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CL Match Preview: Marseille vs Inter Milan
Feb. 22 | Marseille coach Didier Deschamps is taking no comfort from Inter Milan’s recent struggles ahead of the Champions League tie at Stade Velodrome. Deschamps was in the stands on Friday as Inter slumped to a 3-0 home defeat to Bologna, their third consecutive...
CL Match Preview: Basle vs Bayern Munich
Feb. 22 | Jupp Heynckes hopes some good came from Bayern Munich’s draw with Freiburg as they prepare to face Basel in the Champions League. Bayern face Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday night after a 0-0 draw with Freiburg at the weekend. That result...
CL Match Report: Napoli 3 Chelsea 1
Feb. 22 | Andre Villas-Boas’ beloved project went up in smoke in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius on Tuesday night. The Chelsea manager’s belief in players like Raul Meireles proved calamitously costly, leaving an ordinary defence exposed time and again...
CL Match Report: CSKA Moscow 1 Real Madrid 1
Feb. 21 | Just when it seemed that Real Madrid’s work in Russia was done, Pontus Wernbloom volleyed in a 93rd-minute goal for CSKA Moscow to secure an unlikely 1-1 scoreline in their Champions League last-16 first leg. When the shock subsides, José Mourinho...
CL Match Preview: Napoli vs Chelsea
Feb. 21 | Chelsea step into the lion’s den on Tuesday night and Andre Villas-Boas has been portrayed as the condemned man. The Stamford Bridge club take on Napoli at the fiercely intimidating Stadio San Paolo in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League knowing...
CL Match Preview: CSKA Moscow vs Real Madrid
Feb. 21 | Jose Mourinho has told Real Madrid the rigours of the Russian winter and the artificial pitch will be no excuses when they face CSKA Moscow. Mourinho’s men will find themselves playing in sub-zero temperatures in Tuesday night’s Champions...
CL Match Report: Zenit St Petersburg 3 Benfica 2
Feb. 16 | Roman Shirokov scored his second goal of the game in the 89th minute as Zenit St. Petersburg beat Benfica 3-2 in the first leg of their round-of-16 matchup in the Champions League on Wednesday. Maxi Pereira put Benfica ahead in the 20th, tapping the...
CL Match Report: AC Milan 4 Arsenal 0
Feb. 16 | Good players have not been properly replaced. Mikel Arteta for Cesc Fabregas? Not good enough. Wenger’s failure to invest properly last summer finally caught up with his team on Wednesday night. This was men against boys, heavyweights battering lightweights,...
CL Match Preview: AC Milan vs Arsenal
Feb. 15 | AC Milan and Arsenal must strike the right balance between defence and attack in the first leg of their last-16 showdown in the UEFA Champions League. With knockout competition now the name of the game in European football, it is imperative that the right...
