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Champions League – PSG vs Valencia Predictions
While Valencia could certainly make good use of the money they’ll receive if they make it into the quarterfinals of the Champions League, it’s hard to believe they can erase a 2-1 home defeat against Paris Saint-Germain, who may be still an ongoing project, but they’re simply a much better team
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Champions League – Juventus vs Celtics Predictions
With the smallest chances and glimmers of hope to create some sort of upset, Celtic travel beaten and broken from their previous encounter with Juventus, which didn’t even have the Italians playing anywhere near their best football in order to get a huge win in Scotland.
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Borussia Dortmund – Mario Gotze Was Worth the Wait
Despite all of the talent up front, the likes of Mario Gotze and Marco Reus rely on the excellent defending that hasn’t been a consistent part of the season Borussia Dortmund are having in the Bundesliga, but never seems to disappoint in the Champions League, thanks to a great job by Felipe Santana and Sven Bender.
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Real Madrid – Cristiano Ronaldo Has Luka Modric to Thank For
Who knew that Cristiano Ronaldo would be this bad once again facing his “alma mater”, but still good enough to score two goals? The bigger surprise was Luka Modric entering the match, and actually taking over it after a season of nothing but being criticized for being a terrible failure with Real Madrid.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Should Have Started
It’s hard to blame anyone but Nani for the way Manchester United found their way out of the Champions League so early in the competition, but for Alex Ferguson to be blaming the referee instead of himself for a weird decision like benching Wayne Rooney prior to the match is hypocrisy and simply fooling the fans and the public that follows.
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JaVale McGee With an Impressive Volleyball Block
While the consistency and quality of JaVale McGee is always questioned, hence the low number of minutes he’s getting this season, there’s no doubt that he’s one for the spectacular both on offense and defense, delivering the block of the night around the NBA with an impressive swat of Anthony Tolliver’s attempted jump shot.
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Liverpool FC – Can’t Stop Debts From Rising
If you thought the change of ownership from two years ago has made a huge difference in the way Liverpool are run financially, think again. Despite the FSG way of handling things, the lack of success (meaning Champions League) while adding quite expensive players these last couple of years hasn’t helped.
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Manchester City – Sergio Aguero Gets Injured Again
After a brilliant first season and one legendary goal in the Premier League, it hasn’t been quite the same for Sergio Aguero in 2012-2013. The Manchester City striker is having an on/off relationship with his fitness this season, adding another knock (along with a more serious injury to Jack Rodwell) to his long list of hurts this year.
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Bayern Munich – Possibly the Best Defense in Europe
There is no doubt as to the identity of the next Bundesliga champions – Bayern Munich have opened a 17 point lead ahead of the next team, and will win the title after a two-year drought, way too long by their own standards. While the team gets plenty of compliments for its style, the defense being nearly flawless this season might be the biggest reason for the success.
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Champions League – Dortmund vs Shakhtar Predictions
The first leg between Borussia Dortmund and Shakhtar Donetsk was fantastic, and proved just how good these supposed second-tier teams of the competition really are, with everything quite possible in the second leg of the knockout stage, although the home side do seem to have an advantage.