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Real Madrid’s Comeback Didn’t Need The Dreaded Away Goals Rule
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Luis Paez-Pumar
May 5, 2022
Soccer
Real Madrid Can’t Be Killed Quite So Easily
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 27, 2022
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Soccer
Manchester City Survived The Ugliest Parts Of The Champions League
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 14, 2022
Soccer
Real Madrid Will Not Go Gently Into That Good Night
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Billy Haisley
April 14, 2022
Soccer
It Wasn’t Pretty, But Villarreal Closed Out Bayern Munich
44
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 13, 2022
Soccer
Villarreal Took The Game To Bayern Munich, And Won
26
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Luis Paez-Pumar
April 7, 2022
Soccer
The Players Make The Game
33
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Billy Haisley
April 6, 2022
Soccer
Barcelona Showed Off For The Biggest Crowd In Women’s Soccer History
34
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 31, 2022
Soccer
The World No Longer Belongs To Ronaldo And Messi
118
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Billy Haisley
March 16, 2022
Soccer
How On Earth Is Luka Modric Still Doing This?
53
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 10, 2022
Soccer
Salzburg Made Things Easy For Bayern Munich
27
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Luis Paez-Pumar
March 8, 2022
Soccer
Anthony Elanga Is Here To Save The Day
30
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Luis Paez-Pumar
February 24, 2022
Soccer
This Is What Juventus Paid All That Money For
19
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Billy Haisley
February 23, 2022
Soccer
Christian Pulisic Gets Back On Track
53
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Patrick Redford
February 23, 2022
Soccer
Liverpool’s Defense Is What Makes The Club Elite
55
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Luis Paez-Pumar
February 17, 2022
Soccer
The Manchester City Train Keeps Running Opponents Over
31
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Luis Paez-Pumar
February 16, 2022
Soccer
Paris Belongs To Kylian Mbappé
30
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Billy Haisley
February 16, 2022
Soccer
Barcelona Takes Another Big Step Back
68
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Billy Haisley
December 9, 2021
Soccer
Atlético Madrid-Porto Was Soccer At Its Dumbest
65
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Luis Paez-Pumar
December 8, 2021
Soccer
Resistance Is Futile Against Bayern Munich
53
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Billy Haisley
November 24, 2021
Soccer
Alexia Putellas Is As Good As It Gets
21
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Billy Haisley
November 11, 2021
Soccer
Ajax Is Too Loaded To Take Lightly
49
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 19, 2021
Soccer
Barcelona Picked Up Where It Left Off, As The Best Team In The World
35
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 6, 2021
Soccer
All Of What’s Miserable About Barcelona In 2021 Is Congealed Into The Form Of This Doofus
111
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Albert Burneko
September 30, 2021
Soccer
There’s A New Sheriff In Town, And That Sheriff’s Name Is FC Sheriff
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Patrick Redford
September 29, 2021
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