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Champions League Knockout Stage Returns

February 14, 2011 By
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Considered by many the best soccer available, the European Champions League tournament returns today with the Round of 16 1st leg. There are two games, both available on Fox Soccer Channel. 1:45 pm – AC Milan hosts Tottenham Hotspur 5:00 pm – Valencia hosts Schalke (delayed) Tomorrow’s games include 1:45 pm – Arsenal hosts Barcelona [...]

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Champions League Final Viewing at Farmer’s Gastropub Downtown Saturday

May 20, 2010 By
Bayern Munich Celebrate League Title, 2010

The big game is Saturday afternoon on Fox, meaning there’s no baseball Start time is 1:30 pm and I’ll be getting some lunch and enjoying the game at Farmer’s Gastropub for anyone interested in joining me. Here are a couple of stories previewing the game, including US Today who talked to Munich’s star, Arjen Robben. [...]

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Move Aside Baseball, We’re Watching The Champions League Final

February 12, 2010 By

I don’t watch baseball anymore so maybe someone who is current can help me out here, but it appears that Fox will not be showing baseball on Saturday May 22nd. Instead we’ll all get to enjoy the Champions League Final that afternoon according to this story Fox will air its first soccer match on May [...]

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Andres Iniesta is the God of soccer justice

May 7, 2009 By

I almost left early, since the game seemed to be in Chelsea’s control but I learned my lesson after Porto’s remarkable comeback in the quarterfinal round. Ah Barca! Barcelona will face Manchester United in the Champions League Final on Wednesday May 27th. Take the afternoon off and come out and join us at a destination [...]

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Champions League Quarterfinal Draw Completed

March 22, 2009 By
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Liverpool and Chelsea will renew their European rivalry after being drawn together in next month’s Champions League quarter-finals. It is the fifth successive year the two sides have met in Europe, with Chelsea triumphing in their semi-final in 2008. Holders Manchester United take on FC Porto and Arsenal play Villarreal, with the winners meeting in [...]

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We Rock The House

May 21, 2008 By

For those who missed it, I’ve posted a short video on my Facebook page that gives you a sense of the crowd we had at Coester’s today for the Champions League Final. I don’t expect nearly as big a crowd but there’ll be a group of us out on Saturday night at 9:30 pm to [...]

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Chelsea vs Manchester United – Today at Coester’s

May 21, 2008 By
Champions League Final from St Petersburg

Join us today at Coester’s for the Champions League (EPL) final. Pre-game is at 1:00 pm with kickoff around 1:40 pm. The game is being broadcast live from St Petersburg and features an all English Premier League final. I’m expecting 30 plus folks to be in attendance, it should be an excellent match between a [...]

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UEFA Champions League Returns Today

February 19, 2008 By

Don’t forget to set the recorders on your way to work today as the knockout round (Sweet 16) begins today with the broadcast of Liverpool vs Inter Milan. 1:30 pm ESPN2 – Liverpool vs Inter 4:00 pm ESPN Classic – AS Roma vs Real Madrid and tomorrow brings 1:30 pm ESPN2 – Arsenal vs AC [...]

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The Top Young International Footballers

January 3, 2008 By

I picked this one up from The World Cup blog, who grabbed it from The Sun, a British tabloid who compiled a list of 20 young players to watch in 2008. Ten of them are playing for teams that have made the knock out round (Final 16) of the UEFA Champions League which will begin [...]

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