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Champions League Matchday 5 Preview

November 25th, 2008 · Comments · arsenal, as roma, atletico madrid, barcelona, bayern munich, bordeaux, celtic, cfr 1907 cluj, champions league group stage, chelsea, dynamo kyiv, fc basel, fc porto, fc zenit st petersburg, fenerbahce, fiorentina, internazionale, liverpool, manchester united, psv eindhoven, shakhtar donetsk, sporting club de portugal, steven gerrard, villarreal

There are some pivotal battles to be fought in the upcoming Matchday and while some groups look to have clear patterns emerging, others could go down to the wire. Let’s take a whirlwind tour of the current state of the groups along with my speculations on the ties on Matchday 5.
Group A
A win for Chelsea […]

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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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