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The 2009 Ballon d’Or shortlist revealed; includes Ronaldo, Messi, Rooney, and more
The Ballon d’Or award has released their shortlist of candidates for this year which includes favorites Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The list includes 30 players in Europe but has no Italian players even though they are reigning World Cup champions. Who will win this year’s award? Messi is probably the favorite for the award [...]
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Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) Recap and Video Highlights: Saturday, September 12, 2009
The Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) continued his season with four matches on Saturday including Getafe v FC Barcelona and Espanyol v Real Madrid. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona are expected to challenge for the La Liga title this season. The question remains how good will Real Madrid be and do they have enough to [...]
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Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) 2009-10 Season Preview and Predictions: Will Real Madrid challenge FC Barcelona?
The Spanish Primera Division or La Liga begins it 2009-10 Season on Saturday August 29th with Real Madrid and FC Barcelona the clear favorites. Will Real Madrid’s spending spree that brought in Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, and Benzema be able to challenge FC Barcelona for the La Liga title? Here’s a preview of the [...]
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FC Barcelona beats the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1: Recap and Video Highlights
The Los Angeles Galaxy hosted Spanish club FC Barcelona in Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in a friendly. The match drew over 90,000 fans was nationally televised. Here’s a full recap and video highlights of the match. FC Barcelona beats Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 - Video Highlights Spanish club Barcelona edged the Galaxy 2-1 [...]
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UEFA Champions League Recap: FC Barcelona (2) – Manchester United (0) – May 27, 2009
FC Barcelona defeated Manchester United 2-0 Wednesday at Rome in the UEFA Champions League Final to win their third trophy of the season. It was a match that was controlled by Barcelona and they were clearly the better team. Here’s a full recap A Strong Start for Man U Manchester United came out strong and [...]
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Live Game Blog – Manchester United v FC Barcelona – UEFA Champions League Final
Manchester United and FC Barcelona meet Wednesday night in what many are calling a “dream” UEFA Champions League Final. Live coverage will start 30 minutes before the start of the match or 19:15 GMT Match Preview At the center of the match will be a match-up of the top two superstars in the world, Man [...]
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UEFA Champions League Final Predictions – Manchester United v FC Barcelona
The final is just hours away and many are predicting a tough match that could go either way. While Barcelona is viewed as possibly the strongest offensive team in the world, Manchester United have an all around team that is able to play a multitude of styles. Will Man U be able to frustrate Barce [...]
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Should Messi or Kaka transfer to the English Premier League?
Lionel Messi and Kaka are two of the young stars in soccer with almost unlimited potential. Both play in the top leagues in Europe but have yet to play in the English Premier League. The question remains if either of these top stars will play in the Premier League and more importantly, should they? Let’s [...]
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World Player of the Year 2009 Heavyweights: Who are the contenders?
As another season approaches its end, another career defining award must be given: the ever illustrious FIFA World Player of the Year Award. Cristiano Ronaldo scooped the award with sheer ease for 2008, having scored a record breaking 42 goals as a winger inside the games toughest league- the Premier League. Messi was the closest [...]
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Why Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel Messi
Last year, it was hard to argue against Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world, but this season many have given that award to Lionel Messi. In the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League, Ronaldo has picked up his form and shown why he’s still arguably the best footballer in the world. [...]