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Champions League – Week 1 Results & Table (Groups A – D)
The Champions League returns with Arsenal crashing at Dortmund, Real Madrid crushing Basel at home and Liverpool making a triumphant return to the competition although it was far from impressive, finding it very difficult to beat Ludogorets.
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Champions League – Week 1 Predictions (Groups A – D)
And so it begins. The 2014-2015 Champions League kick off its group stage with the defending champions in action, hosting the always dangerous FC Basel. Liverpool make their return to the competition after five seasons, playing at home against Ludogorets of Bulgaria, while the most interesting encounter is the now almost annual match between Dortmund and Arsenal in Group D.
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Champions League – All 32 Teams in the Group Stage
Before the group stage draw, it’s good to know the 32 teams that will be playing in the Champions League, with Spain (Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao), Germany (Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Leverkusen) and England (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City) sending four clubs each to the competition.
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2014 World Cup – Qualifying Scenarios From the Group Stage
The second round of group stage matches is over, which means we’re headed into a very intense week with 16 matches in four days, with teams that haven’t been knocked out or secured qualification to the round of 16 are now busy running the possible scenarios in front of them.
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Champions League Qualifying Scenarios
The final matchday of the 2013-2014 Champions League brings with it the complications of the qualifying scenarios as teams fight out for the final spots available. The most interesting test case is in the group of death with Arsenal, Napoli and Dortmund. The Gunners have a slight edge, but it won’t be surprising to see all three teams finishing with the same amount of points, making it about a mini-league table of head to heads and goal differences.
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2014 World Cup Match Schedule
The group stage draw for the 2014 World Cup did create one group of death (Group D with Uruguay, Italy and England together) and put together quite a few interesting teams together, with matches that do deserve to get the kind of attention the knockout stage matches usually get, even giving us a repeat of the previous’ World Cup final with Spain and the Netherlands coming together.
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Europa League – All 48 Teams in the Group Stage
In the group stage of the Europa League, it seems that for now, before Champions League dropouts join the chase for the trophy, clubs like Lyon, Tottenham, Fiorentina and Lazio seem like the early favorites to win the trophy in the 2013-2014 season.
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Champions League – Group Stage Draw
No group of death per say, but two groups that seem very interesting in terms of their nostalgic value or parity. Group H, with Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax (stuck in a tough group again) and Celtic, while the group with Arsenal, Dortmund, Marseille and Napoli seems like the most difficult one to predict it’s outcome.
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Champions League – All 32 Teams in the Group Stage
The 2013-2014 Champions League season will soon kick off, with all 32 teams that will play in the group stage set and ready for the draw, as most eyes are turned to the first-tier teams, which include the champions Bayern Munich, but also Barcelona, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Arsenal and Benfica of Portugal.
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World Cup – Qualifying Match Day 4 Predictions
Sometimes, qualifying tournaments bring together two huge teams in the same group, as is the case with Spain hosting France in the big match for group I, while Germany and Sweden (Group C) have a big 1-2 match of their own, overshadowing the rest of the teams with them.