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Match Highlights – Chelsea vs Galatasaray, Real Madrid vs Schalke
In one of the most predictable and slightly boring nights of Champions League football we’ve had this season, Real Madrid had no problem beating Schalke once more with a 3-1 victory in the second leg, while Chelsea didn’t stumble in their tricky encounter with Galatasaray, beating the Turkish side 2-0 to make it into the quarterfinals.
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Champions League Predictions – Barcelona vs Manchester City, PSG vs Leverkusen
It’s hard to feel too excited about the second legs between Barcelona vs Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain vs Leverkusen after both teams won quite convingly away from home in the first encounters, but it doesn’t mean we aren’t going to have good football to watch.
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Match Highlights – Bayern Munich vs Arsenal, Atletico Madrid vs Milan
Entertaining? Maybe. Surprising? Not very much. Bayern Munich didn’t run into too much trouble with Arsenal, ending their second leg encounter with a 1-1 draw to put them through, while Atletico Madrid looked a lot more hungry and impressive in their 4-1 demolition of AC Milan, also making it into the Champions League quarterfinals.
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Champions League Predictions – Atletico Madrid vs Milan, Bayern Munich vs Arsenal
There’s something a bit too predictable about how the first legs went in the Champions League round of 16, and both Arsenal and AC Milan will try to change that as they travel to play teams that are better than them – Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid, who look confident and simply good enough to make it into the quarterfinals.
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Champions League – Five Thoughts After the First Leg
The first eight matches in Champions League round of 16 highlights just how far the Premier League’s elite clubs have fallen, the away goals that don’t really matter anymore, a German Bundesliga being overrated and raise a question regarding the absence of Italian teams from this stage.
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Manchester United – Trying to Blackmail Their Fans
The disappointing season and especially the most recent result against Olympiacos isn’t generating a lot of enthusiasm among Manchester United fans to attend the second leg at Old Trafford. However, the club is using some dirty tactics in order to ensure its payday by threatening season ticket holders that they won’t be able to get in to the derby match against Manchester City if they skip on the Champions League match.
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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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Champions League – Galatasaray vs Chelsea
There are plenty of angles that have nothing to do with football heading into the Galatasaray vs Chelsea Champions League knockout stage first leg. Jose Mourinho getting caught talking about his players, Roberto Mancini trying to make himself look better than he actually is and the Didier Drogba factor playing against his former team and former manager.