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Champions League – Manchester City vs Barcelona Predictions
The possible dawning of a new force on European football in Manchester City, while the optional sinking of another, in a weakening Barcelona side, beginning their knockout stage, two-leg clash at the Etihad Stadium, with two South American managers who have never faced off before on the sidelines.
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Champions League Round of 16 Draw
Two huge matches to draw the attention in the Champions League round of 16, as Arsenal were once again drawn to play against the title holders, Bayern Munich, who they were knocked out by last season, while Barcelona and Manchester City clashing should provide a very interesting matchup as well.
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Champions League – All 16 Teams in the Knockout Stage
Of the final 16 teams that made it out of the group stage in the 2013-2014 Champions League and into the knockout round, we have 4 teams from England (Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City), 4 from Germany (Bayern Munich, Dortmund, Schalke, Leverkusen), 3 teams from Spain (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid), and 1 from France (PSG), 1 from Turkey (Galatasaray), 1 from Greece (Olympiacos), 1 from Russia (Zenit) and 1 from Italy (AC Milan).
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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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Champions League – 8 Qualified Teams, 8 Spots Still Open
After each team has played 5 matches in the Champions League group stage, the knockout stage is 50% full, as eight teams have already completed the job of qualifying to the round of 16, while another eight have to go though the drama of the final midweek round in the competition to see if they’ve made it, dropped to the Europa League or seeing an end to their European season altogether.
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Champions League – Bayern Munich vs Arsenal Predictions
Any hope of a comeback? Not too many believe in it, as it seems, carrying a two goal deficit into an away match against the best defense in Europe. Bayern Munich seem to be as good as clear in the quarterfinals, while Arsenal are torn between waiting for a miracle and their own problems in the Premier league.
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Champions League – Schalke vs Galatasaray Predictions
It’s funny to think as a premier Bundesliga side going in as underdogs to a two-leg encounter with a Turkish side, but Schalke were in that position before the first leg, in which they had ample opportunities through counter attacking to end Galatasaray’s chances in the Champions League, but left enough of an opening to make it an exciting second leg.
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Champions League – Barcelona vs AC Milan Predictions
It doesn’t matter how well they do in the league – if Barcelona don’t find a way to get past AC Milan and into the Champions League quarterfinals, it’ll mark this season as somewhat of a disappointment for the team that looked determined to run all over Europe, somewhere along the way losing all that early momentum.
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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.