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Champions League Winners by Year 6 Feb 2011 | 09:34 am
Of course, we’re about to enter into the knockout rounds of the 19th UEFA Champions League (since being called that) and the 56th including the days of the European Cup. Of the sixteen remaining teams...
UEFA Champions League Top Scorers 18 Jan 2011 | 01:51 pm
The top scorers so far in the 2010-11 UEFA Champions League are as follows. Samuel Eto’o currently leads with seven goals, and better than a goal-per-game average, but Messi and Gomez are only one beh...
Match Day One: Review 18 Sep 2010 | 02:40 pm
So, the first week of the 2010 Champions League has passed, and already I find myself apologizing to the masses. Apologizing for the delay on this post and the lack of excitement leading up to the adv...
2010/2011 Season Ready Willing and Able 10 Aug 2010 | 09:02 am
I’ll start off this season with a bit of a promise…Continuity! Last season, I began my tenure well into the champions league mayhem. So, I can tell you, I was a little flustered with the responsibili...
Inter v. Bayern: Bigger than the World Cup Final! 22 May 2010 | 03:23 pm
Says the manager not going to be taking part in the world cup this summer in South Africa – Jose Mourinho. Truly Mourinho has recently grabbed many headlines, not so much with the preparations for thi...
OL v. Bayern Munich: Second Leg (0-1 Agg) 28 Apr 2010 | 01:31 am
Following an intense first leg, we now move to France, where the German giants arrive with a 1-0 lead from the first leg. Lyon will attempt to capitalize on the absence of one Franck Ribery, while mi...
The Calm Before the Storm *Semi-Final Preview* 19 Apr 2010 | 12:38 pm
Back to Business in Europe’s premier club football tournament. This coming week promises to be one of the most exciting and ‘fresh’ Champions League Semi Finals in quite some time. For starters it’s ...
Champions League Semi Final Amidst A Cloud of Ash 19 Apr 2010 | 08:51 am
As a giant cloud of ash blankets much of Western Europe I begin my new tenure as writer of the Champions League Blog here at theoffside. Having been a long time reader and contributor to various blogs...
Champions League Knockout Draw! 19 Dec 2009 | 03:07 am
Technical issues meant no liveblog of the draw, but its all pretty interesting nonethless. The highlight is perhaps Jose Mourinho returning to Chelsea with his Inter side. Elsewhere the other Milan te...
Reviewing My Predictions Plus What We Learnt From The Groups 11 Dec 2009 | 05:42 am
Predictions, a fools game. They really, really are. You can never ever know what’s going to happen. But they are fun. And even more so when you can look back smugly and…oh. When you can look back and ...
