Champion’s League

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Predictions for the Champions League Finals

EIC June 3, 2015

The upcoming Champions League Final on June 6 pits two vastly different teams against each other. Barcelona are the team with the high price players, paying €81 million for Luis Suarez and paying a reported €57.1 million for Neymar. Juventus have thrived on smart, frugal transfers, picking up Andrea Pirlo and Paul Pogba for free, and paying very little for outcasts like Carlos Tevez and Patrice Evra. Barcelona’s path to the final was marked by dominance. They easily beat Manchester City, Paris St. Germain (PSG) and Bayern Munich on their way to the final, scoring five goals over two legs…

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Predicting the Champions and Europa League semi-finals

EIC May 11, 2015

[caption id="attachment_2448" align="aligncenter" width="940"] Credit: Glenn Harper (Flickr)[/caption] As we near the end of both of Europe’s continental soccer competitions, the Champions League and the Europa League, soccer fans have been blessed with four fantastic semi-finals. Here are my thoughts…

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The upcoming soccer matchups include a rematch between last year’s finalists

EIC March 30, 2015

[caption id="attachment_1983" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Image Courtesy of Soccer Talk[/caption] The Champions League quarter-final participants were determined March 19, and the announcement provided us with a slate of quality matchups, including a rematch of last year’s final and yet another match…

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Week 10 in Champions League

EIC October 6, 2014

It was a thrilling match day in the Champions League last Tuesday. There were a total of eight games, and a total of 20 goals were scored between them, an average of two and a half goals per game. With…

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