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Archive for January, 2008

Barcelona vs Athletic Bilbao Match Preview

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Barcelona are set to take on Athletic Bilbao tonight at the San Mames stadium. The previous meeting between these two clubs saw Barca claim the three points with a 3-1 victory. But tonight’s match will be one of bigger interest as Bilbao havn’t lost at home for a month and a half and will be trying […]

La Liga Week 21 Preview

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Champions Real Madrid go into round 21 of La Liga with a seven point lead at the top over second place Barcelona but they might struggle to hold on to the lead as they take on an inform Villarreal side at the Bernabeu. Real will be confident of making it ten home wins on the […]

Barcelona vs Villarreal Match Preview

Friday, January 25th, 2008

El Madrigal is the stadium Barcelona travel to in the quarter final first leg of the Copa del Rey with Villarreal the opponent. In the previous meeting between these two sides, Villarreal ended up beating Barca so this is their chance to get revenge on The Yellow Submarine.
 
Barca’s uncertain line up
 
As coach Frank Rijkaard likes […]

Blackburn 1 - 1 Middlesborough

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Initially I would have been extremely frustrated with a draw at home to ‘Boro, but considering how badly Blackburn played I’m exceedingly grateful for a point. There were so many chances that Middlesbrough had to put the game away, and some how they couldn’t score.
This does set us back a bit, going from three points […]

Bilic: Cole for England

Monday, January 21st, 2008

By Michael Lintorn
 
England-conquering Croatia manager Slaven Bilic tipped Carlton Cole as an outside contender for Fabio Capello’s first squad after watching yesterday’s match at the City of Manchester stadium.
 
The former West Ham defender, tipped by many as a future Irons’ manager, was a studio guest for Sky Sports at the match and was impressed by […]

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