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La Liga
Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid: Derby Preview, Team News and Predicted Line-ups
There is a particular kind of tension to a Madrid derby played in September, before anyone knows what either team really is. Nobody has been found out yet. Nothing has been decided. And yet the Metropolitano on Sunday afternoon will feel like a match in May, partly because both sides…
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Champions League
Champions League Semi-Final Review: Arsenal and PSG Set Up Budapest Showdown
The 2025/26 UEFA Champions League has delivered its finalists, and the stage is set for one of the most compelling European Cup finals in recent memory. Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain will meet at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest on 30 May, a meeting between a side chasing a first-ever Champions…
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Champions League
Champions League Semi-Finals Review: Nine goals in a Parisian thriller, and controversy in Madrid
The Champions League semi-finals have delivered everything the competition promises at its best. In the space of 24 hours, European football served up a nine-goal spectacle in Paris and a tense, penalty-riddled stalemate in Madrid, leaving all four ties beautifully poised heading into the second legs. Budapest is now firmly…
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Soccer
Atletico Madrid vs Real Madrid Preview
The Madrid derby always arrives with a bang, but this one feels like a drum roll that has been building for weeks. Real Madrid have started the league in ruthless mood, perfect through six and purring under Xabi Alonso. Atlético Madrid, a little scuffed after a bumpy opening, just found…
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