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  • Barcelona Beat Plzen, Arsenal and Chelsea Held to Draws in Champions League Night

    Lionel Messi scored a hat trick, passing the 200 goals milestone in his Barcelona career and also improving to 42 career Champions League goals (passing Alessandro Del Piero) as Barcelona beat Viktoria Plzen 4-0 while both Arsenal and Chelsea failed to win, home and away.

  • Eden Hazard Planning on Lille Exit

    Being the most exciting young talent in French football is no longer enough for Lille star Eden Hazard. The Belgium international, who was a vital aspect of Lille’s historic Ligue 1 title winning campaign last season, announced he will leave the current champions for a bigger club at the end of the season.

  • Premier League Big Wins Don’t Mean Nothing

    Life Goes on, even after 8-2 losses, as Robin Van Persie’s hat trick at Stamford Bridge in the 5-3 Arsenal win over Chelsea proved, or Chicharito’s sting for Manchester United, beating Everton 1-0, six days after their 6-1 loss at home to Manchester City.

  • Is Fernando Llorente the Best Spanish Striker?

    Fernando Torres? You never know what you’ll get with him. David Villa? Another slow start might signal signs of decline. Fernando Llorente of Atheltic Bilbao, on the other hand, just keeps getting better.

  • Midweek Goals we Loved

    No Champions League, but plenty of league and cup football in Europe and South America. Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Antonio Valencia (Manchester United), Antonio Nocerino (Milan) and Bernardo (Vasco) bagged the best of the midweek’s goals.

  • Juventus and Predicting in the Serie A

    Back on top, but not impressing. Alessandro Matri is back, and scoring goals quite freely. Is he the best Italian striker out there? Better than Giueseppe Rossi, out there at struggling Villareal? Is he the man to lead Juventus into a new age of glory and prosperity, with Antonio Conte to guide him and the hungry for success club?

  • Xavi Free Kick Wins it for Barcelona in Granada

    Barcelona earned a tough 1-0 win over Grananda thanks to Xavi’s fantastic free kick goal, his fourth of the season and more importantly, putting Barcelona, at least temporarily, on top of the La Liga table, waiting for Real Madrid and Levante to stumble.

  • NBA Lockout Gets Longer, Future of Season Gets Darker

    The NBA season will be another two weeks shorter it seems, and the NBA Lockout keeps on going, steamrolling NBA Fans into apathy. Tyson Chandler calling the owners dictators, players being agressive in the media instead of shutting up and focusing on negotiations isn’t helping.

  • Alex Ferguson’s Worst Defeat (Manchester City vs Manchester United)

    Manchester City tied their biggest ever win over Manchester United, a humiliating 6-1 drubbing at Old Trafford with a sublime David Silva performance, getting Alex Ferguson to call this his worst defeat ever.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo Back to His Scoring Ways

    Cristiano Ronaldo needed only 14 minutes to score his third hat trick of the season, leading Real Madrid to a 4-0 win over Malaga, moving to the top spot, where they feel natural, while Lionel Messi couldn’t convert an injury time penalty as Barcelona slipped to a 0-0 draw with Sevilla at home.