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Soccer
Barcelona Has Put It All Together
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Luis Paez-Pumar
October 29, 2024
Soccer
Real Madrid Did It Again
65
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Billy Haisley
May 9, 2024
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Soccer
Real Madrid Goes Where Toni Kroos Leads
36
Comments
Billy Haisley
May 2, 2024
Soccer
Bayer Leverkusen Brings Bayern’s 11-Year Reign To An End
57
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 15, 2024
Soccer
This Was The Champions League At Its Dramatic Best
73
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 10, 2024
Soccer
Bayern Munich Is Face-To-Face With Its Own Mortality
58
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
February 15, 2024
Soccer
Manchester United Couldn’t Even Manage A Whimper
49
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
December 13, 2023
Soccer
Dayot Upamecano Lived A Defender’s Worst Nightmare
54
Comments
Patrick Redford
April 12, 2023
Champions League
Paris Ain’t Germane (To The Discussion Of Possible Champions League Winners)
94
Comments
Albert Burneko
March 9, 2023
Soccer
Barcelona’s Latest Moral Victory Is Only As Good As Its Next Actual Victory
19
Comments
Billy Haisley
September 15, 2022
Soccer
Pedri Did Everything Right, Except For The Most Important Thing
35
Comments
Albert Burneko
September 14, 2022
Soccer
Window Shopping: Konrad Laimer Is The Perfect Destroyer
14
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
July 22, 2022
Soccer
Sadio Mané Helped Build A Liverpool That No Longer Needed Him
30
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
June 27, 2022
Soccer
It Wasn’t Pretty, But Villarreal Closed Out Bayern Munich
44
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 13, 2022
Soccer
Villarreal Took The Game To Bayern Munich, And Won
26
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 7, 2022
Soccer
Salzburg Made Things Easy For Bayern Munich
27
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
March 8, 2022
Soccer
Sergiño Dest Is Probably Moving On Up From Barcelona And It Feels Terrible
65
Comments
Patrick Redford
December 23, 2021
Soccer
Barcelona Takes Another Big Step Back
68
Comments
Billy Haisley
December 9, 2021
Soccer
Resistance Is Futile Against Bayern Munich
53
Comments
Billy Haisley
November 24, 2021
Soccer
PSG Lost When It Should’ve Won After Winning When It Should’ve Lost, And Still Won Anyway
52
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 14, 2021
Soccer
PSG’s Stars Are Unstoppable, Snow And Stats And Bayern Be Damned
57
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
April 8, 2021
Soccer
Bayern Munich Looks Set To Steamroll Europe Again
36
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
October 22, 2020
Soccer
Robert Lewandowski Is The Best, Ballon d’Or Be Damned
38
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
October 15, 2020
Defector Up All Night
Robert Lewandowski Now Has 2 Adult Sons
92
Comments
Tom Ley
September 18, 2020
Soccer
Signing Thiago Makes Liverpool Better And Bigger
52
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
September 17, 2020