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Group Stage: Match Day 3
By: Dan |
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It’s certainly been a fun week for European football; the Europa League did its part to keep things going. So, let’s get into what happened on match day 3.
There were a couple of notable thrashings in matches that we probably thought would have been closer affairs. Benfica, led by Javier Saviola and [...]
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I Don’t Love the 90s: The North Atlantic league is still a terrible idea.
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As long as the North Atlantic league proposal is back on the table, let me just preemptively mention a few other things from the late 90s that I emphatically hope do not enjoy the same sort of revived popularity. These things are as follows: the phrase ‘is that your final answer,’ Limp Bizkit, [...]
The Joy of Shameful Joy
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In club land, the international breaks are something like an enforced naptime. But, in anticipation of the Uruguay – Argentina match that might send the Argentines crashing out of the 2010 World Cup, I have been thinking a lot about Schadenfreude. If Argentina did fail to qualify, I would have a good laugh, [...]
Group Stage: Match Day 2
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There was a little bit of everything on match day 2 in the group stage: redemption, surprises, and some consolidation of power already.
In the first batch of games, Red Bull Salzburg scored another surprise victory. Unlike their late smash and grab against Lazio, the caffeinated advertisements enjoyed a comfortable 2-0 victory against [...]
A pre-match rant about Rapid Vienna – Celtic
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Does it get more simultaneously pathetic and irritating than the whining we’ve had to put up with from Celtic for the past few weeks? In case you’ve missed Celtic stop just short of accusing Rapid Vienna of war crimes, a recap of the situation can be found in today’s Guardian.
In fairness [...]
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