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City Centre-backs Vital Ahead of Moutainous Madrid Mission

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City Centre-backs Vital Ahead of Moutainous Madrid Mission It's fair to say that last week’s 0-0 draw between Manchester City and Real Madrid failed to live up to expectations. Neutrals watched and waited for goals, but ultimately; neither attack had the desired effect. Instead, both sets of defences remained steadfast and rightly earned the plaudits ...

Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern

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Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern It was an epic night that pushed everyone right to the limit, and fittingly crackled with tension right until the final second, but ultimately only showed how unbending everything about a Diego Simeone side is.After Atletico Madrid’s 2-2 away-goal win over Bayern Munich, to reach the third Cha...

Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes

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Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes It has been set up as a grand clash of philosophies, but only one team has so far put in a grand display of their principles. Diego Simeone said that Atletico Madrid had offered a performance “very close to what we wanted” in their screw-tight 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, while Pep Guardi...

Bayern to Provide True Test of Atletico's Defensive Resolve

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Bayern to Provide True Test of Atletico's Defensive Resolve If someone repeated the age old adage ‘the best defence is a good offence’ to Diego Simeone, he would be one to quickly point said person in the direction of his Atletico Madrid team. A solid backline is the foundation upon which his current Colchoneros side is built. A regimented approa...

Champions League Top Tips & In-play Offer from Bet365

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Champions League Top Tips & In-play Offer from Bet365 And then there were four. The semi finals of the Champions League kick off this week as Manchester City, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich thrash it out for European glory.The Bet365 offer is back, once again available for this week’s big clash between Manchester City and Real Mad...

City Keep Steady to Reach New European Heights as PSG Falter

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City Keep Steady to Reach New European Heights as PSG Falter For all that these two super-rich teams have long wanted to be super-clubs, Manchester City won this game - and finally got behind the velvet rope of the Champions League semi-finals - because they played like a team that anyone should want to be. They were impressively solid in defence and sufficie...

Contrast in Styles to Determine Victor in PSG's Welcome of City

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Contrast in Styles to Determine Victor in PSG's Welcome of City It is a build-up that has been dominated by discussion of the similarities between the clubs off the pitch, especially in the context of the rise of oil-influenced football, but as regards how similar Paris Saint-Germain are on the pitch? That’s a lot harder to discern. It could yet lead to a ...

Champions League Last-16 Round-up

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Champions League Last-16 Round-up The Champions League last-16 stage came to an end with all almighty bang in Munich as Bayern overcame a huge scare to eventually brush aside Juventus in the most emphatic fashion. 2-0 down with 20 minutes to go and staring elimination in the face, Pep Guardiola’s side came from behind to force...

Proactive Pep Responds in Bayern's Champions League Hunt

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Proactive Pep Responds in Bayern's Champions League Hunt After such a gloriously intense 210 minutes of football that so frequently and forcefully swung in different directions, there is now a deeper question than over whether can Pep Guardiola can finally win the Champions League before leaving Bayern Munich. It is a question directly related to that cha...

Onus on Pogba Ahead of Juventus' Mountainous Munich Mission

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Onus on Pogba Ahead of Juventus' Mountainous Munich Mission You’d be forgiven for questioning how Juventus were still in this contest had you stopped watching the first-leg prior to the hour mark. Bayern Munich were more than good value for their 2-0 lead and looked to have the tie perfectly set up to ease into the quarter-finals in front of their home...