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Champions League – Knockout Stage First Leg Results
The first eight matches of the Champions League round of 16 have gone by, with only one home team (Olympiacos) getting a win, while the rest of the prematch favorites, including Barcelona and Bayern Munich in what originally looked like tough matches, taking care of business early and almost securing their spot in the quarterfinals.
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Match Highlights – Schalke vs Real Madrid
It’s been a dominant stretch for away teams in the Champions League, but nothing came close to the 6-1 demolition Real Madrid put over Schalke, as Karim Benzema played what might be his greatest game ever, while Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo each added their own flavor of flair and brilliance to one of the most impressive and one sided matches we’ve seen in the competition for a very long time.
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Match Highlights – Galatasaray vs Chelsea
The only draw in the eight matches of the first leg, Chelsea could have done a lot better than their 1-1 draw in Istanbul against Galatasaray if their manager would be a believer in attacking football, but instead decided to play depressing, cynical football in the second half, deserving to head into the second leg with a loss to recover from.
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Match Highlights – Olypmiakos vs Manchester United
The nightmare season of Manchester United continues as they lose 2-0 to Olympiakos in one of their worst performances under David Moyes, while the Greek champions and league leaders outplayed them for the first 75 minutes before slightly regressing and allowing the visitors a few moments of actually creating their first chances in the match.
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Match Highlights – Zenit vs Dortmund
The tradition of away teams dominating the knockout stage continues as Borussia Dortmund had a very easy time beating Zenit St. Petersburg in a match that wasn’t even that close, and giving them almost a definite spot in the quarterfinals.
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La Liga – Week 25 Results & Table
A weekend of upsets, while Real Madrid come away as the big winners and sole league leaders after their win over Elche, while Barcelona fall against Real Sociedad and Atletico Madrid lost to Osasuna.
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Premier League – Week 27 Results & Table
The only top 4 team that had things run smoothly for them was Arsenal during, but all championship contenders kept the pace going with Liverpool beating Swansea, Chelsea winning against Everton and Manchester City getting past Stoke.
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Match Highlights – Liverpool vs Swansea
The defense might not be really working, but Liverpool are still in the championship race after a dramatic 4-3 win over Swansea, as Jordan Henderson and Daniel Sturridge kept them ahead of the visitors just by about enough each time they came back while Luis Suarez struggled in a winger’s role.
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Match Highlights – AC Milan vs Atletico Madrid
There wasn’t too much football in the first leg of the knockout stage between AC Milan and Atletico Madrid, but there was one goal from goal from Diego Costa off a late corner kick that gave us the fourth away win from the first four matches, and a lead that looks very promising for Diego Simeone’s side.
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Match Highlights – Arsenal vs Bayern Munich
After two missed penalties and a red card, it was a spectacular Toni Kroos goal and then a clincher from Thomas Muller that gave Bayern Munich a 2-0 away win against Arsenal that pretty much gives them the spot in the quarterfinals.