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UEFA Doesn’t Care About Anyone (Galatasaray vs Juventus)
To blame UEFA for everything will be an act of negligence by Juventus, who simply looked awful in the continuation of their crucial group stage match in Istanbul against Galatasaray. But besides their own mistakes, the pitch should never have been played on, and the weather, still snowing, hailing and raining, would have delayed the match to a different time if a normal organization was running things.
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FC Barcelona – Expanding or Leaving the Camp Nou
The Camp Nou is the biggest soccer stadium in Europe and one of the most famous football grounds in the world. However, one way or the other, it’s going to change in the near future, as the Barcelona Socios will hold a vote on whether to remodel and expand it in the near future or simply to leave it and build a new stadium.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Really Wants the Ballon d’Or, So Give It To Him
There will be no rest and peace of mind for Cristiano Ronaldo until he knows he’s finally outdone Lionel Messi in an awards ceremony. For all that he’s done this past year, he might finally have the edge over his “rival”, and his most recent goal scoring spree for Real Madrid will be the clincher in his campaign to win the Ballon d’Or.
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Fluminense & Vasco Still Trying to Avoid Relegation
When big clubs get relegated, you know it’s going to take more than just what happened on the football pitch to send them down. Both Fluminense and Vasco aren’t giving up using bureaucracy to remain in the top flight of the Brazilian football league system, hoping that an illegal use of a player by Portuguesa and a similar case by Flamengo, the country’s most popular club.
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Manchester United Finally Finding The Right Lineup?
A 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk isn’t what will take the pressure off of David Moyes or suddenly turn Manchester United into a machine that will run off on the Premier League, but a lineup and formation used by David Moyes late in the match, which had Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney, Shinji Kagawa and Adnan Januzaj all playing together might be a partial answer to the team’s problems in the league.
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The Best Photos of the Juventus vs Galatasray Snow Match
The most important match of the first night in week 6 of the Champions League group stage was stopped after 33 minutes, as the snow and hail dropping down in Istanbul was a bit too much for Galatasaray and Juventus players to carry on with this match.
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Champions League – Week 6 Predictions (Groups E – H)
The day actually begins early with the remaining minutes from the Galatasaray and Juventus match which determines who joins Real Madrid in the next stage. The other focal point of the final group stage matchday this season will be in the group of death, as Arsenal travel to play against Napoli while the injured team of Dortmund face Marseille in France.
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Champions League – Week 6 Results & Tables (Groups A – D)
The match that focused most of the attention before the matchday was between Galatasaray and Juventus, but the snow and weather forced it to be abandoned before the end of the first half. Meanwhile, Manchester United finally won at home and Leverkusen joined them in the next round.
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Jürgen Colin Kicks Yero Bello in The Face
You sometimes wonder five or six referees miss even the most obvious of incidents. One of the more blatant mistakes we’ve seen recently comes from the Israeli Premier League, as Dutch defender Jurgen Colin of Hapoel Tel Aviv kicked Yero Bello of FC Ashdod right in the face and got away without even getting warned.
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Luis Suarez – The Best Scorer Per Minute in Europe
Is Luis Suarez the best striker in the world? Maybe even the best player? If scoring efficiency is the most important determining factor than yes he is, having the best goals-per-minute ratio in league matches among players from the top 5 leagues in Europe.