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Tuesday Morning Kick-Off

We are going to focus on the 1st Leg Champions’ League Quarterfinal matches today in the Morning Kick-Off. Some tasty affairs for sure. We want to tell visitors to the site to please keep coming back, especially tomorrow when we will have an interview with ESPN’s Derek Rae. He is a fantastic commentator and has some interesting stories and insight into world football. Please check it out and let us know what you think.

Quartefinal action begins this week in the Champions’ League and as always at this stage all the matches are interesting. We’ve got the traditional powers represented (Barcelona, Manchester United, Arsenal, Inter Milan, and Bayern Munich) as well as a few sides that are looking to cause a real shock (Lyon, Bordeaux, and CSKA Moscow). Continue reading

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Wednesday Champions’ League Preview

I’m looking forward to today’s matches with great interest. Certainly at this stage we don’t get some of the snooze fest games that sometimes take place in the Group Stage. Fiorentina and Bayern Munich produced a superb match yesterday and it was exciting as heck towards the end. What in the world happened to Italian sides not being to hold on to a lead? Arsenal steamrolled Porto which I was actually quite surprised about as I believed that Porto would have been a tougher proposition.

Can AC Milan peform a minor miracle and comeback against Manchester United at Old Trafford? And can Lyon conjure up an even bigger miracle by holding on to their 1-0 lead from the first leg against Real Madrid? Read on to find out what we think… Continue reading

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