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The View From Row Z: Barsa Always Wins

Downtown Stevenage.

We’ve got more continental cup competition to watch today, and it’s not limited to Europe this time! Besides the UEFA Champions League, there’s also the totally-not-lame CONCACAF Champions League and South America’s Champions League, the Copa Libertadores. And some potentially interesting matches, too.

Let’s get Europe out of the way first. Apoel v. Nicosia is a total snoozer. I do not care who wins, but I suppose Apoel is the underdog so let’s pull for them while simultaneously not watching the game at all. Then there’s Barcelona hosting Bayer Leverkusen. Barcelona beat them 3-1 on the road, and I’m not expecting the Germans to mount a Wengeresque near comeback at the Nou Camp. Both matches can be found somewhere on the Fox Soccer universe.
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The View from Row Z: CHAAAAAAAAAAAMPIONS ???

Another match? You mean I can't just go to Cleveland for a few days? (credit: Agence France Presse, via the Telegraph)

Today’s action in the UEFA Champions League should be interesting, with likely La Liga Champions Real Madrid travelling to Russia to play CSKA Moscow on their plastic pitch, and Andre Villas-Boas hoping his side can recover from their home draw to Birmingham City by traveling to visit Napoli. The hosts will be without gaffer Walter Mazzarri, who is serving a ban in both legs for his unsporting conduct in the earlier rounds against Villareal.

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