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Champions League Group C Preview

September 15th, 2008 · Comments · UEFA, Uncategorized, barcelona, champions league, champions league group stage, fc basel, fc basel 1893, shakhtar donetsk, shaktar donetsk, sporting club de portugal, sporting lisbon

FC Basel 1893
How They Got Here:Basel beat Vitoria de Guimaraes (also known as Vitoria SC) 2-1 on aggregate in the third round of qualifying. Basel won the Swiss League last season.
Star Performer: MF Benjamin Huggel. An experienced member of the Swiss national squad, Huggel is a strong presence in central midfield. In his first […]

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Rangers run riot; AC Milan misfire

October 22nd, 2007 · Comments · ac milan, barcelona, champions league group stage, internazionale, rangers fc, shaktar donetsk

Matchday 3 is upon us and there are some key matchups to look at. In this first preview, we start with Group E where Barcelona travel to Glasgow for a tough road game against Rangers. The atmosphere at Ibrox should be electric after Rangers massive win in the first Old Firm derby this weekend. What […]

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Round 2 of Qualifying Kicks Off

August 1st, 2007 · Comments · elfsborg, fc copenhagen, fc pyunik, fk sarajevo, fk zeta, krc genk, kris boyd, lee mcculloch, rangers fc, shaktar donetsk

New signing Lee McCulloch scored to help Rangers FC to a 2-0 win against FK Zeta in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie at Ibrox last night. Second-half goals by David Weir and McCulloch salvaged what was an otherwise poor match by all reports. I’ve only caught extended highlight […]

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