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Injury Updates: Van Nistelrooy’s Season Is Over

November 18th, 2008 · Comments · cfr 1907 cluj, dynamo kyiv, juventus, manchester united, owen hargreaves, real madrid, ruud van nistelrooy

Real Madrid have suffered another major injury blow as striker Ruud van Nistelrooy’s season looks to be over after it was announced that he will undergo an operation to correct a problem with his right knee. The reigning Spanish champions already have Arjen Robben and Mahamadou Diarra out of action due to calf and thigh […]

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Back In The Big Time

October 21st, 2008 · Comments · Claudio Ranieri, champions league, champions league group stage, champions league qualifying, juventus, real madrid

 
One of the great fixtures in European football returns tonight when Real Madrid travel to Turin to take on Juventus. After a home victory against Zenit St Petersburg and a surprise 2-2 draw in Belarus against BATE in their opening games back in the Champions League, the arrival of the Madrid giants confirms the Old […]

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Champions League Matchday Two Roundup

October 4th, 2008 · Comments · FC BATE Borisov, cfr 1907 cluj, champions league, champions league group stage, chelsea, real madrid

On the newly re-launched Third Half podcast (a roundup show for all the Talk web sites), I had a great discussions with host Jonathan Starling about the goings-on of Matchday 2. Download the episode from EPL Talk.
It was a Matchday that saw debutants BATE Borisov and CFR Cluj pull off draws (and one might say […]

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Draws galore but Bayern Munich and Juventus return with wins

September 18th, 2008 · Comments · arsenal, bayern munich, champions league, champions league group stage, dynamo kiev, dynamo kyiv, fc porto, fc zenit st petersburg, fenerbahce, fiorentina, lyon, manchester united, olympique lyonnais, villarreal

Just a quick editorial note to start, I had hoped to complete my Group Previews before Matchday 1 but that was not the case. I will still be pushing those out, hopefully finish before Matchday 2 hits. Now, on to last night’s action.
After absences last season for perennial Champions League participants Bayern Munich (pictured at […]

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Rangers and Anderlecht Knocked Out Of Champions League

August 7th, 2008 · Comments · anderlecht, champions league, champions league qualifying, rangers fc

The second qualifying round brought two big upsets as Rangers and Anderlecht became two of the biggest clubs to be knocked out at this stage.
A 2-1 win (video highlights here) in Lithuania saw FBK Kaunas (pictured celebrating at the right) take full advantage of the 0-0 draw they earned at Ibrox to send the beaten […]

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