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Chelsea FC – Beyond All the Oscar Excitement
For a few minutes, all the problems Chelsea suddenly began having were gone. Oscar scored two goals in the space of two minutes to put his side 2-0 up over Juventus, promising a dream start to their champions league campaign. Problem is, Chelsea weren’t playing Wigan or Reading, but the Italian champions, who showed, once again, the many flaws in Roberto Di Matteo’s side.
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Best Goals of the Night – Oscar, Toni Kroos & Alyaksandr Valadzko
The night’s biggest surprise, BATE Borisov winning in France against Lille, provided the fantastic Alyaksandr Valadzko goal, opening the 3-1 win. However, the two biggest matches, Bayern hosting Valencia and Juventus visiting Chelsea, gave us the brilliant goals by Toni Kroos and Oscar.
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Oscar Wonder Goal Doesn’t Help in Champions League Opener (Chelsea vs Juventus)
For a short while, it looked like Oscar was having a dream debut in the Champions League, scoring two first half goals, including one perfect and memorable one to give Chelsea a 2-goal lead. Alas, Juventus were serious when they declared they were coming to Stamford Bridge to score, coming back with an Arturo Vidal goal and later on a Fabio Quagliarella equalizer in the second half, endning the match at 2-2.
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Arsenal FC – Lukas Podolski Can’t Stop Scoring
A visit to Montpellier was supposed to be about Olivier Giroud meeting the club he played for last season, but after Arsenal went behind after nine minutes, it stopped being a friendly stroll and serious business, meaning the better players step up. Lukas Podolski, that means, scoring his third goal in three matches for the gunners, winning 2-1 with a come from behind kicker.
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Real Madrid – Getting Over the Cristiano Ronaldo Spin
Was Cristiano Ronaldo really sad, really unhappy, during these last couple of weeks? We’ll never know, but he certainly didn’t show it when he scored the winning goal for Real Madrid against Manchester City at the 90th minute, as all the problems his team were having since he opened his mouth magically vanished from existence.
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Arsenal FC – The Cost of Building the Current Squad
Despite common belief, Arsenal don’t get all their players from their youth system, and even there, half of them are purchased from somewhere else. Arsene Wenger has an eye for talent, yes, but he needs to spend to get that young talent, with the current squad of Arsenal players assembled for £163.4 million.
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Champions League – Game Day 1 Predictions
The 2012-2013 edition of the Champions League kicks off with the group of death on the first day, as Real Madrid hosting Manchester City in the focus of everything, while Dortmund host Ajax. Arsenal get to visit Montpellier while the PSG project continues its way with a return to the best competition in Europe, hosting Dinamo Kyiv.
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Goal Line Technology – Everton & Victor Anichebe get Robbed
Once again, the need for goal line technology and not just human eyes of referees and linesmen was proven, this time at Goodison Park. Everton failed to beat Newcastle (2-2), having two perfectly fine goals, one by Marouane Fellaini (for an offside that wasn’t there), the other by Victor Anichebe (ball did cross the line), disallowed or simply go unnoticed.