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UEFA Champions League

Why Aren’t English Teams Making Their Dominance Count in the Champions League?

by Sebastian Shepard on September 1, 2009 · 12 comments

That the EPL is the best championship in the world is plain for everyone to see.  The teams are far and away the strongest, most physical, and quickest.  With exceptions to super teams like Barcelona, the four Premier League teams involved in the Champions League can (and do) knock off foreign opposition rather easily.
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Your 2009 UEFA Champions League Final Liveblog

by Dave Warner on May 26, 2009 · 16 comments

Some years, it seems like the UEFA Champions League is one part football, four parts money and twelve parts hype. This year, however, the hype surrounding the Champions League Final certainly seems justified. Manchester United v. Barcelona. Champions of England v. Champions of Spain. Both clubs are goliaths. Both clubs have already won two domestic [...]

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UEFA Europa League, A Second Rate Competition

by Christopher Walker on May 2, 2009 · 8 comments

 
With four games of the Premier League campaign left, Fulham are leading the ‘race’ for seventh place and for the Cottagers it will be a rare European adventure. This would of course be via the all singing, all dancing UEFA Europa League.
This ‘new’ competition was created by reformatting and re-branding the ailing UEFA Cup. Normally to fans of most [...]

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How ESPN Could Get the Champions League Back — And Much More

by Dave Warner on April 9, 2009 · 16 comments

Earlier this morning, our friend The Gaffer lamented that ESPN’s loss of the UEFA Champions League TV rights would be bad for soccer in America. After all, ESPN remains the primary vehicle for sporting culture in this country, and if the “Worldwide Leader in Sports” suddenly doesn’t care enough to keep this planet’s biggest club [...]

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