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Champions League Round of 16 1st Leg Preview (Powered by @muggletron)

• February 16, 2016
• by: Yogesh Joshee
• in: Uncategorized

The Champions League returns on Tuesday with the first leg of the round of 16. All four teams featuring won their respective domestic league last season, with Benfica hosting Zenit Saint Petersburg and Chelsea travelling to Paris Saint Germain in a repeat of last year’s fixture. Benfica v Zenit Saint Petersburg (Tuesday, 19:45) The Estadio da Luz will host two sides who are both the top scoring teams in their country when Benfica take on Zenit Saint Petersburg. Benfica’s 11 match winning run was ended on Friday in a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of rivals Porto in what was a game contested between the closest challengers to league leaders Sporting Lisbon. In the Russian Premier League Zenit are off the pace, seven points adrift leaders CSKA Moscow as they near the end of their extensive winter break. Andre Villas-Boas will be hoping for his side to return to […]

Serie A Week 25 Round-Up (Powered by @MatthewDoyle95)

• February 16, 2016
• by: Yogesh Joshee
• in: Italian Football

Juventus 1-0 Napoli: Juventus went top of the table on Saturday night after a hard fought 1-0 victory over Napoli. Napoli had the better of the first half and could have gone into half time leading but for a world class interception from Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci to stop Higuain heading in his 25th of the campaign. In the second half the best chance of the game fell to Juventus Striker Paulo Dybala who shot over from 15 yards in the 60th minute. Then just as the game looked to be heading for a 0-0 draw substitute Simone Zaza unleashed a shot from 20 yards which took a deflection of a Napoli defender and looped over goalkeeper Pepe Reina. The victory stretches Juventus winning streak to 15 while Napoli suffer their first loss since December. Fiorentina 2-1 Inter Milan: Inter Milan’s poor run of form continued on Sunday night as […]