What? What’s that? Lower Cup? The Capitalists will win next week ? Oh. Well, at least I’m still in charge. What do you mean I have to leave the President’s office? Well who the hell did they vote for? Hold on for moment. I need a moment to myself. (locks and loads with AK-47, ...

UEFA CL Preliminary Round Draw - Good Picks for Juventus and Fiorentina
Published 8/5/2008 by Marco Pantanella at mCalcio.com
... Spartak Moscow will be waiting for Dynamo Kiev (still needing to play the second leg against an already-defeated Drogheda) and finally, as Arsenal take on Dutch rivals Twente and El Niño’s Liverpool play Standard Liège (Belgium), Barcelona have it relatively easy: they will play the winner in the Beitar (ISR)-Wisla Krakow (POL) match. . ...

Champions League 3rd Round Fixtures Decided; Or: Who Avoided Barca.
Published 29 days ago by chris at The Offside
... South American talent recently. • Twente. Steve McClaren. Steve McClaren. Steve McClaren. • Wisla’s home fixture is being sponsored by Vaseline. Feel like BATE and Kaunas should be on this list, but they damn sure won a bit of respect with their surprising wins. Pass. Some of these have been known for some time while others had to wait for the other qualifying games to run their course. Like AaB, who have seen Christmas come in August this year. So here are all the matchups, to be played next week and the last week of August : Fiorentina (ITA) - Slavia (CZE) Juventus (ITA) - ...

Season reference: Europe, CONCACAF
Published 9 days ago by Beau Dure at The Netminder
... QUALIFYING - official site - Wikipedia - TV: Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN - Main match dates: Sept. 6, Sept. 10, Oct. 11, Oct. 15, Nov. 19 CONCACAF Champions League - official site - Wikipedia - TV: Fox Soccer Channel - Match dates: Sept. 2-4, Sept. 16-18, Sept. 23-25, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Oct. 7-9, Oct. 21-23, Oct. 28-30 EUROPE Champions League - official site - Wikipedia - TV: ESPN2 (typically Tues-Wed, ...